Psalms, Book 1
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 36 Title: Protect Me Lord Introduction Psalm 36 is marvelously simple in its structure and uniquely profound in its sentiment. It is written by David to be used in public worship “for the director of music,” as it should be because this is a message God’s people must not
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 35 Title: Facing False Friends Introduction This is one of the longer songs of David written out of the affliction that so often characterized his journey. It could have been written on several different occasions. If you have been with us for many of the studies of the early
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Studies in the Psalms Psalm 34 Title: Understanding Our Fear Introduction Certain Psalms take on a special meaning when viewed in the light of their superscriptions, Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. This is an uncommon Psalm. It is an acrostic Psalm where each
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Studies in the Psalms Text: Psalm 33 Title: The God of Israel Introduction It is supposed by some that Psalm 33 is intended to be an extension of Psalm 32. It bears no superscription as in the relation between Psalms 9 and 10, and it fulfills the exhortation at the end of Psalm 32, Be
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 32 Title: The Wretchedness of Unconfessed Sin Introduction This Psalm is all about forgiveness. It is the third of those Psalms ordinarily classified as penitential Psalms. The other two we have considered are Psalm 6 and Psalm 28. Actually there are other Psalms in which penitence is a major
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 31 Title: How to Hope Introduction Psalm 31 is a longer song which like many of the Psalms we have already studied pleads for deliverance from the enemies and inequities of this present evil age. In the Psalms we observe this theme over and over. In the present people
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 30 Title: The Pitfall of Prosperity Introduction The Psalmist has been subjected to a profound experience of discipline. Was this a severe physical illness or a deep spiritual depression or both ? They are often intertwined. The extremity of the situation can only be adequately expressed as being on
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 29 Title: The Storms of Life Introduction This is a Song about the terror of a thunderstorm. When you think about it that’s a strange subject for a song, except for a Christian who sees the work of God even in the fearful events of nature. Many people become
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 28 Title: Helped by Grace Alone Introduction One author has pointed out some similarity between this Psalm and Jesus High Priestly prayer in John 17. Although the precise points of comparison are relatively obscure and not always appropriate, the idea is not so far fetched because here David the
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 27 Title: The Secret of Strength Introduction This Psalm plumbs the depths of our struggles. It touches our hearts where we are and we should not get so fixed on the glowing affirmations of verses one through six that we miss the battle of verses 7-11 and the inner
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 26 Title: The Circle of Integrity Introduction The subject of this Psalm is deliverance. When the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685 Protestant ministers were expelled from France but the Christian people were compelled to remain and every road out of the country was watched and guarded. There
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 25 Title: Dealing with the Enemies of the Soul Introduction This is an acrostic Psalm which means that each successive verse begins with a successive letter of the alphabet. Poetry is more easily remembered than prose, and acrostic poetry is well suited to being committed to memory. The poetry
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 24 Title: True Worship Introduction The connections between the Psalms in the order they are given in the Psalter has been a subject of extensive contemplation. In Psalms 22,23, and 24 Christ has been identified as Savior, Shepherd and Sovereign. The themes have been described as Grace, Guidance and
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 23 Title: Protection in Danger Introduction The twenty third Psalm is not only one of the best known psalms, it is a portion of Scripture which even non-believers are familiar with. This is a testimony to both its simplicity and beauty as well as its ability to pluck the
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Series on the Psalms Text: Psalm 22 Title: The Faith of the Afflicted Introduction Psalm 22 is one of the most powerful and precise predictions of the sufferings of Jesus which can be found in the Old Testament. The apostle John quotes verse 18, They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they
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