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Page 1 Psalms – TJL Compliation PSALMS 19 th Book in the Old Testament Psalm 1 Psalm 2 Psalm 3 Psalm 4 Psalm 5 Psalm 6 Psalm 7 Psalm 8 Psalm 9 Psalm 10 Psalm 11 Psalm 12 Psalm 13 Psalm 14 Psalm 15 Book 1: Genesis Section: Psalms 1- 41 • Man in View: in a state of blessedness, fall, and recovery • Perfect Man (Last Adam)-Psalm 1 • Rebellious Man-Psalm 2 • Perfect Man Rejected-Psalm 3 • Conflict between Seed of Woman & Serpent- Psalm 4 • Perfect Man in Midst of Enemies-Psalm 5 • Perfect Man in Midst of Chastisement (Bruising Heel)-Psalm 6 • Perfect Man in Midst of False Witnesses- Psalm 7 • Repair of Man Comes through Man (Bruising Head)-Psalm 8 • Enemy and Antichrist Conflict; Final Deliverance-Psalms 9-15 • Christ in Midst of His People Sanctifying Them to God-Psalms 16-41

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPSALMS 19th Book in the Old Testament

Psalm 1Psalm 2Psalm 3Psalm 4

Psalm 5Psalm 6Psalm 7Psalm 8

Psalm 9Psalm 10Psalm 11Psalm 12

Psalm 13Psalm 14Psalm 15

Book 1: Genesis Section: Psalms 1- 41• Man in View: in a state of blessedness, fall, and recovery

• Perfect Man (Last Adam)-Psalm 1• Rebellious Man-Psalm 2• Perfect Man Rejected-Psalm 3• Conflict between Seed of Woman & Serpent-Psalm 4• Perfect Man in Midst of Enemies-Psalm 5• Perfect Man in Midst of Chastisement (Bruising Heel)-Psalm

6• Perfect Man in Midst of False Witnesses-Psalm 7• Repair of Man Comes through Man (Bruising Head)-Psalm 8• Enemy and Antichrist Conflict; Final Deliverance-Psalms 9-

15• Christ in Midst of His People Sanctifying Them to God-

Psalms 16-41

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Psalm 1Ps 1:1 ESV Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of

the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season,and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.4 The wicked are not so,

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.

Ps 1:1 ISV How blessed is the person, who does not take the advice of the wicked,

who does not stand on the path with sinners, and who does not sit in the seat of mockers.

2 But he delights in the LORD's instruction, and meditates in his instruction day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither.

He will prosper in everything he does.4 But this is not the case with the wicked.

They are like chaff that the wind blows away.5 Therefore the wicked will not escape judgment,

nor will sinners have a place in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe images Psalm 1 would remind the reader of earlier teachings in the Old Testament.

In Genesis, you find:people walking with God

Gen 5:24 NKJV And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

Gen 6:9 NKJV This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Gen 17:1 NKJV When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.

the life-giving river and

Gen 2:10-14 NKJV Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

and trees and fruit.

Gen 2:8-9 NKJV The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The law of the Lord connects Psalm 1 with Exodus through Deuteronomy.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationFinding success by meditating on that law and obeying it reminds us of Joshua 1:8.

Psalm 1 points the way to blessing and warns about divine judgment.

These are frequent themes in the Psalms and was the choice Israel had to make.

Deu 30:15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil,

Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

Jesus used a similar image.

Mat 7:13-14 ISV 13 "Go in through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the road is spacious that leads to destruction, and many people are entering by it. 14 How narrow is the gate and how constricted is the road that leads to life, and there aren't many people who find it!"

Bible history seems to be built around the concept of “two men, two ways, two destinies.”

the “first Adam” and the “last Adam” Romans 5:12-211Co 15:45 And so it is written, "THE FIRST MAN

ADAM BECAME A LIVING BEING." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Cain and Abel, lshmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob, David and Saul and Bible history culminates in Christ and Antichrist.

Psalm 1 is a wisdom psalm and focuses on God’s Word,

God’s blessing on those who obey it and meditate on it, and God’s ultimate judgment on those who rebel.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationWisdom psalms also wrestle with the problem of evil in the world and why God permits the prosperity of the wicked who reject His law.

Other wisdom psalms include Ps 10; 12; 15; 19; 32; 34; 37; 49- 50; 52-53; 73; 78; 82; 91-92; 94; 111-112; 119; 127-128; 133; and 139.

Contrast: Two Men, Two Ways, Two DestiniesWhile this psalm depicts two ways, it actually describes three different persons and how they relate to the blessing of the Lord.

God sees but two persons in this world: the godly, who are “in Christ,” and the ungodly, who are “in Adam.”

1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

1. The Person Who Receives a Blessing from God (Ps 1:1-2). 1] Blessed is the man that

walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

[Blessed] Hebrew: ’esher (H835), how happy.

Also translated "happy" in Deu_33:29; 1Ki_10:8; 2Ch_9:7; Job_5:17; Psa_127:5; Psa_128:2; Psa_137:8-9; Psa_144:15; Psa_146:5; Pro_3:13; Pro_14:21; Pro_16:20; Pro_8:14; Pro_29:18.

Twenty-three Blessed (Happy) Classes 1. Those who live godly (Psa_1:1; Psa_106:3; Isa_56:2)2. Put their trust in God (Psa_2:12; Psa_34:8; Psa_40:4;

Psa_84:12)3. Have their sins forgiven (Psa_32:1)4. Are free from imputed sin (Psa_32:2)5. Respect not the proud (Psa_40:4)6. Do not listen to lies (Psa_40:4)

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Psalms – TJL Compliation7. Help the poor (Psa_41:1)8. God fellowships with (Psa_65:4)9. Live in God’s house (Psa_84:4)10. Draw strength from God (Psa_84:5)11. Know how to worship God (Psa_89:15)12. Are chastened by God (Psa_94:12)13. Fear God (Psa_112:1; Psa_128:1)14. Live undefiled lives (Psa_119:1)15. Obey God’s Word (Psa_119:2)16. Walk in wisdom (Pro_8:32, Pro_8:34)17. Hear wisdom (Pro_8:34)18. The children of the just man who walks in his integrity

(Pro_20:7)19. The land under a godly king (Ecc_10:17)20. The nation whose God is the Lord (Psa_33:12)21. Those who wait upon God (Isa_30:18)22. Those who work the land in the Millennium (Isa_32:20)23. Those who live through the tribulation (Dan_12:12)

The emphasis is on that man who fulfills the purpose in life for which God created him.

Rev 4:11 "You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created."

The Counsel of the UngodlyThe ungodly. Hebrew: rasha‛ (H7563), morally wrong; actively bad; wicked; unjust.

Translated ungodly (Psa_1:1-6; Psa_3:7; Psa_73:12; 2Ch_19:2;

Job_34:18) and wicked 251 times (Gen_18:23-25; Psa_9:17 etc.).

Walking: moving Whose advice do you follow?

Our spiritual life is a “walk” Eph 4:1,17; 5:2,8,15.

The “ungodly” are people who are willfully and persistently evil;

It is possible for a believer to walk “in the darkness,” outside the will of God? (1 Jn 1:5-7).

The Way of Sinners

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Psalms – TJL CompliationSinners. Hebrew: chatta’ (H2400), criminal; to miss the mark; pass the limits of the law. Translated sinners (Psa_1:1, Psa_1:5; Psa_25:8 etc.).

Standing: See what the world is doing and do likewise…

Sinners are those who miss the mark of God’s standards. Sin means to “miss the mark.”

They don’t live as they should. They know to do right and they know the right to do.

They just don’t do it

Jas 4:17  Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. 

Prov 14:12 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”

Isa 55:7 “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts…”

The Seat of the ScornfulSitting: settled in, planted in place

The scorners know and willingly reject and ridicule God’s truth.

The scornful. Hebrew: luwts (H3887), to make mouths at; to scoff; to mock.

Pro 1:22 NKJV "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.

Pro 9:7 NKJV "He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.Though they know truth, they are blind towards truth having refused to consider it and the evidence of it.

Pro 21:24 A proud and haughty man—"Scoffer" is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.

The “scornful” make light of God’s laws and ridicule that which is sacred.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationWhen laughing at holy things and disobeying holy laws become entertainment, then people have reached a low level indeed.

“Surely He scorneth the scorners: but He giveth grace unto the lowly” (Prov 3:34).

“O the happinesses! O the blessednesses!”

The person described here met the conditions, and therefore God blessed him.,

The word blessed is asher, the name of one of Jacob’s sons (Gen. 30:12-13). it’s plural:

Gen 30:12 And Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, "I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed." So she called his name Asher.

God’s covenant with Israel made it clear that He would bless their obedience and judge their disobedience (Lev. 26; Deut. 28).

Israel was a unique and separate people; they were among the other nations but not to be contaminated by them.

Num 23:9 NKJV [Balaam to Balak:] For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him; There! A people dwelling alone, Not reckoning itself among the nations.

Exo 19:5 NKJV Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

Deu 32:8 NKJV When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD's portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. 10 "He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationGod reserved the promised land for Israel (Jacob) as His own portion where He would come and live in their midst forever (Isa_2:1-4; Jer_3:17; Eze_43:7; Eze_48:1-35; Joe_3:16-20; Zec_14:1-21).

The land of promise will be divided into thirteen sections, according to the number of the tribes (Deu_32:8-9; Eze_48:1-35).

The original division of the earth was made with the three sons of Noah about 200 to 300 years before Abraham (Gen_10:32).

We are in the world but not of the world.

Joh 17:11-17 NKJV Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

We must beware of friendship with the world (James 4:4)

Jas 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

that leads to being spotted by the world (James 1:27)

Jas 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

and even loving the world (1 John 2:15-17).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1Jn 2:15-17 NKJV Do not love the world or the things in

the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

The result will be conforming to the world (Rom. 12:1- 2) Rom 12:1-2 NKJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by

the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

and, if we don’t repent, being condemned with the world.

1Co 11:31-32 NKJV For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

We move into sin and disobedience gradually.

Lot looked toward Sodom, pitched his tent toward Sodom, and soon moved into Sodom (Ge 13:10-12; Ge 14:12).

Though he was called a righteous man (2 Peter 2:7-8), Lot lost all that he had when the Lord destroyed the cities of the plain (Gen. 18-19; 1 Cor. 3:11-23).

Pro 4:10-15 NKJV Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And the years of your life will be many. 11 I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. 12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble. 13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her, for she is your life. 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil. 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on.

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If you follow the wrong counsel, then you will stand with the wrong companions and

finally sit with the wrong crowd.

When Jesus was arrested, Peter didn’t follow Christ’s counsel and flee from the garden (Malt 26:31; John 16:32; 18:8) but followed and entered the high priest’s courtyard.

There he stood with the enemy (John 18:15-18) and ultimately sat with them (Luke 22:55).

The result was denying Christ three times.

2] But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

The verbs in Ps 1:1 are in the perfect tense and speak of a settled way of life.

In Ps 1:2, “meditate” is the imperfect tense and speaks of constant practice: “He keeps meditating.”

Delighting in the Word and meditating on the Word must go together.

Whatever we enjoy, we think about and pursue.

Psa 119:15 NKJV I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways. 16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Psa 119:23 NKJV Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes. 24 Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.

Psa 119:47 NKJV And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love. 48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes.

Psa 119:77 NKJV Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight. 78 Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationJoy in the Word of God.

Jer 15:16 NKJV Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.

Eze 3:3 NKJV And He said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you." So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness.

Rev 10:9 NKJV So I went to the angel and said to him, "Give me the little book." And he said to me, "Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth."

The Bible is our source of spiritual nourishment. Yet many so-called dedicated Christians are spiritually anorexic.

1Pe_2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

Heb 5:11-14 NKJV …you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

“Meditate” in the Hebrew means “to mutter, to read in an undertone,”

Orthodox Jews speak as they read the Scriptures, meditate, and pray. God’s Word is in their mouth.

Jos 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

If we speak to the Lord about the Word, the Word will speak to us about the Lord.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThis is what is meant by “abiding in the Word”.

1Jn 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

1Jn 2:24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Eph 6:17 …, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

We live it, we breathe it…

The Word is on our lips and in our hearts, we breathe it – inhaling and exhaling as it oxygenates our spirit.

As God’s people, we should prefer God’s Word to:

food (Ps 119:103; Job 23:12; Jer. 15:17; Matt. 4:4; 1 Peter 2:2),

sleep (Ps 119:55, 62, 147-148, 164), wealth (Ps 119:14, 72, 127, 162), and friends (Ps 119:23, 51, 95, 119).

The way we treat the Bible is the way we treat Jesus Christ, for the Bible is His Word to us.

Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Ezekiel 3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Revelation 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationJeremiah 17:7,8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the

LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

John 7:37-39 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

“Chewing the cud”

The word Meditate pictures a cow chewing her cud: Meditation is to the soul what “digestion” is to the body.

Savor each bite…

Seven Acts of a Righteous Man1. Delights in the Word of God (Psa_1:2).2. Meditates in it day and night (Psa_2:1-12).3. Consecrates to obey it (Psa_1:1).4. Makes it his rule of life and conduct (Jas_1:22-27).5. Makes it his standard of faith and religion (2Ti_3:16-17).6. Reads it to gain knowledge and wisdom (Mat_24:15;

Eph_3:4; Rev_1:3).7. Feeds on it to grow spiritually (1Pe_2:1-3; Rom_10:17).

3] And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationLike a tree, the Godly person is alive, strong, fruitful, useful, and enduring.

God blesses us that we might be a blessing to others.

Gen 12:2-3 NKJV I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

We are to become channels of God’s blessing to others.

“It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).

The tree is a familiar image in Scripture, symbolizing both

a kingdom

Eze 17:24 NKJV And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it."

Dan 4:10 NKJV These were the visions of my head while on my bed: I was looking, and behold, A tree in the midst of the earth, And its height was great….

Mat 13:32 NKJV …which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

and an individual.

Psa 52:8 NKJV But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

Psa 92:12 NKJV The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPro 11:30 NKJV The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,

And he who wins souls is wise.

Isa 44:4 NKJV They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses.'

Isa 58:11 NKJV The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

Jer 8:1 NKJV "At that time," says the LORD, "they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.

Mat 7:15 NKJV "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

[rivers of water] Hebrew: peleg (H6388) mayim (H4325), divisions of waters.

A term used in the East for small channels which divide a garden for irrigation.

Balaam saw the people of Israel as a “garden by a river” with trees in abundance (Num. 24:6).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationNum 24:5-7 NKJV "How lovely are your tents, O Jacob!

Your dwellings, O Israel! 6 Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens by the riverside, Like aloes planted by the LORD, Like cedars beside the waters. 7 He shall pour water from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. "His king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

In Scripture, water

for drinking is a picture of the Spirit of God

Joh 7:37 NKJV On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

1Co 10:4 NKJV and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

for washing pictures the Word of God

Psa 119:9 NKJV How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

Joh 15:3 NKJV You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Eph 5:26 NKJV that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

Thirst for water is an image of thirst for God

Psa 42:1 NKJV To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.

Psa 63:1 NKJV A Psalm of David When He Was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

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Psa 143:6 NKJV I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

Mat 5:6 NKJV Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

Rev 22:17 NKJV And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

The river is often a picture of God’s provision of spiritual blessing and help for His people

Psa 36:8 NKJV They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

Psa 46:4 NKJV There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

Psa 78:16 NKJV He also brought streams out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

Psa 105:41 NKJV He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.

Exo 17:5 NKJV And the LORD said to Moses, "Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Num 20:9 NKJV So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?" 11 Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod;

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Eze 47:1 NKJV Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar….

Rev 22:1 NKJV And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

The Roots Are the KeyThe most important part of the believer’s life is the “spiritual root system” that draws on the hidden resources we have in Christ.

Eph 3:17 NKJV that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Col 2:7 NKJV rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

This is “abiding in Christ”.

[his leaf also shall not wither] Portraying a rich and fruitful Christian life.

Joh 15:1-11 NKJV "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the

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Psalms – TJL Compliationbranches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. 9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. 11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

We can’t nourish and support ourselves; we need to be rooted in Christ and drawing upon His spiritual power.

To meditate on the Word (Ps 1:2) is one source of spiritual energy.

Trees may wither and die, but the believer who abides in Christ stays fresh, green, and fruitful.

Psa 92:12-14 NKJV The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,

When Christians cease to bear fruit, it is because something has happened to the roots.

Mar 11:12 NKJV Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Mar 11:20 NKJV Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationLuk 13:6 NKJV He also spoke this parable: "A certain

man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?' 8 But he answered and said to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.' "

[whatsoever he doeth shall prosper] Material prosperity is as much the will of God as soul and body health

Jos 1:5 NKJV No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

1Sa 2:7 NKJV The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. 8 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. "For the pillars of the earth are tthe LORD's, And He has set the world upon them.

3Jn 1:2 NKJV Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

What kind of fruit are we to bear?

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Psalms – TJL Compliation“Fruit” speaks of many different blessings:

winning people to Christ (Rom. 1:13),

Romans 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

godly character (Rom. 6:22; Gal. 5:22-23),

Romans 6:22, 23 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Galatians 5:22, 23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

money given to the Lord’s work (Rom. 15:28),

Rom 15:26-28 NKJV For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. 27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things. 28 Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain.

service and good works (Col. 1:10),

Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And praise to the Lord (Heb. 13:15).

Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

The tree doesn’t eat the fruit; others eat it.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationFruit isn’t the same as “results,” because fruit has in it the seed for more fruit.

Fruit comes from life, the life of God flowing in and through us.

Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Two comparisons:

1. Righteous: like a tree planted, cultivated, and well-watered; not like one growing wild in the field

2. Wicked: like chaff that blows away and soon perishes

4] The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.Twelve Things the Wicked Are Like1. Chaff that wind drives away (Psa_1:4)2. Grass that soon perishes (Psa_37:2)3. Wild beasts (Psa_49:20)4. Poisonous snakes; adders (Psa_58:4)5. A deceitful bow (Psa_78:57; Hos_7:16)6. Vanity (Psa_144:4)7. Potsherd (broken pottery, Pro_26:23)8. The troubled sea (Isa_57:20)9. A heath (plot of uncultivated land) in the desert (Jer_17:6)10. Foxes in the desert (Eze_13:4)11. A roaring lion (Eze_22:25)12. Ravenous wolves (Eze_22:27)

The wicked are pictured in many ways in Scripture, but the image here is chaff.

In contrast to the righteous, who are like trees, the ungodly are dead, rootless, blown about, and destined for the fire.

They have no roots; they are blown with the wind; they are useless to the plans of God. They are neither beautiful nor fruitful.

It’s a tragedy when a believer ignores the “root system” and begins to wither.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationWhat a tragedy for people to spend their whole life on earth as chaff and, as far as eternal things are concerned, amount to nothing.

God is a harvester, visiting the threshing floor and separating the grain from the chaff God expects and collects fruit and will dispose of chaff.

Psalm 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

John the Baptist used these same images of the tree, fruit, and chaff to warn sinners to repent.

Mat 3:7-13 NKJV But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him..

When the grain is winnowed, the wind blows the chaff away, and what chaff remains is thrown into the fire.

The wicked of this world seem rich and substantial, but from God’s point of view, they are cheap, unsubstantial, and destined for judgment. (Ps. 73.)

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Psalms – TJL CompliationJesus used the garbage dump outside Jerusalem (gehenna) as a picture of hell, because that’s where the cheap waste ends up in the fire (Mark 9:43-48).

Mar 9:43-48 NKJV If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 44 where 'THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.' 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched— 46 where 'THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.' 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire— 48 where 'THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.'

In the end, the two are separated, and the chaff is blown away or burned.

Until that happens, we have the opportunity to witness to them and seek to bring them to Christ.

5] Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6] For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

When Ps 1:5 says the wicked “shall not stand” in the judgment, it does not mean they will not be judged but rather, it means they will not be able to endure the judgment.

For the believer in Christ, there is no judgment of sin.Joh 5:24 NKJV "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears

My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationRom 8:1 NKJV There is therefore now no condemnation to

those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

For the unbeliever, there is “a fearful looking for of judgment”.

Heb 10:26-27 NKJV For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

Rev 20:11-15 NKJV Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

When the books are opened, these individuals will be flung to their knees in confession of sin and of the truth of God’s Word and God’s Son (Phil 2:9-11).

Php 2:9-11 NKJV Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

These ungodly people will never be allowed to enter the heavenly congregation of the righteous, even though on earth they might have been members of religious groups (Mt 7:21–23).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationMat 7:21-23 NKJV "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord,

Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'

There is a coming day of judgment when

the wheat will be separated from the tares, Mat 13:24-30Mat 13:24-30 NKJV Another parable He put forth to them,

saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' 28 He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them up?' 29 But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn." ' "

the sheep from the goats, Mat 25:31-46

Mat 25:31-46 NKJV "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats…..

and the trees from the chaff; Ps 1:3-4Psa 1:3-4 NKJV He shall be like a tree Planted by the

rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he

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Psalms – TJL Compliationdoes shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

No unbeliever will be able to stand in the assembly of the righteous.

The verb know in Ps 1:6 is used, as in Amos 3:2, to mean

“to choose, to enter into covenant relationship with, to be personally acquainted with.”

The Jewish Publication Society translation of Amos 3:2 is “You alone have I singled out of all the families of the earth.”

That same translation gives Ps 1:6 as “For the LORD cherishes the way of the righteous...”

At the last judgment, Jesus says to the wicked, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matt 7:23 NKJV).

Two ways, two destinies1Co 15:21-23 For since by man came death, by man came also

the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

Which one do you want to follow?

How do you go about it?

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

This psalm begins with “blessed” and ends with “perish.”

True believers are blessed in Christ (Eph. 1 :3ff.). Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ….

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThey have received God’s blessing, and they ought to be a blessing to others, especially to the chaff that will one day be thrown into the fire.

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Psalm 2

Psa 2:1-12 ISV1 Why are the nations in an uproar,

and their people involved in a vain plot?2 As the kings of the earth take their stand

and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

3 "Let us tear off their shackles from us, and cast off their chains."

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

5 In his anger he rebukes them, and in his wrath he terrifies them:

6 "I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

7 Let me announce the decree of the LORD that he told me: "You are my son, today I have become your father.

8 Ask of me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your possession.

9 You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery."

10 Therefore, kings, act wisely! Earthly rulers, be warned!

11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the son before he becomes angry, and you die where you stand. Indeed, his wrath can flare up quickly. How blessed are those who take refuge in him.

Psa 2:1-12 ESV

1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,

against the LORD

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Psalms – TJL Compliationand against his Anointed, saying,

3 "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."

4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,

6 "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."

7 I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me,

"You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,

for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Christ in the PsalmsJesus said that the psalms spoke about Him.

Luk 24:44 Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

Ps 22 The Crucified SaviorPs 23 The Shepherd Cf.Jn 10Ps 40:6-8 The Sacrifice Cf. Heb 10:1-10Ps 110 The High Priest Cf. Heb 7:17-21Ps 118:22,23 The Stone Cf. Mt 21:42Ps 2 The Coming King Cf. Acts 4:25,26; 13:33

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe Messianic PsalmsThe Book of Psalms is quoted in the NT more than any other book in OT (even more than Isaiah).

Christ’s birth, betrayal, agony, death, resurrection, ascension, coming again in glory, and His worldwide reign-all are pictured in inspired vividness.

They constitute irrefutable testimony to the Divine inspiration of the Scriptures.

Messianic details in Psalm 2, 8, 16, 22, 23, 24, 40, 41, 45, 68, 69, 87, 89, 102, 110, 118, et al.• His Person

– Son of God Ps 2:7; 45:6,7; 102:25,27– Son of Man Ps 8:4-6; etc.– Son of David Ps 139:3,4,27,29

• His Offices– Prophet Ps 22:22, 25; 40:9,10– Priest Ps 110:4– King Ps 2; 24; 72; etc.

• To speak in parables Ps 78:2• Will calm the storm Ps 89:10• To be despised Ps 2:6; 69:19-22• To be rejected Ps 118:22• To be mocked Ps 22:7-8; 89:51-52• To be whipped Ps 129:3• To be derided Ps 69:8, 20• Impaled on a cross Ps 22:ff

– Thirsty Ps 22:16– Given wine mixed with gall Ps 69:20-22– Lots cast for his garments Ps 22:18-19– Not a bone to be broken Ps 34:21

• To rise from the dead Ps 16:10• To Ascend to heaven Ps 68:19• At the right hand of God Ps 110:1; 80:17• Is the High Priest Ps 110:4• Will judge the nations Ps 89:3-5

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Psalms – TJL Compliation• Reign to be eternal Ps 89:35-37• Is the Son of God Ps 2:7• Is the Son of David Ps 110:1 (Mt 22:42-45)• People to sing Hosanna to him Ps 118:25-26• Blessed forever Ps 45:1-4, 8, 18• Will come in glory in last days Ps 102:16-23

The Coming Kingdom• The Coming of the Kingdom Psalm 46

– thru Tribulation• The Range of the Kingdom Psalm 47

– “all the earth”• The Center of the Kingdom Psalm 48

– “Zion”

Psalm 2: The Cosmic War• The Voice of the Nations Ps 2:1-3• The Voice of the Father Ps 2:4-6• The Voice of the Son Ps 2:7-9• The Voice of the Spirit Ps 2:10-12

The Voice of the Nations (Ps 2:1-3)Psalm 1 emphasizes God’s law, Psalm 2 focuses on prophecy.

The people in Psalm 1 delight in the law,The people in Psalm 2 defy the law.

Psalm 1 begins with a beatitude, Psalm 2 ends with a beatitude.

Psalm 2 is a messianic psalm, along with Ps 8; 16; 22-23; 40-41; 45; 68-69; 102; 110; and 118.

The test of a messianic psalm is that it is quoted in the New Testament as referring to Jesus.

Luk 24:28 Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationLuk 24:44 Then He said to them, "These are the

words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

Psalm 1 is never quoted in the New Testament,Psalm 2 is quoted or alluded to at least 17 times-more than any single psalm.

Mat 3:17 NKJV And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Mat 17:5 NKJV While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

Mar 1:11 NKJV Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Mar 9:7 NKJV And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

Luk 3:22 NKJV And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."

Luk 9:35 NKJV And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

Joh 1:49 NKJV Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

Act 4:25 NKJV who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'WHY DID THE NATIONS RAGE, AND THE PEOPLE PLOT VAIN THINGS?

Act 4:26 NKJV THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.'

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Psalms – TJL CompliationAct 13:33 NKJV God has fulfilled this for us their children,

in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: 'YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.'

Php 2:12 NKJV Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Heb 1:2 NKJV has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

Heb 1:5 NKJV For to which of the angels did He ever say: "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again: "I WILL BE TO HIM A FATHER, AND HE SHALL BE TO ME A SON"?

Heb 5:5 NKJV So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU."

Rev 2:26 NKJV And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations — 27 'HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; THEY SHALL BE DASHED TO PIECES LIKE THE POTTER'S VESSELS'— as I also have received from My Father;

Rev 11:18 NKJV The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth."

Rev 12:5 NKJV She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.

Rev 19:15 NKJV Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself

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Psalms – TJL Compliationtreads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Psalm 2 is also a royal psalm, referring to the coronation of a Jewish king and the rebellion of some vassal nations that hoped to gain their freedom.

Other royal psalms are Ps 18; 20-21; 45 (a royal wedding); 72; 89; 101; 110; and 144.

According to Acts 4:25, David wrote this psalm,

Act 4:25-26 NKJV who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'WHY DID THE NATIONS RAGE, AND THE PEOPLE PLOT VAIN THINGS? 26 THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.'

It may have grown out of the events described in 2Sa 5:17-25; 2Sa 8:1-14; and 2Sa 10:1-19.

Israel was ruled directly by the Lord through His prophets and judges until the nation asked for a king (1 Sam. 8).

The Lord knew this would happen (Gen. 17:6, Gen. 17:16; Gen 35:11; Num. 24:7, Num. 24:17) and made arrangements for it (Deut. 17:14-20).

Gen 17:6 NKJV I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.

Gen 17:16 NKJV And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her."

Gen 35:11 NKJV Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

Num 24:7 NKJV He shall pour water from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. "His king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

Num 24:17 NKJV "I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall

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Psalms – TJL Compliationrise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult.

Deu 17:14-20 NKJV "When you come to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,' 15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.' 17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. 18 "Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, 20 that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.

Saul was not appointed to establish a dynasty, because the king had to come from Judah and Saul was from Benjamin.

Gen 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

David was God’s choice to establish the dynasty that would eventually bring the Messiah into the world (2 Sam. 7).

Both Psalm 2 and 2 Samuel 7 go far beyond David and his successors, for both the covenant and the psalm speak about a universal kingdom and a throne established forever.

This can be fulfilled only in Jesus Christ, the son of David.

Mat 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:

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Psalms – TJL CompliationSome psalms you see (Ps 114; 130; 133),

Some psalms you feel (Ps 22; 129; 137; 142), Psalm 2 you hear,

It is a record of four voices.

Ps 2:1] Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

[heathen] Hebrew: gowyim (H1471), nations or Gentiles.

Four raging classes (Psa_2:1-2):1. Heathen (Gentiles, nations)2. People (Jews, Act_4:27)3. Kings (Gentile rulers, Act_4:26)4. Rulers (Jewish leaders, Act_4:26)

Five acts of the ungodly:1. They rage2. Imagine (plot) vain things3. Set themselves against God and the Messiah

(Psa_2:2)4. Counsel together against God and the Messiah

(Psa_2:2)5. Encourage themselves to get rid of God and the

Messiah (Psa_2:3)

[rage] Hebrew: ragash (H7283), to be tumultuous.

It refers to the rioting of the mob who gnashed their teeth at the Messiah.

[imagine] Hebrew: hagah (H1897), to imagine (Psa_2:1; Psa_38:12); meditate (Psa_1:2; Psa_63:6; Psa_77:12; Psa_143:5;

Jos_1:8; Isa_33:18); mourn (Isa_16:7; Isa_38:14; Isa_59:11); mutter (Isa_8:19; Isa_59:3); roar (Isa_31:4); speak (Psa_37:30; Pro_8:7); talk (Psa_71:24); andutter (Job_27:4).

[vain thing] Hebrew: riyq (H7385), a worthless thing. Translated

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Psalms – TJL Compliationvain (Psa_2:1; Psa_73:13; Lev_26:16, Lev_26:20;

Job_39:16; Isa_49:4; Isa_65:23; Jer_51:58); vanity (Psa_4:2; Hab_2:13); and empty (Jer_51:34).

2] The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3] “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.”(The Holy Spirit is speaking of the kings of the earth...)

ConspIracy Ps 2:1 is an expression of astonishment:

“When you consider all that the Lord has done for the nations, how can they rebel against Him!”

God had:provided for their basic needs (Acts 14:15-17), guided them, kept them alive, andsent a Savior to bring forgiveness and eternal life

(Acts 17:24-31; see Dan. 4:32).

From the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11) to the crucifixion of Christ (Acts 4:21-31) to the battle of Armageddon (Rev.19:11 ff.), the Bible records humanity’s foolish and futile rebellions against the will of the Creator.

The earthly kingdom rulers form a conspiracy to break the bonds that the Lord has established for their own good.

The picture is that of a stubborn and raging animal trying to break the cords that bind the yoke to its body.

Jer 5:5 NKJV I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God." But these have altogether broken the yoke And burst the bonds.

Jer 27:2 NKJV "Thus says the LORD to me: 'Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe only true freedom comes from submitting to God and doing His will.

Freedom without authority is anarchy, and anarchy destroys.

But the nations’ rebellion isn’t against “God” in some abstract way; they defy the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

The one thing the nations can agree on is “We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14).

[against the LORD, and against his anointed] Two separate persons.

Note their bands, their cords, Psa_2:3.

[their] God’s and the Messiah’s.

[bands] Hebrew: mowcer (H4147), chastisement; halter; restraint. Translated

bands (Psa_2:3; Job_39:5; Job 107:14; Isa_28:22; Isa_52:2; Jer_2:20) and

bonds (Psa_116:16; Jer_5:5; Jer_27:2; Jer_30:8; Nah_1:13).

[cords] Hebrew: ‛aboth (H5688), something entwined. Translated cords (Psa_2:3; Psa_118:27; Psa_129:4; Jdg_15:13-14); ropes (Isa_5:18; Jdg_16:11-12); bands (Eze_3:25; Eze_4:8; Hos_11:4); and wreathen (Exo_28:14-25; Exo_39:15-18).

[anointed] Hebrew: mashiyach (H4899), anointed. Translated Messiah (Dan_9:25-26) and anointed 37 times (1Sa_2:10, 1Sa_2:35; Psa_89:51).

“...anointed”: In Hebrew it means “Messiahin the Greek, Christos; in English, “Christ.”

In the Old Testament, kings were anointed (1 Sam. 10:1; 2 Kings 11:12), as were prophets and priests (Ex. 28:41).

1Sa 10:1 NKJV Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: "Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance?

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Psalms – TJL Compliation2Ki 11:12 And he brought out the king's son, put the

NKJV crown on him, and gave him the Testimony; they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"

Exo 28:41 NKJV So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

Jesus said that the world hated Him and would also hate those who followed Him (John 7:7, John 7:18-19, John 7:24-25; Matt. 24:9; Luke 21:17).

Joh 7:7 NKJV The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.

Joh 7:18 NKJV He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?"

Joh 7:24 NKJV Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." 25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill?

Mat 24:9 NKJV "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.

Luk 21:17 NKJV And you will be hated by all for My name's sake.

The phrase “set themselves” means “get ready for war.”

The consequences of this defiance against the Lord and His Christ are described in Romans 1:18ff., and it isn’t a pretty picture.

Rom 1:18-19 NKJV For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them….

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThis is a movement against God and Christ and it is heading for a climax...

The movement began when Pilate joined up with the religious rulers and Herod in order to put Jesus to death.

This rebellion movement contiued in the 4th chapter of Acts, when the first persecution broke out against the church, we’re told that the apostles,

Peter and John, after they had been threatened, returned back to the church to give their report.

Acts 4:24-27 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together.

“Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.” (Ps 2:2b).

What “bands” or “cords”?

• Personal responsibility• Marriage – Heterosexuality• Ten Commandments• The rule of law…The move toward lawlessness… and the

man of lawlessness!

The Voice of the Father (Ps 2:4-6)4] He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall

have them in derision.5] Then shall He speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them

in his sore displeasure6] Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationSixteen Personal Acts of God

1. Sits in the heavens.2. Laughs at the vain plans of man.3. Has men in derision (Psa_2:4).4. Speaks to men.5. Becomes angry with men.6. Vexes men because of their sins.7. Is sore displeased with men (Psa_2:5).8. Sets the Messiah as King in Zion (Psa_2:6).9. Speaks to the Messiah.10. Begets a Son (Psa_2:7).11. Gives the Messiah nations to inherit.12. Gives the Messiah earth to possess (Psa_2:8).13. Crushes His enemies on earth (Psa_2:9).14. Gives advice to kings (Psa_2:10-12).15. Gives instruction to judges (Psa_2:10).16. Blesses those who trust Him (Psa_2:12).

The Father is speaking. His king WILL be set upon the hill of Zion!

Another refutation of Amillennialism.

Isaiah 45:19-25 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPhilippians 2:5-11 Let this mind be in you, which was also in

Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Mockery-the Voice of God the Father (Ps 2:4-6). Ps 2:4 …He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh… God is neither worried nor afraid as puny man rages against Him.

He merely laughs in derision (Ps 37:8-13; Ps 59:1-9).

Psa 37:8-13 NKJV Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.

Psa 59:1-9 NKJV To the Chief Musician. Set to "Do Not Destroy." a Michtam of David When Saul Sent Men, and They Watched the House in Order to Kill Him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from bloodthirsty men. 3 For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine. Awake to help me, and behold! 5 You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationSelah 6 At evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city. 7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth; Swords are in their lips; For they say, "Who hears?" 8 But You, O LORD, shall laugh at them; You shall have all the nations in derision. 9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense.

After all, to God, the greatest rulers are but grass to be cut down, and the strongest nations are only drops in a bucket.

Isa 40:6-8 NKJV The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."

Isa 40:12-17 NKJV Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him? 14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering. 17 All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.

Today, God is speaking to the nations in His grace and calling them to trust His Son, but the day will come when God will speak to them in His wrath and send terrible judgment to the world (Rev. 6-19).

If people will not accept God’s judgment of sin at the cross and trust Christ, they will have to accept God’s judgment of themselves and their sins.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationIt was God who gave David his throne on Zion, and it was God who gave David victory after victory as he defeated the enemies of Israel.

But this was only a picture of an even greater coronation:

[my king upon my holy hill of Zion] God’s King is the Messiah who will reign on David’s throne forever.

Isa 9:6 NKJV For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Luk 1:32 NKJV He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."

Rev 11:15 NKJV Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

[Zion] A hill immediately south of Moriah. Occurs 37 times in Psalms.

God declares that there is but one legitimate King and that is His Son, who is now seated on the throne of glory (Mark 16:19; 1 Cor. 15:25; Eph. 1:19-23).

Mar 16:19 NKJV So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

1Co 15:25 NKJV For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.

Eph 1:19 NKJV and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in

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Psalms – TJL CompliationChrist when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Jesus Christ is both King and Priest after the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:5-6; Heb 7:1 ff.).

Heb 5:5 NKJV So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU." 6 As He also says in another place: "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK";

Heb 7:1 NKJV For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,….

Today, there is no king in Israel (Hos. 3:4), but there is a King enthroned in the heavenly Zion (Heb. 12:22-24).

Hos 3:4 NKJV For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.

Heb 12:22-24 NKJV But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

If we fail to see Jesus Christ in this psalm, we miss its message completely:

o His death (Ps 2:1-3; Acts 4:23-28), o His resurrection (Ps 2: 7; Acts 13:33), o His ascension and enthronement in glory (Ps 2:6), and

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Psalms – TJL Compliationo His return and righteous rule on earth (Ps 2:8-9; Rev.

2:27; 12:5; 19:15).

The Voice of the Son (Ps 2:7-9)7] I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me,

“Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.The enthroned King now speaks and announces what the Father said to Him. “I will declare the decree” informs the rebels that God rules His creation on the basis of sovereign decrees.

No asking for a consensus. No taking a vote. No debate.

God’s decrees are just He never makes a mistake.

[Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee]Acts 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children,

in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

This refers to the incarnation when the second person of the Divine Trinity took a human body to redeem (Php_2:5-11; Isa_7:14; Isa_9:6).

It was when God had a Son through Mary (Mat_1:18-25; Luk_1:35; Joh_1:14).

This happened on a certain day: "This day have I begotten thee" (Heb_1:5-7).

Therefore, we cannot say that God had a Son before this time. This proves that sonship in connection with God had to refer to humanity and not to deity.

As God, the person we now know of as Jesus Christ had no beginning, was not begotten, was not a Son, and did not come into being. He always existed as God (Psa_90:2; Mic_5:2; Joh_1:1-2; Heb_1:8).

As man and as God’s Son He was not eternal. He had a beginning. He was begotten—the same time Mary had a Son.

Therefore, the doctrine of eternal sonship of Jesus Christ is irreconcilable to reason, unscriptural, and contradictory to itself.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationEternity has no beginning, so if He has been God from eternity, then He could not have a beginning as God.

Eternity has no reference to time, so if He was begotten "this day," then it was done in time and not in eternity.

[son] The word Son supposes time, generations, father, mother, beginning, and conception—unless one is a son by creation, as

Adam (Luk_3:38), angels (Job_1:6; Job_2:1; Job_38:7; Gen_6:1-4). And the Church

[this day] Time, created, beginning, are opposites to God and eternity and are absolutely impossible to reconcile with them.

It is plainly stated in Psa_2:7; Act_13:33; Heb_1:5; Heb_5:5 that God had a Son "this day" and not in eternity.

It is stated in Heb_1:5-7; Luk_1:35; Mat_1:18-25 when this took place. It was nearly 2,000 years ago.

It had been predicted that God would have a Son (Isa_7:14; Isa_9:6; Heb_1:5; Mat_1:18-25; Luk_1:32-35).

This was fulfilled when the virgin conceived "of the Holy Ghost" (Mat_1:20), not at any other time.

To say that God had an eternal Son would mean He had two; but

it is plainly stated that Jesus was "the only begotten of the Father" (Joh_1:14, Joh_1:18; Joh_3:16-18; 1Jn_4:9).

[begotten] G1080 γενναω gennao

1) of men who fathered children1a) to be born1b) to be begotten

1b1) of women giving birth to children

2) metaphorically2a) to engender, cause to arise, excite2b) in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his

way of life, to convert someone2c) of God making Christ his son2d) of God making men his sons through faith in Christ’s work

[begotten] H3205 ילד yalad

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1) to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

1a) (Qal)1a1) to bear, bring forth

1a1a) of child birth1a1b) of distress (simile)1a1c) of wicked (behaviour)

1a2) to beget1b) (Niphal) to be born1c) (Piel)

1c1) to cause or help to bring forth1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife1c3) midwife (participle)

1d) (Pual) to be born1e) (Hiphil)

1e1) to beget (a child)1e2) to bear (figuratively - of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)1g) (Hithpael) to declare one’s birth (pedigree)

Acts 13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

According to Acts 13:33, verse Ps 2:7 refers to the resurrection of Christ, when He was “begotten” from the tomb and was glorified.

Rom 1:1-4 NKJV Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God 2 which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Heb 1:5 For to which of the angels did He ever say: "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again: "I WILL BE TO HIM A FATHER, AND HE SHALL BE TO ME A SON"?

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Psalms – TJL CompliationHeb 5:5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become

High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU."

Rom_10:9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Col_2:12  Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Rom 6:3-11 KJV  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  4  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  5  For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:  6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.  7  For he that is dead is freed from sin.  8  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:  9  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.  10  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1Co 15:20 KJV  But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Eph 1:17-23 KJV  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,  20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,  21  Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and

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Psalms – TJL Compliationevery name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:  22  And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,  23  Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Eph 2:4 KJV  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5   Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Eph 5:14 KJV  Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

1Pe 4:1 KJV  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2  That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3   For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Ps 2:7 was quoted by the apostle Paul when he preached in Antioch of Pisidia. This was one of his greatest sermons; and he was talking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

In the ancient Near East, kings were considered to be sons of the gods, but Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God.

Psa 89:25-27 NKJV Also I will set his hand over the sea, And his right hand over the rivers. 26 He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' 27 Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.

2Sa 7:14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

At our Lord’s baptism, the Father alluded to Ps 2:7 and announced that Jesus was His beloved Son

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Psalms – TJL CompliationMat 3:17 NKJV And suddenly a voice came from heaven,

saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Mar 1:11 NKJV Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Luk 3:22 NKJV And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased."

Again, God declares Jesus as His only begotten Son on the mount of transfiguration.

Mat 17:5 NKJV While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

Mar 9:7 NKJV And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!"

The Father has promised the Son complete victory over the nations, which means that one day He will reign over all the kingdoms of the world.

Satan offered Him this honor in return for His worship, but Jesus refused.

Mat 4:8-11 NKJV Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, "All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY YOU SHALL SERVE.' " 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.Christ’s rule will be just but firm, and if they oppose Him, He will smash them like so many clay pots.

The son speaking, quoting the Father… The Messiah declares the gospel.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation8] Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine

inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.Two rewards of incarnation and preaching:1. Heathen converted2. Kingship over earth

Dan 7:13-14 NKJV "I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. 14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed..

Victory-the Voice of God the Son (Ps 2:7-9).

9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

[break] The Hebrew word translated “break” can also mean “shepherd,” which explains the King James Version translations of Rev 2:27; Rev 12:5; Rev 19:15.

Before going to battle, ancient eastern kings participated in a ritual of breaking clay jars that symbolized the enemy army and thus guaranteed the help of the gods to defeat them.

Jesus needs no such folly; He smashes His enemies completely.

Rev 19:11 KJV  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Dan 2:42 KJV  And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43   And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with

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Psalms – TJL Compliationclay. 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

“The Rod of Iron”Jesus is God, Jesus is King, and Jesus is Conqueror.

Revelation 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Revelation 19:15, 16 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

The Voice of the Spirit (Ps 2:10-12)

10] Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

11] Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.12] Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the

way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Opportunity-the Voice ol the Holy Spirit (Ps 2:10-12).In view of the Father’s decree and promised judgment, and the Son’s victorious enthronement in heaven, the wise thing for people to do is to surrender to Christ and trust Him.

The Spirit of God speaks to mankind and pleads with sinners to repent and turn to the Savior.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationNote that in Ps 2:10-11, the Spirit speaks first to the kings and leaders,

Then in Ps 2:12, He addresses “all” and urges them to trust the Son.

The Spirit starts His appeal with the world leaders, because they are accountable to God for the way they govern the world (Romans 13).

The people are enraged against God mainly because their leaders have incited them.

They are ignorant because they follow the wisdom of this world and not the wisdom that comes from God (1Co 1:18-31).

They are proud of what they think they know, but they really know nothing about eternal truth.

1Co 1:18-31 NKJV For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND BRING TO NOTHING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRUDENT." 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— 31 that, as it is written, "HE WHO GLORIES, LET HIM GLORY IN THE LORD."

Jer 9:24 But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD.

Four commands to kings and rulers:1. Be wise.2. Be instructed.3. Serve the Lord (Psa_2:11).4. Kiss the Son (Psa_2:12).

• The Mind (Ps 2:10)

– “Be wise...be instructed!”– The “counsel of the ungodly” has led the ungodly astray (Ps

1:1).– The wisdom of the world is foolishness with God (1 Cor

1:18-31).

They are admonished to “Be instructed” from the Word of God.

The word also means “to be warned.”

The Lord in His grace desires to save sinners before His wrath is poured out!

Once the Spirit has instructed the mind, He then appeals to the will and calls the rebels to serve the Lord and stop serving sin (Ps 2:11).

• The Heart – “Serve Him!”

Love for the Lord casts out sinful fear (1 John 4:18) but perfects godly fear.

1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

We love our Father but He is awesome and in His glory we still respect His authority.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe third appeal is to the heart and calls for submissive love and devotion to the King.

• The Will (Ps 2:12)

– “Kiss the Son!”– Reconciled to the world by the Cross (2 Cor 5:14-21).

2Co 5:14-21 NKJV For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

– Righteousness & Peace (Ps 85:10).Psa 85:10 Mercy and truth have met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed.– “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be

saved” (Acts 2:21).

[Kiss] Hebrew: nashaq (H5401), submit to; be ruled by. Occurs 35 times, translated

kiss (Gen_27:26-27; etc.); armed (1Ch_12:2; 2Ch_17:17; Psa_78:9); touched (Eze_3:13); and be ruled (Gen_41:40).

“...kiss”: homage Kissing was a sign of subjection and friendship

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1Sa 10:1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his

head, and kissed him and said: "Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over His inheritance?

1Ki 19:18 NKJV Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."

Hos 13:2 NKJV Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!"

In the ancient world, vassal rulers would show their obedience to their king by kissing his hand or cheek.

Judas kissed Jesus in the garden, but it meant nothing.

The kiss in Ps 2:12 is a kiss of submission and even reconciliation.

[son] Unusual is the apparent use of bar, an Aramaic word for son. Jerome rendered it, “Give pure (bar is a Hebrew word for pure) worship,” for “Worship in purity,” rather than translating the word as “son.”

The Messiah of Psa_2:2 is God’s Son in Psa_2:7-12.Pro 30:4 NKJV Who has ascended into heaven, or

descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?

Isa 9:6 NKJV For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation[he be angry] Lest Jehovah of Psa_2:11 be angry.

The Spirit ends with a word of warning and a word of blessing.

The warning is that this loving King can also become angry and reveal His holy wrath suddenly and without warning.

1Th 5:1-4 NKJV But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.

The theme of wrath is connected with the Father (Ps 2:5) and the Son (Ps 2:9, 12).

Psalm 1 began with a beatitude; Psalm 2 ends with one.

Psalm 1 opens with “blessed,”

Psalm 2 concludes with promised blessing for all who put their trust in the Son of God.

That promise still stands (John 3:16-18; 20:31).

Joh 3:16-18 NKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Joh 20:31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

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Psalm 3

Psa 3:1-8 ESV A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 1 O LORD, how many are my foes!

Many are rising against me; 2 many are saying of my soul,

there is no salvation for him in God. Selah. 3 But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,

my glory, and the lifter of my head. 4 I cried aloud to the LORD,

and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah. 5 I lay down and slept; I woke again,

for the LORD sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people

who have set themselves against me all around. 7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God!

For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.

8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah.

Psa 3:1-8 ISV A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom. 1 LORD, I have so many persecutors!

Many are rising up against me! 2 Many are saying about me,

"God will never deliver him!" Interlude. 3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me,

my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. 4 I cry aloud to the LORD,

and he answers me from his holy mountain. Interlude. 5 I lie down and sleep, I wake up,

because the LORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear multitudes of people,

who set themselves against me on every side. 7 Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God!

For you strike the jaw of all my enemies, and you break the teeth of the wicked.

8 Deliverance comes from the LORD!

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Psalms – TJL CompliationMay your blessing be on your people. Interlude.

Psalms 3-7 form a bridge, a stairway between two Messianic psalms.

Psalm 2 is the prophetic rejection of God’s anointed, and

Psalm 8 is His ultimate victory as Man.

In these five psalms we have the record of Israel’s trials, sorrows, confusions, problems, and sins. We also see their confidence in God, the promises of God, and their prayers for deliverance.

Alternative Interpretations• The primary interpretation: the personal experience of David.

• The direct application to the Godly remnant in the nation of Israel during the Great Tribulation

• There is also a general application to God’s people everywhere at any time in the history of the world:

Looking at the psalms from this point of view, they become more meaningful to us!

Psalm 2 is assigned to David.Act 4:25-26 NKJV who by the mouth of Your servant David

have said: 'WHY DID THE NATIONS RAGE, AND THE PEOPLE PLOT VAIN THINGS? 26 THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.'

Psalm 3 is categorized as a “personal lament,” and there are many of these in the collection

(Ps. 3-7; 13; 17; 22; 25-28; 35; 38-40; 42-43; 51; 54-57; 59; 61; 63-64; 69-71; 86; 88; 102; 109; 120; 130; 140-143)

David wrote the psalm after he had fled Jerusalem when his son Absalom took over the throne (2 Sam. 15-18).

The king and his attendants had crossed the Jordan River and camped at Mahanaim.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThis is a morning psalm (Ps 3:5);

Psalm 4 was written during the same events and is an evening psalm (Ps 4:8).

It’s possible that Psalm 5 also fits into the same time period, as well as Ps 42; 43; 61-63; 143. (Ps 5:3, 8-10.)

Psa 5:3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.

Psa 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue. 10 Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You.

Historical Background: 2 Samuel 15-18This psalm came out of the personal experience of David.

It tells us what went on in the heart of David when he had to flee from Jerusalem when Absalom, his son, rebelled against him.

He had become an outcast and a fugitive from his own city, Jerusalem, which is called the city of David.

He had been driven from the people he ruled.

Absalom’s intention was actually to put his father to death.

It was written during a time of great heartbreak for David.

As David fled, an enemy was on the sidelines cursing him.

Abishai, one of his mighty men said, “Let me run a spear through him.”

David said, “No” , the prophet Nathan had told David that God would punish him for his sins:

2Sa 12:11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy

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Psalms – TJL Compliationwives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour….

David had sinned greatly, and he was not going to get away with it.

God had forgiven David and restored him, but David had to reap the results of his sin; and it is in his own son’s rebellion that he reaped it.

(2Sa 15:13). David’s enemies have increased on all sides; for. “… The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom”

Absalom had taken a long time to build up his support for taking over the kingdom, and the number increased day by day (

2Sa 15:12-23 NKJV Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city—from Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number. 13 Now a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom." 14 So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword." 15 And the king's servants said to the king, "We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commands." 16 Then the king went out with all his household after him. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house. 17 And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts. 18 Then all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, passed before the king. 19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why are you also going with us? Return and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place. 20 In fact, you came only yesterday. Should I make you wander up and down with us today, since I go I know not where? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you." 21 But Ittai answered the king and said, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord

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Psalms – TJL Compliationthe king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also your servant will be." 22 So David said to Ittai, "Go, and cross over." Then Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones who were with him crossed over. 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.

2Sa 16:7 NKJV Also Shimei said thus when he cursed: "Come out! Come out! You bloodthirsty man, you rogue! 8 The LORD has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a bloodthirsty man!"

2Sa 17:11 NKJV Therefore I advise that all Israel be fully gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

2Sa 18:7 NKJV The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day.

Absalom was handsome, smooth spoken, and a gifted liar who knew how to please the people and steal their hearts.

There’s something in the heart of mankind that enjoys feeding on lies.

2Sa 15:1-6 NKJV After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say, "What city are you from?" And he would say, "Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel." 3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your case is good and right; but there is no deputy of the king to hear you." 4 Moreover Absalom would say, "Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has

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Psalms – TJL Compliationany suit or cause would come to me; then I would give him justice." 5 And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him. 6 In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

Not only were David’s enemies increasing, but the news was getting worse.

People were saying, “The king is beyond help.”

Psa 31:13 NKJV For I hear the slander of many; Fear is on every side; While they take counsel together against me, They scheme to take away my life. Psa 38:19 NKJV But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

Psa 41:4 NKJV I said, "LORD, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." 5 My enemies speak evil of me: "When will he die, and his name perish?" 6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it. 7 All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt. 8 "An evil disease," they say, "clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more." 9 Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Psa 55:18 NKJV He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, For there were many against me.

Psa 56:2 NKJV My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

Psa 69:4 NKJV Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it.

Psa 71:10 NKJV For my enemies speak against me; And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together, 11

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Psalms – TJL CompliationSaying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him."

David went out of Jerusalem barefoot and weeping, passing over the Kidron. It looked as if there was no help for him at all.

David’s Family Problems: 2 Samuel 12-14• Death of Bathsheba’s 1st son.• Rape of his daughter, Tamar.• Slaying of his sons: Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah.

Absalom was an attractive young man, a clever politician who promised the people things he would not have been able to deliver.

All the hearts of Israel went after Absalom. During Absalom’s rebellion there were many others who rose up against David.

Psalms 3-5 may all fit the events of 2 Samuel 15-18. (As may Psalms 42, 43, 61-63, 143.)

David admits His Troubles (Ps 3:1-2).

Psalm 3 [A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.]

1] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

2] Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

[Psalm] This is the first time we find the word Psalm in the book.

The Hebrew word is mizmor and means “to pluck strings.”

This is also the first prayer in the Psalms and the first psalm attributed to David.

All the psalms in book 1 (Ps 1-41) are attributed to David except Ps 1; 10; and 33.

The prayer begins very abruptly with “Lord.”

Like Peter when sinking into the sea,

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Psalms – TJL CompliationMat 14:30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous,

he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

David didn’t have time to go through a long liturgy, for his life was at stake as was the future of the kingdom.

David knew that God is a “very present help in trouble” (Ps 46:1).

help The word help in the Hebrew (yeshua)

H3444 ישועה yeshu‛ahsalvation, deliverance, welfare, prosperity, victory

translated“save” in Ps 3:7 and “salvation” in Ps 3:8 and gives us the names “Jesus” (Matt. 1:21) and “Joshua.”

It’s used 136 times in the Psalms.

Why had God permitted this dangerous and disgraceful uprising?

It was part of David’s chastening because of his sins of adultery and murder (2 Sam. 12:1-12).

God in his grace forgave David when he confessed his sins (2 Sam. 12:13-14; Ps. 32; 51), but God in his government allowed David to reap the bitter consequences of those sins.

He experienced painful family problems (2 Sam. 12-14), including the death of the son Bathsheba bore him, the rape of his daughter Tamar, and the slaying of his sons Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah.

“Selah”: סלה Used 71 times in Psalms; three in Habakkuk 3.This is the first use of “Selah” in Scripture (Ps 3:2, 4, 8); it is used 71 times in the Psalms and three times in Hab 3:3, 9, 13It is used in 39 psalms out of 150.

Of the 39, 31 psalms are to the chief Musician. It occurs 4 times in the middle of verses (Ps_55:19;

Ps_57:3; Hab_3:3, Hab_3:9).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationIn 4 cases 2 psalms are connected by it (Ps 3-4; Ps 9-10; Ps

24-25; Ps 46-47).

Most of the time it is at the end of verses.

Scholars are divided as to its meaning.

Seven Suggested Meanings of "Selah"1. A thought link, connecting ideas in Hebrew poetry.2. The Septuagint translated it by diapsalma, a pause in the

psalm by the singers.3. The Chaldee sometimes translated it by lealmin, "forever".4. A word equivalent to da capo in music directing the choir to

repeat.5. A word from Hebrew: sal (H5542), to raise or elevate the

voices of singers.6. A word from salah, to spread out indicating that the subject

should be meditated on by the reader.7. A word denoting an instrumental interlude or louder

accompaniment.

Selah is commonly assumed to refer to musical instructions; however: selah is to connect subject matter, not music.

It connects the end of one strophe [stanza / passage] with the beginning of the next.

It is the connecting of the two subjects together-sometimes synthetic; sometimes antithetic; concerned with truth, not tunes.

The word selah comes from two roots:

• If derived from salah, “to pause,” it is not the instruments of music which are to pause while voices continue to sing; but it is our hearts which are to pause and to note the connection of precious truths.

• If derived from salal,”to lift up,” it is not the instruments which are to lift up their sound in louder degree, but our hearts which are to be lifted up to consider more solemnly the two truths which are thus connected.

Confidence: He Affirms HIs Trust In the Lord (Ps 3:3-4).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation3] But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the

lifter up of mine head.4] I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out

of his holy hill. Selah.David wasn’t a man easily beaten.

Without ignoring his problems, he lifted his eyes from the threatening situation around him and looked by faith to the Lord.

David was in disgrace because of his own sins and his son’s treachery, but God was the source of David’s glory.

David knew he was in danger, but God was his shield.

Gen 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

Israel’s king was referred to as a “shield” because he protected the nation.

Psa 84:9 NKJV O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.

Psa 89:18 NKJV For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

David depended on God as his shield.He affirms his trust in God.

God was his “shield.” He trusted God’s promises (2 Sam 7).

Psa 7:10 NKJV My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart.

Psa 18:2 NKJV The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psa 47:9 NKJV The princes of the people have gathered together, The people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 59:11 NKJV Do not slay them, lest my people forget;

Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Psa 84:11 NKJV For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.

Deu 33:29 NKJV Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places."

God would “lift up his head” and restore him to his throne.

Psa 27:6 NKJV And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

2Sa 15:30 NKJV So David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.

The temple had not yet been built on the “holy hill of Zion,” but the ark was there (see 2 Sam. 15:25), and that was God’s throne (Ps 80:1 NASB).

God was still on His throne even if David was not.!

2Sa 15:25 Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place.

Psa 80:1 To the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." a Testimony of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!

Absalom turned his father’s “glory into shame” (Ps 4:2), but one day that glory would be restored.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 4:2 How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory

to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah

The situation was discouraging, but the king knew that God would lift up his head and restore him to his throne.

Psa 27:6 NKJV And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

2Sa 15:30 NKJV So David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.

His faith was in the promises God had made to him in the covenant recorded in 2 Samuel 7, and he knew God would not forsake him.

David may have been forced off his throne, but Jehovah was still on the throne and in control, and Absalom had attacked God’s anointed king (Ps 2:2).

Psa 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

That was a dangerous thing to do. David kept crying out to God in prayer, knowing that God had not forsaken him in the past and would not forsake him now.

Ps. 34:6 NKJV “This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles”

Celebration: He Anticipates the Victory (Ps 3:5-8).

5] I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

[I laid me down and slept] This was at Mahanaim

2Sa 17:27 NKJV Now it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of

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Psalms – TJL Compliationthe people of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, 28 brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, parched grain and beans, lentils and parched seeds, 29 honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."

When David awakened the next morning, his first thought was of the Lord and how He had protected him and his attendants during night.

This was a sign to him that the Lord was with them and would see them through the crisis.

It reminds us of Jesus asleep in the storm and Peter asleep in the prison.

Mar 4:38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"

Act 12:6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

If we trust Him and seek to do His will, God works on our behalf even while we’re asleep (Ps 121:3-4; Ps 127:2).

Psa 121:3 NKJV He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psa 127:2 NKJV It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.

6] I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.David was confident that God would give him victory in his son’s rebellion (Psa_3:6-7).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid affirmed that he would not be afraid if tens of thousands of people were set in battle array against him, for God would give him victory.

Deu 32:30 How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?

Psalm 3 is a morning psalm;

Psalm 4 is an evening psalm on the same events.

Psa 4:8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 5 may fit as a morning psalm as well.

Psa 5:3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.

The morning was the most important time of day for David, as it should be for us today.

(Ps 30:5 NKJv). “For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning”

It was in the morning that he met with the Lord and worshipped Him.

o It was his time to pray (Ps 5:3),

Psa 5:3 My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.

o to sing (Ps 57:7-8; Ps 59:16),

Psa 57:7 NKJV My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake, my glory! Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.

Psa 59:16 NKJV But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble.

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Psalms – TJL Compliationo and to be satisfied by God’s mercy (Ps 90:14).

Psa 90:14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

Mornings are a special time to be focused on and fellowship with the Lord:

• Abraham rose early

Gen 19:27 NKJV And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

Gen 21:14 NKJV So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

Gen 22:3 NKJV So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

• Moses

Exo 24:4 NKJV And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exo 34:4 NKJV So he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

• Joshua

Jos 2:1 NKJV Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.

Jos 6:12 NKJV And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationJos 7:16 NKJV So Joshua rose early in the morning and

brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

Jos 8:10 NKJV Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

• Samuel

1Sa 15:12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul went to Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal."

• Job

Job 1:5 So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did regularly.

• Our Lord Mark 1:35Mat 14:23 NKJV And when He had sent the multitudes

away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.

Mar 1:35 NKJV Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.

Mar 6:46 NKJV And when He had sent them away, He departed to the mountain to pray.

Luk 6:12 NKJV Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Luk 9:28 NKJV Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationLuk 11:1 NKJV Now it came to pass, as He was praying

in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."

The Lord works on our behalf even when we sleep.

Psa 121:3 NKJV He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 NKJV Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psa 127:2 NKJV It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows; For so He gives His beloved sleep.

In spite of his trouble and his enemies, David commits himself to God and His promises,

He acknowledges that he could sleep knowing God did not sleep.

When he awoke, it was due to God’s protection and faithfulness.

As a result David could rest and awake without fear of his enemies and circumstances.

7] Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

[for thou hast smitten all mine enemies] David speaks of victory as if it were already a reality, thus illustrating faith (Mar_11:22-24).

Mar 11:22-24 NKJV So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid’s prayer in Ps 3:7 ”Arise, O L0RD” takes us back to the years when Israel was in the wilderness, as David was at that time.

When the guiding cloud of glory began to move and the camp set out, Moses would say (or sing):

“Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You” (Num. 10:35 NKJv).

David had sent the ark back to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 15:24-29), but he knew that the presence of a piece of sacred furniture was no guarantee of the presence of the Lord (see 1 Sam. 4).

2Sa 15:24-29 NKJV There was Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. 25 Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place. 26 But if He says thus: 'I have no delight in you,' here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him." 27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28 See, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me." 29 Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.

David had no access to the tabernacle or the ministry of the priests, but he was spiritual enough to know that the love and obedience of his heart was what God wanted.

He didn’t have the ark of God, but he had the God of the ark!

He couldn’t offer animal sacrifices or incense, but he could lift his hand to worship God (Ps 141:2).

Psa 141:2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

The glory of God was with him (Ps 3:3), and so was the blessing of God (Ps 3:8).

Let the enemy arise (Ps 3:1)!

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Psalms – TJL CompliationGod will also arise and give victory!

Some translations view this as a prayer in both the present and future tense.

Some translations render the verbs in Ps 3:7 as past tense (KJV, AB, NASB), indicating that David was looking back at the many past victories God had given him.

“You saved my life many times in the past, so why would You abandon me now?”

The New International Version sees this as a prayer for present and future victories.

Either way, David had the faith to trust God to go before him and defeat the army of Absalom, and God did.

Striking the enemy on the cheek-a “slap in the face”-was an act of humiliation.

David’s enemies are seen as a pack of animals “who needed their teeth broken.”

David saw the rebellious army as a pack of animals that needed their teeth broken

Psa 7:2 NKJV Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Psa 22:12 NKJV Many bulls have surrounded Me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me. 13 They gape at Me with their mouths, Like a raging and roaring lion.

Psa 22:16 NKJV For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet;

Psa 22:20 NKJV Deliver Me from the sword, My precious life from the power of the dog. 21 Save Me from the lion's mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered Me.

Psa 10:9 NKJV He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 17:12 NKJV As a lion is eager to tear his prey, And like a

young lion lurking in secret places.

Psa 35:17 NKJV Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, My precious life from the lions.

Psa 57:4 NKJV My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Psa 58:6 NKJV Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!

8] Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

Jonah quoted Ps 3:8 when he was in the great fish (Jonah 2:9) and then experienced that salvation.

Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."

David (having used brilliance in his opposing of Absalom) refused to take any credit.

God not only rested David, but He also rescued him.

It was the Lord who alone would receive the glory.

David also refused to carry a grudge against his people but asked the Lord to bless them.

This reminds us of our Lord’s prayer on the cross

Luk 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots.

Stephen’s prayer as he was being stoned to death.

Act 7:60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

God restored David to his throne and enabled him to prepare Solomon to succeed him.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid was also able to bring together his wealth so that Solomon would have what he needed to build the temple. (1 Chron. 22-29.)

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Psalm 4

Psa 4:1-8 ESVTo the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of

David. 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!

You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

2 O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies?

Selah.3 But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for

himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

4 Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.

Selah.5 Offer right sacrifices,

and put your trust in the LORD.6 There are many who say, "Who will show us some good?

Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!"7 You have put more joy in my heart

than they have when their grain and wine abound.8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep;

for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Psa 4:1-8 ISVTo the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic Psalm 1 . When I call, answer me, my righteous God!

When I was in distress, you set me free. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

2 You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false?

Interlude.3 But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for

himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

4 Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds and be silent.

Interlude.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation5 Offer sacrifices that are righteous,

and put your confidence in the LORD.6 Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?"

LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.7 You have given me more joy in my heart

than at harvest times, when grain and wine abound.8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely.

Compare the wording in Psalm 4 with Psalm 3.

They deal with the same situation in David’s life:

foes/distress (Ps 4:1/3:1), many/many (Ps 4:6/3:2), glory (Ps 4:2/3:3), call/answer (Ps:4:1/3:4), lie down/sleep (Ps 4:8/3:5).

Psalm 3 is a morning psalm (Ps 3:5)Psalm 4 an evening psalm (Ps 4.8).

[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.]

This is the first mention of “the chief musician,” who is included in the titles of 53 psalms.

He was the “minister of worship” and custodian of the sacred psalms at the tabernacle and then at the temple.

1Ch 6:31 NKJV Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark came to rest. 32 They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

1Ch 15:16 NKJV Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy. 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the

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Psalms – TJL Compliationson of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brethren of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers; 19 the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze; 20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to Alamoth; 21 Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the Sheminith; 22 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful;

1Ch 25:1 NKJV Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:

1Ch 25:7 NKJV So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the LORD, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

“chief musician on Neginoth” is the lead of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.

Neginoth H5058 נגינת “accompanied by stringed instruments” (Ps 4; 6; 54-55; 61; 67; 76);

the harp and lyre

1Ch 23:5 NKJV four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, "which I made," said David, "for giving praise."

1Ch 25:1 NKJV Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1Ch 25:3 NKJV Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun:

Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

1Ch 25:6 NKJV All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.

Rendered “stringed instruments,” Hab 3:19Hab 3:19 The LORD God is my strength; He will make

my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

David could turn this distressing experience into song, to the glory of God.

An example showing what our responses ought to be in times of crisis.

1] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

This Psalm was composed on the same occasion as Psa_3 when Absalom rebelled.

“Hear me” is a passionate and concerned call that means “Answer me!” David had been praying for God’s help and was desperate to receive an answer.

Psa 18:6 NKJV In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.

Psa 50:15 NKJV Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." 16 As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 145:18 NKJV The LORD is near to all who call upon

Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

During his youthful days of exile, he had a priest with him to consult the Urim and Thummim and determine God’s will, but not during Absalom’s rebellion.

“God of my righteousness” God is righteous and will do what is best (“my righteous God”),

“God of my righteousness” indicates that David’s righteousness came from God, and therefore God should vindicate him (“God of my innocence”).

David was being chastened because of his disobedience, but God had forgiven his sins.

God had called David to be king, and God alone could vindicate him.

David reminded himself that the Lord had often delivered him in times past, so He was able to deliver him now.

“enlarged”: rachab H7337רחב raw-khab' = set in a broad place., to make room

“distressed”: rc; tsar H6862 צר tsar = pressed into a corner; a tight place, trouble, in a strait, a narrow small place

David grew spiritually in difficult situations.

Psa 18:19 NKJV He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

Psa 18:36 NKJV You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

Psa 25:17 NKJV The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses!

Psa 31:8 NKJV And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a wide place.

Psa 118:5 NKJV I called on the LORD in distress; The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 119:32 NKJV I will run the course of Your

commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.

David knew he didn’t deserve any help from the Lord, but he prayed on the basis of God’s mercy and favor.

God in His grace gives us what we don’t deserve, God in His mercy doesn’t give us what we do deserve.

2] O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

“sons of men” refers to the leading men of rank who had been seduced and deceived by Absalom and who with him were leading the people astray.

[turn my glory into shame ... love vanity, and seek after leasing] Three universal sins:

1. Turning God’s glory to shame 2. Loving vanity 3. Leasing - an old Anglo-Saxon word for lying

1. Turning God’s glory to shameThis will end when all enemies are put down

Rom 1:18-32 NKJV For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image

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Psalms – TJL Compliationmade like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

1Co 15:24-28 NKJV Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For "HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

Eph 1:7-10 NKJV In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all

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Psalms – TJL Compliationwisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

2. Loving vanity

Psa 10:7 NKJV His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

Psa 12:2 NKJV They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psa 39:5 NKJV Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

Psa 39:11 NKJV When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. Selah

Psa 62:9 NKJV Surely men of low degree are a vapor, Men of high degree are a lie; If they are weighed on the scales, They are altogether lighter than vapor.

Psa 94:11 NKJV The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.

Ecc 2:1-26 NKJV I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure"; but surely, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter—"Madness!"; and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?" 3 I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives. 4 I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards. 5 I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove. 7 I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me. 8 I also

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Psalms – TJL Compliationgathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all kinds. 9 So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. 10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; And this was my reward from all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done And on the labor in which I had toiled; And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun. 12 Then I turned myself to consider wisdom and madness and folly; For what can the man do who succeeds the king?— Only what he has already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly As light excels darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, But the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived That the same event happens to them all. 15 So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, It also happens to me, And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity." 16 For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise man die? As the fool! 17 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind. 18 Then I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 Therefore I turned my heart and despaired of all the labor in which I had toiled under the sun. 21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. 24 Nothing is

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Psalms – TJL Compliationbetter for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? 26 For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

2Ki 17:15 NKJV And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them.

Rom 8:20 NKJV For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;

Eph 4:17 NKJV This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

2Pe 2:18 NKJV For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error.

3. Leasing - an old Anglo-Saxon word for lying

Pro 17:4 NKJV An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

Pro 19:22 NKJV What is desired in a man is kindness, And a poor man is better than a liar.

“my glory” David had no glory of his own, for all his glory came from the Lord .

Psa 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

“vanity” H7385 ריק rıyq reeka worthless thing; empty, to no purpose,

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe enthusiastic mob was following because of his eloquence, appearance, and his promises which he clearly could not keep or deliver to them.

“leasing”: kazab H3577 כזב kaw-zawb' = a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing.

The rebels were not following the God-appointed leader; they were victims of lies and deceit.

In following vanity, the people would pay dearly for their sins.

When you follow vain things and believe falsehood, you can only go astray.

The people weren’t just deposing a king; they were fighting against the Lord Jehovah, who had placed David on the throne.

Absalom certainly wasn’t a man of God, nor was he God’s chosen one to rule over Israel.

The rebels were actually following a false god when they listened to Absalom’s flattery and lying promises.

2Sa 15:1-6 NKJV After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say, "What city are you from?" And he would say, "Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel." 3 Then Absalom would say to him, "Look, your case is good and right; but there is no deputy of the king to hear you." 4 Moreover Absalom would say, "Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any suit or cause would come to me; then I would give him justice." 5 And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him. 6 In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThis apparently went on for 40 years without David’s intervention.

David didn’t try to compromise with the rebels; he knew what they were, and he rejected them.

3] But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

hath set apart him that is godly Made him a special subject of grace and providence Marked as His own property. Sanctified him to Himself.

Psa 91:1-16 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." 3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. 4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, 10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot. 14 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation."

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Psalms – TJL Compliation4] Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart

upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

David now speaks to his own followers, some of whom were so overcome by their emotions that they were about to get out of hand.

David gave them six instructions, all of which are useful to us today when we find ourselves getting angry.

(1) “stand in awe” (Ps 4:4a). H7264 רגז ragaz raw-gaz' to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear

be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth. Tremble before the Lord

Believers who fear the Lord need not fear anything else.

Absalom’s followers trembled neither before the Lord nor before their rightful king.

(2) “sin not” (Ps 4:4b). Sinful anger leads to sinful words and deeds and even to murder (Matt. 5:21-26).

Paul quoted this verse in Ephesians 4:26, using the Septuagint (Greek version of the Old Testament). “Be angry, and do not sin” (NKJV).

Mat 5:21-26 NKJV "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' 22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Assuredly, I say

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Psalms – TJL Compliationto you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

Not all anger is sinful. There is a holy anger against sin that ought to be in the heart of every believer,

Mar 3:5a And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts,….

We must be careful not to be guilty of unholy anger...

This is perhaps addressed to David’s zealous followers whose wrath prompted exhortations from David (2Sa_16:10; 2Sa_18:5-15).

(3) Search, commune with your own hearts (Ps 4:4c).

It’s easy to get angry at the sins of others and ignore our own sins (Matt 7:1-5).

Mat 7:1-5 NKJV "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

David himself was guilty of doing this (2 Sam. 12:1-7).

Some translate this phrase, “Speak to your own heart”…

Psa 10:6 He has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity."

Psa 10:11 He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see."

Psa 10:13 Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, "You will not require an account."

Instead of tossing and turning in bed because of the things others are doing, take inventory and see if there aren’t sins in your own heart that need to be confessed.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation(4) Be still (Ps 4:4d). The Amplified Bible translates this, “Be ...

sorry for the things you say in your heart.”

Another translation is “Say so in your own heart,” that is, “Say to your own heart, Sin not.”

The honest searching of the heart should lead us to confess our sins to the Lord and claim His gracious forgiveness.

1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

5] Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

(5) Offer right sacrifices (Ps 4:5a). One can do this only if he has obeyed and kept himself from sin.

They couldn’t offer physical sacrifices there in the wilderness,

They could promise the Lord they would do so when they returned to Jerusalem.

This is what Jonah did from the belly of the great fish.

Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."

Absalom was offering insincere and hypocritical sacrifices to impress the people (2 Sam. 15:12), but God didn’t accept them.

2Sa 15:12 Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city—from Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.

Psa 50:3-13 NKJV Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: 5 "Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." 6 Let

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Psalms – TJL Compliationthe heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah 7 "Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! 8 I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me. 9 I will not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. 12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

Mic_6:8  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Hos_6:6  For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

(6) Trust the Lord (Ps 4:5b). Absalom was trusting his leadership, his army, his clever strategy, and his popularity with the people; but he wasn’t trusting the Lord. His plans were destined to fail.

David was not only a great king and military strategist, but he was also a loving shepherd who cared for his people and wanted them to walk with the Lord.

1Sa_13:14  But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

1Sa_16:7  But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Act_13:22  And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid knew that the spiritual condition of his people was far more important than their military skill, for the Lord gives victory to those who trust and obey.

Psa 51:16-19 NKJV For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. 18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

6] There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.This may suggest that in his flight from Absalom David had no priest with him to bless, as commanded in Num_6:23-26.

Num 6:22-27 NKJV And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 23 "Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: 24 "The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace." ' 27 "So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them."

2Sa 15:32-37 NKJV Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. 33 David said to him, "If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me. 34 But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,' then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me. 35 And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king's house, you shall tell to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Indeed they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son;

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Psalms – TJL Compliationand by them you shall send me everything you hear." 37 So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem..

7] Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

In the midst of fleeing from Absalom his son, and in the midst of his people forsaking him for another,

David had the joy of God in his soul greater than the increase of grai+n and wine, which expressed man’s highest temporal blessings.

Deu 33:28 NKJV Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.

2Ki 18:32 NKJV until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive groves and honey, that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us."

Isa 36:17 NKJV until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

8] I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

David’s leaders reported to him what many of the people were saying, so he knew that there was discouragement in the ranks.

Psa 3:2 Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God." Selah

“Who will show us any good?” means “Oh, that we might see some good!”, or

“Can anything good come out of this?” or

“Who can get us out of this plight?”

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe tense of the verb indicates that this discouraging statement was repeated again and again by the complainers, and the more they complained, the more others took up the strain.

The Jewish Publication Society version reads, “O for good days!”

“The good old days” are a combination of a bad memory and a good imagination.

What kind of “good” were the people looking for-material wealth, peace and security at any price, a godly king, a successful new king?

David knew what kind of good he wanted: the light of God’s smile upon him and his people.

To see the glorious face of God and know that He was well pleased would take care of everything.

This statement refers to the priestly blessing:

Num 6:24 NKJV "The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 NKJV The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace." '

Psa 31:16 NKJV Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies' sake.

Psa 44:3 NKJV For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.

Psa 67:1 NKJV To the Chief Musician. On Stringed Instruments. A Psalm. A Song. God be merciful to us and bless us,And cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

Psa 80:3 NKJV Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!

Psa 80:7 NKJV Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!

Psa 80:19 NKJV Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 119:135 NKJV Make Your face shine upon Your

servant, And teach me Your statutes.

David knew that God would answer the prayer of his heart.

The king wanted to see the Lord change darkness into light, and that’s exactly what He did.

Not only did David’s darkness become light, but his discouragement was replaced by joy (Ps 4:7).

The Israelites experienced great joy at weddings and bountiful harvests; but the joy God gave David exceeded even those times. (Rom. 15:13; John 16:24.)

Rom 15:13 NKJV Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Joh 16:23-24 NKJV "And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Absolutely confident in God, David had peace of soul and sleep for his body-in spite of all the plots against his life (2Sa_17:2).

2Sa 17:2 I will come upon him while he is weary and weak, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.

David praised God for the peace the Lord placed in his heart before the battle had been fought and won (Ps 4:8; 3:5).

Psa 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

Psa 3:5 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustained me.

God had given him rest the night before, and now he would rest again, knowing that God was his shield

“peace”: shalom H7965 שלם shaw-lome', = peace, completeness, soundness, welfare, health, prosperity, adequacy for life.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe Hebrew word shalom is not just the absence of conflict. It carries with it the ideas of adequacy for life, confidence, and fullness of life.

This is even more meaningful when you recall that David’s name means “beloved.”

De 33:12 The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him, who shelters him all the day long” (NKJV).

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Psa 5:1-12 ISVTo the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm.1 LORD, listen to my words,

consider my groaning.2 Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God,

for unto you will I pray.3 LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice;

in the morning I will pray to you, and I will watch for your answer.

4 Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.

5 Boastful ones will not stand before you; you hate all those who practice wickedness.

6 You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the person of bloodshed and deceit.

7 But I, because of the abundance of your gracious love, may come into your house. In awe of you, I will worship in your holy Temple.

8 LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your path straight before me.

9 But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.

10 Declare them guilty, God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them away because of their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

11 Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

12 Indeed, you will bless the righteous one, LORD, like a large shield, you will surround him with favor.

Psa 5:1-12 ESV

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Psalms – TJL CompliationTo the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.1 Give ear to my words,

O LORD; consider my groaning.2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my

God, for to you do I pray.

3 O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you.

5 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

6 You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.

9 For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

10 Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.

12 For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield.

Like Psalm 3, this is a morning psalm (Ps 5:3).

The description of David’s enemies given in verses Ps 5:4-6 and Ps 5:9-10 suggests the period prior to David’s flight from Jerusalem.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe New International Version translates Ps 5:10 “Let their intrigues be their downfall,” and there was certainly a great deal of deception and intrigue going on at that time.

The Hebrew words for “house” and “holy temple” (Ps 5:7) are also used for the tabernacle in Ex 23:19; Deu 23:18; Jos 6:24; 1Sa 1:9; 1Sa 3:3, 1Sa 3:15; so we don’t have to date the psalm from the time of Solomon.

Exo 23:19 NKJV The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

Deu 23:18 NKJV You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

Jos 6:24 NKJV But they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.

1Sa 1:9 NKJV So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of the LORD.

1Sa 3:3 NKJV and before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle of the LORD where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down,

1Sa 3:15 NKJV So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

Nehiloth in the title is a musical instruction that probably means “for flutes.”

Because of the prayer in verse 10, Psalm 5 is classified as one of the “imprecatory psalms” (Ps 12; 35; 37; 58-59; 69; 79; 83; 109; 139-140).

In these psalms, the writers seem to describe a God of wrath who can hardly wait to destroy sinners.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe writers also seem to picture themselves as people seeking terrible revenge against these enemies.

The enemies described are rebels against the Lord (Ps 5:10) and, in some instances, against the Lord’s anointed king.

When the Jews asked God to deal justly with their wicked enemies, they were only asking Him to fulfill His covenant promises.

The Jews were a covenant people whom God promised to protect as long as they obeyed Him (Lev. 26; Deut. 27-29).

In His covenant with Abraham, God promised to bless those who blessed Israel and to curse those who cursed them.

Gen 12:1-3 NKJV Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

“God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16), but God is also “light” (1 John 1:5), and in His holiness, He must deal with sin.

1Jn 4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1Jn 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

1Jn 1:5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

Ever since the fall of man in Genesis 3, there has been a battle going on in the world between truth and lies, justice and injustice, and right and wrong; and we cannot be neutral in this baffle.

Those who have difficulty accepting the “imprecations” in the Psalms must also deal with them

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and o in the preaching of John the Baptist (Matt. 3) and o Jesus (Matt. 23), o as well as in the requests of the martyrs in heaven

(Rev. 6:9-11). No one will deny that these servants of God were filled with the Spirit and wanted the Lord’s will to be accomplished.

If this psalm did grow out of the time in the wilderness when David was fleeing from Absalom, then he teaches us an important lesson:

No amount of danger or discomfort should keep us from our time of fellowship with the Lord each morning.

This may also fit the events of Psalm 3 & 4. (cf. Ps 5:3, 8-10). In any case, it suggests a flight from Jerusalem (Ps 5:4-6, 9-10).

[To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.]

1] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.2] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:

for unto thee will I pray.3] My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the

morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Seven Times to Pray1. In the morning (Psa_5:3; Psa_88:13; Psa_143:8)2. Day and night (Psa_88:1)3. Morning, noon, and night (Psa_55:17; Dan_6:10)4. All night (Luk_6:12)5. Without ceasing (1Th_5:17)6. Always (Eph_6:18)7. In time of need (Heb_4:16)

This is a morning Psalm (Psa_5:3), as Psa_4:1-8 is an evening hymn (Psa_5:4, Psa_5:8).

Having had good sleep in Psa_4:8, he awakes to meditate upon God and pray.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationGod was David’s King to rule, govern, and direct his life; and his God to save, defend, and protect him (Psa_5:2, Psa_5:4-6, Psa_5:10-12).

[look up] This is the proper attitude in prayer (Mar_6:41; Joh_17:1).

In this psalm, David gives us three valuable instructions to encourage our daily fellowship with the Lord.

We Prepare to Meet the Lord (Ps 5:1-3). When you are to meet a top person, you don’t go unprepared…

Many believers rush into their morning devotional time as if no preparation were necessary.

David was open with the Lord and admitted his inward pain (“meditation” can be translated “groaning”), and his prayer was a cry for help.

David was king of Israel, but he saw the Lord alone as his King (Ex. 15:18).

David was a man with a broken heart, but he knew that the Lord understood his sighs and groanings (see Rom. 8:26).

We may come to God’s gracious throne with “freedom of speech” (“boldly” in Heb. 4:16; and see Ps 10:19) because the Father knows our hearts and our needs and welcomes us.

Like our Lord Jesus Christ (Mark 1:35), David kept this appointment “morning by morning” and allowed nothing to interfere. (See Ps. 55:17-1 8; 59:16; 88:13; 92:2.) David was not only faithful in his praying each morning, but he was also orderly and systematic.

David wasn’t careless in his praying; he had everything arranged in order.

arak “direct”: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish.

– Arranging sacrifices on the altar Lev 1:8– Arranging wood on an altar Gen 22:9– Placing shewbread in Tabernacle Lev 24:8– Setting meal before guests Ps 23:5

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe word also has a military connotation: a soldier presenting himself to his commander to receive orders and an army set in battle array on the field.

In past years, many soldiers had presented themselves to David to get their orders, but David first presented himself to the Lord.

“I will look up” conveys the idea of waiting expectantly for God to come and bless.

In our daily morning meetings with the Lord, we should come like priests bringing sacrifices to the altar and soldiers reporting to our Captain for duty.

In order to exercise authority, leaders must be under authority.

4] For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5] The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

God has no pleasure in wickedness, nor can He be neutral about sin; therefore, rebel sinners couldn’t enter into His presence (Ps 15:1ff.; 24:3-6).

God is absolutely holy, so He cannot take pleasure in wickedness.

That God takes pleasure in things (Psa_5:4), hates sin (Psa_5:5), and abhors evil (Psa_5:6) is proof that He has a personal soul.

The soul of any being is the seat of the feelings, emotions, and desires.

Seven Things God Opposes1. He takes no pleasure in wickedness.2. He cannot dwell with evil (Psa_5:4).3. He cannot tolerate the foolish (boasters) to stand in His

presence.4. He hates workers of iniquity (Psa_5:5).5. He hates leasing (falsehood, Psa_5:6).6. He abhors bloody men.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation7. He abhors deceitful men.

God delights in those who fear Him (Ps 147:11) and who offer sincere praise to Him (Ps 69:30-31).

To please God, we must have faith (Heb. 11:6) and be identified with His Son in whom He is well pleased (Matt. 3:17).

[foolish] Hebrew: halal (H1984), to be clear; to shine (Job_29:3; Job_31:26; Job_41:18); hence to make a show or boast; to rave.

The word has both positive and negative connotations.

Translated foolish (Psa_5:5; Psa_73:3; Psa_75:4) and boast (Psa_10:3; Psa_34:2; Psa_44:8; Psa_49:6;

Psa_52:1; Psa_97:7; 1Ki_20:11; Pro_20:14; Pro_25:14; Pro_27:1);

but also praise (117 times, Psa_18:3; Psa_22:22-23; Psa_96:4; Psa_105:45; Psa_106:1, Psa_106:48; Psa_111:1; 1Ch_16:4, 1Ch_16:25, 1Ch_16:36; 2Ch_5:13) and

glory (Psa_63:11; Psa_64:10; Psa_105:3; Psa_106:5; 1Ch_16:10).

[iniquity] Hebrew: ’aven (H205), iniquity, specially connected with idolatry (1Sa_15:23; Hos_12:11).

Hence it is used of vanity (Job_15:35; Psa_10:7; Pro_22:8; Zec_10:2). It expresses bad conduct flowing from the heart and fallen nature.

When you read verses Ps 5:5-6 and 9-10, you meet a crowd of people who deliberately and repeatedly disobey God and think nothing of the consequences.

It’s the crowd John describes in Revelation 21:8, the people who are going to hell.

God loves the world of lost sinners (John 3:16) and sent His only Son “to be the Saviour of the world” (1 John 4:14; and see 1 Tim. 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationJesus died on the cross for the sins of the world (1 John 2:1-2), and His invitation to salvation is sent to all who will believe and come (Matt. 11:28-30; Rev. 22:17).

Such are the vast dimensions of God’s grace and love (Eph. 3:17-19).

But the glorious truth of God’s love doesn’t change the fact that God hates sin and punishes sinners.

He has no pleasure in them, and they cannot dwell with Him (Ps 5:4) or stand before Him as they are (Ps 5:5; see Ps 1:5-6).

He abhors murderers and liars and destroys them if they don’t trust His Son (Ps 5:6).

It isn’t necessary to dilute the word hate in Ps 5:5 because you find it also in Ps 11:5 and Ps 45:7; and see Ps 7:11.

There is no such thing as “abstract evil” except in dictionaries and philosophy books.

Evil is not an abstraction; it’s a terrible force in this world, wrecking lives and capturing people for hell.

God’s hatred of evil isn’t emotional; it’s judicial, an expression of His holiness.

If we want to fellowship with God at His holy altar, then we need to feel that same anguish (anger plus love) as we see the evil in this fallen world.

The Lord expects those who love Him to love what He loves and hate what He hates (Ps 97:10; 119:113; 139:21; Prov. 6:16-19; Amos 5:15; Rom. 12:9).

Imprecatory Psalms (Ps 6, 12, 35, 37, 58,59, 69, 79, 83, 109, 139, 140)

• Enemies were rebels against the Lord.

• The Covenant People were protected under conditions of obedience (Lev 26, Deut 27-29; Cf. Gen 12:2,3).

• A battle between good and evil has been going on since Genesis 3 - and we can’t remain neutral in this battle

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Psalms – TJL CompliationCompare: • Jeremiah (Jer 11:18f; 15:15; 17:18; 18:19f; 20:11f);

• John the Baptist (Mt 3);• Jesus (Mt 23);• Martyrs in heaven (Rev 6:9-11);

7] But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8] Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

When he wrote “But as for me,” David contrasted himself with the wicked crowd that rebelled against the king.

David had come to pray, and he had three requests.

David prayed for guidance (Ps 5:7-8). Because he wasn’t a member of the tribe of Levi, David couldn’t actually enter the tabernacle as could the priests, but he used that phrase to describe his approach to the Lord.

David was in the wilderness, but he came to the Lord with the kind of awe that the priests and Levites displayed in the tabernacle.

In the worship of our great and Holy God, there’s no place for cuteness and flippancy.

For believers to enter into the presence of God to worship and pray, it cost Jesus His life (Heb. 10:19-20), and to treat this privilege lightly is to cheapen that sacrifice.

David knew he needed guidance from God, for he had to put the kingdom back together again. (James 1:5.)

[as for me] See other occurrences (Psa_17:15; Psa_26:11; Psa_35:13; Psa_41:12; Psa_55:16; Psa_69:13; Psa_73:2).

[multitude] Hebrew: rob (H7230), increase; multiply by the thousands.

Translated multitude 70 times. Here it refers to the abundance of God’s mercies toward David.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation[mercy] Hebrew: checed (H2617), kindness; favor; mercy; grace

(Psa_5:7; Psa_13:5; Psa_18:50; Psa_21:7; etc.).

[fear] I.e., reverence.

[temple] Hebrew: heykal (H1964), palace.

It refers to the heavenly temple itself, the dwelling place of God which was used as the pattern for the earthly tabernacle as being the dwelling place of God among men on earth (1Sa_1:9; 1Sa_3:3).

[Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies] The same idea as in the Lord’s prayer: "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (Mat_6:13).

[make thy way straight before my face] Make Your path for me level and straight, that I may see how to proceed.

David prayed for justice (Ps 5:9-10).

9] For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.Four Main Traits of Wicked Men

1. Unfaithful. Hebrew: kuwn (H3559). Translated stable (1Ch_16:30); s

tablish (2Sa_7:13; 1Ch_17:12; 2Ch_17:5; Psa_93:1; Hab_2:12);

standeth (Jdg_16:26); firm (Jos_3:17; Jos_4:3); and establish (2Sa_7:12; 1Ch_17:11; 1Ch_22:10;

etc.).

Here it means no steadfastness or stability; no dependability in what is said.

2. Inwardly wicked-corrupt to the core.

"Wickedness" comes from the Hebrew: havvah (H1942), translated wickedness (Ps_5:9; Ps_52:7; Ps_55:11),

perverse thing (Job_6:30),

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Its root means "to fall."

"Inward part" comes from the Hebrew: qereb (H7130), the center.

Translated inward (Psa_5:9; Psa_49:11; Psa_64:6; Isa_16:11; Jer_31:33) and

inwards (Exo_29:13-22; Lev_1:9-13; Lev_3:3-14; Lev_4:8-11; Lev_7:3; Lev_8:16-25; Lev_9:14).

3. The throat is an open sepulchre. Hebrew: qeber (H6913), grave (Psa_5:9; Isa_22:16; Jer_5:16).

Streams of impurities come from within (Mar_7:19-21).

4. They flatter with their tongue (Psa_5:9; Psa_12:3; Pro_26:28; Pro_28:23; Pro_29:5).

10] Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

[Destroy thou them, O God] The prayer here should be understood in the future tense to harmonize with Psa_5:4-6. When one prays for the kingdom to come he is asking for the destruction of sin, sickness, rebellion, and for all the curse to be removed. This would include those who are still in it.

This is the purpose of the coming kingdom (1Co_15:24-28; Jud_1:14; Zec_14:1-21; Mat_25:31-46; Rev. 19:11-20:10).

[fall by their own counsels] This prayer was answered in Ahithophel (2Sa_15:31; 2Sa_17:14, 2Sa_17:23).

[transgressions] Hebrew: pesha‛ (H6588), revolt; rebellion; sin against lawful authority. Often translated transgression (Psa_5:10; Psa_51:3; Pro_28:24; Isa_43:25; etc.).

[rebelled against thee] The wicked rebel against God, not just

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Psalms – TJL Compliationagainst David; hence they are subject to the judgments of God.

David didn’t issue orders to his officers to go out and slaughter his enemies; instead, he turned them over to the Lord.

During that tragic baffle in which Absalom was slain, “the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured” (2 Sam. 18:8).

David’s prayer was answered: “Let them fall by their own counsels” (v. 10).

It was not because they rebelled against David; their great sin was that they had rebelled against God. “

The LORD loves righteousness and justice” (Ps. 33:5 NIV; and Ps. 36:6; Ps. 58:11; Ps. 97:2; Isa. 30:18; Luke 18:7-8; Rom. 1:32).

Anybody who resents this kind of praying can’t honestly pray, “Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:9-10).

If we are troubled by this, perhaps we don’t hate sin enough to get upset at the wickedness and godlessness around us. We have gotten too used to the darkness…

In Romans 3:13, Paul quoted “their throat is an open sepulchre” as part of his proof that the whole world is guilty before God (Rom. 3:19) and that includes all of us!

Instead of being upset over God’s treatment of David’s enemies, we need to examine our own relationship with the Lord!

He prayed for God’s blessing (Ps 5:11-12).

11] But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

12] For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation[But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice] After

praying for himself (Psa_5:7-8) and for the wicked (Psa_5:9-10), David prays for the righteous (Psa_5:11-12).

[trust in thee] Three chief characteristics of the godly:1. They trust in God.2. They love God and His name.3. They are righteous (Psa_5:12).

[rejoice] Five blessings of the righteous:1. They have a refuge (trust) in God.2. They are joyful in God.3. They have security in God.4. They are blessed by God.5. They have God’s favor or grace (Psa_5:12).

[defendest] Hebrew: cakak (H5526), to entwine as a screen; to fence in; cover over; protect.

It is translated defence (Psa_5:11; Nah_2:5); and cover (Exo_33:22; Exo_37:9; Exo_40:3, Exo_40:21; 1Sa_24:3; Job_40:22; Psa_91:4; etc.).

[shield] Hebrew: tsinnah (H6793), a shield of the largest size to cover the whole body. It is translated shield here and in Psa_91:4; 1Sa_17:7, 1Sa_17:41; 1Ch_12:8, 1Ch_12:24, 1Ch_12:34; 2Ch_11:12; and Jer_46:3.

Here it refers to the favor or grace of God.

David didn’t rejoice because some of God’s covenant people were evil and were judged by the Lord, but because Israel’s God had been glorified and His king vindicated.

The future of God’s great plan of salvation rested with Israel.

If the Davidic dynasty was destroyed, what about God’s gracious messianic covenant with David (2 Sam. 7:8)?

The outcome of our fellowship with the Lord should be joy in His character, His promises, and His gracious answers to prayer.

Even though some of his own people had turned against him, David prayed that God would bless and protect them!

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThis sounds like our Lord on the cross (Luke 23:34) and Stephen when he was stoned to death (Acts 7:60).

Note that Ps 5:11 emphasizes faith and love, and Ps 5:12 gives the assurance of future hope.

The shield in Ps 5:12 is the large rectangular shield, like a door, and not the smaller round shield of Ps 3:3.

David began his devotions seeking help for himself but ended by seeking blessing for all the people, including his enemies.

That’s the way our devotional times ought to end.

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Psalm 6

Psa 6:1-10 ESV To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.

2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD-how long?

4 Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

5 For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

6 I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.

8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

9 The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

Psa 6:1-10 ISV To the Director: With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm.

1 LORD, in your anger, do not rebuke me, in your wrath, do not discipline me.

2 Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.

3 And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?

4 Return, LORD, save my life! Deliver me, because of your gracious love.

5 In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are?

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Psalms – TJL Compliation6 I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is

drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.7 My eyesight has faded because of grief, it has dimmed

because of all my enemies.8 Get away from me, all of you who practice evil, for the

LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.9 The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD receives my

prayer.10 As for all my enemies, they will be put to shame; they will

be greatly frightened and suddenly turn away ashamed.

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 6[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm

of David.]The inscription tells us that David wrote this psalm, but we aren’t sure when.

It could have been composed during the time of Absalom’s rebellion when David was old, sick, and unable to handle all the complex responsibilities of the kingdom.

David’s gradual failure as a visible leader was one of Absalom’s “selling points” as he stole the hearts of the Israelites (2 Sam. 15:1-6).

The psalm could have been written at any time during David’s reign when he was ill and being attacked by his enemies.

He describes his plight - ”foes without, fears within” - and cries out to God for mercy.

He was sure he was facing death (Ps 6:5), which indicates that his experience was real and that he wasn’t using sickness and war only as metaphors for his personal troubles.

Neginoth means “stringed instruments,” and

Sheminith means “eighth,” which may refer to the number of a familiar melody, a lower octave for men’s voices, or the number of strings of the instrument to be played.

You find Sheminith also in the title of Psalm 12 (see 1 Chron. 15:21).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsalm 6 is the first of seven “penitential psalms” in which the writers are being disciplined by God and experiencing suffering.

Ps 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; and 143; All of these psalms are helpful to us when we need to confess our sins and draw closer to the Lord.

In this psalm, David records the stages in his difficult experience of moving by faith from trial to triumph.

1] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

3] My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

The Pain of DisciplIne (Ps 6:1-3). Eight times in the psalm David addresses God as “LORD - Jehovah,” the covenant name of God, and the address in Ps 6:1 is repeated in Ps 38:1, and see Jeremiah 10:24.

[rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure]

Seven Requests of David1. Rebuke me not in Thine anger.2. Chasten me not in wrath.3. Have mercy upon me (Psa_6:2).4. Heal me.5. Return, O Lord (Psa_6:4).6. Deliver my soul.7. Save me for Thy mercies’ sake.

When God deals with His children, usually He first rebukes and then chastens, just as parents first warn disobedient children and then discipline them (Heb. 12:5-6; Prov. 3:11-12).

According to Hebrews 12:1-13, chastening is not punishment meted out by an irate judge but discipline given by a loving Father to help His children mature (Rev. 3:19).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationSometimes God chastens us in order to deal with our disobedience, but at other times, He chastens us to prepare us for what lies ahead.

It’s like the training of an athlete for a race.

David thought God was angry with him, but that wasn’t necessarily true.

When you consider that he was surrounded by foes (Ps 6:7), evildoers (Ps 6: 8), and enemies (Ps 6:.10) and that his body was weak and in pain and his soul troubled, you can see why he felt like he had a target on his back.

Three times he used the Hebrew word bahal, It is translated “vexed” in the KJV (Ps 6:2, 3, 10),

In the 17th century, when the KJV was translated, the word vex was much stronger and more vehement than it is today and meant more vehement: “faint, weak, troubled, terrified.”

The translators of the Greek Old Testament used tarasso, which is the word used in the Greek of John 12:27: “Now is my soul troubled” (Mat. 26:38; Mark 14:34).

Knowing that he deserved far more than what he was enduring, David begged for mercy (Ps 103:13-14) and asked God to send help speedily.

The painful question “How long?” is asked at least sixteen times in Psalms 6:3; 13:1-2; 35:17; 62:3; 74:9-10; 79:5; 80:4; 82:2; 89:46; 90:13; 94:3.

The answer to the question is, “I will discipline you until you learn the lesson I want you to learn and you are equipped for the work I want you to do.”

According to Hebrews 12, when God disciplines us, we can despise it, resist it, collapse under it, and quit or accept it and submit. What God is seeking is submission.

Penitential Psalms (Ps 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143)• Suffering under God’s discipline.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation• Our choices (Heb 12): despise it; resist it; collapse under it; or accept it and submit and pray that the lessons not be wasted

• And that it is “undeserved” (Mt 5:11,12 ; 1 Pet 3:13-17).

4] Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

5] For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?The Old Testament view of afterlife was limited (2 Tim 1:10).

The Futility of Death (Ps 6:4-5). [For in death there is no remembrance of thee] Death claims

only the body (Jas_2:26), not the soul and spirit which are immortal (1Pe_3:4).

1 Peter 3:4 [hidden man of the heart] This is the inner man of Rom_7:22; 2Co_4:16; Eph_3:16.[is not corruptible] Greek: aphthartos (G862).

Translated "not corruptible" of man’s soul and spirit (1Pe_3:4);

"incorruptible" of man’s crown (1Co_9:25), of the future resurrected body (1Co_15:52), of our heavenly inheritance (1Pe_1:4), and of the Word of God (1Pe_1:23); "uncorruptible" of God (Rom_1:23); and "immortal" of God (1Ti_1:17).

Thus, we have definite proof that the inner man is just as immortal as God (1Co_15:42; 1Ti_6:16; 1Ti_1:17).

Twenty-five Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul1.    The hidden man of the heart is not corruptible (is

immortal, 1Pe_3:4).2.    Hell [sheol: the underworld, the abode of the dead] from

beneath is moved to meet thee at thy coming (Isa_14:9-11).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation3.    They have eternal life (Joh_3:15-16; Joh_6:54,

Joh_6:58; Joh_17:2-3).4.    They are passed from death unto life (Joh_5:24;

Joh_6:40, Joh_6:47).5.    He shall live forever (Joh_6:51).6.    They shall never perish (Joh_10:28).7.    They shall never die (Joh_11:25-26).8.    Man is not able to kill the soul (Mat_10:28; Luk_12:5).9.    There appeared Moses talking with Him (Mat_17:3; cp.

Deu_34:6).10.    Their worm dieth not (Mar_9:43-49).11.    In hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments (Luk_16:19-

31).12.    All live unto Him (Luk_20:37-38).13.    Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is

renewed day by day ... The things which are not seen (the soul and spirit) are eternal (2Co_4:16-18).

14.    To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2Co_5:8).

15.    To depart (die, the inner man leaving the body, Jas_2:26) is to be with Christ (Php_1:21-24).

16.    Whether we wake (live) or sleep (die), we shall live with Him (1Th_5:10).

17.    You are come unto the spirits of just men and made perfect (Heb_12:22-23).

18.    The souls of the dead live according to God in the spirit (1Pe_4:6).

19.    He that doeth the will of God abideth forever (1Jn_2:17).20.    We know we have passed from death unto life because

we love (1Jn_3:14-15).21.    God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son

(1Jn_5:11).22.    He that hath the Son hath life (1Jn_5:12; 1Jn_2:24-25).23.    Your heart shall live forever (Psa_22:26).24.    The path of the just shineth more and more unto the

perfect day (Pro_4:18).25.    I saw under the altar the souls . . . they cried, saying

(Rev_6:9-11).

David felt that God had turned His back on him and deserted him, so he asked Him to return; and then he began to reason with Him.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationEvery Jew knew that the Lord was “merciful and gracious” (Ex. 34:6-7), so David asked God to manifest that mercy to him and spare his life.

What would the Lord gain by allowing David to die? (Ps 30:9-10; 88:10-12.)

King Hezekiah used a similar approach when he prayed for deliverance from death (Isa. 38:18-19).

[grave] Hebrew: she’owl (H7585), the unseen world; the place of the soul.

The word grave in verse 5 is sheol, a word that can mean “the grave” or “the realm of the dead.” Here it means the latter.

It is not the Hebrew: qeber, the grave, the place of the body. See Hell.

In Old Testament times, people didn’t have the clear revelation of the afterlife that was brought through Jesus (2 Tim. 1:10),

Although there were glimpses of what God had in store for His people (Ps 16:9-11; 17:15; 49:14-15; 17:15).

It is true that the dead bodies of dust don’t remember God (Psa_30:9; Psa_115:17; Ecc_3:19-20), but the soul and spirit are not dust; they remain conscious after death (Psa_16:10; Isa_14:9; Mat_12:40; Luk_16:19-31; Heb_12:23; Rev_6:9-11; etc.).

A body in the grave can’t praise or serve God, and David wasn’t certain what his spirit could do for the Lord in sheol.

Conclusion: It would be wiser for the Lord to deliver him and let him live. David still had work to do.

6] I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

7] Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

The Strain of Despair (Ps 6:5-7). Eightfold Grief of David

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1. I am weak (exhausted, Psa_6:2).2. I am sick-heal me.3. My bones are vexed (tremble, Psa_6:3).4. My soul is sore vexed (trembles, Psa_6:2, Psa_6:3).5. I am weary with pain (Psa_6:6).6. I weep all the night long.7. My eyes are consumed (sunk, Psa_6:7).8. My eyes wax old (withered).

We have gone from a morning psalm (Ps 3:5) to an evening psalm (Ps 4:8) and back to a morning psalm (Ps 5:3).

Now we have another evening psalm (Ps 6:6).

Whereas in the previous psalms, the Lord gave sleep and peace to David, here we find the king sleepless because of fear and pain.

He was worn out from groaning, tossing, and turning; and he spent a good deal of time weeping.

“I soak my pillow ... I drench my couch” (Ps 6:6 AB; see Ps 38:9-10).

Sleeping had been replaced by suffering.

Sleep is important for healing (John 11:11-12), so David’s lack of sleep only made the condition worse.

David’s weakened condition was revealed by the dullness of his eyes (Ps 6:7; see 1 Sam. 14:27, 29).

It’s remarkable how much physicians can discover about our physical condition by looking into our eyes.

Sickness and pain either make us better or bitter, and the difference is faith.

If we turn to God, pray, remember His promises, and trust Him, we will find His grace sufficient for our needs (2 Cor 12:9).

The Lord may not do what we ask, when we want it, but He will do what needs to be done and help us glorify His name.

The question we should ask isn’t “When will I get out of this?” but “What can I get out of this?”

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe Joy of Deliverance (Ps 6:8-10).

8] Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

“Depart from me” Cf. Mt 7:23, Lk 13:27: seems quite final.

His enemies said that David was done for, but the failure of their prediction would leave them ashamed and defeated.

9] The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

10] Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

At this point, there’s a sudden and surprising change from suffering to joy, an experience recorded in other psalms (Ps 22:22; Ps 56:10; Ps 69:30).

It doesn’t matter whether this change occurred later or immediately after David prayed, but he felt healing in his body and peace in his heart and mind.

Perhaps word came to him that the enemy had retreated or, better yet, had been defeated; and he knew God had heard his cries.

Or maybe his circumstances hadn’t changed at all, but David felt God’s witness in his heart that all would be well.

The Lord had heard his weeping and requests and had accepted his prayer.

[The LORD hath heard my supplication] David rallies, encouraging himself that God will hear his prayer and save his enemies, so that they may be suddenly ashamed

He used this experience to glorify the Lord as he witnessed to his enemies.

How this message was conveyed to them, we don’t know; but David was quick to honor the Lord for what had occurred.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPerhaps the words in Ps 6:8-10 are an apostrophe, a speech addressed to persons not present but meaningful to those people hearing or reading it.

[return] Hebrew: shuwb (H7725), recover, convert, restore.

It is also translated converted (Psa_19:7; Psa_51:13; Isa_1:27).

It is not that David wanted his enemies destroyed, but converted.

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Psalm 7Psa 7:1-17 ISV1 A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of

the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin. LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me!

2 Otherwise, they will rip me to shreds like a lion, tearing me apart with no one to rescue me.

3 LORD, my God, if I have done this thing, if there is injustice on my hands,

4 if I have rewarded those who did me good with evil, if I have plundered my enemy without justification,

5 then, let my enemy pursue me, let him overtake me, and let him trample my life to the ground. Interlude Let him put my honor into the dust.

6 Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.

7 Let the assembly of the peoples gather around you, and you will sit high above them.

8 For the LORD will judge the peoples. Judge me according to my righteousness, LORD, and according to my integrity, Exalted One.

9 Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.

10 God is my shield, the one who delivers the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge, a God who is angry with sinners every day.

12 If the ungodly one doesn't repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will string his bow and prepare it.

13 He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.

14 But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

15 He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

16 The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation17 But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his

righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psa 7:1-17 ESV

1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.

3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

4 if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.

7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.

8 The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous- you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!

10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.11 God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation

every day.12 If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has

bent and readied his bow;13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his

arrows fiery shafts.14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant

with mischief and gives birth to lies.15 He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that

he has made.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation16 His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own

skull his violence descends.17 I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his

righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High.

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 7[Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD,

concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.]Shiggaion: only here and in Hab 3:1: “to wander, cry aloud.”

Shiggaion could mean “a passionate psalm with strong emotion.”

The theme is God’s vindication of His servant and judgment on his enemies (Ps 7:6, 8, 11).

[Cush the Benjamite] Who he was is not known but he was among evil men from King Saul’s tribe who spied and spread vicious rumors for pay and approval (2 Sam 22-24, 26).

He was one of a group of evil men from Saul’s tribe who reported what they heard about David during those years when Saul was out to capture and destroy his rival.

Saul played on the sympathy of his leaders and bribed them into serving as spies (1Sa 22:6ff.; 23:21; 24:8ff.; 26:18-1 9).

To earn the king’s approval and rewards, they even lied about David, and Saul believed them.

We don’t know what lies Cush told Saul, but David was concerned enough to cry out to God for deliverance and vindication

Other People Judge Us Wrongly (Ps 7:1-2).

1] O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

[LORD my God] Jehovah (Jehovah (H3068)) my ’Elohiym (H430). In thee do I put my trust, or flee for refuge.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation[save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me]

Eight Requests to Jehovah- ’Elohiym 1. Save me from my persecutors (Psa_7:1).2. Deliver me from them.3. Arise, O Lord, in thine anger (Psa_7:6).4. Lift up Thyself because of my enemies.5. Awake for me to judgment.6. Judge me, O Lord, in righteousness (Psa_7:8).7. Let the wickedness of man end (Psa_7:9).8. Establish the just.

2] Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Cush lied about David; therefore, Saul persecuted and pursued David (Ps 7:1, 5, 13).

Saul’s judgment of David was false, and David trusted the Lord to protect and save him.

David fled to the Lord for refuge (Ps11:1; 16:1; 31:1; 57:1; 71:11; 141:8) because the Lord knew that David was innocent of Saul’s accusations.

[like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver] Here David’s chief persecutor is compared to a lion, and David with no one to deliver him.

As the lion is the king of beasts, so Saul was king of the land.

As the lion in his fierceness seizes and tears his prey to pieces, so David was in danger of being seized and destroyed by Saul.

All this answers to the 21 attempts of Saul to kill David (1 Samuel 18:1-26:2).

David had saved his father’s sheep from the attacks of dangerous beasts (1 Sam. 17:34-37), and now he felt like he was the victim.

For animals as symbols of enemies, see Ps 10:9; 17:12; 22:12-13, 16, 20-21; 35:17; 57:4; 58:6; 124:6David saw himself as a “dead dog,” a “flea,” or a hunted bird (1 Sam. 24:14; 26:20).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationNote that the King James Version and the New American Standard Bible move from the plural (Ps 7:1) to the singular (Ps 7:2), from Saul’s men to Saul himself.

When today people falsely accuse us and create problems for us, we should follow David’s example and find refuge in the Lord.

But let’s be sure that we are suffering wrongfully and not because of our own foolishness or disobedience (Matt. 5:11-1 2; 1 Peter 3:13-17).

We Judge Ourselves Honestly . (Ps 7:3-5).

3] O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

4] If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

5] Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

David was accused by Saul of seeking the kingdom and an opportunity to kill the king.

David here denies these charges before God, offering to lay down his own life if they were true (Psa_7:3-5).

Seven Denials of David1. I have not plotted to get the kingdom.2. I have not plotted the murder of Saul.3. I have not rewarded evil to Saul, but have been at peace

with him (Psa_7:4).4. I am not guilty or I would not have delivered Saul from

death after he became my enemy (Psa_7:4; 1Sa_24:1-22; 1Sa_26:1-25).

If I Am Guilty:

5. Let Saul capture me (Psa_7:5).6. Let him destroy my life.7. Let him take away my honor.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid affirmed his integrity before the Lord and asked the Supreme Judge to vindicate him because his hands were clean.

David wasn’t claiming to be sinless; he was stating that he was blameless in his motives and actions (Ps 7:8; see Ps 18:16- 26; Phil. 2:12-1 5).

If indeed he was guilty of sin, David was willing for his own honor to be laid in the dust. He was willing to accept God’s discipline; but David knew that his hands were clean (Isa. 1:15; 59:3; Ezek. 23:37, 45; Acts 20:26).

God Judges Sinners Righteously (Ps 7:6-13).

6] Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. David thinks God must be stirred up (cp. Jer_33:3).

“Arise, O LORD” reminds us of the words of Moses when the camp of Israel began their march with the ark leading the way (Num. 10:35; see also 2 Chron. 6:40-42).

David prays after the pattern of Moses in Num_10:35 (Psa_3:7; Psa_9:19; Psa_10:12).

"Arise" is the same as "lift up Thyself" (Psa_94:2; Isa_33:10) and "awake" (Psa_35:23; Psa_44:23; Psa_59:5).

7] So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

8] The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Prayers for JudgmentDavid prays for judgment that God has commanded, so such

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Psalms – TJL Compliationprayers are in harmony with God and His Word.

We are still to pray for God to come and judge the world, and for His kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven (Mat_6:10).

Naturally, many will be destroyed when this is fulfilled (Mat_25:41; 2Th_1:7-10; Jud_1:14; Zec_14:1-21; Joe_3:1-21; Ezekiel 38-39).

Then people will be drawn to God (Psa_7:7); then the righteous will be vindicated (Psa_7:8); then all wickedness will be put down (Psa_7:9); and then shall the righteous inherit the earth and be

established in it (Psa_7:9; 1Co_15:24).

[God trieth the hearts and reins] God tries the hearts that are so deceitful and desperately wicked (Jer_17:9-10) and the reins, the innermost mind and feelings (Job_16:13; Job_19:27; Psa_16:7; Psa_26:2; Psa_73:21; Psa_139:13; Pro_23:16; Isa_11:5; Jer_11:20; Jer_12:2; Jer_17:10; Jer_20:12; Rev_2:23).

David knew that danger was near, and he wanted the Lord to move into action. (Ps 3:7; 9:19; 10:12; 17:13; 44:26; 68:1.)

It’s during those times when God seems inactive that we get impatient and want to see things happen immediately.

God is more long-suffering than we are, and we must wait for Him to work in His time.

“Let God convene the court! Ascend Your throne on high! Let all the people gather together to witness the trial! Let the Lord try me and prove to all that I am innocent!”

David knew that almighty God could test the minds and the hearts (Ps 7:9; see Rev. 2:23), and he wanted to see the wickedness of his enemies exposed and stopped.

10] My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. My shield is God who saves the just. Hence, I have no uneasy or fearful feeling as to the future.

David’s defense was the Lord.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation11] God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the

wicked] every day.

God’s Constant Anger With the Wicked"Every day" in Psa_7:11 means constantly, continually.

This does not refer to the daily expression of God’s wrath, but to His continual abhorrence of the wicked.

His is not sudden emotion that breaks forth in wrath and then changes or passes away.

It is the uniform attribute of God that is as unchanging as His own being and nature.

The idea is, there is no change in His attitude toward sin.

The wicked will find Him no more favorable to sin tomorrow than He was yesterday (cp. Heb_13:8; Mal_3:6).

This could also refer to the wicked storing up daily wrath against the day of wrath (Rom_1:18; Rom_2:5).

Some versions read,

"God is not angry every day. If he (the wicked man) turn not, He (God) will whet His sword ... He (God) hath prepared him (the wicked) the instruments of death. He (God) ordained His arrows against the persecutors"

How can God both love the world (John 3:16) and hate the wicked?

(See notes on God’s hatred of evil, Ps 5:5.) The King James Version puts “with the wicked” (Ps 7:11) in italics, which means the phrase was added by the translators, but both the New International Version and the New American Standard Bible translate the text without it.

God expresses His anger at sin every day, so He doesn’t have to summon a special court to judge sinners.

He allows sinners to reap the sad consequences of their sins day by day (Ps 7:16; see Rom. 1:24, 26-27, 32), but sometimes their persistent rebellion causes Him to send special judgment when His long-suffering has run its course (Gen. 6:5ff.).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation12] If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his

bow, and made it ready. Only the Lord can truly vindicate: Rom 12:17-21.

13] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

David had two opportunities to kill Saul and refused to do so (1 Sam 24, 26): no personal malice…

This was proof enough that his heart was not filled with personal malice and a desire for revenge.

David didn’t take the situation into his own hands; rather, he turned Saul and his scheming men over to the Lord.

Only God’s holy anger could truly vindicate David (Ro 12:17-21).

God’s love is a holy love, and if God loves righteousness, He must also hate wickedness.

Sin Itself Judges Sinners Ultimately (Ps 7:14-17).

14] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. The wicked are pictured as conceiving sin and giving birth to iniquity

The image of sin as pregnancy is frequently found in Scripture (Job 15:35; Isa. 33:11; 59:4, 13; Jas 1:13-15).

Sinners “conceive” sin that, like a monstrous child, eventually grows up and destroys them.

15] He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. They dig pits and fall into them themselves (Ps 7:9:16; 37:14-15; 57:6; 1Sa 25:39; Prv 26:27; Ecc 10:8; Eze 19:4).

16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe trouble they cause comes back on their own heads (Gal. 6:7).

[pate] The smooth skull or scalp. The reference is to falling into one’s own pit, See note, Pro_26:27.

Retributive JusticeThere is a work of divine retribution in this world, and nobody can escape it.

God abandoned King Saul to his own ways (1 Sam. 15), and ultimately both the arrow and the sword caught up with him (Ps 7:12-13; 1 Sam. 31:3-4).

He wanted to kill David, but his own sword killed him.

Pharaoh ordered the male Jewish babies to be drowned in the Nile, and his own army was drowned in the Red Sea.

Haman built a gallows on which to hang Mordecai, and Haman himself was hanged on it (Est. 7).

17] I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

The psalm closes with David extolling the Lord, not for the fact that sinners have been judged, but because the righteousness of God has been magnified.

The fact that people are ensnared by their own sins and ultimately judged should bring no joy to believers, but the fact that God is glorified, and His righteousness exalted does and should cause us to praise Him.

God judges sin because He is holy and His decrees are just (Ps 7:6).

“Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight” (Luke 10:21).

God gave His own Son to die for the sins of the world, so that He might uphold His own holy law and at the same time offer His mercy and grace to all who will believe.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPeople may not like the way God runs His Universe, but He is God and has provided us a way of escape from sin and death.

YHVH El Elyon, ’Elyown (H5945), The Most High.

possessor of heaven and earth; the Dispenser of God’s blessings in the earth.

This divine name is used 23 times in the Psalms and goes back to Ge 14:18-22. (See also Deu 32:8; 2Sa 22:14.)

Jesus was called “Son of the Most High” (Mark 5:7; Luke 1:32, 35; 8:28).

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Judges 8

Psa 8:1-9 ESV1 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of

David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,

7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever

passes along the paths of the seas.9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the

earth!

Psa 8:1-9 ISV1 To the Director: On a stringed instrument. A Davidic Psalm.

LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! You set your glory above the heavens!

2 Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have established strength on account of your adversaries, in order to silence the enemy and vengeful foe.

3 When I look at the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you established-

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Psalms – TJL Compliation4 what is man that you take notice of him, or the son of man

that you pay attention to him?5 You made him a little less than divine, but you crowned

him with glory and honor.6 You gave him dominion over the work of your hands, you

put all things under his feet:7 Sheep and cattle-all of them, wild creatures of the field,8 birds in the sky, fish in the sea-whatever moves through

the currents of the oceans.9 LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the

earth!

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 8[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]A beautiful expression of praise to God,

David stands amazed that the God of creation, the great and glorious Jehovah, would pay any attention to frail people on earth.

David understands that God glorifies Himself in the heavens, but how can He glorify Himself on earth through such weak, sinful people?

“What is man?” is ultimately answered by Jesus Christ, the “last Adam,” through whom we regain our lost dominion.

As His faithful worship and serve Him (Malt 5:13-16), they glorify His name on earth (Ps 8:1, 9) and help to defeat His enemies (Ps 8:2).

That God, in His remarkable condescension, should focus attention on us is proof of our dignity as creatures made in the image of God.

The grandeur of men and women is found only there.

Apart from knowing God, we have no understanding of who we are or what we are to do in this great Universe.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThis is one of the “Nature” Psalms (Ps 8, 19, 29, 65, 104).

It is also a Messianic Psalm (Ps 2, 8, 16, 22, 23, 24, 40, 41, 45, 68, 69, 87, 89, 102, 110, 118, et al.) and is quoted as such in Mt 21:16; Heb 2:6-8; 1 Cor 15:27; and Eph 1:22.

Gittith: a winepress. (see Ps 81; 84).Possibly a reference to a vintage tune.

God Created Us (Ps 8:1-2, 5a).

1] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

[LORD our Lord] Hebrew: Jehovah (H3068) ’Adonay (H136), Jehovah our Sovereign, Director, Ruler, Judge, and Supporter.

The psalm begins and ends with this phrase (Psa_8:1, Psa_8:9).

“our Lord” There is but one God, all people were created by God, and the Jewish people in particular are “his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Ps 100:3).

They can call Him “our Lord.” (Ps 135:5; 147:5; Neh. 10:29.)

in all the earth Yet Jehovah was not a “tribal god” who belonged only to Israel, for He wanted His name (character, reputation) to be known “in all the earth” (Ps 66:1; 83:18; Ex. 9:14, 16; Josh. 3:11).

[excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens] God’s name is excellent in all the earth and His glory is higher than the heavens.

The glory of God dwelt with Israel in the tabernacle and temple, and it was especially revealed in the person and work of Jesus Christ (John 1:14).

Wicked people crucified “the Lord of glory” (1 Cor. 2:8), but He was raised from the dead and has returned to heaven in honor and great glory (Phil. 2:5-11).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationNot only has the Lord set His glory “above the heavens” (beyond the earth’s atmosphere), but He has also deigned to share His glory with His creatures on earth.

2] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

David moved from God’s transcendence to His immanence.

Jehovah is so great that He can entrust His praise to infants and children and still not be robbed of glory!

Jesus quoted this verse after He cleansed the temple (Malt 21:16).

Words are only breath and formed sounds, two very weak things.

Yet words of praise even from sucklings (not yet weaned) and babes (children able to play in the streets) can defeat God’s enemies!

The cry of baby Moses ultimately brought Egypt to her knees, and

The birth of Samuel was used by God to save Israel and bring David to the throne.

It was the birth of Jesus that brought salvation to this world.

God has used the weak and helpless to praise Him and help defeat His enemies (1 Cor. 1:27).

David himself was but a youth when he silenced Goliath and defeated him (1 Sam. 17:33, 42-43), and he brought great glory to the name of the Lord (Ps 17:45-47).

Fifteen Reasons God Chooses Babes1. That God might use them to defeat the enemy and the avenger

by preaching and by testimony (Psa_8:2; Rom_1:16; 1Co_1:18-24; 1Co_2:1-4).

2. That He through perfected praise might honor Himself and quiet the avenger (Mat_21:15-16).

3. That truth in all its purity and simplicity might be revealed to

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4. That growth might be experienced through the sincere milk of the Word (1Pe_2:1-2; Heb_5:11-14).

5. That souls might be saved through the foolishness or simplicity of preaching (1Co_1:18-24).

6. That God may bring to nothing the wisdom of the wise and the understanding of the prudent (1Co_1:19).

7. That the wisdom of the world might be exposed as foolishness (1Co_1:20).

8. That God’s least wisdom might be shown to excel man’s greatest (1Co_1:25).

9. That His least power might be manifested to be greater than man’s strength (1Co_1:25).

10. That the wise may be confounded (1Co_1:27).11. That the mighty man may be humbled (1Co_1:27).12. That the things which are might become as nothing

(1Co_1:28).13. That God’s plan of choosing the base and despised of the

world in preference to the high and honored might be known to all (1Co_1:28).

14. That no flesh should glory in God’s presence (1Co_1:29-31).15. That the wisdom and power of God might be demonstrated in

simple believers before both men and angels (1Co_1:30-31; 1Co_4:9-14; Eph_3:8-11).

God didn’t need us, yet He created us and prepared a wonderful world for us.

Our purpose is to “glorify God and enjoy Him forever,” and if we leave God out of our lives, we miss life’s greatest opportunity.

3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

God spoke the worlds into existence, but David saw creation as coming from God’s fingers (Ps 8:3; see Ex. 8:19) and hands (Ps

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Psalms – TJL Compliation8:6), the work of a Master Craftsman.

It was evil for the Jews to worship the heavenly host (Ex. 20:4- 6; Deut. 4:15-1 9; 17:2-7), but they understood that creation was proof of a caring Creator who prepared the world for the enjoyment and employment of mankind.

[ordained] Hebrew: yacad (H3245), to lay a foundation, appoint (Psa_8:2; 1Ch_9:22).

[ordained] Hebrew: kuwn (H3559), to form, prepare, establish. God has made their respective spheres-space to matter and matter to space-all adjusted in number, weight and measure.

God Cares for Us (Ps 8:3-4).

4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

The sun rules the day, and its blinding light usually blots out anything else we might see in the heavens.

But at night, we are overwhelmed by the display of beauty from the moon, stars, planets, and galaxies.

What we know today about the size of the Universe makes the earth and its inhabitants look even more insignificant than they appeared in David’s day.

Our knowledge of light-years and the reaches of outer space gives us even more reason for appreciating our insignificance in the solar system and God’s wonderful concern for us.

In His great love, the Lord chose the earth for Himself (Ps. 24:1) and created us in His own image. “

What is man that you are mindful of him is answered in the Last Adam. [Enosh & Adomah: weak & earth-born.]

[man] Man” in verse 4 is enosh, “weak man,” and “son of man” is “son of adamah-Son of the earth, earth-born” (Gen. 2:7).

Both titles emphasize the weakness and frailty of humankind.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation [the son of man] "Son of man" has no definite article in Hebrew.

The phrase occurs 3 times before this (Num_23:19; Job_25:6; Job_35:8).

In all, it occurs in singular 197 times and plural 23 times (sons of men).

Occurs in Psalms here; Psa_80:17; Psa_144:3; Psa_146:3.

See notes on Eze_2:1; Joh_1:51.

Here the title relates to man’s dominion of the earth.

God completed His creation before He made Adam and Eve and placed them in the garden, so everything was ready for them, to meet their every need.

[mindful of him] "Mindful" comes from the Hebrew: zakar (H2142), to mark or remember continually, as perpetual incense rising; to set the heart upon; to keep continually in merciful view.

Translated mindful (Psa_8:4; Psa_111:5; Psa_115:12; 1Ch_16:15; Neh_9:17; Isa_17:10);

remember 172 times; and remembrance 13 times.

That God should remember in mercy such miserable beings is a great condescension; that He should actually visit them by assuming their own nature, by dwelling among them, and by giving His life a ransom for them, is mercy and love indescribable and divine.

God is mindful of us (“remembers,” see Gen. 8:1; 19:29; 30:22) and cares for us (“visits,” see Job 10:12).

[visitest him]Seven Ways God Visits Man1. By coming Himself (Dan_7:9-14)2. By sending Christ (Isa_48:16; Joh_3:16)3. By sending the Holy Spirit (Joh_16:7)4. By sending angels (Heb_1:14)5. By prophets (Act_3:21; Heb_1:1)6. By dreams and visions (Dan_2:28; Dan_4:1-7; Dan_7:1;

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7. By His Word (2Ti_3:16; Heb_4:12)

God Crowns Us (God Crowns Us (God Crowns Us (Ps 8:5-9).

5] For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

God pays attention to us, “frail creatures of dust” because He has made us in His own image and we are special!

Instead of humans being “a little higher than animals,” as science believes, they are actually “a little lower than God.”

[lower] Hebrew: chacer (H2637), to lack.

Translated lower (Psa_8:5); lack (Gen_18:28; Exo_16:18; Deu_2:7; Deu_8:9; Ecc_9:8); fail (1Ki_17:14; Isa_32:6; Isa_51:14); decreased (Gen_8:5); and want (Psa_23:1; Psa_34:10; Deu_15:8; Pro_13:25; Son_7:2; Jer_44:18; Eze_4:17).

[angels] Hebrew: ’Elohiym (H430), Gods, and is so translated 219 times.

The word is used in Psa_82:1, Psa_82:6; Psa_97:7; Exo_22:9 of judges who represent God and act in His stead among men (Rom_13:1-6; Joh_10:34-35) and of angelic creatures (Psa_8:5, Heb. 2:7), but here it definitely means “God.”

The Lord crowned Adam and Eve and gave them dominion over the other creatures (Gen. 1:26-27).

We are coregents of creation with the Lord!

The angels are servants (Heb. 1:14),

We are kings, and one day, all who have trusted Christ will be like Him (1 John 3:1-3; Rom. 8:29).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPeople today live more like slaves than rulers, so why aren’t we living like kings?

Our first parents sinned and lost their crowns, forfeiting that glorious dominion.

According to Romans 5, sin is reigning in our world (Ro 5:21), and death is also reigning (Ro 5:14, 17), but Jesus Christ has regained the dominion for us and will one day share it with us when He reigns in His kingdom (Heb. 2:6-8).

6] Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7] All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8] The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

When Jesus ministered here on earth, He exercised the dominion that Adam lost, for He ruled over the beasts (Mark 1:13; 11:1-7), the fowl (Luke 22:34), and the fish (Luke 5:4-7; Matt. 17:24-27; John 21:1-6).

Today He is on the throne in heaven and all things are “under his feet” (1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22; Heb. 2:8).

put all things under his feet means “completely subjected to Him” (Ps 47:2-3; Josh. 10:24).

Through the exalted Christ, God’s grace is reigning today (Rom. 5:21) so that God’s children may “reign in life” through Jesus Christ (Ro 5:17).

He has made us “kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen” (Rev. 1:6).

By faith, “we see Jesus” (Heb. 2:8-9), crowned in heaven, and

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Psalms – TJL Compliationthat assures us that one day we will reign with Him and receive our crowns (Rev. 20:1-6).

Man’s Dominion

Dominion was lost by the first Adam; regained by the Last Adam!

This passage places man at the head of all God’s works

The heavens, including the sun, moon, and stars (Psa_8:3);

[moon and the stars] David omits the sun here, indicating his meditation was at night. The sun he describes in Psa_19:1-6Had he considered the heavens in the day all he could have seen would be the sun and sky (maybe the moon – the moon dominates the night sky.

He introduced the moon and stars here because of their immense variety and splendor..and the earth, including all living things (Psa_8:7-8).

It makes man next to God in position and power over all creations.

Adam was originally made higher than the angels, but by sin he was brought very low and made subject to death.

Now, man in his lessened estate (short of God’s glory, Rom_3:23) is below angels.

Christ Himself was made lower for a time to take man’s low place and to raise him again higher than angels, as he was originally.

Christ has been exalted to a place higher than angels or any other being except the Father (Eph_1:21-23; Php_2:9-11; 1Pe_3:22).

Redeemed man is to be raised up to that exalted position with Him (Rom_8:17-18; Eph_2:6-7; Eph_3:8-11; 2Ti_2:12; Heb_2:5-11; Rev_1:6; Rev_5:10; Rev_22:4-6).

The Works of God’s Hands

[hands] אצבע 'etsba‛ H676 finger, toefrom the same as H6648 (in the sense of grasping)

The word finger is used twice of God’s power (Exo_8:19;

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The heavens belong to God and are the work of His fingers.

The word in the plural is always used in a literal sense.

Here it is used in the same sense as the word hands which God used to form all things out of material which He created or brought into existence by His Word (Psa_8:6).

God ’s Hands Have Formed: 1. The earth (Psa_8:3, Psa_8:6; Psa_90:2; Psa_95:5)2. The heavens (Psa_8:3; Psa_19:1; Psa_102:25)3. The planets (Psa_8:3; Isa_40:26; Isa_45:12; Isa_48:13;

2Ki_23:5; Heb_1:10)4. All creatures (Gen_2:7-25; Job_26:13; Rom_9:20;

1Ti_2:13)5. All things (Pro_26:10)

[all things under his feet] Everything lost in the fall will be restored to man’s dominion in the final restitution of all things (see notes, Heb_2:5-11).

Seven things listed here:1. The heavens, the work of Thy fingers (Psa_8:3)2. The moon and stars3. The earth, the work of Thy hands (Psa_8:6;

Psa_102:25; Psa_104:5)4. All sheep and oxen (Psa_8:7)5. The beasts of the field6. The fowl of the air (Psa_8:8)7. The fish and all that live in the seas

The paths of the sea Matthew Fontaine Maury was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, in 1806.

An avid Bible reader, he was struck by the reference in Psalm 8 to “the paths of the seas (Ps 8:8).”

He also noticed that Isaiah wrote of a “path through the mighty waters (Isa 43:16).”

He entered the Navy in 1825 as a midshipman.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationBy 1842 he was placed in charge of the Depot of Charts and Instruments, out of which grew the U.S. Naval Observatory and Hydrographic Office.

To gather information on maritime winds and currents, Maury distributed to ship captains specially prepared logbooks from which he compiled pilot charts, enabling him to shorten the time of sea voyages.

In 1848 he published maps of the main wind fields of the Earth. Maury was ultimately able to produce charts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, a profile of the Atlantic seabed, and the first modern oceanographic text.

He is internationally recognized as the “Father of Oceanography,” and Maury Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy is named in his honor.

All because of a remez, a hint of something deeper, in Ps 8:8

The Doctrine of ManThe word man is found 2737 times in Scripture. Several Hebrew and Greek words are translated man with various meanings, including Adam, male, husband, mortal, mighty man, and a human being.

1. Man ’s creation: (1) Inner man created (Gen_1:26-27; Gen_5:1-2).

(2) Body formed of dust (Gen_2:7; Gen_3:19).

(3) Made in God’s own bodily image.

Hebrew: tselem (H6754), shape, figure, physical form (Gen_1:26, Gen_1:27; Gen_5:3; Gen_9:6; Num_33:52; 1Sa_6:5, 1Sa_6:11; 2Ki_11:18; 2Ch_23:17; Psa_73:20; Eze_7:20; Eze_16:17; Eze_23:14; Amo_5:26).

(4) Made in God’s own bodily likeness.

Hebrew: demuwth (H1823), model, shape, similitude, resemblance (Gen_1:26; Gen_5:1, Gen_5:3; Isa_40:18;

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The Greek: eikon (G1504) confirms the idea of physical image and likeness (Mat_22:20; Rom_1:23; 1Co_11:7; 1Co_15:49; 2Co_4:4; Col_1:15; Heb_10:1; Rev_13:14-15; Rev_14:9, Rev_14:11; Rev_15:2; Rev_16:2; Rev_19:20; Rev_20:4).

(A) Neither Deu_4:15 nor any other scripture does away with the physical form of God.

Just because Israel did not see any form when God spoke is no proof that He is bodiless and without form any more than someone else who might be heard and whose body is not seen.

Many in Israel did see God’s body (Gen_18:1-33; Gen_32:24-30; Exo_24:9-11; Jos_5:13-15; Jdg_6:11-23; Jdg_13:3-23; 1Ch_21:16-17; Job_42:5; Isa_6:1-13; Eze_1:26; Dan_7:9-14; Dan_10:5-6; Act_7:56-59; Rev_4:2-5; Rev_5:1-7; etc.) See Anthropomorphism.

(B) There is no question that man was made in the likeness of God in soul and spirit (Eph_4:22-24; Col_3:10), but this does not do away with the bodily image and likeness of God, as in all the above passages.

All angels and spirit beings have bodies as well as souls and spirits.

(C) Even resurrected human bodies are called spiritual (1Co_15:42-44), yet they will also be material (Luk_24:39; Php_3:21).

Misunderstanding of this subject comes from not knowing what spirits are like. See The Spirit World.

(5) The body is wonderfully made (Psa_139:14). It consists of various chemicals-iron, sugar, salt, carbon, iodine, phosphorus, lime, calcium, and others.

The body has 263 bones;

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Psalms – TJL Compliation600 muscles; 970 miles of blood vessels; 400 cups on the tongue for taste; 20,000 hairs in the ears to tune in to all sounds; 40 pounds of jaw pressure; 10,000,000 nerves and branches; 3,500 sweat tubes to each square inch of skin (or 40 miles long);20,000,000 mouths that suck food as it goes through the intestines; 600,000,000 air cells to the lungs that inhale 2,400 gallons of air daily; and a communication network that relates to the brain instantly any known sound, taste, sight, touch or smell.

The heart beats 4,200 times an hour and pumps 12 tons of blood daily.

(6) Man’s soul is the seat of the emotions, passions, desires, appetites, and all feelings.

(7) Man’s spirit is the seat of the intellect, will, and conscience.

It is capable of all divine powers only in a lesser degree. See Spirit.

(8) The inner man, consisting of soul and spirit, is eternal. See note, 1Pe_3:4.

(9) Man was made a little lower than angels (Psa_8:5; Heb_2:7).

(10) He was created sinless, but capable of sin (Gen_2:17; Rom_5:12-21; 1Jn_3:4).

(11) He was made a threefold being-body, soul, and spirit (1Th_5:23; Heb_4:12).

(12) His flesh differs from all other creatures (1Co_15:39).

(13) Both male and female are represented in man (Gen_1:26-28; Gen_5:2; Mat_19:4).

(14) Material and spiritual natures of man are clearly distinguished in Scripture, as follows:

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Psalms – TJL Compliation(A) Soul and spirit not dust (Gen_2:7).

(B) Spirit leaves body at death (Jas_2:26; Luk_8:49-56; Luk_16:22; Luk_23:43; Act_5:10; 2Co_5:8; 2Co_12:3-4; Php_1:21-24; Heb_12:23; 2Pe_1:13-15; Rev_6:9-11; 1Ki_17:20-22; Job_14:10; 2Sa_12:19-23; Ecc_12:7).

(C) Soul and spirit are in man’s body, but are not the material of the body (Job_14:22; Job_32:8; Pro_20:27; Zec_12:1; 1Co_2:11; 1Co_7:34).

(D) The body can be killed but not the soul (Mat_10:28; Luk_12:5).

(E) The spirit can be willing; the flesh powerless to execute (Mat_26:38-41).

(F) Both flesh and spirit are to glorify God (1Co_6:20).

(G) Both flesh and spirit can be filthy or holy (2Co_7:1).

(H) The inner man is eternal; the body mortal (2Co_4:16-18).

(I) The inner man is fully conscious after leaving the body (Mat_10:28; Mat_17:3; Luk_16:19-31; Luk_20:38; Joh_11:25-26; Act_2:27; Eph_3:15; Eph_4:8-10; 2Co_5:8; 2Co_12:1-4; Php_1:21-24; Heb_2:14-15; Heb_12:23; note, 1Pe_3:4; Rev_6:9-11).

(J) The spirit and soul are not the breath (Job_34:14-15).

To prove this try substituting breath for spirit and soul in scriptures and see how ridiculous it is. Psa_19:7; Psa_106:15; Luk_12:19; Act_23:8-9; Rom_2:29; 2Co_2:11; 2Co_5:5; 2Co_6:1-18 :20; 2Co_7:1; Gal_5:25; 1Th_5:23; Heb_4:12; Heb_10:38-39; Rev_6:9-11.

(K) Souls can be dead while the bodies are alive (Mat_8:22; Eph_2:1-9; 1Ti_5:6; Rev_3:1).

(L) Souls of the righteous have eternal life even after the body dies (Joh_3:16; Joh_5:24; Joh_6:47, Joh_6:53, Joh_6:63; Joh_11:25-26; Joh_14:19).

(M) Souls of the wicked are also conscious after the body

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(N) Resurrection of the dead refers to the bodies coming to life again, not the souls (Dan_12:2; Joh_5:28-29; 1Co_15:35-54; Rev_20:11-15).

(O) Souls of the righteous go to heaven at death (2Co_5:8; Eph_3:14-15; Php_1:21-24; Heb_12:23; Rev_6:9-11).

Their bodies go to graves (Dan_12:2; Joh_5:28-29).

(P) Souls of the wicked go to hell (sheol, paradise) while the bodies go to the grave (Isa_14:9; Luk_16:19-31; Rev_20:11-15).

(Q) The body is the house of the inner man (Job_4:19; Job_14:22; Job_32:8; Zec_12:1; 1Co_2:11; 2Co_5:1-8; Php_1:21-24; 2Pe_1:13-15).

The soul and spirit design; the body executes.

Man through his body has consciousness of the material world;

through the soul, self-consciousness (the connection between material and spirit worlds); and

through the spirit, consciousness of God.

(R) Man has a body but he is not just a body; a soul but he is not just a soul; and a spirit but he is not just a spirit being (1Th_5:23).

(S) Man has a will, making him in every sense a free moral agent and a responsible being (Joh_3:16; Joh_7:17; Rom_7:18; 1Co_7:36-37; 1Co_9:17; 2Pe_1:21; Rev_22:17).

(T) The body can be put off and put on again (2Co_5:1-8; 2Pe_1:14).

This requires a separate inner man from the body itself.

(U) Souls are now immortal (note, 1Pe_3:4); bodies are not.

2. Man on probation:(1) Given dominion over God’s creation including the earth and

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(2) Commanded to multiply and replenish the earth (Gen_1:26-28; cp. Gen_9:1)

(3) Given responsibility to tend the garden and to keep out all enemies (note, Gen_2:15)

(4) Given full liberty but with one restriction (Gen_2:16-17; Gen_3:1-3)

(5) Given eternal life and glory on condition that he not sin (Gen_2:16-17; Rom_3:23)

3. The fall of man ( Gen_3:1-24 ): (1) Man was created sinless, but capable of sin or transgression

of law (Gen_2:16-17; 1Jn_3:4).(2) Tempted by Satan through the serpent (Gen_3:1-8;

2Co_11:1-3).

(3) Eve was deceived to commit sin, not Adam (Gen_3:6; 1Ti_2:14).

(4) Sin was a voluntary act of the will, but instigated from without (Rom_5:12-21).

There was no sin in human nature until man chose to sin.

Inbred sin is the spirit and nature of the devil working in men (note, 2Co_5:17).

(5) Sin came through a denial of the divine will and the elevation of the will of man over the will of God (Gen_2:16-17).

(6) Sin came through unbelief of God’s Word (Gen_2:16-17; Gen_3:4-6).

(7) Sin came through rebellion against God’s Word (Gen_2:16-17; Gen_3:1-24;1-8).

4. Effects of the fall -man became: (1) Separated from God (Isa_59:2)(2) Depraved in nature (Eph_2:1-3)(3) Ignorant and blind (Eph_4:18)(4) Evil in conscience (Heb_10:22)

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Gal_5:19)(9) Dominated by Satan (Joh_8:34, Joh_8:44; Eph_2:2;

1Jn_3:8)(10) Servants of sin (Joh_8:34; Rom_1:18-32; Rom_6:16-23)(11) Dead in sin (Eph_2:1-9)(12) Doomed to eternal hell without God or hope (Psa_9:17;

Mat_25:46; Rom_6:23; Eph_2:12; Rev_14:9-11; Rev_20:11-15)

(13) Short of God’s glory (Rom_3:23)(14) Subject to suffering and death (Gen_3:17-19; Rom_8:21-

23)(15) Cursed by God to hard labor (Gen_3:11-24)(16) Mortal, imperfect, and weak (Job_4:17-21; Psa_39:4-5;

Psa_103:14-15; Mat_6:27; Gal_6:3)(17) Universally sinful (Rom_3:9-23)(18) Sinners by birth and practice (Psa_51:5; Rom_5:12-21;

Eph_2:1-3)(19) Children of the devil (Mat_13:38; Joh_8:44; 1Jn_3:8-10;

1Jn_5:19)(20) Subject to sickness, disease, pain, and all present evils of

earth (Exo_15:26; Deu_28:15-68; Joh_10:10; Act_10:38; Rev_21:3-7; Rev_22:3)

(21) Short-lived. Life is compared to:

(A) A pilgrimage (Gen_47:9)(B) Water spilled on the ground (2Sa_14:14)(C) Wind (Job_7:7)(D) A passing cloud (Job_7:9)(E) A weaver’s shuttle (Job_7:6)(F) A shadow (Job_14:2; Psa_144:4)(G) Flowers that fade away (Job_14:2; Psa_103:15;

Isa_40:6-8; Jas_1:10; 1Pe_1:24; cp. note, Psa_90:5)(H) Grass that dies (Psa_37:2; Psa_90:5-6; 1Pe_1:24)(I) Green herbs that wither (Psa_37:2)(J) Nothing (Psa_39:5)(K) A dream (Psa_73:20)(L) Sleep that is soon over (Psa_90:5)

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All this will end in the New Earth (Rev_21:3-7; Rev_22:3-5).

Brevity of life can be lengthened by obedience and faith.

There is no set day for man to die (Exo_20:12; Psa_91:1-16; Pro_3:16; Pro_9:11; 1Co_11:30; Eph_6:2; 1Pe_3:10-11).

We cannot extend our earthly lives beyond God’s established timing without His allowing it, We can shorten it by foolishness and disobedience.

5. God ’s appraisal of man: (1) God has given the revelation of Himself, His creation, and

His plan for man, so that man might know his origin, present responsibility, and destiny. The Bible is the record of this revelation (2Ti_3:16; Heb_1:1; Heb_4:12).

(2) God appraises man as the highest of creation. Man is worth:

(A) Making him lord of creation (Gen_1:26-31; Psa_8:3-8).(B) All the millenniums of effort to redeem him (Heb_1:1-3;

2Pe_3:9).(C) More than the whole world (Mar_8:36).(D) Giving of God’s only begotten Son to redeem him

(Joh_3:16; Rev_22:17).(E) Restoring to his original dominion as eternal ruler of

creation (Dan_7:18, Dan_7:27; Rev_5:10; Rev_22:4-5).(F) Trusting with eternal authority and life to help God

administer the affairs of the Universe (Rom_8:17-18; Rev_2:27-28; Rev_5:10; Rev_22:4-5).

(G) Placing him on an equal basis with Jesus Christ in redemption-as to righteousness (1Jn_3:7), provision by promise (1Co_3:22-23; 2Co_1:20; Heb_8:6), nature (2Pe_1:4), works (Joh_14:12), inheritance (Rom_8:17), sufferings and future glory (Mat_10:24-25; Rom_8:18; 2Ti_2:12; 1Pe_2:21; 1Pe_4:1; Rev_2:26-27; Rev_5:10; Rev_22:4-5).

(H) Making provision for body, soul, and spirit, here and hereafter. See New Testament Promises.

6. Man ’s part in redemption:

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(Mar_1:15; Mar_16:15-16; Luk_13:3, Luk_13:5). See New Testament Commands.

(2) Man has a part in the new birth, salvation, the continuation of Christian life, works, and conformity to the gospel (Col_2:6-7; 2Pe_1:4-10; 2Pe_3:18).

7. Man ’s destiny: (1) Man charts his own destiny by his conformity or

nonconformity to the gospel (Mar_16:15-16; Luk_13:3, Luk_13:5).

(2) Eternal life with God in heaven and on earth is the destiny of those who conform to truth (Joh_14:1-3; 1Th_4:13-18; Rev_5:10; Rev_22:4-5).

(3) Eternal hell and punishment is the destiny of those who refuse to obey truth (see Hell; Isa_66:22-24; Mat_25:41, Mat_25:46; Mar_9:43-49; Luk_12:5, note; Rev_14:9-11; Rev_20:11-15).

9] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!To summarize: God the Father created us to be kings, but the disobedience of our first parents robbed us of our crowns.

God the Son came to earth and redeemed us to be kings (Rev. 1:5-6),

Today the Holy Spirit of God can empower us to “reign in life by one, Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:17).

When you crown Jesus Christ Lord of all, you are a sovereign and not a slave, a victor and not a victim. “O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” (Ps. 8:9).

Hebrews 1:13-14 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Hebrews 2:6-9 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

1 Corinthians 15:27-28 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all

Ephesians 1:20-23 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

1 John 3:1-2 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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Psalm 9Psa 9:1-20 ISV1 To the Director: Accompanied by female voices. A Davidic

Psalm. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, I will declare all your wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High!

3 When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you.

4 For you have brought about justice for me and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously.

5 You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked, you wiped out their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy has perished, reduced to ruins forever. You uprooted their cities, the very memory of them vanished.

7 But the LORD sits on his throne forever; his throne is established for judgment.

8 He will judge the world righteously and make just decisions for the people.

9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.

10 Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD.

11 Sing praises to the LORD who dwells in Zion; declare his mighty deeds among the peoples.

12 As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, LORD, take note of my affliction, because of those who hate me. You snatch me away from the gates of death,

14 so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation15 The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their

feet are ensnared in the trap they set.16 The LORD has made himself known, executing judgment.

The wicked are ensnared by what their hands have made. Interlude.

17 The wicked will turn back to where the dead are-all the nations that have forgotten God.

18 For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

19 Rise up, LORD, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence.

20 Make them afraid, LORD, Let the nations know that they are only human. Interlude.

Psa 9:1-20 ESV1 To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of

David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

4 For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5 You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,

8 and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold

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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!

12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13 Be gracious to me, O LORD! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

14 that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16 The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

17 The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

19 Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!

20 Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah.

The emphasis is on joyful praise (Ps 9:1-2, 11, 14), especially for God’s care of Israel and His righteous judgment on the nations that attacked His people.

You find the theme of judgment and justice in verses Ps 9:4, 7-8, 16, and 19-20; and note the mention of the throne of God (Ps 9:4, 7, 11 NIV). (For a parallel passage, see Isa. 25:1-5.)

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 9

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Psalms – TJL Compliation[To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.]Muth-labben: (muth-le beyn) death to the one coming between (1 Sam 17:4, 23: Goliath “man between two hosts” = “champion”).

Some believe it should be at end of Psalm 8, not at the beginning of Psalm 9.

Muth-labben means “death of a son,” but we don’t know how it relates to the psalm.

Perhaps it was the name of a familiar melody to which the psalm was to be sung.

Ever since the Lord spoke the words recorded in Genesis 3:15 and 12:1-3, there has been a war going on between the forces of Satan and the forces of God, and the focus has been on the nation of Israel. (See Rev. 12.)

That battle goes on today.

Personal Praise: God Saves the King (Ps 9:1-8).

1] I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

[whole heart] This is the only way to praise and worship God. It is true worship in spirit and in truth (Joh_4:24).

F our things to do with the whole heart: 1.  Return to God (Jer_24:7)2.  Seek God (Ps 119:2, Ps 119:10, Ps 119:58, Ps 119:145)3.  Obey (Psa_119:34, Psa_119:69)4.  Praise (Psa_9:1; Psa_111:1)

2] I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

David offers wholehearted praise to the Lord (Matt. 15:8) for delivering him and his army from the enemy nations that attacked Israel.

His aim was to honor the Lord, not to glorify himself.

His joy was in the Lord, not just in the great victory that he had been given (Phil. 4:4),

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Psalms – TJL CompliationHe wanted to tell everybody about God’s wonderful works. (See Ps 9:14; 103:1-2; 117:1; 138:1; 1 Peter 2:9; and Eph. 2:7.)

“God Most High” is El Elyon (Ps 7:17; 18:13; 21:7).

This was the name that Abraham honored after God gave him victory over the kings (Gen. 14).

Fourfold vow of David (Psa_9:1-2):1.  I will praise You wholeheartedly.2.  I will declare Your marvelous works.3.  I will be glad and rejoice in You.4.  I will sing praise to Your name.

Ten Acts of God1. Turned back enemies (Psa_9:3)2. Destroyed enemies3. Vindicated the cause of right (Psa_9:4)4. Judged righteously5. Rebuked the heathen (Psa_9:5)6. Destroyed the wicked7. Caused their memory to perish8. Destroyed destroyers (Psa_9:6)9. Destroyed cities10. Destroyed monuments of the wicked

3] When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4] For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

David describes the victory in Ps 9:3-6, verses that should be read in the past tense: “Because my enemies were turned back...“

Note the repeated “You have” (or “Thou hast”) in verses 4-6. God turned the enemy back, and in their retreat, they stumbled and perished before the Lord.

The Lord did this to maintain the right of David to be king of Israel and accomplish God’s purposes in this world.

God’s rebuke is an expression of His anger (Ps 2:5; 76:6).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation5] Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the

wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6] O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:

and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

To “blot out” a name meant to destroy the person, place, or nation completely (Ex 17:14; Deut 25:19; 1 Sam 15; Cf. Deut 9:14; 25:19; 29:20).

7] But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

Justice and judgment: parallel passage, Isaiah 25:1-5.

In contrast to the wiping out of the nations, the Lord and His great name stand forever.

His throne cannot be overthrown.

8] And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

[he shall judge the world in righteousness] Paul quotes verse 8 on Mars Hill in Athens: Acts 17:31 Rev_20:11-15.. [he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness] This refers to the righteous reign of God and Christ over all nations (Isa_9:6-7; Dan_2:44-45; Dan_7:13-14, Dan_7:18-27; Zec_14:1-21; Rev_11:15; Rev_20:4-10).

In the victory God gave David, the king saw a picture of the final judgment and victory when God will judge the world,

National Praise: God Shelters the People (Ps 9:9-20). The focus now centers on the people of the land, whom David calls the oppressed (Ps 9:9), the humble (“afflicted,” Ps 9:12 NIV), and the needy and the poor (Ps 9:18).

These are the faithful worshippers of the Lord who have been persecuted, abused, and exploited by local rulers for being true to the Lord. (See Ps 9:10:17; 25:16; 40:17; 102:1; Zeph. 2:3; 3:12-13.)

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid praises the Lord for His faithfulness in caring for His sheep.

9] The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Times of trouble = “times of extremity.”

The refuge-God will not forsake them (Ps 9:9-10). The first word refuge means “a high safe place” and the second refuge, “a stronghold.”

During his years of exile, David found the wilderness strongholds to be places of safety, but he knew that the Lord was the safest refuge (Ps 46:1).

The phrase “times of trouble” means literally “times of extremity” (see Ps 10:1; 27:5; 37:39; 41:1; 73:5; 107:6, 13, 19, 26, 28).

10] And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

To “know God’s name” or “love God’s name” means to trust Him and be saved (Ps 5:11; 69:36; 91:14; 119:132; 1 Sam. 2:12).

God forsook His own Son (Matt. 27:46) that He might never forsake His own people.

The avenger-God will not fail them (Ps 9:11-17).

11] Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

David calls upon the suffering remnant to sing praises to God because He is on their side and fights their battles.

He will not fail to hear their cries and execute justice on their behalf.

Two commands:1. Sing praises to God who dwells in Zion.2. Declare His deeds among the people.

In the Millennium the name of the Lord will be praised from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same (Isa_2:2-4;

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[dwelleth in Zion] God is not yet dwelling in Zion, but He will be physically visible in Zion from time of the second coming of Christ to eternity (Isa_2:2-4; Isa_52:7; Eze_43:7; Eze_48:35; Zec_14:9, Zec_14:16-21; Luk_1:32-33; Rev_11:15; Rev_19:11-21).

[declare among the people his doings] The greatest missionary program in history will be carried out by redeemed and restored

Israel in the Millennium (Isa_2:2-4; Zec_8:23).

The knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters do the seas (Isa_11:9).

Israel’s calling was to bear witness to the nations that Jehovah is the only true and living God (Ps 18:49; 44:11; 57:9; 106:27; Isa. 42:6; 49:6).

The ark was now in Jerusalem, so Jehovah was on His throne in Israel.

12] When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

“Inquisition for blood” refers to the official investigation of murder, to see who was guilty of the crime, symbolized by having blood on the house (Deut. 22:8), the hands (Ezek. 3:17-21; 33:1-9), or the head (Acts 18:6). (See Gen. 9:5; 10:13.)

God will eventually avenge all the righteous and punish oppressors and criminals.

13] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

There was no police force in Israel, but a near kinsman could avenge the murder of a family member.

This is why God assigned the six “cities of refuge” to provide havens for people who accidentally killed someone (Num. 35).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationBut when God is the avenger, He has all the evidence He needs to find and punish rebellious sinners.

Six Requests of David1. Have mercy upon me (Psa_9:13).2. Consider my trouble.3. Arise, O Lord (Psa_9:19).4. Let not man prevail.5. Let the heathen be judged.6. Put them in fear (Psa_9:20).

Three Reasons for the Six Requests:1. That I may show forth all Your praise to Israel in the gates

(Psa_9:14).2. That I may rejoice in Your salvation.3. That the nations may know that they are but men and not

God (Psa_9:20).

The suffering remnant prays to God in verses 13-17 and asks to be taken from the gates of death (sheol, the world of the dead; see Ps 107:18; Job 17:16; 38:17; Isa. 38:10) and put at the gates of Zion (v. 14). From death to life!

They also ask God to catch their enemies in their own traps (vv. 15-16; see Ps 7:14-16) and finally consign them to the grave (sheol). [the gates of death] Two kinds of gates:

1. The gates of death-figurative of powers that cause death and receive and hold one in the state of the dead (Psa_107:18; Isa_38:10; Heb_2:14-15).

2. The gates of the daughter of Zion (Psa_9:14). These were the gathering places of Israel where instruction of life was given, so that one might escape the gates of death of Psa_9:13.

14] That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Inquisition for blood: an official investigation for guilt.

15] The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation16] The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth:

the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

[The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth] Not every accident or calamity to man can be called the judgment of God. However, judgments are always sent after rebels have rejected God’s acts of mercy and longsuffering. He acts in judgment only when it is necessary to carry out His will among men and vindicate His righteous government on earth. When God judges, His purpose of doing so is clearly seen, as in the flood of Noah, the destruction of Sodom, and the seals, trumpets, and vials of Rev_6:1-17; Rev_8:1-13; Rev_9:1-21; Rev_16:1-21.

[the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands] All a wicked person does works against himself.

[Higgaion] This means to meditate. The idea is for man to ponder the end of the wicked as described in Psa_9:15-18.

17] The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

[hell] H7585 אולש / אלש she'ol1) sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit

1a) the underworld1b) Sheol-the OT designation for the abode of the dead

1b1) place of no return1b2) without praise of God1b3) wicked sent there for punishment1b4) righteous not abandoned to it1b5) of the place of exile (figuratively)1b6) of extreme degradation in sin

The conqueror-God will not forget them (Ps 9:18- 20). 18] For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. The needy and poor will be remembered in the next life, providing they are saved.

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19] Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. “Arise, O LORD” reminds us of the conquering march of Israel (Num. 10:35), when God went before His people to defeat their enemies.

“Man” in verse 19 is enosh, “weak frail man,” a fact that sinners don’t want to admit. (This we will see in Psalm 10.)

One day the Lord will put the rebels in their rightful place, and they will discover that they are only-dust!

[prevail] Hebrew: ‛azaz (H5810), be strong.

Don’t let man become strong, so that he may carry out his designs.

God has had to intervene and will yet do so to prevent man from self-destruction.

This is why He sent the flood (Genesis 6-8), the confusion of tongues (Gen_11:1-32), the destruction of Sodom (Gen_19:1-38), and other judgments.

This is why He will send the judgments of the future tribulation, and why He will send Jesus.

Man will never be able to completely destroy himself by his own inventions, for man, the earth and all that is on it are eternal. See notes on Rev. 20-22.

20] Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. Send them some terror, so as to keep the nations humble and show man how frail and helpless he is without God.

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Psalms 9:17Where Are the Dead?The following study is the truth of the Bible on all phases of the subject of the dead and their destiny:

I. Death Defined

The word "death" as applied to man in Scripture means separation, or a cutting off from fulfilling God’s purpose for which he was created. One can logically substitute the word separation for death in every scripture where it is used. It will clarify many passages to do so, as we shall see below.

II. Physical Death

Physical death is the separation of the inner man from the outer man, the separation of the soul and spirit from the body (note, Jas_2:26).

III. Spiritual Death

Spiritual death is separation of man from God because of sin (see Three Kinds of Death in Scripture). One can be alive physically and spiritually dead at the same time (Mat_8:22; Col_2:14; 1Ti_5:6). He can also be dead physically and alive in hell-conscious in the soul and spirit, or the inner man (see pt. 14, The Doctrine of Man

IV. Second Death: Eternal Death

The second death means the second and eternal separation from God in the lake of fire (Rev_2:11; Rev_20:6, Rev_20:14; Rev_21:8).

V. Penalty for Sin

The penalty for sin was eternal death or eternal separation from God in hell. Had it been physical death, every man would be automatically justified in the sight of God when he died physically. With the penalty thus paid, God could not punish the sinner any further than physical death. Such death would be the means of justification and the door to heaven; but this could not

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Neither could it be spiritual death, which is the state of man in sin. If so, then all who commit sin would automatically be justified in the sight of God. This would make committing sin the penalty for committing sin, which is ridiculous. It would mean that all who commit sin would be saved and go to heaven. This would guarantee eternal life for all men, for all have sinned (Rom_3:23). It would make the salvation of souls foolish and unnecessary. Furthermore, it would make the death of Christ unnecessary, for all men were sinners before He came.

The real penalty for sin, therefore, could not be physical or spiritual death, but eternal death or separation from God. Physical death is the result of spiritual and eternal death. Eternal death is the penalty for spiritual death or committing sin (Eph_2:1-9).

VI. Resurrection From Spiritual Death

The resurrection of man from spiritual death (or separation from God) takes place when one is saved from death in trespasses and sins (Eph_2:1-10), when he is born again (Joh_3:1-8), is made a new creature in Christ (2Co_5:17-18), and is fully reconciled to God through Christ (2Co_5:14-21; Eph_2:12-16; Col_1:20-22; Col_2:6-13).

VII. Immortality of the Soul

The soul and spirit (together called the inner man) are immortal. They continue in full consciousness between the death and resurrection of the body, and in the new resurrected body into all eternity. See Twenty-five Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul.

VIII. Mortality of the Body

The body is now mortal. It will die and go back to dust (Gen_3:19; Ecc_3:19-21; Heb_9:27; Jas_2:26). This procedure will continue until sin is put down and death is destroyed (1Co_15:24-28; Rev_21:3-7; Rev_22:3).

IX. Resurrection of the Dead

This refers only to the bodies of all men who die, not to the souls

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Psalms – TJL Compliationand spirits which are immortal. Without exception, all scriptures on the future resurrection of the dead refer only to the bodies which die and will be resurrected from dust again (Dan_12:2; Joh_5:28-29; 1Co_15:1-58; 1Th_4:13-17; Rev_20:4-6, Rev_20:11-15). There will be no spiritual resurrection-a resurrection of the soul and spirit. All spiritual resurrection is accomplished in this life before the body dies (Eph_2:1-10; Col_2:11-13). If one is not resurrected spiritually from death in trespasses and sins in this life, he will remain forever spiritually dead or separated from God (Heb_9:27; Rev_22:11).

X. No Soul-Sleeping Taught

All scriptures used by false cults to prove soul-sleep really refer to death of the body which knows nothing in the grave. See No Soul-Sleep Taught in Scripture.

XI. Immortality of the Body

The body, which is now mortal, will become immortal in the resurrection. All scriptures mentioning future immortality refer to the body, not to the soul which is now immortal. For proof of this see Fourteen Proofs of the Future Immortality of the Body under No Soul-Sleeping Taught in Scripture, and Twenty-five Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul.

XII. The Intermediate State

This refers to the state of the dead between death and the resurrection of the body. After the body goes back to dust at physical death (Gen_3:19; Ecc_3:19-21; Jas_2:26), it remains dead (separated from the inner man) until the future resurrection day when the body will be made immortal (1Co_15:35-54). The soul and spirit remain alive, being immortal either in heaven or hell, until the resurrection day when the body will be made immortal. See pt. (14), The Doctrine of Man.

At physical death the soul and spirit leave the body (Jas_2:26). If one is a converted person, his soul and spirit go to heaven immediately at death to await the resurrection of the body (

Luk_20:38; Joh_11:25-26; 2Co_5:8; Eph_3:15; Eph_4:8-10; Php_1:21-24; Heb_12:22-23; Rev_6:9-11). If he is a sinner, his soul and spirit go to hell at death to await the resurrection of the

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XIII. Five Departments in the Underworld of Departed Spirits

There are five distinct prisons in the underworld of departed spirits:

1. Tartarus (1Pe_3:19; 2Pe_2:4; Jud_1:6-7). This prison is a special one for fallen angels who sinned before the flood. No human beings or demons ever go to this prison. See 2Pe_2:4.

2. Paradise (Luk_16:19-31; Luk_23:43). This was the abode of the righteous after physical death, where they were held captive by the devil against their will, until Christ conquered death, hell, and the grave. It is now empty of the righteous, who go to heaven at death, since Christ captured the captives in hell and took them to heaven with Him when He ascended on high. See note Luk_16:22; note, Eph_4:8; note, Heb_2:15.

3. Hell (Mat_16:18; Luk_16:19-31). This is the torment compartment of Sheol/Hades where wicked souls have always gone and will always go until the end of the Millennium. Then the wicked will be brought out of here to be reunited with their resurrected immortal bodies, and cast into the lake of fire for eternity (Rev_20:11-15).

4. The abyss or bottomless pit (Luk_8:26-31; Rom_10:7; Rev_9:1-3, Rev_9:11; Rev_11:7; Rev_17:8; Rev_20:1-10). This is the abode of demons and some angelic beings. No human soul and spirit ever go to the abyss. The O.T. equivalent is Abaddon and is translated destruction (Job_26:6; Job_28:22; Job_31:12; Psa_88:11; Pro_15:11; Pro_27:20).

5. The lake of fire. This is the eternal hell and perdition of all fallen angels, demons, and wicked men (Rev_20:6, Rev_20:11-15; Rev_21:8; Rev_22:15). It is the same as gehenna (G1067) of note, Luk_12:5. It is the final hell prepared for the devil and his angels (Mat_25:41) and is eternal in duration (Isa_66:22-24; Mat_25:46; Rev_14:9-14; Rev_19:20; Rev_20:10-15).

XIV. Hell

The English word "hell" is defined as "the abode of evil spirits; infernal regions; place of eternal punishment or extreme

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1. Hebrew: she’owl (H7585), the unseen world. It always refers to the unseen world of departed spirits, and is always in contrast with the Hebrew: qeber (H6913), which means the grave, or the seen world where bodies are buried. Qeber is always translated grave, burying place, sepulchre. It is never translated hell, and rightly so.

She’owl (H7585) is translated "hell" 31 times (Deu_32:22; 2Sa_22:6; Job_11:8; Job_26:6; Psa_9:17; Psa_16:10; Psa_18:5; Psa_55:15; Psa_86:13; Psa_116:3; Psa_139:8; Pro_5:5; Pro_7:27; Pro_9:18; Pro_15:11, Pro_15:24; Pro_23:14; Pro_27:20; Isa_5:14; Isa_14:9, Isa_14:15; Isa_28:15, Isa_28:18; Isa_57:9; Eze_31:16-17; Eze_32:21, Eze_32:27; Amo_9:2; Jon_2:2; Hab_2:5); "grave" 31 times (Gen_37:35; Gen_42:38; Gen_44:29, Gen_44:31; 1Sa_2:6; 1Ki_2:6, 1Ki_2:9; Job_7:9; Job_14:13; Job_17:13; Job_21:13; Job_24:19; Psa_6:5; Psa_30:3; Psa_31:17; Psa_49:14-15; Psa_88:3; Psa_89:48; Psa_141:7; Pro_1:12; Pro_30:16; Ecc_9:10; Son_8:6; Isa_14:11; Isa 4 _38:10 , Isa_38:18; Eze_31:15; Hos_13:14); and "pit" 3 times (Num_16:30, Num_16:33; Job_17:16).

2. Hebrew: qeber (H6913), the proper word for grave, the seen world, is translated four different ways and always of the place where the body goes at death:

(1) Grave (Gen_35:20; Gen_50:5; Exo_14:11; Num_19:16, Num_19:18; 2Sa_3:32; 2Sa_19:37; 1Ki_13:30; 1Ki_14:13; 2Ki_22:20; 2Ki_23:6; 2Ch_34:4, 2Ch_34:28; Job_3:22; Job_5:26; Job_10:19; Job_17:1; Job_21:32; Psa_88:5, Psa_88:11; Isa_14:19; Isa_53:9; Isa_65:4; Jer_8:1; Jer_20:17; Jer_26:23; Eze_32:22-26; Eze_37:12-13; Eze_39:11; Nah_1:14).

(2) Burial (2Ch_26:23; Ecc_6:3; Isa_14:20; Jer_22:19).

(3) Burying place (Gen_23:4, Gen_23:9, Gen_23:20;

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(4) Sepulchre (Gen_23:6; Deu_34:6; Jdg_8:32; 1Sa_10:2; 2Sa_2:32; 2Sa_4:12; 2Sa_17:23; 2Sa_21:14; 1Ki_13:22, 1Ki_13:31; 2Ki_9:28; 2Ki_13:21; 2Ki_21:26; 2Ki_23:16-17, 2Ki_23:30; 2Ch_16:14; 2Ch_21:20; 2Ch_24:25; 2Ch_28:27; 2Ch_32:33; 2Ch_35:24; Neh_2:3, Neh_2:5; Neh_3:16; Psa_5:9; Isa_22:16; Jer_5:16).

3. Greek: Hades (G86), the unseen world. It is equivalent to she’owl (H7585) of the O.T. and is always in contrast with mnemeion (G3419), the seen world, or place of bodies at death. Mnemeion, meaning the grave, is never translated "hell." Hades is translated "hell" ten times (Mat_11:23; Mat_16:18; Luk_10:15; Luk_16:23; Act_2:27, Act_2:31; Rev_1:18; Rev_6:8; Rev_20:13-14) and "grave" once (1Co_15:55).

4. Greek: mnemeion (G3419), the proper word for grave, is translated three different ways, as follows:

(1) Grave (Mat_27:52-53; Luk_11:44; Joh_5:28; Joh_11:17, Joh_11:31, Joh_11:38; Joh_12:17; Rev_11:9)

(2) Tomb (Mat_8:28; Mat_27:60; Mar_5:2-3; Mar_6:29; Luk_8:27)

(3) Sepulchre (Mat_23:29; Mat_27:60; Mat_28:8; Mar_15:46; Mar_16:2-8; Luk_11:47-48; Luk_23:53, Luk_23:55; Luk_24:1-2, Luk_24:9, Luk_24:12, Luk_24:22, Luk_24:24; Joh_19:41-42; Joh_20:1-11; Act_2:29; Act_7:16; Act_13:29)

5. Greek: gehenna (G1067), from Hebrew: gay’ (H1516), gorge or valley, and Hinnom (H2011), lamentation. It means valley of Hinnom, where perpetual fires were kept to burn the refuse of Jerusalem. It came to be used by the Jews as an appropriate picture of eternal hell and punishment. Gehenna is translated "hell" twelve times (Mat_5:22, Mat_5:29, Mat_5:30; Mat_10:28; Mat_18:9; Mat_23:15, Mat_23:33; Mar_9:43-47; Luk_12:5; Jas_3:6). It is never translated grave, and rightly so. See note, Luk_12:5.

6. Greek: tartaros (G5020), the deepest abyss of Sheol/Hades, the unseen world. The verb form tartaro is translated "cast ... down to hell" in 2Pe_2:4. See note there.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation7. Greek: limnen (G3041) tou (G3588) puros (G4442), lake of

fire, the same as the gehenna (G1067) of fire, the eternal hell, and perdition of all rebels against God, whether spirits, giants, pre-Adamites, or Adamites. It is used five times (Rev_19:20; Rev_20:10-15; Rev_21:8).

It can be seen from a study of all the above scriptures on Sheol/Hades, gehenna, tartaros, and qeber/mnemeion that hell is not the grave, but a place of consciousness and torment. This will be abundantly proven in the following facts about hell and the grave:

Eighty-eight Facts Proving that Hell Is Not the Grave:

1. In Scripture, Sheol/Hades (hell) is never the place of the body; qeber/mnemeion (grave) is never the place of the soul (Psa_16:10; Act_2:25-29).

2. She’owl (H7585) is never in the plural; qeber (H6913) is plural 38 times, and singular 74 times.

3. She’owl (H7585) is never located on earth; qeber (H6913) is located on earth 73 times.

4. The body never goes to she’owl (H7585); the body is mentioned as going to qeber (H6913) 75 times.

5. An individual’s she’owl (H7585) is never mentioned; an individual’s qeber (H6913) is mentioned 79 times.

6. Man never puts anyone into she’owl (H7585); man puts bodies into a qeber (H6913) 40 times.

7. Man never digs or makes a she’owl (H7585); man digs and makes a qeber (H6913) 51 times.

8. Man on earth never touches a she’owl (H7585); he touches a qeber (H6913) 51 times.

9. Man has never seen a she’owl (H7585) on earth; he has seen a qeber (H6913) 51 times.

10. God alone puts men into she’owl (H7585) (Num_16:30-33; 1Sa_2:6; Eze_31:16; Luk_16:19-31).

11. God alone will bring men out of she’owl (H7585) (1Sa_2:6; Rev_20:11-15).

12. Hell-bound men descend (Isa_5:14) and go down (into the lower parts of the earth) into she’owl (H7585) at death (Gen_37:35; Gen_42:38; Gen_44:29, Gen_44:31;

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13. People go into she’owl (H7585) in a moment and quickly (Num_16:30-33; Job_21:13; Psa_55:15; Luk_16:19-31).

14. People are forced into she’owl (H7585) (Isa_5:15).15. People are cast into she’owl (H7585) (Eze_31:15-17).16. Sheol is located in the nether parts of the earth (Eze_31:14-

18; Eze_32:24), lower parts of the earth (Psa_63:9; Psa_68:18; Eph_4:8-10), heart of the earth (Mat_12:40), below the depth of the seas and below the foundations of the mountains (Jon_2:2-6), beneath like a pit (Pro_15:24; Isa_14:9-16; Eze_31:14-18; Eze_32:18-31), and is too deep to dig into (Job_11:8; Amo_9:2).

17. Sheol/Hades, unlike the grave, is a place of activity, a place of wrath (Deu_32:22; Luk_16:19-31).

18. A place of sorrow (Gen_42:38; Gen_44:29, Gen_44:31; 2Sa_22:6; Psa_18:5; Psa_55:15; Psa_116:3; Pro_7:27; Isa_14:9-15).

19. A place of fire (Deu_32:22; Son_8:6; Luk_16:19-31).20. A place hidden from man, but naked before God (Job_26:6;

Psa_139:8; Pro_15:11; Amo_9:2)21. A place of power (Psa_49:15; Hos_13:14; Mat_16:18;

1Co_15:51-56; Rev_1:18; Rev_6:8).22. A place of full consciousness (Isa_14:9-15; Eze_32:27-31;

Luk_16:19-31).23. A place for the soul and spirit, not the body (Psa_16:10;

Psa_30:3; Psa_49:15; Psa_86:13; Psa_89:48; Pro_23:14; Act_2:25-29).

24. A place of conversations (Isa_14:9-16; Eze_32:21; Luk_16:19-31).

25. A place where many kings and chief ones of the earth live after death (Isa_14:9-11).

26. A place where its inhabitants are stirred up at the coming of others (Isa_14:9-11; Eze_32:27-32).

27. A place where great men acknowledge their defeat (Isa_14:9-11).

28. A place where men recognize and converse with one another (Isa_14:16; Luk_16:9-31).

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Isa_14:16; Luk_16:19-31).30. A place for the proud-Mat_11:23; Luk_10:15. If the grave is

hell then the curse of Jesus here is meaningless, for all go to graves physically, the proud and the humble, without such a curse (Heb_9:27).

31. A place of torment (Luk_16:23).32. A place of prayer (Jon_2:2; Luk_16:19-31).33. A place of regret over mistreatment of others (Luk_16:24-31).34. A place where men still have willpower, though it is too late to

accept God’s terms and escape hell (Luk_16:24-31).35. A place where men are conscious of life on earth, but cannot

visit earth to warn men of the real torments (Luk_16:26-31).36. A place where the lost become concious of the need of soul-

winning (Luk_16:27-31).37. A place so terrible that those who are in it plead for some

means of warning others not to come there (Luk_16:26-31).38. A place where souls are not burned up by the fire (Luk_16:22-

31; 1Pe_3:4).39. A place of cruelty (Son_8:6).40. A place that has enlarged itself-it has not been enlarged by

men (Isa_5:14).41. A place that is never full or satisfied (Pro_27:20; Pro_30:16;

Hab_2:5).42. A place that receives men in numbers like flocks of sheep

(note, Psa_49:14).43. A place from which only salvation can deliver one

(Psa_86:13).44. A place of gates and bars (Job_17:16; Isa_38:10; Mat_16:18;

Rev_1:18).45. A place of debasement (Isa_57:9).46. A place of pains (Psa_18:5; Psa_116:3; Luk_16:19-31).47. A temporary place of torment (Luk_16:19-31; Rev_20:11-15).48. A place of two compartments-one for the righteous before the

resurrection of Christ, and one for the wicked departed souls from Abel’s time to the end of the Millennium-with a great gulf between the compartments forbidding travel but not communication between them (Luk_16:19-31).

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49. A place other than the grave for the righteous who, until Christ came, were captives of the devil against their will (Heb_2:14-15). It was called Abraham’s bosom (Luk_16:22) and paradise (Luk_23:43).

50. It was a hiding place from God’s wrath after death (Job_14:13; Luk_16:19-31), a place without fire, but with water and other comforts (Eze_31:16; Luk_16:19-31).

51. Lazarus went into this place of comfort, but his body went to the grave (Luk_16:19-31).

52. Christ and the penitent thief went into paradise at death (Psa_16:10; Mat_12:40; Luk_23:43; Eph_4:8-10).

53. Jonah also went into this compartment while his body was dead in the belly of the whale (Jon_2:2, Jon_2:6-7; Mat_12:40).

54. Angels carried the righteous souls into this compartment, but men carried their bodies to graves (Luk_16:22-26; Luk_23:43).

55. Christ, while there, preached to the angels in tartarus, proving that the hell He was in is not the grave (Psa_16:10; note, 1Pe_3:19).

56. Christ, while in Sheol/Hades, liberated the righteous captives of Satan taking them to heaven with Him when He ascended on high (Eph_4:8-10; Heb_2:14-15).

57. Paradise is now empty of all the righteous souls (Eph_4:8-10; Heb_12:23); the graves continue to hold bodies of both the righteous and unrighteous.

58. The righteous were alive in paradise, else Christ could not have preached and liberated the righteous captives; and Lazarus and others in this place could not have been comforted (Luk_16:19-31).

The Torment Compartment of Sheol:

59. It is the lowest part of Sheol, even lower than paradise, and therefore could not be the grave (Deu_32:22; Psa_86:13; Pro_9:18; Isa_57:9).

60. The greater number of people (not all) go into it at death (Deu_32:22; Psa_9:17; Isa_5:14; Luk_16:19-31), whereas all men go into a grave, watery or otherwise, at death.

61. The fire in it is as literal as the mountains (Deu_32:22;

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62. The fire is kindled in God’s wrath (Deu_32:22)63. Entrance into it is down, deeper than a grave, through the

earth to its center (Num_16:30-33; Mat_12:40; Eph_4:8-10).64. Bodies of men are buried at the mouth of it on the earth’s

surface only (Psa_141:7).65. Men go alive into it (Num_16:30-33; Psa_88:3; Pro_1:12;

Eze_32:27-31; Luk_16:19-31).66. The wicked only are tormented in it (Deu_32:22; Psa_9:17;

Pro_5:5; Pro_7:27; Pro_9:18; Isa_14:9-16; Luk_16:19-31).67. Its depth is contrasted with the height of heaven, which could

never be so of the grave (Job_11:7; Isa_57:9; Amo_9:2).68. The Rephaim, or giants, are there for sexual sins, proving that

they are still alive in she’owl (H7585) (notes on Gen_6:1-4; Pro_9:18; Pro_21:16; Isa_14:9-19; Isa_26:14).

69. Christ now has the keys of Sheol/Hades (Rev_1:18).70. Chastening can help men to be godly and escape it

(Pro_23:14), but chastening will not keep men from graves. All go to graves, but all do not go to hell. In fact, no saved man goes there since Christ conquered hell (2Co_5:8; Php_1:21-24; Heb_12:23; Rev_6:9-11).

71. The gates of hell (Hades) shall not prevail against the church in this age (Mat_16:18), but they did prevail against O.T. saints, for they all went down into the paradise compartment of she’owl (H7585) and were held captive by Satan against their will (Heb_2:14-15). Since the resurrection of Christ, saints do not go to Sheol/Hades as before He conquered hell and liberated the righteous souls from Satan, leading them captive to heaven (Eph_4:8-10; Heb_2:14-15). Saints of this age now go to heaven at death instead of to Sheol (2Co_5:8; Php_1:21-24; Heb_12:23; Rev_6:9-11), which proves that hell is not the grave. No such change regarding graves has ever been made. The bodies of both the righteous and the wicked continue to be put into graves.

72. Every man in Sheol/Hades will be brought out and judged 1,000 years after the righteous have been resurrected (Rev_20:4-6, Rev_20:11-15). If men at death are extinct or unconscious in graves, why bring them back into existence or consciousness just to judge them and send them into extinction of being again, as false cults teach? This would

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73. Sheol/Hades held the captives that were captured by Christ and taken to heaven when He ascended on high (Eph_4:8-10; Heb_2:14-15). How could extinct or unconcious men be held captive? Why would Christ even attempt to capture extinct beings? What would He want with them? Those He captured must have been real and living, for God is not the God of the dead bodies of men but of their living souls (Luk_20:38). If the captives were brought back into being again when their captivity by Christ took place, then the resurrection of the righteous has already taken place and many scriptures stating the future resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked are without meaning (Dan_12:2; Joh_5:28-29; 1Th_4:16; Rev_20:4-6).

74. Qeber/mnemeion, the proper words for grave, are never translated "hell." Sheol/Hades should never have been translated "grave." To prove this, let us substitute hell where burial, grave, tomb, and sepulchre are found and see how ridiculous it would be:

Examples of Using "Hell" for "Grave":(1) Choice of our hells (Gen_23:6)(2) Jacob set a pillar upon her hell (Gen_35:20)(3) In my hell which I have digged (Gen_50:5)(4) Because ... no hells in Egypt (Exo_14:11)(5) Whosoever touches a hell shall be unclean seven days

(Num_19:16, Num_19:18)(6) Buried by the hell of my father (2Sa_19:37)(7) Carcass in his own hell (1Ki_13:30)(8) The hell of Elisha (2Ki_13:21)(9) Hell of the man of God (2Ki_23:17)(10) Remain among the hells (Isa_65:4)(11) Bones out of hells (Jer_8:1)(12) Hells of the prophets (Mat_23:29)

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Examples of Using "Grave" for "Hell":(1) Fire burning in the lowest grave kindled by God’s wrath

(Deu_32:22)(2) Sorrows of the grave (2Sa_22:6)(3) Wicked and all nations that forget God turned into the

grave (Psa_9:17)(4) Soul in the grave (Psa_16:10)(5) Pains of the grave (Psa_116:3)(6) The grave is never full (Pro_27:20)(7) The inhabitants of the grave move to welcome you at your

coming (Isa_14:9)(8) Speak out of the grave (Eze_32:21)(9) Shall be in danger of grave fire (Mat_5:22; Mat_18:9;

Mar_9:43-49)(10) Fire of the grave never quenched (Mar_9:43-49)(11) God only has power to cast in the grave (Luk_12:5)(12) In the grave he lift up his eyes, being in torments in fire ...

flame (Luk_16:19-31)(13) Angels cast down to the grave (2Pe_2:4; Jud_1:6-7)

Other Ridiculous Conclusions:(1) They shall look into the grave on sinners where their worm

does not die and their fire shall not be quenched (Isa_66:22-24).

(2) Cast into the grave where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mat_8:11-12; Mat_22:13; Mat_24:51; Mat_25:30).

(3) Who has warned you to flee from wrath in the grave (Mat_3:7)?

(4) Killed and cast into the fire of the grave (Mat_3:10).(5) Burn in unquenchable fire in the grave (Mat_3:12;

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(6) Tares are burned in the grave fire (Mat_13:40, Mat_13:50).

(7) Cast them into the grave of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth (Mat_13:42).

(8) A twofold child more of the grave than yourselves (Mat_23:15).

(9) Be cast into everlasting fire in the grave (Mat_18:8-10).(10) Depart from Me, you cursed, into the grave of everlasting

fire prepared for the devil and his angels (Mat_25:41).(11) These shall go away in the grave of everlasting

punishment (Mat_25:46).(12) The angels that sinned have been reserved in everlasting

chains and set forth for an example of suffering the eternal fire of the grave (Jud_1:6-7).

(13) He opened the grave and out of it came forth smoke of a great furnace that darkened the sun (Rev_9:1-21).

(14) The smoke of the grave rose up forever and ever (Rev_19:3).

(15) Satan shall be cast into the grave of fire and brimstone and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever (Rev_20:7-10).

(16) Death and the grave were cast into the lake of fire (Rev_20:14).

(17) All sinners shall have their part in the grave that burns with fire and brimstone (Rev_21:8; Rev_22:15).

(18) Are you come to torment us (demons) in the grave before it is time to be tormented (Mat_8:29)?

(19) Warn my five brethren lest they also come to this grave of torment in fire (Luk_16:19-31).

(20) He (Lazarus) has comfort in his grave but you have torment in yours (Luk_19:25).

(21) He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the grave and they shall have no rest day or night forever and ever (Rev_14:9-11).Many other statements just as ridiculous could be made if we, like false cults, forced a meaning into Scripture that is

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75. Hades (G86) is spoken of as being completely defeated (1Co_15:55). This is sufficient proof that it isn’t the grave.

76. The fact that the soul is immortal proves that it remains in consciousness some place between death and resurrection (note, 1Pe_3:4). Since it does not go to the grave, but to hell (Isa_14:9-16; Luk_16:19-31; Rev_20:11-15) or heaven (2Co_5:8; Php_1:21-24; Heb_12:23; Rev_6:9-11), then hell is not the grave.

77. Since the soul is immortal and the body mortal (Gen_3:19; Ecc_3:19-21), then it is clear that only the body goes into the grave to see corruption until its resurrection to immortality when (if wicked) it will be punished in hell with the soul or (if righteous), will be permitted to enjoy eternal bliss.

78. Since only the body is to be changed in the future resurrection of the dead, then only the body will come out of unconsciousness in the grave so it can be made as immortal as the soul and spirit, and be rewarded in heaven or punished in hell, according to its deeds (Dan_12:2; Joh_5:28-29; Rev_20:11-15). See notes on the resurrection, Dan_12:2.

79. Since soul-sleep is not taught in Scripture and body-sleep is, then it is the body only that is unconscious in the grave. See No Soul-Sleep Taught in Scripture. The soul goes to hell or heaven at death, as seen in the many scriptures above.

80. Since the bodies of the wicked as well as the righteous will become immortal in the resurrection, then it is impossible to burn them up, consume them, annihilate them, or cause them to become extinct through fire or any other means. Where are immortal wicked beings going to spend eternity as everlasting monuments of God’s wrath and examples of eternal punishment for rebellion (as in Isa_66:22-24; Rev_14:9-11; etc.), if not in hell?

81. Because there is full consciousness in the intermediate state between death and resurrection, souls of the wicked as well as the righteous must go to some place of waiting to remain until the resurrection of the body. See pt. (14), The Doctrine of Man. Where would the wicked go to await their bodies and receive judgment and their degrees of punishment, if not to

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82. Since the word "hell" is never in the plural, and since it is always clear, not only from the original words but from the subject matter of the texts, that bodies are put into graves and souls go to heaven or hell, then we must acknowledge that hell is not the grave.

83. Of the 65 places where she’owl (H7585) is used, 11 where Hades is used, 12 where gehenna (G1067), 5 the lake of fire, and the 1 time where tartaros (the verb form tartaroo (G5020)) is used in Scripture, only 2 places seem to teach that hell is the grave and that there is no consciousness in Sheol (Psa_6:5; Ecc_9:10).The first passage is simply the statement of a man in great distress. He could not see how the inhabitants in she’owl (H7585) could remember God’s goodness and give thanks to Him while in torment such as the rich man suffered in Luk_16:1-31. It is easily conceivable how such tormented rebels against God would not give thanks to Him, so this would not prove anything regarding hell being the grave. David did not believe that hell was the grave and that there was no life in she’owl (H7585), for in many places he taught that Sheol was the place of the immortal soul (Psa_16:10; Act_2:25-29); a place of sorrows and pains (Psa_18:5); and a place of full consciousness where the wicked go at death (Psa_9:17; Psa_31:17; Psa_68:18; Psa_88:3).In the second passage, Ecc_9:10, Solomon merely expresses the idea that all human activity under the sun ceases at death, as proved by the next verse where he speaks of profit under the sun. The phrase "under the sun" is found 29 times in this short book. Solomon does not mean that hell is the grave in Ecc_9:10, for elsewhere he teaches that the righteous do not go to the same compartment of Sheol as the wicked do (Pro_5:5; Pro_7:27; Pro_9:18; Pro_15:11, Pro_15:24; Pro_23:14; Pro_27:20).

84. The confinement of angels and demons to prisons under the earth because of sin proves that others-the immortal souls and spirits of the human race and of giants-can also be confined to material prisons in the underworld (Isa_24:21-22; 1Pe_3:19; 2Pe_2:4; Jud_1:6-7; Rev_9:1-21; Rev_20:1-10).

85. Examples of continued consciousness after death prove that hell and heaven are real places of life and not the grave where

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86. The Bible refers to life after death in many places. See pt. (14), The Doctrine of Man.

87. Degrees of punishment in eternal hell prove that neither Sheol/Hades nor the lake of fire is the grave (Mat_10:15; Mat_11:22-24; Mat_16:27; Mat_23:12-15; Rev_20:11-15). How could there be any kind of eternal punishment, much less degrees of punishment, if the wicked are extinct?

88. The eternal length of punishment of the wicked proves hell is not the grave. All bodies in graves will be resurrected and graves will be no more, but hell and eternal punishment will never end.

Fourteen Fallacies about Hell:1. Hell is the grave. This is abundantly disproved above.2. Fire in hell is figurative. The word fire is found in Scripture 549

times and is used figuratively only a few times. It is always clear when it is used figuratively, as of anger (Psa_89:46); jealousy (Psa_79:5); zeal (Psa_104:4; Joh_2:17); shame (Rom_12:20); trials (1Pe_1:7); judgment (Zec_13:9); Word of God (Jer_23:29); tongue (Jas_3:5-6); and God (Heb_12:29). Fire is used in plain literal descriptive language in the following statements of hell:

(1) Set on fire the foundations of mountains in the lowest Sheol (Deu_32:22).

(2) Neither shall their fire be quenched (Isa_66:22-24; Mar_9:43-49).

(3) Unquenchable fire (Mat_3:10, Mat_3:12).(4) Hell fire (Mat_5:22; Mat_18:9; Mar_9:43-49).(5) Cast into the fire (Mat_7:19).(6) Furnace of fire (Mat_13:40-50).(7) Cast into everlasting fire (Mat_18:8; Mat_25:41,

Mat_25:46).(8) Fire that never shall be quenched (Mar_9:43-49;

Luk_3:17).(9) The vengeance of eternal fire (Jud_1:6-7).(10) Tormented with fire and brimstone (Rev_14:9-11).(11) Lake of fire burning with brimstone (Rev_19:20;

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(12) Lake of fire and brimstone (Rev_19:20; Rev_20:14-15).

3. Punishment of hell not eternal. If language means anything the torments of hell are proved to be eternal in the following:

(1) Danger of eternal damnation (Mar_3:29)(2) Eternal judgment (Heb_6:2)(3) Vengeance of eternal fire (Jud_1:7)(4) Shame and everlasting contempt (Dan_12:2; Joh_5:28-29)(5) Everlasting fire (Mat_18:8; Mat_25:41)(6) Everlasting punishment (Mat_25:46)(7) Everlasting destruction (2Th_1:9)(8) Everlasting chains (Jud_1:6-7)(9) The smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever

(Rev_14:9-11).(10) Tormented day and night forever and ever (Rev_20:10)

The same words translated "eternal," "everlasting," and "forever and ever," which are used to state the eternity of God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, life, etc., are also used of hell and punishment. Therefore, if these persons and things are eternal, then hell and punishment are eternal. Some teach that forever means age-long. This may be true when used in a limited and qualified sense of temporary things, as in Exo_21:6, but when used literally of God’s plan it always means eternal. The Hebrew word: ‛owlam (H5769) and the Greek word aionios (G166) mean time out of mind, past or future; eternity; always; forever; everlasting; perpetual; without end. Besides the above eternal things, the following is a partial list:

Sixty-five Other Eternal Things(1) God (Deu_33:27; Rom_1:20; Rev_4:9)(2) God’s name (Exo_3:15; Psa_72:17)(3) God’s throne (Psa_93:2)(4) God’s kingdom on earth (Exo_15:18; Psa_145:13;

Psa_146:10; Jer_10:10; Dan_2:44-45; Dan_4:3, Dan_4:4; 2Pe_1:11)

(5) God’s Word (Deu_29:29; Psa_12:6-7; Psa_119:89, Psa_119:152, Psa_119:160; Isa_40:8; 1Pe_1:23-25)

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Rev_1:6)(7) God’s purpose on earth (Eph_3:11)(8) God’s mercy (1Ch_16:34; Psa_118:1-29)(9) God’s kindness (Isa_54:8)(10) God as light among men (Isa_60:19-20)(11) Fear of God (Psa_19:9)(12) God’s counsel (Psa_33:11)(13) God’s righteousness (Psa_111:3; Psa_112:3; Isa_51:8;

Dan_9:24)(14) God’s works (Psa_111:7-8; Psa_148:6)(15) God’s protection (Psa_125:2)(16) Christ (Mic_5:2)(17) Christ’s throne (Psa_45:6; Heb_1:8)(18) Christ’s reign on earth (Isa_9:6-7; Dan_7:13-14;

Luk_1:32-33; Rev_11:15)(19) Christ dwelling in the midst of Israel visibly (Eze_43:7-9)(20) Christ the same (Heb_13:8)(21) Holy Spirit (Heb_9:14)(22) Holy Spirit among men (Joh_14:16)(23) Heavens (Psa_72:17; 2Co_5:1)(24) Earth (Psa_104:5; Ecc_1:4)(25) Man-eternal generations of natural people(26) Israel as an eternal earthly nation (2Sa_7:1-29;

1Ch_17:22-27; 1Ch_23:25; Isa_9:6-7; Jer_31:36; Eze_37:18-28; Joe_3:20; Luk_1:32-33; Rev_11:15)

(27) Israel’s name (Isa_56:5)(28) Promised land to Israel (Gen_17:8; Gen_48:4; Jer_25:5)(29) Israel’s marriage to God (Hos_2:14-19)(30) Jerusalem-Zion (Psa_48:8; Psa_78:69; Psa_125:1;

Isa_33:20; Isa_60:15; Jer_17:25)(31) Abraham’s natural seed (Gen_13:15)(32) Noah’s natural seed (Gen_9:12)(33) David himself (Psa_61:4-8)(34) David’s natural seed (2Sa_7:1-29; Psa_89:4, Psa_89:29,

Psa_89:36)(35) David’s throne (Psa_89:29, Psa_89:36; Luk_1:32)(36) David’s kingdom (2Sa_7:1-29; Isa_9:6-7; Luk_1:32-33)(37) David as an eternal, resurrected king of natural Israel

(Eze_37:18-28)(38) Noahic Covenant (Gen_9:1-29)

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Jer_32:40; Eze_37:26; Heb_13:20)(42) Natural life of man and animals on earth (Gen_9:12;

Isa_9:6-7; Dan_2:44-45; Dan_7:13-14; Mat_25:31-46; Rev_11:15; Rev_22:2-5)

(43) Eternal life for both natural and resurrected men (Mat_25:46; Mar_10:30; Joh_3:16, Joh_3:36; Joh_5:24; Joh_10:28; etc.)

(44) Things not seen (1Co_2:9; 2Co_4:18)(45) Resurrected body (2Co_5:1)(46) Salvation (Isa_45:17; Isa_51:6; Heb_5:9)(47) Redemption (Heb_9:12)(48) Inheritance (Heb_9:15; Psa_37:18, Psa_37:29)(49) Saints (Psa_37:28; Dan_7:18, Dan_7:27)(50) Kingdom on earth for saints (Dan_7:18, Dan_7:22,

Dan_7:27; Rev_1:5; Rev_5:10)(51) Melchizedek priesthood (Psa_110:4; Heb_5:6; Heb_6:20;

Heb_7:17, Heb_7:21, Heb_7:24)(52) Holiness in God’s house (Psa_93:5)(53) Good man’s righteousness (Psa_112:6-9)(54) Truth (Psa_117:2; Pro_12:19)(55) Perfection of saints (Heb_10:14)(56) Purging of sins (Heb_10:12)(57) Joy (Isa_35:10; Isa_51:11; Isa_61:7)(58) Consolation (2Th_2:16)(59) Gospel (Rev_14:6)(60) Pleasures (Psa_16:11)(61) Sacrifices (Eze_46:14)(62) Mountains and hills (Gen_49:26; Hab_3:6)(63) Chains (Jud_1:6)(64) Desolation of Babylon (Jer_50:39; Jer_51:26, Jer_51:62)(65) Opening to hell (Isa_34:1-17; Isa_66:22-24)

One has as much right to make any one of the above 65 things age-long only, as to do so with the 12 eternal facts about hell above. No hint is ever found in Scripture that hell is the grave and a temporary place, or that punishment of the wicked is temporary.

4. The wicked are to be burned up. False cults interpret Mal_4:1

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Psalms – TJL Compliationto say this. However, it does not refer to hell at all, but to the battle of Armageddon, when fire will fall from heaven devouring the bodies of the wicked and killing them (Eze_38:17-21; Zec_4:1-15; 2Th_1:7-10; Rev_19:11-21). Just a casual reading of Malachi 3-4 will show that it refers to the second coming of Christ, not to hell (Mal_3:2-5, Mal_3:16-18; Mal_4:1-6). Not one word is said about hell in Malachi.

5. The wicked shall be annihilated. Scripture gives no doctrine teaching the annihilation of any part of creation. All passages teach the soul is now immortal and the body will be immortal in the resurrection, so no body can be annihilated in hell or any other place (see No Soul-Sleep Taught in Scripture). If the word "annihilation" is substituted for destroy, destruction, consume, etc., one can see how utterly senseless some scriptures would be in meaning. Try this in Gen_6:7; Gen_9:11; Gen_41:30; Job_7:9; Job_19:10, Job_19:27; Job_21:17; Job_33:21; Psa_6:7; Psa_31:9-10; Psa_39:10; Psa_78:45; Psa_91:5; Jer_17:18; 1Co_5:5.

6. Men in hell will suffer absolute destruction. The Greek word for destruction in 2Th_1:9 means ruin, but not extinction.

7. The wicked shall die and be extinct. Death means separation, not annihilation.

8. Men in hell will be destroyed, will perish and be no more. The Greek word for destroy and perish in Mat_10:28 and Joh_3:16 is apollumi, meaning to torment, mar, and be lost, not annihilate. See note, Mat_10:28. In most places it means simply to die physically. This is not extinction of being, but the passing from one state to another or one place to another (Mat_2:13; Mat_8:25; Mat_12:14; Mat_18:14; Mat_21:41; Mat_26:52; Mat_27:20; Mar_1:24; Mar_3:6; Mar_9:22; Mar_11:18; Mar_12:9; Luk_6:9; Luk_9:56; Luk_13:33; Luk_17:27-29; Joh_10:10; etc.). In other places it means to be cut off from God or be lost (Mat_10:6, Mat_10:42; Mat_15:24; Mat_16:25-26; 2Co_4:3). When a sheep is lost from the shepherd, a man is lost from God in sin, or some other material object is lost, does it mean they are extinct? When leather bottles are marred by bursting, are they extinct (Mar_2:22)? When homosexuals utterly perish in their corruption, does it mean they are to be extinct, or die and suffer fleshly corruption by going back to dust physically? The latter is all it could mean, for the passage states such are yet

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9. The wicked shall consume away like smoke (Psa_37:20). The Hebrew for consume is kalah (H3615), to end; to finish; to cease; to complete; and to take away. It never means extinction of being of the thing consumed. When famine consumed the land, did it annihilate the land (Gen_41:30)? When the Syrians were consumed by the Jewish army, were they made extinct or merely defeated (1Ki_22:11; 2Ki_13:17, 2Ki_13:19)? When the sword consumed men, did it annihilate them or merely kill the body (Jer_14:12; Jer_49:27)? When a man is hit by the hand, is he annihilated (Psa_39:10)? When a man consumed was still alive and speaking of the event, was he annihilated (Psa_90:7)? Thus, being consumed like smoke simply refers to passing out of this life to the next where punishment is meted out, or the many scriptures on punishment according to works are false. It means that all human activity ceases and life is finished on earth. It does not reveal the fate awaiting the next life.

10. The wicked will be burned up like chaff and the fire will go out when it has done its work (Mat_3:11-12). The comparison of the righteous to wheat and the wicked to chaff does not prove that the wicked are to be extinct by fire. It merely expresses two destinies at death for two classes. The wicked are not burned up by fire like chaff any more than the righteous are cast into a garner for literal wheat. The picture is merely that of God taking the righteous to heaven and sending the wicked to hell-fire to be punished, as in the many scriptures above. That the fire will never die down is stated by Isaiah (Isa_66:22-24), John the Baptist (Mat_3:12), Jesus (Mat_18:8-9; Mar_9:43-49), Jude (Jud_1:6-7), and John (Rev_14:9-11; Rev_20:10-15; Rev_21:8).

11. The wicked shall be no more (Pro_10:25). This is no reference to hell. It merely expresses the end of human activity on earth.

12. The place of the wicked shall not be (Psa_37:10). This is another passage which says nothing of hell, but refers to the passing of the wicked from the earth so that they and their

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Psalms – TJL Compliationplace in human activity shall soon be forgotten. Because the wicked cease to live among men, does that do away with the actual places where they did live on earth? If so, then all the earth would pass out of existence, for wicked men have lived on every part of it. The very fact that men will consider places the wicked used to be proves the places themselves are still here.

13. The wicked will be devoured by fire (Rev_20:7-10). This passage refers to the destruction of living natural people who will seek to overthrow the kingdom of Christ at the end of the Millennium. It does not refer to hell or to resurrected people, for the wicked are not to be resurrected until after this (Rev_20:11-15). The ones killed will be the nations living on the earth during the Millennium and not the wicked dead who are in their graves and in she’owl (H7585) to remain until after this rebellion (Rev_20:4-15).

14. The wicked dead will be given a second chance and then if they do not accept Christ will be annihilated with the devil and all his angels and demons. The only scripture used by false cults to prove this is Rev_20:7-10. But as we have seen above, this refers to the nations living on earth in natural bodies during the Millennium, not to the wicked dead who are not alive during the Millennium (Rev_20:5). After the Millennium they are to be resurrected, judged, and cast into eternal hell without being given a second probation (Rev_20:10-15). There is no second chance for any man (Heb_9:27), no hope of any final restoration for the wicked. Nonexistence would not be punishment for nonexistent people would know nothing about it. One cannot be punished who is nonexistent. Everlasting punishment means perpetual suffering which presupposes perpetual existence in a conscious state. Persons to be punished forever must exist in consciousness forever. Hence, hell is not extinction of being. The punishment of hell is as long as the life of the righteous: "These shall go away into everlasting (aionios (G166)) punishment, but the righteous into life eternal (aionios)" (Mat_25:41, Mat_25:46; Mat_18:8; Mar_3:29; Mar_9:43-49; 2Th_1:7-10; Jud_1:6-7, Jud_1:13; Rev_2:11; Rev_14:9-11; Rev_19:20; Rev_20:10-15; Rev_21:8; Rev_22:15; Psa_52:5; Psa_92:7; Isa_66:22-24).

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Psalm 10

Psa 10:1-18 ESV1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide

yourself in times of trouble?2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be

caught in the schemes that they have devised.3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the

one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all

his thoughts are, "There is no God."5 His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high,

out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all

generations I shall not meet adversity."7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;

under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he

murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

10 The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.

11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

13 Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?

14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless

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15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.

16 The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.

17 O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psa 10:1-18 ISV1 Why do you stand far away, LORD? Why do you hide in

times of distress?2 The wicked one arrogantly pursues the afflicted, who are

trapped in the schemes he devises.3 For the wicked one boasts about his own desire; he

blesses the greedy and despises the LORD.4 With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not

seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."5 Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are

on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

6 They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

7 Their mouth is full of curses, lies, and oppression, their tongues spread trouble and iniquity.

8 They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

9 Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

10 The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless

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11 The wicked say to themselves, "God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it."

12 Rise up, LORD! Raise your hand, God. Don't forget the afflicted!

13 Why do the wicked despise God and say to themselves, "God will not seek justice."?

14 But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; so that when you seek out his wickedness you will find it no more.

16 The LORD is king forever and ever; nations will perish from his land.

17 LORD, you heard the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen them, you will listen carefully,

18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that men of the earth may cause terror no more.

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 10The problem in Psalm 9 is the enemy invading from without,

There were wicked nations around Israel (Ps 9:5),

The problem in Psalm 10 is the enemy corrupting and destroying from within.

Wwicked people within the covenant community (Ps 10:4), who claimed to know God, but whose lives proved they did not know God (Titus 2:16).

They know there is a God, but they live as though there is no God or no final judgment.

They are “practical atheists” who are their own gods and do whatever they please.

QuestIonIng God (V. 1).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1] Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

The age-old paradox: why do the wicked prosper? Cf. Job, Jer 14, et al.

The psalmist wrestles with the age-old problem, “Why doesn’t God do something about

the prosperity of the wicked (Ps 10: 2-4, 7, 10, 15)

the misery of the afflicted (Ps 10: 2, 8-10, 12, 14, 17-18)?”

It’s also discussed in Ps 13:1-3; 27:9; 30:7; 44:23-24; 73; and 88:13-15, as well as Job 13:24ff. and Jeremiah 14.

The wicked are marching through the land, but the Lord seems to be distant and unconcerned.

Godly people had lost their homes, jobs, possessions, families, and even their lives because of the ruthless deeds of evil leaders; and where was God?

(See Ps 22:1, 11; 35:22; 38:21; 42:9; 43:2; 71:12; 74:1; 88:14.)

God has expressed a special concern for widows, orphans, and the helpless (Ps 68:5; 82:3; Deut. 10:18; 24:17-21; 26:12-1 3; 27:19), yet He is not to be found.

It is accused that He “covers His eyes” as though nothing is happening (see Lev. 20:4; 1 Sam. 12:3; Prov. 28:27).

Rejecting God (Ps 10:2-13). The psalmist now describes these wicked people, what they do, and why they do it.

He gives four statements that express what they believe, because what they believe determines how they behave.

2] The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3] For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation4] The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Twenty-two Sins of the Wicked1.    Is full of pride (Psa_10:2, Psa_10:4)2.    Persecutes the poor (Psa_10:2)3.    Sets snares for the just4.    Imagines evil against righteous5.    Boasts of his great plans (Psa_10:3)6.    Blesses the covetous7.    Rejects God (Psa_10:4)8.    Dismisses religion (Psa_10:5)9.    Travails to bring forth sin10.    Is blind to God’s judgments11.    Puffs at his enemies12.    Boasts of getting what he wants (Psa_10:6)13.    Blasphemes (Psa_10:7)14.    Deceives others15.    Cheats others16.    Speaks mischief and vanity17.    Plots against neighbors (Psa_10:8)18.    Murders the innocent19.    Takes advantage of the weak20.    Plots against the poor (Psa_10:9)21.    Manifests cruelty (Psa_10:10)22.    Lives secure in his sins (Psa_10:11)

1) “There is no God” (Ps 10:2-4, see v. 4 nasb)Believing this lie frees the wicked to do whatever they please, for they become their own god.

“You shall be as God” (Gen. 3:5; 6:5).

The wicked cleverly plot against the righteous and hotly pursue them until they get what they want.

These evil workers live to please themselves and fulfill their selfish desires and then brag about their sins (Phil. 3:18-21)

They revile the Lord (Ps 10: 3, 13 NIV) and “stick their nose up” when anybody challenges them.

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(2) “I shall not be moved” (vv. 5-7). 5] His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. 6] He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 7] His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. This arrogant attitude comes from an ignorance of the laws of God, because unconverted people have no understanding of the Word of God or the ways of God (1 Cor. 2:10-16).

Because God is long-suffering, they think they’re getting away with their sins (EccI. 8:11).

Peace and prosperity give them a false sense of security that will end very suddenly. (See Luke 12:13-21 and 1 Thess. 5:1-3.)

Telling lies and swearing oaths they have no plans to keep, they escape the penalties of the law and pursue their devious ways.

Like people savoring tasty food, they keep lies under their tongues and enjoy them (Job 20:12-1 5; Prov. 4:17).

Paul quoted Ps 10: 7 in Romans 3:14.

It is the godly who have God’s promise of true security (Ps 10:15:5; 16:8; 21:7; 62:2; 112:6).

(3) “God doesn’t see me” (vv. 8-11). 8] He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

[poor] Hebrew: cheleka’ (H2489), weak ones.

9] He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationLike ferocious lions, wicked people hide and watch for opportunities to pounce on the helpless prey, and like hunters or fishermen, they catch their prey in their nets.

The wicked is pictured here as a lion watching for his prey; then as a hunter taking wild animals into his net; and finally as a wild beast crushing his prey (Psa_10:8-10).

10] He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

[strong ones] This refers to the powerful teeth and claws of the lion (Psa_10:9), or the companions in crime of the wicked.

11] He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Twofold false security of the wicked:

1.    He thinks that God will not remember.2.    He thinks that God is not interested enough in His creation to see evil.

They are sure that the law won’t catch up with them or the Lord notice what they do. The lion is often used as a picture of ruthless sinners who attack others (Ps 17:12; 37:32; 56:6; 59:3; 64:4).

Beliefs of the Wicked• “There is no God” Ps 10:2-4• “I shall not be moved” Ps 10:5-7• “God doesn’t see me” Ps 10:8-11• “God will not judge me” Ps 10:12-13

(4) “God will not judge me” (vv. 12-13). 12] Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the

humble. Ten Times God Is Asked to Arise

1.    Save me, O my God (Psa_3:7).2.    In Thine anger (Psa_7:6)3.    Let not man prevail (Psa_9:19).4.    Lift up Thine hand (Psa_10:12).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation5.    Disappoint him; cast him down (Psa_17:13).6.    Cast us not off forever (Psa_44:23).7.    Redeem us for Thy mercies’ sake (Psa_44:26).8.    Plead Thine own cause (Psa_74:22).9.    Judge the earth (Psa_82:8).10.    Into Thy rest (Psa_132:8; 2Ch_6:41)

Five requests to God for deliverance:

1.    Arise, O Lord.2.    Lift up Thine hand.3.    Forget not the humble.4.    Break the arm (power) of the wicked and evil man

(Psa_10:15).5.    Destroy his wickedness until there is no more to be found.

Psalms 10:1313] Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in

his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Four Rebuttals (Ps 10:14-17)

• God sees what is going on Ps 10:14• God Judges sin Ps 10:15• God is King Ps 10:16• God defends His people Ps 10:17

Seven Reasons Why God Should Answer1.    The wicked blasphemes God.2.    The wicked thinks God will not require (investigate) sin.3.    God sees sin (Psa_10:14).4.    He beholds all mischief and spite.5.    God will render justice to all.6.    The poor depends upon God.7.    God is helper of fatherless.

The psalmist cries out to God for help,

He uses three different names for God:

Jehovah, the God of the covenant, and El and Elohim, the God of power.

The wicked boast that God will not investigate their sins or judge them, but God says, “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Num.

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The Lord will keep His covenant promises to His people,

There will be a day of reckoning when sinners will be judged by a righteous God.

“Arise, O LORD” takes us back to Numbers 10:35 and the triumphant march of Israel.

Trusting God (w. 14-18). As the psalm draws to a close, the writer expresses his full confidence that God is on His throne and has everything under His control.

The Lord may not explain to us why some people seem to get away with their evil deeds, but He does assure us that He will judge sinners and ultimately defend His own.

In this paragraph, the Lord answers all four of the statements of the wicked that are quoted in verses 2-13.

(1) God sees what is going on (v. 14).

14] Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

This answers Ps 10:8-11, that the Lord pays no attention to what the wicked are doing…

God sees the trouble (outward circumstances) and grief (inward feelings) caused by the wicked as they persecute the helpless, and He will take the matter in hand.

The poor and needy can safely commit themselves into the hands of the Lord (Ps 10:55:22; 1 Peter 5:7).

(2) God judges sin (v. 15).

15] Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

This answers the false claim of Ps 10:12-13.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe psalmist prays that the Lord will carefully investigate each sinner’s life and works, until every evil deed is exposed and judged.

He asks that the sinners be judged in this life and their power removed (“break the arm”).

This prayer isn’t always answered. (See Rev. 6:9-11.)

Seven Future Events Predicted in Psa_10:1-181.    The arm (power) of the wicked will be broken in the

Millennium (Psa_10:1-18 : Psa_15:1-5; 1Co_15:24-28; Eph_1:10).

2.    No wickedness will be found among men at the end of the Millennium (Psa_10:15; 1Co_15:24-28; Rev_21:3-7).

3.    The Lord will be King forever beginning with the Millennium (Psa_10:16; Isa_9:6-7; Dan_2:44-45; Dan_7:13-14; Luk_1:32-33; Rev_11:15; Rev_22:4-5).

4.    All heathen will be destroyed off the earth at the end of the Millennium (Psa_10:16; 1Co_15:24-28; Rev_21:3-7).

5.    The desire of the humble for universal peace and righteousness will be realized in the Millennium and New Earth (Psa_10:17; Psa_37:11; Isa_2:2-4; Rev_21:3-7).

6.    The fatherless and oppressed will be vindicated (Psa_10:18; Isa_11:3-9; Isa_65:20-25; 1Co_15:24-28; Eph_1:10).

7.    The lawless will oppress no more (Psa_10:18; Isa_11:9; Isa_65:20-25; Rev_20:1-15).

(3) God is King (Ps 10:16).

16] The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

The wicked claim that there is no God (Ps 10:1-4),

The truth is that God is and that He rules over all! (See Ps 10:2:6; 5:2; 24:7-10; 29:10; 1 Sam. 8:6-7.)

After their deliverance from Egypt, the Israelites sang praises to their King: “The LORD shall reign for ever and ever” (Ex. 15:18).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation(4) God defends His own people (vv. 17-18).

17] LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18] To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

The wicked boast (Ps 10:5-7) that they will not be moved;

God has other plans

God hears the prayers of the persecuted, He sees their plight, He strengthens their hearts for whatever trials He permits (Rom. 8:28), and He eventually judges those who abuse them.

People of faith can depend on the God of heaven, but the self-confident and arrogant “people of the earth” have no future with the Lord. Life without the Lord is empty and vain (Ps 49:12- 20; 62:9).

Christians have their citizenship in heaven (Phil. 3:20), and their names are written down in heaven (Luke 10:20).

They don’t belong to this world, although their ministry is in this world. God’s people have been “redeemed from the earth” (Rev. 14:3) and have heaven as their home.

The phrase “them that dwell on the earth” is found often in the book of Revelation 3:10; 6:10; 8:13; 11:10; 12:12; 13:8, 12, 14; 14:6; 17:2, 8 and describes not only where these unbelievers live but what they live for- the things of the earth.

The “earth dwellers” may seem to have the upper hand today, but wait until the Lord reveals His hand!

Psalm 11

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsa 11:1-7 ISV1 To the Director: A Davidic Song. I take refuge in the LORD. So how can you say to me, "Flee like a bird to the mountains."?2 Look, the wicked have bent their bow and placed their arrow on the string, to shoot from the darkness at the upright in heart.3 When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?4 The LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD's throne is in the heavens. His eyes see, his glance examines humanity.5 The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence, he hates.6 He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.7 Indeed, the LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; the upright will see him face-to-face.

Psa 11:1-7 ESV1 To the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain,2 for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;3 if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"4 The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.5 The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.6 Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.7 For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the

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Psalms – TJL Compliationupright shall behold his face.It’s difficult to determine the historical background of this psalm.

David was often in danger, whether

in the court of Saul (1 Sam. 19:1), in the wilderness being chased by Saul, or during the rebellion of Absalom, his son.

David did flee from Saul’s court and hide in the wilderness for perhaps ten years, and he did abandon Jerusalem to Absalom and take refuge over the Jordan, both of which proved to be wise moves.

But during the crisis described in this psalm, David did not flee his post but remained on duty, trusting the Lord to protect him; and He did.

Whatever the crisis, the psalm teaches us that we must choose between fear (walking by sight) or trust (walking by faith), listening to human counsel or obeying the wisdom that comes from the Lord (James

Psalm 11 [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]1] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?What David Should Do (V. 1).

When the crisis arose, David’s counselors immediately told him to leave Jerusalem and head for the safety of the mountains.

They didn’t seem to have faith that the Lord could see him through (Ps 3:2; 4:6).

David used the imagery of the bird

But David didn’t need wings like a dove (Ps 55:6- 7);

He needed wings like an eagle (Isa. 40:31) so he could rise above the storm by faith and defeat his enemies.

The verb “flee” is in the plural and refers to David and his court.

It’s right for us to flee from temptation (2 Tim. 2:22) as Joseph did (Gen. 39:11-13),

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Psalms – TJL CompliationIt’s wrong to flee from the place of duty, as Nehemiah was invited to do (Neh. 6:10-11).

The leader who flees needlessly from the crisis is only a hireling and not a faithful shepherd (John 10:12-13).

[In the LORD put I my trust]Beware of listening to unwise counsel.

Put your faith in the Lord, and He will protect you and direct your paths

Sixteen Blessings of Trust in God1.    Many blessings (Psa_2:12)2.    Defense-protection (Psa_5:11)3.    God’s abiding presence (Psa_9:10)4.    Deliverance from enemies (Psa_17:7; Psa_37:40;

Psa_91:4-7)5.    God a buckler and shield (Psa_18:30; Psa_91:4;

Psa_115:9-11; Pro_30:5)6.    Goodness of God (Psa_31:19)7.    Fruitfulness (Psa_34:22)8.    Safe dwelling place (Psa_37:3)9.    Food-daily supply (Psa_37:3)10.    Answers to prayer (Psa_37:5)11.    Freedom from fear (Psa_56:11; Psa_91:4-10)12.    Immunity from evil and plagues (Psa_91:4, Psa_91:10)13.    Stability (Psa_125:1)14.    Fatness (Isa_55:2)15.    Perfect peace (Isa_26:3)16.    Everlasting strength (Isa_26:4)

“Flee” (verse 1) is in the plural: it refers to David and his court.

His advisors told him to flee (as a bird), but he refused. They lacked faith that God would see him through.

2] For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.What the Enemy Does (v. 2). “...lo” (look-verse 2): by sight, the threats were visible and real…

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Psalms – TJL Compliation“For look” (NIV) suggests that these counselors are walking by sight and evaluating the situation from the human perspective. (See 2 Kings 6:8-23.)

It’s good to know the facts, but it’s better to look at those facts in the light of the presence and promises of God.

There was a secret plot afoot, not unusual in an Eastern palace

Perhaps this psalm was written during the early days of Absalom’s campaign (2 Sam. 15:1-6).

The bows and arrows may have been literal, but it’s more likely they are metaphors for deceptive and destructive words (Ps 57:4; 64:3-4; Prov. 26:18-19; Jer. 9:3, 8; 18:18).

David was upright before God (v. 2) and righteous (v. 3, 5), and he knew that the Lord was righteous and would do the right thing (v. 7).

This is why the righteous need to look to God as a refuge.

3] If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?What Can the Righteous Do? (V. 3). “Foundations” (verse 3): Make sure the foundations are right; constant examination (Cf. Rev 2 & 3)

David was God’s appointed king, so anything that attacked him personally would shake the very foundations of the nation.

God had abandoned Saul as king, and Absalom had never been chosen king, and both men weakened the foundations of divine government. (See Ps 75:3; 82:5.)

Society is built on truth, and when truth is questioned or denied, the foundations shake (Isa. 59:11-1 5).

“What can the righteous do?” has also been translated “What is the Righteous One doing?”

God sometimes “shakes things” so that His people will work on building the church and not focus on maintaining the scaffolding (Heb. 12:25-29; Hag. 2:6).

“Lay the foundations again!”

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Psalms – TJL CompliationEach new generation must see to it that the foundations of truth and justice are solid.

Samuel laid again the foundations of the covenant (1 Sam. 12), and Ezra laid again the foundations of the temple (Ezra 3).

Despite all his trials, David lived to make preparations for the building of the temple and the organization of the temple worship.

During the checkered history of Judah, godly kings cleansed the land of idolatry and brought the people back to the true worship of the Lord.

Christ’s messages to the churches in Revelation 2-3 make it clear that local churches need constant examination to see if they’re faithful to the Lord, and we need to pray for a constant reviving work of the Spirit.

4] The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.The Lord is still in charge: What God Will Do (v. 4-7). When you look around, you see the problems,

When you look up to the Lord by faith, you see the answer to the problems.

When the outlook is grim, try the uplook!

“In the Lord I put my trust,” said David, for he knew that God was on the throne in His holy temple in heaven (Hab. 2:20; Isa. 6) and that He saw everything the enemy was doing.

“try” = testing metals by fire as in Jeremiah 11:20 and 17:10.

[his eyelids try, the children of men] His eyelids are drawn close together so as to get a more single, direct, and penetrating look at people.

God’s eyes penetrate into our hearts and minds (Heb. 4:12; Rev. 2:23).

The Lord tests the righteous to bring out the best in them

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Psalms – TJL Compliation Satan tempts them to bring out the worst.

When we trust the Lord in the difficulties of life, our trials work for us and not against us (2 Cor. 4:7-18).

[heaven] The word "heaven" is used 716 times in Scripture, referring to the air, clouds, sky, expanse, stars, and the planet on which God dwells.

The word heaven is also used of that which is high (Gen_11:4; Deu_1:28).

Sixteen Facts about the Heavens:1.    There are three heavens:

(1)    Clouds (Gen_1:8-9; Job_26:8; Job_38:9, Job_38:25-34; Psa_77:17-18; Mat_24:30)

(2)    Starry space (Gen_1:14-19; Gen_15:5)(3)    The planet heaven (2Co_12:1-7)

2.    Created by God (Gen_1:1; Gen_2:1; Isa_42:5; Isa_45:12-18)

3.    Created before earth (Gen_1:1; Gen_2:1; Job_38:4-7).

4.    How made? Materials were brought into existence by God’s Word and then formed by God’s hands. See The Works of God’s Hands.

5.    When made? In the beginning-in the dateless past (Gen_1:1; Pro_8:22-31).

6.    How long being created? Unknown. God took six days to restore earth to a second habitable state (Genesis 1:3-2:25; Exo_20:8-11; Exo_31:17), but He could have taken much longer to create and form it and the vast heavens originally.

7.    Why made? For habitation and maintaining life to glorify God and receive of His infinite blessings (Isa_45:18; Psa_8:3-8; Col_1:15-18; Rev_4:11).

8.    Now inhabited (1Ki_22:19; 2Ki_21:3, 2Ki_21:5; 2Ki_23:4-5; 2Ch_18:18; Neh_9:6; Mat_22:30; Eph_3:15; Col_1:15-18; Rev_5:13; Rev_10:6; Rev_12:12; Rev_13:6; Rev_19:1).

9.    Kingdoms in (Eph_3:9-10; Col_1:15-18; 1Pe_3:22).

10.    Laws (Job_38:33; Jer_31:35-36; Jer_33:25; Eze_28:15).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation11.    Rulers (Gen_14:19, Gen_14:22; Gen_24:3, Gen_24:7;

Dan_4:35; Mat_6:10; Mat_11:25).

12.    How ruled? Not automatically, but by free moral and intelligent agents as earth was (Eze_28:11-17; Col_1:16-17; Dan_10:10-21; Zec_1:8-11; Zec_6:1-8). Lucifer was first ruler of earth (Isa_14:12-14; Eze_28:11-17) and man the present ruler (Gen_1:26-28; Psa_8:3-8). Such habitable planets as heaven are ruled by others (Col_1:15-18; Eph_3:9-10; 1Pe_3:22).

13.    Rebellion and wars (Isa_14:12-14; Eze_28:11-17; Luk_10:18; Eph_2:1-3; Eph_6:10-18; 2Pe_3:5-8; Rev_12:7-12).

14.    Punishment of rebels (Isa_14:12-14; Isa_24:21; Eze_28:11-17; Mat_8:29; Mat_25:41; 2Pe_2:4; Jud_1:6-7; Rev_9:1-21; Rev_12:7-12; Rev_20:10).

15.    Immeasureable (see The Solar System).

16.    Eight fallicies about the heavens:

(1)    Heaven is only a state of being.(2)    Sin cannot enter heaven. See 1Ki_22:19-27; Job_1:6;

Job_2:1; Isa_14:12-14; Luk_10:18; Rev_12:7-12.(3)    Saved men send material up to heaven to build their

mansions. See Joh_14:1-3; Heb_11:16; Rev_21:1-27.(4)    Nothing to do in heaven but rest.(5)    Seven heavens. See 2Co_12:1-4.(6)    Heaven moved to earth. (Fact: one city from heaven will

be moved to earth, not heaven itself. See Rev_21:1-27.)(7)    Saved to spend eternity in heaven. See Dan_7:18,

Dan_7:22, Dan_7:27; Zec_14:5; Jud_1:14; Rev_5:10; Rev_20:1-10.

(8)    Present heavens will cease to exist. (Fact: they will be renovated only. See 2Pe_3:10-13, notes.)

Fifty Facts about the Planet Heaven:1.    Heaven is a created planet like earth (Gen_1:1; Gen_2:1)2.    A better country (Heb_11:10-16)3.    Highest planet (Eph_1:21; Eph_4:10; Heb_7:26)4.    A paradise (2Co_12:1-4; Rev_2:7)5.    God’s dwelling place (Deu_26:15; 1Ki_8:30, 1Ki_8:39,

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6.    A heavenly country (Heb_11:14-18)7.    Location: in the north part of the Universe, in relationship to

the earth (Isa_14:12-14; Psa_75:6-7); above (1Ki_8:23); and in the highest part of creation (Job_22:12; Luk_2:14; Eph_1:21; Eph_4:10)

8.    Shape: round (Job_22:14; Psa_19:6) like the earth (Isa_40:22; Ecc_1:6)

9.    Size: unknown, but perhaps larger than the earth, judging from the size of its cities (Rev_21:9-27), from the size of other planets compared to the earth (see The Solar System), and from the number of its inhabitants (Jer_33:22; Heb_12:22-23)

10.    Has real cities (Heb_11:10-15; Heb_13:14; Rev_21:2, Rev_21:9-27)

11.    Mansions (Joh_14:1-3)12.    Temples (Psa_11:4; Rev_3:12; Rev_7:15; Rev_11:19;

Rev_14:17; Rev_15:5; Rev_16:1, Rev_16:17; Isa_6:1)13.    Foundations (2Sa_22:8; Psa_102:25)14.    Tabernacle (Psa_15:1; Rev_21:3)15.    Sanctuary (Heb_8:2, Heb_8:5; Heb_9:11, Heb_9:23-24)16.    Ark of the testament (Rev_11:19)17.    Golden altar, censer, etc. (Rev_8:3-5)18.    Fire, tongs, etc. (Isa_6:1-7)19.    Thrones (Isa_6:1; Dan_7:9-10; Rev_3:21; Rev_4:2,

Rev_4:4; Rev_22:3)20.    Books (Luk_10:20; Heb_12:23; Rev_5:1; Rev_13:8;

Rev_20:11-15; Rev_22:19)21.    Swords, sickles (1Ch_21:16, 1Ch_21:27, 1Ch_21:30;

Rev_14:14, Rev_14:17, Rev_14:18; Rev_19:21)22.    Keys, chains (Rev_9:1; Rev_20:1)23.    Trumpets (Rev_8:2)24.    Bowls (Rev_15:7)25.    Tables (Luk_22:30)26.    Food (Rev_2:7, Rev_2:17; Rev_22:1-3)27.    Chariots (2Ki_2:11; 2Ki_6:17; Psa_68:17; Eze_1:15-28;

Zec_6:1-8)28.    Furniture (Heb_8:5; Heb_9:23; Exo_25:40)29.    Floors, rainbows, lightnings, thunders, lamps (Rev_4:3,

Rev_4:5-6; Rev_15:2)30.    Fountains of waters (Rev_7:17)

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Psalms – TJL Compliation31.    Rivers of water (Rev_22:1)32.    Musical instruments (Rev_4:8-11; Rev_5:8-14; Rev_7:7-17;

Rev_14:1-5; Rev_15:2-4; Rev_19:1-10)33.    Clothing (Dan_7:9; Dan_10:5; Mat_28:3; Act_1:10;

Rev_4:4; Rev_6:9-11; Rev_7:9-17; Rev_16:6; Rev_19:8)34.    Feasts (Luk_22:16, Luk_22:30)35.    Drinks (Luk_22:18; Rev_7:17)36.    Bread (Psa_78:24-25; Exo_16:1-36; Joh_6:31)37.    Roast lamb (Luk_22:16)38.    Fruits (Rev_2:7; Rev_22:2)39.    Hidden manna (Rev_2:17)40.    Animals (2Ki_2:11; 2Ki_6:17; Zec_1:8, Zec_1:10; Zec_6:1-

5; Rev_19:11, Rev_19:14, Rev_19:21)41.    Stones (Jos_10:11)42.    Pillars (Job_26:11)43.    Innumeral inhabitants (Jer_33:22; Heb_12:22-23;

Rev_12:12; Rev_13:6)44.    Armies (Dan_4:35)45.    Trees (Rev_2:7; Rev_22:1-3)46.    Streets (Rev_22:1-3)47.    Mountains (Rev_14:1; Heb_12:22-23; Zec_6:1)48.    All material things like we have on earth (Rom_1:20;

Php_2:10)49.    Things not lawful to utter-things which man would not

believe if he heard of them (1Co_2:9-10; 2Co_12:1-4; 1Pe_1:4)

50.    People have been taken to heaven and have lived there in natural bodies for thousands of years (Gen_5:24; 2Ki_2:1, 2Ki_2:11; Zec_14:11-14; Heb_11:5; Rev_11:3-11)

5] The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.[trieth the righteous] The Lord tests the righteous (Gen_22:1-24).

[soul hateth] God has a personal soul-the seat of emotions.

6] Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.God is completely righteous in all His dealings with free moral agents.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid’s Imagery for Judgment

• Fire & Brimstone (Gen 19:24; Isa 30:33; Rev 9:17).• Scorching wind (Ps 18:4-19).• Poisonous cup (Ps75:8; Isa 51:17,22; Jer 25:15-17; Ezek

38:22; Rev 14:10;16:19; 18:6).

David uses three images to describe the judgment that God has prepared for the wicked.

He saw fire and brimstone descend on them, such as the Lord sent on Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:24; see also Isa. 30:33; Rev. 9:17).

He beheld a terrible storm destroying the enemy, a “scorching wind” such as often blew from the desert (

David used the image of the storm in his song about his deliverance from his enemies and King Saul (Ps 18:4-19).

The third image is that of a poisonous potion in a cup

“Drinking the cup” is often a picture of judgment from the Lord (Ps 75:8; Isa. 51:17, 22; Jer. 25:15-17; Rev. 14:10; 16:19; 18:6).

On the Lord’s hatred of evil and violent people, see Psalm 5:5.

7] For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.God has planned for His own people “The upright will behold His face” (Ps 17:15; 1 John 3:1-3.)

To “see the face” means to have access to a person, such as “to see the king’s face” (2 Sam. 14:24).

To “see His face” implies access (Num 6:22-27).

For God to turn His face away is to reject us, but for Him to look upon us with delight means He is going to bless us

When Jesus returns, those who have rejected Him will be cast “away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power” (2 Thess. 1:8-10; Matt. 7:21-23), while His own children will be welcomed into His presence (Matt. 25:34).

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Psalm 12Psa 12:1-8 ESV1 To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,4 those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"5 "Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."6 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.7 You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever.8 On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Psa 12:1-8 ISV1 To the Director: On an eight stringed harp. A Davidic Psalm. Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.2 Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.3 The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,4 those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our lips belong to us. Who is master over us?"5 "Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will

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Psalms – TJL Compliationestablish in safety those who yearn for it."6 The words of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over.7 You, LORD, will keep them safe, you will guard them from this generation forever.8 The wicked, however, keep walking around, exalting the vileness of human beings.

Our ability to speak and write words is a precious gift of God, and this psalm deals with the right and wrong use of that gift.

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 12[To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.]Sheminith 8th group or division sounding the octaves.

H8066 שמיני semiyniy: An adjective meaning eighth.

An ordinal number that points out the eighth of something in a series: the eighth year (1Ki_6:38); the eighth month (1Ki_12:32); the eighth day (Exo_22:30 [29]; Lev_9:1) – a new week, the 8th note of the musical scale – a new octave

1] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.The Righteous-Despairing Words (V. 1). In Psalm 11, the foundations of society were shaking (v. 3), but here David cried out for help (salvation, deliverance) because the godly remnant of faithful believers was getting smaller and smaller.

This wasn’t the complaint of a man longing for “the good old days.”

It was the cry of a truly faithful servant of God who wanted to see his nation, Israel, fulfill her divine purposes on earth.

The faithfulness of Israel involved bringing the Savior into the world and blessing all the nations (Gen. 12:1-3).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid wasn’t alone in his concern. Elijah thought he was the only faithful prophet left (1 Kings 18:22; 19:10, 18),

The prophets Isaiah (Isa. 57:1) and Micah (Mic. 7:1- 7) expressed their concern at the absence of righteous leaders. (See also Ps. 116:1; EccI. 10:5-7; Jer. 5:1.)

When he wrote 1 Timothy, Paul lamented over what “some” were doing in the church (1 Tim 1:3, 6, 19; 4:1; 5:15; 6:10), but in 2 Timothy, that “some” had become “all” (2 Tim 1:15; 4:16). One of the tragedies today is that a new generation of believers doesn’t seem to know what it takes to be a godly leader, so they borrow leadership ideas from secular society and choose all kinds of unequipped and unqualified people to be leaders.

End-Time Faith Will the faith be found among men at His second coming?

When all who are saints before the tribulation will have been raptured? (1Th_4:16; 2Th_2:7-8, note.)

When men that are left will be at the height of apostasy? (Mat_24:24; 1Ti_4:1-16; 2Ti_3:5; 2Ti_4:1-4; 2Th_2:1-17; Rev_9:20-21; Rev_13:1-18.)

When those who get saved during the tribulation will be killed by the multitudes? (Rev_6:9-11; Rev_7:9-17; Rev_13:16-18; Rev_15:2-4; Rev_20:4-6.)

Luk 18:7-8 KJV  And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?  8  I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

The WIcked-DeceptIve Wods (w. 2-4). One mark of a Spirit-filled believer is the ability to detect lies and liars and avoid them (1 John 2:18-29), and David knew that he was living in a society controlled by deception.

It wasn’t that only a few people were telling lies; deception was a major characteristic of the whole generation. (Ps 5:9; 28:3; 34:13; 55:21; 141:3.)

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Psalms – TJL Compliation2] They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

[Help] Hebrew: yasha‛ (H3467), save; give safety. Translated help 12 times (Psa_12:1; Psa_116:6; Exo_2:16-19; 2Sa_10:11, 2Sa_10:19; 2Sa_14:4; 2Sa_19:1; 2Ki_6:26-27; 1Ch_19:12, 1Ch_19:19; 2Ch_20:9).The faithful cry out due to the apparent dearth of faithful leaders (1 Kgs 18:22;19:10,18; Isa 57:1; Micah 7:1-7).

Five reasons for calling for help:1.    The godly (saintly) man ceases to exist.2.    The faithful man has passed away.3.    The wicked speak vanity (Psa_12:2).4.    They speak flattery.5.    They speak with a double heart.

Saul used lies to deceive his leaders about David, and Absalom used flattery to poison the minds of the naive people of Israel against David. Flattery is not communication; it’s manipulation (Prov. 26:28; 28:23).

Even in Christian ministry it’s possible to use flattery to influence people and exploit them (1 Thess. 2:1-6; Acts 20:28-31).

Flattery plays on the ego and especially influences people who want to appear important (Jude 11).

You can flatter yourself (Ps 36:2), others (Ps 5:9; 12:2), and even God (Ps 78:34-37).

What the lips speak comes from the heart (Matt. 12:33-37)

This is the opposite of the “perfect heart,” total loyalty to God and His truth (Ps 86:11; 1 Chron. 12:33, 38; Rom. 16:17-1 8).

David accuses these liars of duplicity, which is a divided heart (literally “a heart and a heart”).

Double-speak from double hearts!

If David were alive today and witnessed the propaganda and promotion that make up what we casually call “the media”, he describe today’s “communication” as he did centuries ago:

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Psalms – TJL Compliationempty and useless words (“vanity”), smooth talk (“flattery”), double-talk from double hearts, and boastful talk or “proud words.”

Political correctness-and its popularity in almost every area of human life is evidence that language and communication are in serious trouble.

On uNIVersity campuses, what once was called “Home Economics” is now “The College of Applied Life Studies.”

In Tucson, Arizona, potholes are no more, are now known as “pavement deficiencies.”

“new taxes” are “revenue enhancements,” a

In military jargon, “retreat” is “backloading of augmentation personnel.”

If, while you’re “backloading,” you get shot, the bullet hole is “a ballistically induced aperture in the subcutaneous environment.”

This kind of artificial evasive language is “doublespeak,”

3] The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: Two things God will cut off:

1.    All flattering lips Flattery is manipulation.Great words of promise and flattery (2Pe_2:18-19).

2.    Tongues that speak proud things Quoted in Jas_3:5. “proud words,” boastful speech that impresses people by its oratory and vocabulary.

“Great swelling words” is the phrase used in 2 Peter 2:18 and Jude 16.

Daniel (Dan 7:20, 25) and John (Rev. 13:2, 5) both tell us that the Antichrist will speak in this way and rule the world.

This kind of speech is motivated by pride and is used by people who think they’re in control and will never need to answer to anybody, including the Lord.

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4] Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?Their lips are their own, and they can speak just as they please.

[With our tongue will we prevail] The smooth tongued man others (Psa_5:9; Psa_36:2; Psa_55:21; Psa_78:36; Pro_5:3; Pro_7:5, Pro_7:21; Pro_20:19; Pro_26:28; Pro_28:23; Pro_29:5; 1Th_2:5; Jud_1:16).

[our lips are our own] Many think that because they have a gift for speaking they can say what they please, but such shall receive greater damnation (Mat_12:36-37; Jas_3:1).

The Lord-Delivering Words (w. 5-8)5] For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

God will arise and judge two things:1.    Oppression of the poor2.    Causing the needy to shriek

God sees the oppression of the weak (Ex. 3:7) and hears the pain in their cries,

He declares that He will arise and judge the liars and deceivers.

“I will arise” takes us back to Ps 3:7; 7:6; 9:19; 10:12 and Num. 10:35 and Isa. 33:10-12. Safety H3468 ישע yesa‛, ישע yesa‛:

A masculine noun meaning deliverance, rescue, liberty, welfare, salvation.

“Safety” (“protect,” NIV) in verse 5 comes from the same Hebrew root as “help” in verse 1

It is the basis for the names “Jesus” and “Joshua” (“Jehovah is salvation”).

David used the word salvation to describe the hope and welfare he had in the midst of strife due to his covenant

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Psalms – TJL Compliationwith God (2Sa_23:5).

God saves communities, as when He promised relief to Jerusalem (Isa_62:11) as well as individuals (Mic_7:7).

The last phrase in verse 5 should read as in the New American Standard Bible: “the safety for which he longs.”

When God comes to deliver His people, He will “cut off” those who practice flattery and deception (Ps 12:3), which means separation from the covenant community (Gen. 17:14), like the separation of the goats from the sheep (Matt. 25:31 -33).

6] The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.Twelve Things about the Word in Psalms

1.    It is pure (Psa_12:6; Psa_119:140).2.    It is tried (Psa_12:6; Psa_18:30).3.    It is right (Psa_33:4).4.    It creates (Psa_33:6).5.    It heals (Psa_107:20).6.    It quickens (Psa_119:25, Psa_119:50, Psa_119:154).7.    It is eternal (Psa_119:89).8.    It is sweet (Psa_119:103).9.    It is a lamp to the feet (Psa_119:105).10.    It is a light (Psa_119:130).11.    It is true (Psa_119:160).12.    It controls the weather (Psa_147:18; Psa_148:8).

The Lord’s Word is precious and must be valued (Ps 119:14, 72, 127, 162).

Unlike the worthless words of the deceivers, the Word of the Lord is like precious silver (Ps 19:9-10) that is heated seven times in the crucible before it is poured out into the mold.

Purified of all impurities in a furnace or crucible, purified of all dross.

His words are pure; flawless; can be relied upon.

How paradoxical that society today sees the Scriptures as something relatively worthless and yet pays great sums of money to the people who manufacture deception and flattery.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe things that God abhors have become “exalted” in our entertainments

No matter how many lies this generation tells, God’s Word is safe, for He said, “I am watching over My word to perform it” (Jer. 1:12 NASB).

He exalts His Word even above His Name (Ps 138:2).

7] Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.God is able to protect His godly people from the lies of the enemy.

God’s people are “the generation of the righteous” (Ps 14:5), the generation that seeks God (Ps 24:6), the generation of His children (Ps 73:15), the generation of the upright (Ps 112:2).

1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

The church is always one generation short of extinction, so we must be faithful to win the lost and teach the believers, or vileness will conquer the land.

If God’s people will saturate themselves with God’s Word, they won’t be seduced by “this lying generation.”

When the church adopts the techniques and motives of the world system, the church ceases to glorify the Lord.

8] The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.The final verse issues a call to action, for “the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land” (NLT).

Vileness (“cheapness”) is promoted and exalted in the media: immorality, brutality, murder, lies, drunkenness, nudity, the love of money, the abuse of authority.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe things that God condemns are now a means of universal entertainment, and the entertainment industry gives awards to the people who produce these things.

People boast about things they ought to be ashamed of (Phil. 3:18-19).

Isa 5:18-23 ISV "How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope; 19 who say: 'Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!'"

20 "How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!"

21 "How terrible it will be for those who are wise in their own opinion, and clever in their own reckoning!

22 "How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine, and champions in mixing strong drink, 23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!"

God’s people are still (or could be) salt and light (Matt. 5:13-16).

If there were more light in the land, there would be less darkness, and

If we had more salt, there would be less decay.

As God’s people worship God, pray, and share the gospel with the lost, more people will trust Christ and increase the salt and light in the land.

We must also share the truth of the Word with the next generation (2 Tim. 2:2) and prepare them for the battles and opportunities to come (Ps 78:1-8; 102:18).

2Ch 7:14 …. when my people humble themselves-the ones who are called by my name-and pray, seek me, and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.

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Psalm 13 Psa 13:1-6 ISV1 To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?2 How long must I struggle in my soul at night and have sorrow in my heart during the day? How long will my enemy rise up against me?3 Look at me! Answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes! Otherwise, I will sleep in death;4 Otherwise, my enemy will say, "I have overcome him;" Otherwise, my persecutor will rejoice when I am shaken.5 As for me, I have trusted in your gracious love, my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.6 I will sing to the LORD, for he has dealt bountifully with me.

Psa 13:1-6 ESV1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?2 How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?3 Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,4 lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.5 But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe Book of Psalms: Psalm 13This psalm was probably written during David’s difficult years of exile when King Saul was pursuing him.

This was perhaps written during his sin with Bathsheba or during his reaping in the rebellion of Absalom (2Sa 11:1-18:33)

It could not have been written during the captivity in Babylon which was long after David’s time.

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]1] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?The Inward Struggle-HIs FeelIngs (vv 1-2). In this brief psalm, David deals with his feelings, his foes, and his faith.

“There is one step between me and death” (1 Sam 20:3).

“My times are in your hands” (Ps 31;15).

Feelings are deceptive and undependable (Jer 17:9).

There were storm clouds in the sky, hiding the sun, but the sun was still shining.

By the grace of God, David turned his sufferings into songs and left those songs behind to encourage us in our trials (2Co 1:2-11).

[How long …?] is a familiar question in Scripture (Ps 6:3) and is a perfectly good question to ask if your heart is right with God.

The saints in heaven even ask it (Rev. 6:10).

When we’re in trouble and pray for help, but none comes, we tend to feel deserted.

Repeated four times in Psa_13:1-2 :

1. God will never forget.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation2. God will never hide His face unless sin is involved. Then

He will turn from the sinner as long as he lives in sin (Gal_6:7-8).

3. Man can take counsel in his soul and have sorrow as long as he chooses. He can stop when he chooses (Isa_26:3; Mat_6:25-34; Php_4:8).

4. The enemy will be exalted as long as sin is committed (1Jn_3:8; Joh_8:44) or as long as reaping is necessary (Gal_6:7-8).

To behold God’s face by faith and see His glory were always an encouragement to David (Ps 11:7; 17:15; 27:4, 8; 31:16; 34:5; 67:1), but now he felt abandoned.

David felt that God was ignoring him and that this alienation was final and complete.

He felt that God was hiding His face from him instead of smiling upon him (see Ps 30:7; 44:24; Lam. 5:20).

These complaints of David are normal for man who is oppressed, condemned, and reaping what he sows.

Faith is living without scheming.

It means not leaning on our own experiences and skills and trying to plot our own schedule (Prov. 3:5-6).

Feeling like he was left to himself, David tried to devise various ways to overcome the enemy (“wrestle with my thoughts,” v. 2 NIV), but nothing seemed to satisfy him.

It’s a dangerous thing to give in to our feelings, because feelings are deceptive and undependable (Jer. 17:9).

When Jacob heard the news about Simeon being left hostage in Egypt, he gave up and announced that everything was against him (Gen. 42:36) when actually God was causing everything to work for him.

We must not deny our feelings and pretend that everything is going well. There is no sin in asking, “How long?”

But at the same time, we must realize how deceptive our feelings are and that God is greater than our hearts (1 John 3:20) and can lift us above the emotional storms of life.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDavid eventually learned to replace the question “How long, O LORD?” with the affirmation “My times are in thy hand” (Ps 31:15).

A lesson that all believers must learn.

3] Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;The Outward Danger-HIs Foes (vv. 3-4). It’s good to have peace within you, but you also need protection around you.

[Consider and hear me, O LORD: lighten mine eyes]

David prayed to the Lord and made three requests.

1. Consider me

“Look on me,” was a plea for the Lord to fix His eyes on His servant and scrutinize him.

David felt that God had hidden His face, and he wanted Him to turn His face toward him again.

2. Hear me

His second request was that the Lord answer him and send some kind of encouragement.

David felt that he had been deserted and that his prayers were accomplishing nothing.

3. Lighten my eyes (receive me)

This involved not only spiritual enlightenment (19:8) but also physical and emotional vitality and strength (Ezra 9:8; 1 Sam. 14:24-30).

When the mind and body are weary, how easy it is to be discouraged!

4] Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.Perhaps David was even ill and in danger of death (Ps 13:3; see 7:5).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation [lest I sleep the sleep of death]

Three reasons:1. Lest I die.2. Lest my enemy brag of victory (Psa_13:4).3. Lest those that tempt me rejoice over my fall.

People might underestimate God, and think He couldn’t fulfill His promises…

As much as David was concerned about his own needs, he was concerned even more with the glory of God (Ps 13:4).

God had chosen David and had commanded Samuel to anoint him king, and if David failed, God’s name would be ridiculed.

“Don’t allow the enemy to gloat over me!” was his prayer.

[moved] The word moved in verse 4 means “to waver, to be agitated, to totter and shake” (Ps10:6).

If David began to waver, the faithful people of the land would think that God was unable to fulfill His own promises. (Ps 35:19-21; 38:16-17.)

5] But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.6] I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.The Upward Look-HIs Faith (vv. 5-6). In their false confidence, let the enemy rejoice, but David will rejoice in the Lord his God!

“But”: the transition from fear to faith; from questioning to claiming God’s promises

God’s people live on promises, not explanations.

God’s people don’t live on explanations; they live on promises, and those promises are as unchanging as the character of God.

“According to your faith be it unto you” (Matt. 9:29).

David’s feelings had been on a roller coaster, but God was still on the throne, and His character had not changed.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationGod’s mercy (steadfast love) was all that David needed, for it would never fail (see Ps 25:6; Isa. 63:9; Lam. 3:22- 23).

Salvation = Yeshua!

Relying on the Lord leads to rejoicing in the Lord and His salvation (yeshua).

The word bountiful focuses on the goodness of God and His generosity in dealing with His people in grace. (See Ps 103:2; 116:7; 119:17; 142:7.)

The NIV translates it, “[The Lord] has been good to me.”

David’s circumstances haven’t changed, but the Lord has changed him, and that occurred when David stopped looking at his feelings and his foes and by faith started looking to the Lord.

[thy mercy] God’s mercy is conditionally promised to all men (Exo_20:6; Exo_34:6-7; 2Ch_30:9; Psa_62:12; Isa_55:7; Rom_2:4-10; Eph_2:4; Tit_3:5; 1Pe_1:3; 1Pe_2:10).

[my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation]

Two effects of trusting God’s grace:1. Rejoicing in salvation2. Singing to God (Psa_13:6)

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Psalm 14 Psa 14:1-7 ESV1 To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.3 They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.4 Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD?5 There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.6 You would shame the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Psa 14:1-7 ISV1 To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They are corrupt and commit evil deeds; not one of them practices what is good.2 The LORD looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.3 All have turned away, together they have become corrupt; no one practices what is good, not even one.4 Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.5 There they are seized with terror, because God is with those who are righteous.6 You would frustrate the plans of the oppressed, but the LORD is their refuge.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation7 May Israel's deliverance come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad.The “Practical Atheist”Psalm 14 identified two groups: “the workers of iniquity” (Ps 10 & 12) and “the generation of the righteous”-the believing remnant (Mal 3:16-18).

Psalm 14 deals with the character and conduct of the “practical atheist” and adds to the messages of Psalms 10 and 12.

The three psalms present a vivid picture of the ungodly

- their proud attitude (Ps 10), - their deceitful words (Ps 12), and - now their corrupt deeds (Ps 14).

All that they are, say, and do comes from their arrogant (and ignorant) belief that “there is no God.”

Note: Psalm 15 is not a prescription for being saved, but a description of how saved people ought to behave if they would

please God and fellowship with Him.

Psalm 14 is duplicated in Psalm 53 with two changes:

Psalm 53 uses the name “God” (Elohim) instead of “Jehovah” and replaces Ps 14:6 with an addition to verse 5.

David contrasted “the workers of iniquity” in Israel with the godly remnant (“the generation of the righteous” vv. 4-5) who sought God and obeyed the terms of His covenant.

During the reign of King Saul, the spiritual level of the nation was very low, and many Jews followed the bad example of Israel’s first king.

But even in the worst of times, God has cared for His faithful remnant and has been their refuge in times of trouble.

Note the characteristics of the “practical atheists.”

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 14[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]

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Psalms – TJL Compliation1] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.Willful Folly-They Ignore God (w. 1-3). The “Fool” [April 1st is “Atheist’s Day.”]

Our English word fool comes from a Latin word that means “bellows,” suggesting that the fool is a person “a blowhard”; “full of hot air.”

In the Hebrew language, there are three basic words for “fool”: kesyl, the dull, stupid fellow, simpleton, arrogant one

ewiyl, the unreasonable and perverted fool; foolish; of one who despises wisdom; of one who mocks when guilty; one who is quarrelsome, licentious; and

nabal, lacking moral sense; the brutish person who is like a stubborn animal.

Hebrew: nabal (H5036), stupid, wicked, impious, vile. From nabel (H5034), to fall away, lightly esteem.

Translated "fool" (Psa_14:1; Psa_53:1; 2Sa_3:33; 2Sa_13:13; Job_30:8; Pro_17:7, Pro_17:21; Pro_30:22; Jer_17:11);

foolish (Deu_32:6, Deu_32:21; Job_2:10; Psa_39:8; Psa_74:13, Psa_74:22; Eze_13:3); and

vile person (Isa_32:5-6).

Nabal is the word used in Ps 14:1, and it was the name of a man who was brutish and refused to help David (1 Sam. 25).

[said in his heart, There is no God.]

Two things fools say:

1. There is no God (Psa_14:1; Psa_53:1).2. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry (Luk_12:18-19).

People who say “There is no God” are not necessarily lacking normal intelligence; in fact, they may have good minds.

They lack spiritual wisdom and insight.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe nabal fool has a moral problem in the heart, not a mental problem in the head.

The American evangelist Billy Sunday used to say that sinners can’t find God for the same reason criminals can’t find policemen-they aren’t looking!

Nabal fools are self-righteous and don’t need or want God.

They want to live their own lives the way they please.

Their problem is willful ignorance and not lack of normal intelligence (2 Peter 3:5; Rom. 1:18-28).

[corrupt, they have done abonimable works]

The Hebrew word for corrupt means “rotten, putrid, decayed.”

It is used to describe Jeremiah’s useless sash (Jer. 13:7).

By leaving God out of their lives, they cause their inner person to become more and more corrupt-the heart (v. 1), the mind (vv. 2, 4), and the will (v. 3).

[there is none that doeth good] Quoted in Rom_3:10-12.

Twelve Characteristics of Fools1. Deny the existence of God2. Live corrupt lives3. Do abominable works4. Are without understanding (Psa_14:2)5. Ignore God-do not seek Him6. Are not good, not one (Psa_14:1, Psa_14:3)7. Have all gone astray from God (Psa_14:3)8. Have become filthy in life9. Live in ignorance of God (Psa_14:4)10. Destroy God’s people11. Never pray12. Oppress the poor (Psa_14:5)

2] The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.[looked down from heaven] Literally, bowed Himself over to get a closer look at men and their wicked ways (Psa_53:2; cp.

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When God looks down to investigate (Gen. 6:5, 11-12; 18:21),

Note what He saw (Psa_14:1, Psa_14:3-6).

He sees people who are filthy (v. 3), a word that describes milk that has become rancid.

[children of men] I.e., the sons of Adam whom He created.

[to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God]

This is what God is constantly looking for among men (Psa_33:13-14; Psa_69:20; Job_33:27; Isa_63:5).

3] They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one

[gone aside, they are all together become filthy] A statement of fact-the whole race had left God and the straight way for crooked paths.

The denial of God is the first step in total apostasy (Rom_1:21-32)

“Gone aside” means they have turned their backs on God (Jer. 2:21) and refuse to fulfill the purpose for which they were created-to glorify God.

This indictment is universal:

All people, individually or all together, cannot do anything at all that is good enough to merit heaven-no one, no, not one.

Paul quotes from this passage in Romans 3 as part of his proof that the whole world is guilty before God and can be saved only by the grace of God as revealed in Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:9-26).

Human depravity doesn’t mean that all persons are as wicked as they can be, or that all are equally bad, or that no man or woman can ever do anything good (Luke 11:13).

It simply means that all have a fallen nature they cannot change and that apart from the grace of God none can be

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[become filthy] Becoming filthy is the result of forsaking God and going aside.

[there is none that doeth good, no, not one] See Ps 14:1 and quoted in Rom_3:10-18.

Ten "Isms" in Error about God1. Atheism, a denial of the existence of God.

This is the belief of fools (Psa_14:1; Psa_53:1).

2. Agnosticism, not knowing-I do not know. It denies the ability to know God, or that God can be known.

This is contrary to Scripture which pictures God as being clearly understood, even to His eternal power and Godhead (note, Rom_1:20).

3. Polytheism, the belief in many gods-gods for everything in nature and for every phase of life.

This is the result of apostasy (Rom_1:21-25).

4. Pantheism, all is God-God is in all things, animals, trees, etc. This teaching, like others, is a result of apostasy (Rom_1:21-25).

5. Dualism, two eternal and opposing principles, or beings-one good and the other evil.

6. Deism. God created the world, as a watchmaker fashions a watch, and set it in motion to run by itself without divine interference.

This is based on natural reasoning, with disbelief in revealed religion and the supernatural dogmas of Christianity; natural religion based on reason.

7. Monism. All things are made of one substance; Man and God are one in essence and substance, though not necessarily the same individuals. The whole Universe and each thing in it is a manifestation of God.

8. Materialism. This denies any distinction between mind and matter.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationAll manifestations of life and all forces are properties of matter. It gives priority to matter rather than mind. Man’s brain secretes thought as the liver secretes bile. Man is a mere machine, not responsible for his actions.

9. Metaphysicalism. This is the speculative theory of mind over matter. Everything is mind; there is no matter.

God is universal mind. Matter, material creations, sin, death, a personal God, a personal Christ, a personal Holy Spirit, atonement, sickness, pain, suffering, a personal devil, demons, and angels are said to be errors of the mortal mind.

10. Unitarianism-a doctrine which denies the Divine Trinity..

Eight Arguments for God’s Existence1. Creation.

That the material worlds had a beginning is not only declared by Scripture, but is confirmed by geology, astronomy, and other sciences.

Everything begun owes its existence to some producing cause greater than its production.

Since creations are great, the cause of them must be infinitely greater. The cause must be intelligent and personal, for pure force is not personal.

The original cause must be aside and apart from the things caused.

This is God-the cause of all causes. Creation proves this.

To think of the vast array of creation-from the stars and planets in the Universe to the various forms of life-without concluding that some intelligent being planned, designed, and formed them, is blind and willful unbelief.

It is like thinking there is no intelligent person responsible for every watch, car, radio, television, or any other human invention.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationIf someone made all these things, certainly someone made the vast creations in space.

The heavens do declare the glory of God. The firmament does show His handiwork (Psa_19:1-6).

We can understand God by His creation (Rom_1:19-20; Job_12:7-25; Job 38:1-41:34).

2. Design.

The design and purpose of all creation proves an intelligent Designer to order and direct all things to useful ends.

Nature without God would be like a piece of complicated machinery without a designer, maker, and maintenance man.

Who but God orders, arranges, and maintains the vast Universe and all life in it to the minutest detail?

Who causes the solar systems to run eternally in their own orbits and spheres without the slightest deviation from fixed laws?

Just as the Bible was not written and produced by the laws of spelling and grammer, but by intelligent minds according to those laws, so the Universe was not created by the laws of nature, but by an intelligent Being who made all things, established the laws of nature, and upholds them by His own power (Heb_1:3).

The average snow storm produces about 1 trillion crystals.

Yet out of thousands of pictures of snow flakes catalogued, no two are exactly alike. Only an intelligent Being could design so many forms.

Each flake has 6 points crossing at a 60 degree angle.

If one is like a fern it has 6 outpointing leaves;

If like a windmill, it has 6 sails;

If like a starfish, 6 ribs; or

If like a fir tree, 6 stems with plumes set in perfect symmetry.

This makes 3 distinct triangles to each flake.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe Hebrew word for snow equals 333 (Hebrew letters stand for numbers).

God set His symbol of the Trinity in each flake?

This same infinite design is carried out with every detail of creation, proving an infinite mind.

If design is seen in such details as snow, how much more are they seen in larger and more visible creations in the earth and heavens?

3. Intuition.

This means direct, inborn, self-conscious, sense-perception knowledge; comprehension without effort or reasoning; instinctive knowledge.

All men have an intuitive belief in God.

Some have so ignored and stifled such natural faith by unnatural and destructive efforts that they no longer recognize it.

However, in times of sudden danger and in the face of difficulties they automatically call out to God for help.

This proves the intuition is still there, but suppressed.

Such faith is as much a part of man’s faculties as breathing, eating, drinking, etc.

It is as natural as the instinct of a chicken out of the shell who starts to peck in the sand for something to eat, or a calf who knows where to get its first milk.

The calf doesn’t peck the sand and a chicken would never go to a cow for milk.

Nothing in nature has to be educated to act according to its own special nature.

So man does not have to learn that there is a God. He knows intuitively that there is one and that in Him he lives, moves, and has his own being (Act_17:22-28).

4. Nature.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationMan’s moral and spiritual nature knows there is a God who approves or condemns all acts of right or wrong.

Conscience is the voice of God in man.

Moral law makes him a responsible creature and requires him to consecrate himself to fulfilling the highest good of being and of the Universe.

It must be that there is a God or moral nature is a lie.

Man’s native obligation to moral law implies a moral Lawgiver and moral Governor of the Universe.

Willing or unwilling, man lives in the sense of such a Presence in his life and conduct.

It lives in constant respect and fear of the pleasure or displeasure of Him

Conscience does not lay down the law but it recognizes it.

Thus man’s moral and intellectual being proves the existence of God to whom he is responsible.

5. Universal hunger.

Physical hunger argues and demands something to satisfy it.

When a man hungers for God, that hunger likewise argues and demands Someone to satisfy it.

All men hunger for spiritual satisfaction and long for a Savior to deliver them from the ills and curses of life.

There must be a supreme Being capable of meeting this universal craving when men turn to Him and meet His terms of reconciliation and fellowship (Joh_3:16-20; 2Co_5:17-21; 2Co_6:14-18; 1Jn_1:1-9)

6. Harmony.

To believe in the existence of God is the only natural, practical, beneficial, satisfying, factual, necessary, and Scriptural way to believe.

When one has the key that will unlock a door he knows he has the right key.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationEven so, when one has the answer to every question, the explanation for every mystery, the satisfaction to every hunger and desire, the answer to the perplexing problems of the past, present, and future-he knows that he is right in believing there is a God.

Atheism doesn’t solve a single problem.

It makes lies of nature, creation, the Bible, and God, and leaves helpless and floundering man a victim of misery and despair.

7. History.

The record of events in all history gives overwhelming evidence of the existence and providence of God

- in the rise and fall of nations, the preservation of races, the government of peoples, and innumerable events which had no natural or possible explanation other than the acts of a supernatural Being called God.

Multitudes of men have been blessed by Him and redeemed from lives of sin and shame.

Some have seen God with the natural eyes.

Others have had visions and revelations from Him.

Still others have known God in an intimate and personal way.

These millions of actual contacts and experiences cannot be denied.

Healings, miracles, deliverances, and real contacts with God have revolutionized individual lives and whole nations countless times.

To deny the existence of God is as foolish as to deny the existence of creation, electricity, heat, light, cold, and innumerable other things, seen and unseen.

Multitudes today can testify of changed lives by faith in God, answers to prayer, and personal experiences of many kinds.

While this is true among Christians, not one infidel, agnostic, or atheist can boast of any benefit whatsoever

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The acid test of Christianity and atheism is the actual benefits of their converts.

8. Scriptures.

The Bible begins by assuming, declaring the existence of God and His creation of all things (Gen_1:1; Job 38-40).

In over 20,000 statements about God in Scripture we get to know all that we need to know about the subject. Joh_4:24.

[ God ] Twenty-two Attributes of God 1. A Spirit Being with a personal spirit body, soul, and spirit

through which He manifests Himself (note, Joh_4:24).2. Invisibility (see Invisibility.3. Immortality (note, 1Ti_1:17).4. Eternality.5. Infiniteness: in presence (1Ki_8:27); power (Mat_28:18); acts

(Mat_19:26); in time (Deu_33:27; Psa_90:2; Isa_57:15); knowledge (Rom_11:33); and in greatness (Psa_145:3).

6. Oneness-in unity with others of the Godhead (The Trinity)7. Omnipotence (all powerful, Rev_19:6). God can do all things

consistent with His nature and plan, but He cannot lie or act contrary to Himself and the best good of all (see Thirty Limitations of God.

8. Omnipresence (not omnibody, 1Ki_8:27; Psa_139:7-12). Presence is not governed by physical contact, but by knowledge and relationship (Mat_18:20; Mat_28:20; cp. 1Co_5:3-4). God’s body is not omnipresent, for it is only at one place at one time like others (Gen_3:8; Gen_11:5; Gen_18:1-8, Gen_18:33; Gen_19:24; Gen_32:24-32), but His presence can be realized any place where men know Him and seek Him (Mat_18:20).

9. Omniscience (all-knowing) as far as His nature, plan, and work are concerned (Rom_11:33). As to free moral agents, God learns certain things about them (Gen_6:5-7; Gen_11:5-7; Gen_18:21; Gen_22:12; 2Ch_16:9; Job_12:22; Job_24:23; Psa_7:9; Psa_44:21; Psa_139:1-6; Pro_24:12; Jer_17:10; Eze_11:5; Zec_4:10; 2Co_2:10-11; Rom_8:27; 1Th_2:4). God sends messengers on innumerable errands to help Him carry on His rulership of all things (Dan_10:13-21;

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Psalms – TJL CompliationDan_11:1; Dan_12:1; Zec_1:7-11; Zec_6:1-8; Mat_18:10-11; Heb_1:14). He permits free moral agents freedom of action as to their conduct and destiny (note, Rom_8:29).

10. Life (Jer_10:10; Joh_5:26; 1Th_1:9; Heb_7:16; Rev_11:11).

11. Self-existence (Exo_3:14; Exo_6:3; Joh_1:4; Joh_5:26).12. Immutability (Psa_102:27; Mal_3:6; 2Ti_2:13; Heb_6:18;

Jas_1:17). He is immutable as to His plan for the highest good of being and of the Universe. His plan includes change of methods or ways to save as many men as possible. For example, when He abolished the law of Moses it was no change in God’s plan, but rather the execution of that plan (2Co_3:6-15; Gal_3:19-25; Gal_4:21-34; Hebrews 7:11-10:18). When man fell and He had to send Christ, it was simply the fulfillment of the plan (Gen_3:15; Gal_3:13-14; Gal_4:4-5). The plan was made to be executed when obedience was rendered and terms met. See 210 Plain Laws and Warnings. When the terms are not met, it is not failure or change with God, but with man.

13. Perfection (Deu_32:4; Psa_18:30; Mat_5:48). If any imperfection is noted in creation or redemption it is sin and rebellion in free moral agents that have caused it. God does not change His original plan of creation and redemption. He plans to redeem and restore all creation (except rebels) to perfection (Act_3:21; Eph_1:10; 1Co_15:24-28; Rev. 21-22).

14. Truth-the perfect harmony of God’s Word (Deu_32:4; Joh_17:3; 1Jn_5:20).

15. Wisdom (Rom_11:33; 1Ti_1:17).16. Love by which God communicates to others His infinite

goodness (Joh_3:16; Rom_15:30; 1Jn_4:8).17. Holiness-absolute purity of nature (Exo_15:11; Isa_6:3;

1Pe_1:16).18. Righteousness-holiness in action. All His acts are right

(Rom_3:21-31; Heb_12:5-12; 1Jn_1:9).19. Faithfulness-absolutely trustworthy (1Co_10:13; 2Co_1:20;

Heb_6:18).20. Mercifulness, which is divine goodness manifest to relieve

His creation of misery and suffering (Rom_12:1-2; 2Co_1:2; Tit_3:5).

21. Goodness-divine goodness by which life is preserved and mercy extended (Mat_5:45; Act_14:17; Rom_2:4).

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Psalms – TJL Compliation22. Providence. God cares for and provides for all creation

(Job_38:41; see The Doctrine of Providence).

All these attributes require a concept of God as having a soul with feelings, emotions, passions, and desires; as having a spirit of intelligence, will, self-consciousness, and self-determination; and as having a spirit body through which these faculties are manifested (see Anthropomorphism.

4] Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.5] There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.Paul quotes this in Romans 3:9-26; all are of a fallen race…willful

ignorance = 2 Pet 3:5; Rom 1:18-28. God is the general and refuge of the righteous.

[knowledge] The knowledge here is true understanding of the fear of the Lord, the beginning of wisdom (Psa_111:10; Pro_1:7; Pro_9:10 Pro_15:33; Isa_11:2; 1Co_12:8).

[eat up my people as they eat bread] An idiom of destruction (Jer_10:25; Amo_8:4; Mic_3:3; Num_14:9).

[call not upon the LORD] The soil of prayerlessness produces a crop of sin and damnation (Gal_6:7-8).

[God is in the generation of the righteous] This gives the reason for the terrors of judgment upon the wicked.

God dwells among His people and reserves the right of vengeance for their mistreatment (Heb_10:30-31).

[generation of the righteous] Circle or class of the righteous.

Sudden Fear-They Meet God (w. 4-6). The time comes when God and the sinner suddenly meet. (See Beishazzar in Dan. 5, the rich farmer in Luke 12:13-21, and the people in Rev. 6:12These practical atheists take advantage of the weak and the poor, and they will not call upon the Lord.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationTo “eat people like bread” is a biblical metaphor for exploiting the helpless (Ps 27:2; 35:25; 53:4; Mic. 3:1-3; Lam. 2:16; and see Isa. 3:12; Jer. 10:25; Amos 2:6-8; Mic. 2:2; 7:2-3).

People must never be used as a means to an end or treated as consumer goods

Instead of praying to God, the wicked prey on the godly. But then the Lord suddenly appears in judgment, and He identifies Himself with the remnant of faithful believers.

We don’t know what event David was referring to, but the parallel passage in Ps 53:5 suggests a great military victory that left all the enemy dead, unburied, and therefore humiliated.

Some interpret the scene as a metaphor of a court case and connect it with verse 6: “You evildoers frustrate the plans [counsel] of the poor” (NIV).

Imagine God suddenly appearing in court and ousting the crooked judge!

God is in the generation of the righteous, God is their refuge when the enemy attacks, and God will protect His own people.

6] Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.7] Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. [Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD

is his refuge] Your shame of the counsel of the oppressed has been in vain, for the Lord is his refuge.

[Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad] This verse is a prophetic cry for the Messiah who shall yet come to Zion and bring deliverance to Israel (Isa_59:20-21; Rom_11:25-29).

Joyless Future-They Have No God (V. 7).

God has promised that the Redeemer will one day come to Zion and deliver His people in mighty power (Isa. 59:16-21; Jer. 31:33-34),

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPaul affirmed this at the close of his great discussion of the future redemption of the Jewish nation (Rom. 11:25-32).

The word captivity doesn’t refer to the Babylonian captivity, for Jeremiah made it clear that it would end in seventy years (Jer. 25:8-1 4).

The phrase “bringeth back the captivity” means “to restore the fortunes, to radically change circumstances from bad to very good.”

The day will come when Jesus Christ will return, defeat His enemies, cleanse the nation of Israel, and establish

His righteous kingdom on this earth (Zech. 10- 14).

What a time of rejoicing that will be when the prayer “thy kingdom come” is fulfilled! Romans 11:25-31.

But what about the wicked?

They have no future with the Lord because they preferred not to know the Lord or live for Him.

They lived according to the desires of their own hearts, not to please the Lord and glorify Him.

Those who reject Jesus Christ will spend eternity apart from the Lord and will honestly be able to say in hell, “There is no God-here!”

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Psalm 15 Psa 15:1-5 ISV1 A Davidic Psalm. LORD, who may stay in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain?2 The one who lives with integrity, who does righteous deeds, and who speaks truth to himself.3 The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.4 The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,5 who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever.

Psa 15:1-5 ESV1 A Psalm of David. O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;3 who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;5 who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 14 informs us that there were two groups in Israel: the “workers of iniquity” and “the generation of the righteous” (Ps 14:4-5).

The former group forsook the law,

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe latter group was a believing remnant that kept faith alive in the nation of Israel (Mal. 3:16-18).

Today, the church is that “righteous generation,” citizens of that heavenly Zion (Heb. 12:19-25), that ought to make a difference in this world (Phil. 2:12-16).

Psalms 10 and 12 focus on those who are not acceptable to the Lord,

Psalm 15 describes those who are acceptable and are invited to dwell in His tabernacle.

David may have written this psalm after his second -and successful-attempt to bring the ark of the covenant to Mount Zion (2 Sam. 6), where it was housed in a tent.

Obedience of the RighteousThe rabbis taught that there were 613 commandments for the Jewish people to obey if they wanted to be righteous, but this psalm brings that number down to eleven.

Isaiah 33:15-16 gives six requirements,

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. Isaiah 33:15,16

Micah 6:8 lists three.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8

Habakkuk 2:4 names but one- faith

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4

Faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to have your sins forgiven and be welcomed into the Lord’s presence (John 14:6; Rom. 1:7; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38).

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe psalm says nothing about offering sacrifices, for spiritual Israelites knew that it was their personal faith that brought them salvation (Mark 12:28-34).

It’s important to note that Psalm 15 is not a prescription for being saved but a description of how saved people ought to live if they want to please God and fellowship with Him.

The list contains both positive and negative qualities, and these qualities must be present in all of life at all times.

Believers who would fellowship intimately with God must follow David’s example and meet three personal requirements.

The Book of Psalms: Psalm 15[A Psalm of David.]1] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?1. Seeking God’s Presence (v. 1). After his men captured Mount Zion, David made it the site of his residence and of the sanctuary of God, and Jerusalem became “the city of David” (2 Sam. 5:1-16).

The tabernacle, the throne, and the “holy hill” belonged together (Ps 24:3-6; 2:6; 3:4; 43:3).

To the believer today, Mount Zion speaks of the heavenly city where God’s people will dwell forever (Heb. 12:19-25).

David asked this question because he loved the house of the Lord (Ps 26:8; 27:3-5; 65:4) and desired in his heart to know God better and fellowship with Him in a deeper way.

[who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?]

The tabernacle and holy hill no doubt refer to the heavenly Mt. Zion and the city of God, the New Jerusalem where God lives (Heb_12:22-23; note, Rev_14:1).

They are not types, but the realities themselves.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe priests could come and go in the house of the Lord, but David, though he was king, had to keep his distance.

“Abide” means “to sojourn as a stranger,” It is where I am tonight…

The word abide means to dwell there continually, not to visit, be a guest, or spend time in worship there.

“Dwell”: shakan: to settle down, tabernacle, reside. It suggests a permanent residential status, It is where I live, It is home

The word dwell in the Hebrew is shakan and gives us the word shekineh, referring to the presence (dwelling) of God’s glory in the sanctuary (Ex. 25:8; see also Ex 29:46; 1 Chron. 22:19; Ps. 20:2; 78:69; 150:1).

The ungodly might worship in the earthly tabernacle, but one has to meet the conditions of Psa_15:2-5 to go to God’s house and dwell with Him forever.

David wanted to enjoy the benefits of being a resident in God’s house-enjoying God’s fellowship, God’s protection, and God’s provision.

David’s great desire was to be with God in heaven and dwell in His house forever (Ps 23:6; 61:4), for God is our eternal home (Ps 90:1).

Believers today can enjoy intimate fellowship with God through Jesus Christ (John 14:19-31; Heb. 10:19-25).

2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

Twelve Characteristics of the Righteous

1. They walk uprightly-without blame.2. They work righteousness.3. They speak truth inwardly.4. They be free from backbiting (Psa_15:3).5. They do no evil to neighbors.6. They receive no reproach about neighbors.7. They hold vile people condemned (Psa_15:4).8. They honor them that fear the Lord.9. They keep word even to own hurt.

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Psalms – TJL Compliation10. They take no advantage of one in need to increase

riches (Psa_15:5).11. They refuse bribes.12. They protect the innocent.

Honesty: “Righteous Conduct”Three basic areas of life are named in verse 2- blameless character, righteous conduct, and truthful conversation-and then these are applied specifically and practically in verses 3- 5a.

Three Basic Areas of Life• Blameless Character• Righteous Conduct• Truthful Conversation (these 3 covered in (Psa_15:2)

If we are right in these basic virtues, we will “work them out” in every area of life and be obedient to the Lord.

Walk, work, and speak are present participles, indicating that the dedicated believer is constantly, continually obeying the Lord and seeking to please Him.

Integrity-blameless character (vv. 2a, 4a, 4b).

The first emphasis is on godly character

What we are largely determines what we do and say,.

(Isa. 33:14-16; 58:1-12; Jer. 7:1- 7; Ezek. 18:5-9; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:6-8; Matt. 5:1-16.)

Integrity: “Blameless Character”“Blameless” doesn’t mean “sinless,” for nobody on earth is sinless.

Blameless has to do with soundness of character, integrity, complete loyalty to God.

Noah was blameless (Gen. 6:9), and

The Lord admonished Abraham to be blameless (Gen. 17:1), that is, devoted wholly to the Lord. (See Ps. 18:23-25; 101:2, 6; Deut. 18:9-13; Luke 16:13.)

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Psalms – TJL CompliationHonesty-righteous conduct (Ps 15: 2b, 5a, 5b). People who “work righteousness” are honest in their own dealings and concerned that justice be done in the land.

Sincerity: “Truthful Conversation” (Ps 15:2c, 3- 4c). Truth is the cement that holds society together.

If people can get away with lies, then every promise, agreement, oath, pledge, and contract is immediately destroyed.

The false witness turns a trial into a travesty and causes the innocent to suffer.

We must speak truth in love (Eph. 4:15) and use truth as a tool to build relationships as well as a weapon to confront and fight deception.

When truth is in the heart, then the lips will not speak lies, spread gossip (Lev. 19:16), or attack the innocent.

People with truthful hearts will keep their vows and promises (Deut. 23:22-24; EccI. 5:1-5).

People of integrity don’t have to use oaths to strengthen their words.

A simple yes or no carries all the weight that’s needed (Matt. 5:33-37).

The Most Painful Sin? Gossip!

It is a form of betrayal and a direct violation of a commandment (Ex 20:16! cf. Lev 19:16; Pro 11:13; 18:8; 26:22; 20:19; 26:20, 21…).

Quietly, its venom does its silent work, undermining confidences, betraying relationships, spreading unseen injustices, invisibly promoting misunderstandings and distrust…

More trouble is caused in families, neighborhoods, offices, and churches by gossip and lies and the people who keep them in circulation than by any other means.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationThe Lord wants truth in our innermost being (Ps 51:6), and He wants us to love the truth and protect it.

The Lord is blameless in what He is (1 John 1:6), righteous in what He does (Ezra 9:15), and truthful in what He says (1 Sam. 15:29), and He wants His guests, those who abide with Him to be able to dwell with Him and to have the same characteristics He possesses

Integrity applied specifically and practically (Ps 15:3-5)

– Integrity: Blameless Character v. 4– Honesty: Righteous Conduct v. 5– Sincerity: Truthful Conversation v. 3

3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.[backbiteth not with his tongue]Jas 3:13-18 KJV  Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge

among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.  14  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.  15  This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.  16  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.  17  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.  18  And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Twelve Uses of the Tongue Condemned

1. Gossiping (Deu_22:13-19)2. Talebearing (Lev_19:16; Pro_11:13)3. False witnessing (Exo_20:16; Exo_23:7)4. Whisperings (Rom_1:29)5. Slandering (1Ti_3:11)6. False accusations (Tit_2:3)7. Vain talking (Tit_1:10)8. Defaming (Jer_20:10)9. Tattling (1Ti_5:13)10. Lying (Pro_6:17; Rev_21:8; Rev_22:15)

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Psalms – TJL Compliation11. Deceiving (Rev_12:9)12. Backbiting (Psa_15:3; Rom_1:30)

4] In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.People with integrity will honor who have integrity and who fear the Lord (Ps 15:4; 119:63).

They will not be deceived by the flatterers (Ps 12:2-3) or enticed by the sinful (Ps 1:1).

When godly people endorse the words and deeds of the ungodly, there is confusion in the church.

“Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who ... compromises his integrity before the wicked” (Prov. 25:26 AB).

5] He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.In verse 5, David applied the principle of honesty to two areas:

– Exorbitant interest (Ex 22:25; 23:7,8; Lev 25:35-38; Deut 23:20)

– Accepting bribes (Ex 23:8; Deut 10:17,18; 27:25; 2 Chr 19:5-7)

Both were “sins in good standing” in the days of the divided kingdom, and the prophets preached against both sins (Isa. 1:23; 5:23; 10:2; Ezek. 22:12; Amos 5:11-12).

Someone defined “politics” as “the conduct of public affairs for private advantage,” and too often that is true.

In the ancient Jewish monarchy, there wasn’t much the average citizen could do about crooked judges or extortion (EccI. 3:16-1 7; 4:1-3), but in today’s democracies, each qualified citizen at least has a vote.

The Jews were not permitted

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Psalms – TJL Compliationto charge other Jews interest (Ex. 22:25; 23:7-8; Lev. 25:35-38; Deut. 23:20), and

judges were warned not to accept bribes (Ex. 23:8; Deut. 10:17-1 8; 27:25; 2 Chron. 19:5-7).

There can be no justice in a society where money tells the court what is right or wrong.

TrustIng God’s Promise (Ps 15:5c). “He who does these things will never be shaken” (NASB).

[doeth these things] The O.T. requirements of salvation in the end are the same as those in the N.T.

One must do, not just hear, as is required in Mat_7:21-29; Joh_15:10-14; Rom_8:12-13; Jas_1:22-27; Jas_2:10-26; and 2Pe_1:4-10.

This means that the godly described in this psalm have security and stability in life and don’t have to be afraid of earthquakes or eviction notices.

[shall never be moved] On condition of doing the things of Psa_15:2-5, one will be eternally secure (Psa_125:1).

“Moved” comes from a Hebrew word that refers to a violent shaking (Ps 46:3-4; 82:5; 93:1; 96:10; Isa. 24:18-20).

God’s promise to the godly is that they are firmly grounded on His covenant promises and need not fear.

“He who does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:17 NKJv).

In these last days, God is shaking things so that the true will remain and the false will be exposed (Heb. 12:18-29).

Jesus closed the Sermon on the Mount with a parable about two builders (Matt. 7:24-27) whose structures (lives) were tested by the judgment storm, and only one stood strong.

It was the life built by the person who did the will of God.

The godly life that our Lord discussed in the Sermon on the Mount parallels the characteristics of the godly person described in

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Psalms – TJL CompliationPsalm 15, and in both places, the promise is given: “You shall never be moved.”

...he that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Mark 12:28-34 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

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Psalms – TJL CompliationQUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION OR GROUP DISCUSSION

Psalm 11. What does Psalm 1 identify as the key to success?

How do you personally measure true success?

2. According to Psalm 1, what conditions must you meet in order to be “blessed”?

Are you willing to meet these conditions?

3. What will you do this week to be a blessing to others?

Psalm 24. What evidence of rebellion against God do you see in

international events?In national events?In local events?In the lives of your coworkers?

How can you help reconcile at least one person to Christ?

5. What do you learn from this psalm about God’s sovereignty?

How does knowing God is sovereign help you face life’s challenges?

Psalms 3-46. What do Psalms 3 and 4 have in common?

Can you praise God even in difficult circumstances?If so, why?If not, why not?

7. According to Psalm 4:1, David was desperate for God to answer his prayer. Why does God sometimes delay His answer to an urgent prayer?

What helpful lessons have God’s delays taught you?

Psalms 5-68. What is an imprecatory psalm?

Should believers today offer imprecatory prayers?Why or why not?

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Psalms – TJL Compliation9. How should a believer’s life contrast with the life of an

unbeliever?

10. Have you ever felt that God deserted you?What did you later discover?

How can suffering patiently strengthen your faith and enlarge your sphere of Christian influence?

11. How can you be confident that God is steering even your harshest circumstances toward His ultimate goal for your life?

Psalms 7-812. Have you ever been falsely accused?

How did you respond?

What advice can you give other falsely accused believers?

13. What keeps God from snuffing out the rebellious today, once and for all?

14. What does creation teach you about God?

How does knowing that God created such a vast Universe make you feel about His love for you, such a small “speck” on planet Earth?

Psalm 915. How has God proved to be your stronghold?

What might you say to a person who fears for his or her safety in a climate of terror and uncertainty?

Psalm 1016. What personal reasons might a person have for refusing to

believe in the existence of God?

What do you believe is the strongest evidence that God exists?

17. Is it harder to persuade “down-and-outers” or “up-and-outers” to believe in God?

Explain.

Psalm 11

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Psalms – TJL Compliation18. Having to choose between fear and faith, David chose faith.

What fears must your faith overcome?

What Bible promise gives you great comfort when you feel threatened?

Psalm 1219. Dishonesty and deception characterized David’s culture. What

big lies are circulating today in education?In politics?In religion?In the secular media?

20. Why is it so important to accept God’s Word as absolute truth?

Psalm 1321. A fugitive on the run from King Saul, David felt abandoned by

God. But faith eventually displaced doubt, and he exchanged a dirge for a doxology. When have you felt abandoned by God?

What chased the gloom away and restored your hope?

22. How can you live above the circumstances?

Psalm 1423. Would you agree that a believing twelve-year-old is wiser than

an atheistic philosopher?Defend your answer.

24. Why might those who deny God’s existence purposely refuse to believe?

Psalm 1525. Good works cannot procure our salvation, but they ought to

prove our salvation (Eph. 2:8-10). What good works do you believe prove most convincingly that a person has received salvation?

26. David longed for heaven. What aspects of heaven are you longing for?

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Psalms – TJL CompliationIf someone asked “What’s so great about heaven? ”how would you respond?

27. David stressed the value of integrity, honesty, and sincerity. How might Christians practice these virtues at home, in church, and in the business community?