Psalm 90: 1-17
1 - God dwells with us
2 - God was God before everything else was
3 - 4 - God’s time is different than ours
5-6- Our life is like a flood; it sweeps away
7-9- Our sins cause God’s wrath
10 - The years of our life are short
11 - We need to fear God’s anger
12- Teach us to number our days
Psalm 89
19-37: God is faithful in his Promises
God’s seed shall endure forever
His seed will be established
5 - 18 God is faithful in His Person
God’s Divine Attributes
Transcendent
Eternal
Infinite
Immutable
Omnipresent
Omniscient
Omnipotent
God’s Moral Attributes
Holy
Just
Righteous
Mercy
Grace
Love
Truth
God is to be feared and revered.
38-57: God is faithful in His People
God provides safety
God is faithful and just to chasten
Psalm 89: 1-37
Outline:
1-2: Doxology
3-4: God is Faithful
5-18: God is faithful in His Person
19-37: God is Faithful in His Promises
38-57: God is Faithful in His People
Background: Israel is newly divided into two kingdoms. The northern ten tribes ruled by King Jeroboam, and the two southern tribes ruled by Solomon’s son, Rehoboam.
Background and Information into the Davidic Covenant
1 Chronicles 3:1
2 Chronicles 12
1 Kings 14
2 Samuel 7:12
Genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke
Psalm 88:1-18
In today’s lesson, we learn what the gift is that God gives us, why we don’t want it, and what results we get from it.
Psalm 87
Three topics in this chapter: God, the place, and the promise
The place is the mentioned as the foundation - Jerusalem also called Zion or the City of David
Jerusalem has been chosen by God to be His city for His habitation. He is passionate about Jerusalem and claims to feel easily jealous of her.
God promises to transform Zion from waste to Eden.
Question to ponder: Could Jerusalem have been the spot where the Garden of Eden used to be?
Psalm 86
1-7: David’s Plea
8-13: David’s Praise
14-17: David’s Problems
1. Sought opposition
2. Found he is weak
3. He is discouraged
Psalm 85
This chapter shows us the return, the revival, and the restoration of God’s people back to Him.
God has shown favor to the land and brought back the captives
God has forgiven all their sins
God has taken away His wrath
-9. We want our relationship to be restored
10.-13 God will show His mercy and truth. Righteousness and peace are God’s gifts to us
Psalm 84
1-4: The Pilgrim’s Longing
5-8: The Pilgrim’s Journey
9-12: The Pilgrim’s Destination
Psalm 83
Satan can’t physically go after God so he goes against God’s people.
Israel’s enemies wanted to destroy the nation. God let them because of their idolatry.
God made promises though to the nation of Israel.
1. Isaiah 54: 7 God says His mercy will fall on the nation. This foretold that the nation would be brought back together.
2. Jeremiah 31:29 & Deuteronomy 24:16 God promises that He will love the nation and that all of them will know Him.
vs. 6-11 list Israel’s neighbors and enemies. Most of these neighbors were related in some way. The families’ resentment toward Israel caused the feelings of hatred. They felt cheated because God chose Jacob as the nation.
James 4:4 - God’s enemies are the friends of the world. Don’t let your family become your enemies.
Psalm 82:1-8
1 - God stands because there is no One higher than Him and He has something to say
2 - He asks how long will they judge wickedly
3 - Defend the poor - do justly
4 - Deliver the poor and needy
5-7 - If not, the people won’t know the difference between good and evil
8 - God will have the last say
Psalm 81
1-5: What Israel Should Do: Israel should worship God
6-7: What God has Done: God redeemed and rescued His people from slavery and provided for their every need.
8-11: What Israel Should Have Done and Didn’t: They should’ve desired God more.
12: What God Did: God gave them up to their wishes and desires.
13-16: What God Could Have Done: God could have given them victory and subdued their enemies.
Psalm 80: 1-18
1-2: Asaph is praying this Psalm to God, acknowledging that He is our loving Shepherd, showing us mercy when we don’t deserve it. Asaph asks God to come before them as in times past to lead them.
3-7: God’s purpose for chastening is to cause His people to RETURN to Him.
8-16: God’s purpose is to RESTORE the broken relationship between Him and us.
17-18: God’s purpose is to REVIVE what has withered.
Psalm 79:1-13
vs. 1 - Defilement
vs. 2- Death
vs 7 - Devouring
vs 11 - Deliverance
vs. 13 - Derision
Psalm 78: 42-65
42-43 - The field of Zoan is the city where Pharoah lived in Egypt.
45 - diverse sorts of flies - more than one kind
49 - God sent evil angels - a regiment of angels, destroying
51 - a listing of the plagues God sent on the Egyptians. Compare to Exodus 8:20, Exodus 9, 11
55 - Israelites’ history story continues with each tribe receiving their inheritance. Compare to Joshua 18.
65 - Israelites forgot what the tabernacle was for and that God was with them there. Compare to I Sam 4 where the Israelites used the Ark of the Covenant as a good luck charm during battle.
Hebrews 3, 4 - unbelief kept the Israelites from receiving all of God’s blessings.
We don’t have to dwell on our failures, ask God for forgiveness and start over.
Psalm 78: 13-42
13 - The Red Sea divided
14 - God’s Presence in the cloud and fire
15 - God Provides with the water from the rock
17-30 - God’s Patience. The Israelites weren’t happy and complained about having nothing to eat but manna
31 - 37 God’s Punishment. God gave them quail to eat and then many died from the plague God sent.
38-42 God’s Pity. God forgave them when they repented
Psalm 78:9-11
Results of Kadesh-Barnea
Kadesh - Barnea was where Moses sent the twelve spies into Canaan. The Israelites did not have faith that God would fight for them and be victorious against the giants in the land.
Ten spies gave an evil report and swayed the Israelites.
Only Caleb and Joshua had faith in God.
Because of the Israelites’ disbelief, led by the tribe of Ephraim, God punished the Israelites with 4o years of wandering in the wilderness and the death of everyone older 20.
Psalm 77:1-8
1 - Listen to what I’m saying
2 - Open our mouth and speak to the next generation
3 - Passing down the baton to the next generation
4 - God hath done great things
5 - Your life is a sermon to your kids
6 - Teach the children to walk with the Lord
7 - Learn to love Jesus
8 - Don’t overlook sin
Psalm 77:10-20
10-12 Turning point - Feeling God doesn’t love him and turned against him, BUT he remembered what God would do.
The ways of the Most High
The works of the Most High
The wonders of the Most High
13 - Through the shedding of blood there is remission of sins
14 - The wonders of God, declare His strength
15 - Thou hast redeemed thy people
16 - We are trapped and looking to God
17 - 18 - God was in the pillar of fire and cloud
19 - He came to a place he could not get out of
20- The Lord led His people through Moses and Aaron
Psalm 76: 1-12
1 - God, the Defender
2 - He dwells in Jerusalem
3 - There is a place where He will do battle
4 - God is excellent
5 - The sleepy are found dead
6 - The Angel of the Lord killed them
7 - Even when we aren’t worthy, He still fights for us
We don’t want to be in front of God but behind
8-12 - God is the Judge
Psalm 75