Michelle
This chapter tells of Hezekiah and a fight he is having with another king who seems to want to take over or steal his people. It tells at the beginning that Hezekiah does right in the Lord's eyes and follows the path of David. There is a part when Hezekiah pays the king of Assyria to leave them alone it seems, yet later he comes back and tries to tell the people not to listen to Hezekiah when he says the Lord is on their side. I'm not sure where we are going here. This is a longer story in Kings than we have been reading.
I had a hard time reading this psalm for some reason. My mind kept straying after the first few verses, so I kept rereading it. What I keep coming back to is that we need to turn to God in all situations. We cannot or should not do things on our own and God will take care of whatever our needs are, but maybe not in the time frame we expect. That we need to be patient and keep asking God to handle whatever situations arise, even if it means praying about it over and over again.
Julie
It is said that Hezekiah is the most Davidic king as he follows God's commandments as David did. The Assyrian king is trying to discredit Hezekiah so that people don't follow him or God is what seems to be happening. Hezekiah's faith will be tested in this as it is possible, I would imagine, that people would listen to the Assyrian king.
This psalm also seems to be asking God for help with those that are trouble or causing difficulty or are evil, but then also thanking him for being a gracious God and for taking care of us during difficult times.
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