Psalm 74:1-23
1-3: Remember your people, Lord!
4-9: When God lets the enemy prevail weakness has a way of reminding us of our needs
10-11: How long must this chastening go on? how long will the enemy prevail?
12-17: When God seems silent and still, remembers what He has done in the past.
18-23: Asaph prays, God please honor your word.
Hebrews 12:11 - No chastening is joyous. It yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness
Psalm 73:4-28
4 - What if there is life after death? What have I done to prepare?
5-8 - The wicked gets away with so much sin. Why?
9 - They are proud to spread their philosophy
10 - The people are influenced
11 - They scoff God but He knows what they are doing
12 - The ungodly prosper. They increase in riches.
13 - If you can’t beat them, join them. Asaph’s philosophy
14 - We are plagued with negative news
15-16 - Asaph is afraid that he will cause God’s people lose hope.
17 -He went into the sanctuary where God dwelt, he had to go into God’s presence.
18 - God destroys the wicked in His time
19 - They are brought to desolation in a moment
20-23 - He was brought along by what the wicked said
24 - God’s Word will give you a fresh perspective
25 - 26 - The glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
27 - We don’t want to be far from God
28 - It is good if we draw near to God
Trust His word
Come back to Him
God allows the wicked to prosper but that’s the best they get.
Psalm 73:1-3
1 - God is good to His people
2 - Not for me - he is discouraged
3 - He’s looking at the contradiction between the fool and the wicked
Contradictions:
A: Matthew 28:8 & Mark 16:8
B: Mark 16:5 & Matthew 28:2
C: Luke 18:35, Mark 10:46, & Matthew 20:30
All “contradictions” true with a different perspective.
Asaph has 3 mistakes that he makes.
1. He judges by what he sees
2. He is leaving God out of the equation
3. He forgot about the life to come
Psalm 72:1-20
1-3 Righteousness is next to holiness
4 Guard your children
5-6 The Lord gives abundance; the blessings keep coming
7 The Lord will flourish the righteous and give peace
8-9 There is a day coming where the unrighteous shall not prosper
10-13 God sees the unrighteous blood shed
14-15 We should pray, “Lord, come.”
16 Abundance in the mountain tops
17-20 Which son of David?
Luke 1:30-33 - Jesus
Psalm 71:1-24
David expresses before the Lord his constant need for help.
1-4. God, I Need Your Continual Help
5-6 Looking Back
7-13 Looking Around
14-15 You’re Never Too Old to Give Praise to God
16-17 You’re Never Too Old to Testify of God
18-19 Make a Mark For This Generation
20 You’re Never Too Old to Be Revived by God
21 You’re Never Too Old to Be Used and Comforted by God
23 You’re Never Too Old to Sing to God
24 You’re Never Too Old to Talk About God
Psalm 70:1-5
1 - Waiting isn’t easy. Waiting is learning.
I Samuel 23:14-29 - The Wilderness of Ziph. God delivered David not into Saul’s hand.
2-4 - David asking God to allow this to happen.
David is praying for Saul but asking that His plan fail.
5 - Be humble
Isaiah 55:6-11
Isaiah 40:29-31
Psalm 69:29-36
29 - God give me something to look forward too
30- Come worship from the heart. Praise and thanksgiving are important.
31 - True worshipers worship from the heart
32 - We want to leave here praising God
33 - God will not despise even his prisoners
34 - There is praise out in the earth
35 - God will save his city and people
36 - Isaiah 1:10 -17, Jeremiah 7:3 - 24, Matthew 23:23, Acts 4:34-5:11, Micah 6:4-8, John 4:29-24
Formalism is idolatry.
Judgment is needed but also mercy.
Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly.
Worship the Father wherever you are.
True worshipers worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
Psalm 69:13-36
13 - Reproach repeated. Salvation comes through the Word of God
14 - David asks God to hear him. Asks God not to let him sink
15 - A good time to pray when things rise up around you
16 - Turn unto Me. Micah 7:19
17 - Hear me, God! Hide not from me
18 - David asks God to draw near to him
19 - God knows our shame
20 - Sin put Jesus on the cross. John 10:17 Jesus says the Father loves me.
21 - gall - pain killer
22 - If they come against David, they come against God.
23 - We need to be able to discern. Romans 16:17 - Mark them that don’t serve God
24 - 26 - Don’t allow them a place in your life.
27 - There will be no unrepentant Christ rejectors in Heaven
28 - God will eventually say, enough is enough
29 - 31 - We don’t want to be drug down… Lord, lift us up.
Psalm 69:1-13
Sin brings misery and suffering
1 - As if the waters are rising - fear of drowning
2- A slow sinking - the more you struggle the faster you sink
3 - Sorrow is overwhelming - waiting for God to come
4 - They hate me without a cause - John quoted about Jesus
5 - God knows our foolishness and sins
6 - Our sin deeply affected the Son and our Savior
7 - Jesus is our substitute - He has taken our shame
8 - John 7:5 - He became a stranger to His family for us
9 - John 2: 17 - Jesus is cleansing the temple.
10 - We need repentance and own our sin
11 - He ate with Publicans and sinners
12 - Matthew 27:12-13 -
13 - Sin brings shame and contempt
Psalm 68:19-35
19 - Blessed is the Lord who is our Burden-Bearer
20- What will you do with Jesus? He gives us hope beyond the grave.
21- A Fatal blow. God is our strength. He will wound His enemies.
22- A present fulfillment. God will bring His people from the east and from the west. The regathering of Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:25, 30:1-6
Isaiah 11:10-11
Zachariah 8:7-8
Amos 9:14-15
Jeremiah 25:9,11
II Chronicles 36:20-21
Jeremiah 31:35-36
23-24 - Graphic picture of the destruction of the enemies of Israel
25-26 - There will be music and singing
27-30 - There is harmony among the tribes
31-33 - Nations of the earth worship God
Psalm 68: 18 - 19
Background: I Samuel 30
Names for Hell
1. Hades. Luke 16:19
2. Sheol. Numbers 16:28
3. Gehenna. Luke 12:4
4. Tartarus. 2 Peter 2:4
Revelation 1:8 - Jesus lives forevermore and has the keys to hell and death.
Jesus gives gifts even to the rebellious.
Psalm 68:14-19
14 - The Almighty changes the mountains from dark to light - as white as snow
15- The Mount of God - The Hill of God. Zion - a high hill as the Hill of Bashan.
Bashan - the Galan Heights - Mt. Hermon
16 - It’s not where you worship but how you worship that is the key
17-18 - He set His people free
Psalm 68:6-12
Psalm 68: 3-6
The verses here show us what God is doing. Present Tense
vs. 3 - Let the righteous be glad
vs. 5 - JAH is the Father of the fatherless, judge of the widows
JAH is God, YHWH, Yahweh.
LORD - Jehovah - Genesis 22:8 Abraham says to Isaac that God will provide Himself a Lamb. Genesis 22:14 - Abraham adds the title of “Jireh” to God’s name.
Jehovah Jireh - God will provide a sacrifice. God will give.
I Timothy 5:8 - God is our giver
Exodus 15 & 16 - We are to provide for our children like God does. God made the water sweet for the Israelites.
LORD - Jehovah - Exodus 15 - God promises the Israelites good health if they obey His commandments. Jehovah Rapha - The Lord that heals.
LORD - Jehovah - Exodus 17:13 - God helps the Israelites have victory over the Amalekites. God asked Moses to write it in a book. Moses calls the place “Nissi”.
Jehovah Nissi - The Lord, my Banner (My identity is with the Lord)
LORD - Jehovah - Leviticus 20:6 - God calls Himself, Mekodishkem.
Jehovah Mekodishkem - The Lord who sanctifies you, makes you holy.
LORD - Jehovah - Judges 6 - Gideon asks for a sign from the Angel of the LORD. Gideon calls God, “Shalom”. God promises Gideon victory and life.
Jehovah Shalom - The Lord is Peace.
Psalm 68:1-6
vs. 1 - The Presence of God’s Leading
His people - Numbers 10:35, 2 Samuel 6:1-15 (Trying to do the right thing in the wrong way)
God is a God of order - Numbers 7:6-9 Everyone had a responsibility
The sons of Kohath were to bare the ark and the contents of the Sanctuary
Numbers 4:15 - The vessels were covered and then the sons of Kohath came to get it.
The Kohathites had to carry the Ark
God will judge His enemies - 2 Thessalonians 2:1
Places of worship will fall away from Christ
2 Timothy 4:3-6 They will not endure sound doctrine
vs. 4 - Jehovah - The Lord Provides
Jehovah Jireh (The Lord will Provide a Sacrifice)
Jehovah - Rapha (The Lord that Heals)
Jehovah - Nissi (The Lord my Banner)
Jehovah - Mekoddishkem (The Lord who Sanctifies You)
Jehovah - Shalom (The Lord is Peace)
Jehovah - Tsidkenu (The Lord our Righteousness)
Jehovah - Shammah (The Lord is There)
vs. 4-5 Jehovah is the answer
Psalm 68
Introduction
2 Corinthians 10:5-6 We need to have a desire to rise above
Numbers 10: 33-35 God leads His children
Psalm 60
vs. 1-3: What God will do (future tense)
vs. 4-6: What God is doing (present tense)
vs. 7-35: What God has done (past tense)
Four Ascensions in the Bible
1. The Israelites coming up out of Egypt
2. God enables David to bring up the Ark
3. The Ascension of Jesus
4. The Bride of Jesus
Up out of Egypt: Genesis 50:24-26
Joshua 24:32 - Joseph’s bones brought up out of Eypt
Judges 2:1 - God’s people brought up out of Egypt
The Ascension of Jesus: Mark 16:19, Luke 24: 50-53
Acts 1:9-11 - Jesus was taken up
1 Thessalonians 4
The Ascension of the Church (Bride)
1 Thessalonians 4:12-18
Revelation 4:1-2
The Ark comes up
2 Samuel 5:6-7, 6:1-15
Psalm 67:1-7
Pointing to the second coming of Jesus Christ.
1 - God be merciful unto us
2 - Why bless the Jews?
3-6 - Bless us Lord
7 - All the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
Psalm 66:1-20
A Psalm of Praise
vs. 1-12 Reason to Praise God
vs. 1-4: Command to make a joyful noise
Praise for victory over our enemies
vs. 5-7: Praise for deliverance
God makes a way for escape
vs 8-12: Praise for trials and afflictions
vs. 13-17 Response from God’s People
I will go, give, and glorify
vs. 13-14: I will go
vs. 15: I will give of myself
vs. 16-17: I will give glory to God
vs. 18-20 Responsibility to God - The state of being humble
vs. 18: No regarding iniquity
Regard means to see, consider, and leave it there.
Isaiah 59: 1-8 Judgment is needed
vs. 19-20 Something changed in our lives - repentance
II Samuel 7:14-15 Relationship/Fellowship
Psalm 65: 1-13
vs. 1 - It is important to keep our promises
vs. 2 Praise God for answering our prayers
vs. 3 - God purges our sins: Justification
vs. 4 - God chooses us for a purpose
vs. 5 - Praise God for answering our prayers
vs. 6 - God is powerful
vs. 7 - God is our source of peace
vs. 8 - God is powerful
vs. 9 - God is the source of life
vs. 10 - 11 - God takes care of the agriculture
vs. 12 - God takes care of the mountains
vs. 13 - God takes care of the pastures
Psalm 65: 1-4
Our responsibility is to praise Him.
Our responsibility is to keep our promises.
Our responsibility is to know what God has done for us.
Our responsibility is to know that God chooses us based on how we come to Him.