Psalm 28

Verse 7 presents an interesting quandry: which comes first God's protection or a believer's trust in God? This is more perplexing to me than the chicken and the egg. God spoke the chicken into existence with the abilitiy to lay eggs; problem solved. But Psalm 28:7 is not so clear cut. God wants us to trust in him but how can we initially trust is someone we cannot see? Bases upon my belief that God knows us very well, and his history of reaching out to people before we reach out to him, I think that God always acts first. After he acts it is up to us to respond. God may act a number of times in many ways before we even acknowledge him. And trust will come and grow the longer we see his protection and provision at work in our life.
Stuart