Psalm 91 is so Important that Lucifer Quoted it.....

For He shall give his angels charge over thee, 

to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Psalm 91:11

And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, cast Thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Luke 4:9,10

***So Lucifer does study the Scriptures....

Creation Moment 11/29/2024 - Psalm 104

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"Psalm 104—along with Job 38 and Psalms 8 and 29—produces a magnificent poetic and musical commentary on the creation. 

Even the structure of the psalm draws praise in that it is modeled quite closely on the day–by–day creation events recorded in Genesis 1.
It’s clear that the psalmist used the various stages of creation as his

starting points for praise. Yet, as he developed each creation-day theme, there is a constant anticipation for more, especially for the later days of the creation. While the psalmist closely followed the day-by-day creation events recorded in Genesis 1, he allowed himself some poetic license.

It is fitting that God’s people are summoned to offer praise to Him with every aspect of their being (v. 1). After all, concerning Him alone can it be said that the world is His regal attire. 

He robes Himself with it as a showcase of His splendor. 

Moreover, God used “light” (v. 2) as if it were a “garment” to cover Himself. The power of God is further seen in His ability to stretch out the starry skies like a tent curtain.

The Lord also created and sustains His celestial abode, which verse 3 refers to as His “upper chambers.” The “waters” are another way of pointing to lofty rain clouds. 

The picture is one of the Lord laying out the “beams” of His heavenly palace in the sky. So awesome is the Creator, that He makes the “clouds His chariot,” and He rides along the “wings of the wind.”

In verse 4, we catch a further glimpse of God’s supreme power. The “winds” of a swirling storm are the Lord’s “messengers” (or “angels”) carrying out His purposes. Similarly, “flames of fire” produced by thunder are God’s ministers to attend to His every bidding.

Psalm 104:6 reveals that at one time the watery “deep” covered the land like a “garment.” According to Genesis 1, it was on the second day of creation that God made the sky by separating surface water from clouds. Also, it was at this time that the “waters” (Ps. 104:6) of the planet reached above the “mountains.”

Furthermore, it wasn’t until the third day of creation that God separated dry ground and surface water, making land and seas. Then, the surface “waters” (v. 7) retreated at the sound of the Lord’s “rebuke.” 

Moreover, when His thunderous voice boomed, the oceans “took to flight.” This was also when God caused the “mountains” (v. 8) to rise up and the “valleys” to go “down” to the “place” He decreed.

Later in the Genesis account, we find a description of the Flood, an incident in which the Lord allowed the earth’s surface waters to inundate the planet. Then, at the appointed time, God caused the waters to recede gradually. The Lord also pledged never again to allow the “waters . . . [to] become a flood to destroy all life” (9:15).

As Psalm 104:9 relates, God has “set a boundary” for the surface waters that cannot be crossed. In turn, this prevents them from ever again covering the entire planet. The Lord not only protects every aspect of His creation, but also watches over, provides for, and sustains it. 

The Creator tends the earth as if it were a gigantic, complex garden. 

.....verse 10 reveals that God causes the streams, which originate

from the “springs,” to gush forth into the surrounding valleys. The cascading water, in turn, flows between the hills. This provides life-giving “water” (v. 11) for all the animals of the “field.”

As noted earlier, the Creation account of Genesis 1 forms the theological backdrop for Psalm 104. 

During the first three days of God’s creative activity, He brought order out of the original formlessness specified in Genesis 1:2. 

He created light where there had been only darkness and filled what had been empty with the first signs of life. 

During the final three days of His creative activity, the Lord established and filled the earth with all forms of life, including fish in the sea, birds in the air, and animals on the dry ground." 

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PSALM 11:5 -- What does God hate with a Passion?

The LORD examines the righteous, 

   but the wicked, 

      those who love violence, 

         He hates with a passion.

Psalm 11:5 NLT

PSALM 142: 3 C's of the Psalmist

 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, 

 but there was no man that would know me: 

refuge failed me; 

no man cared for my soul.

Vs. 4

 

"Psalm 142: 

As the superscription indicates, David’s distress this time is the dogged pursuit by his

enemies. 

“When he was in the cave” could refer to the cave of Adullam (1 Sam. 22:1-2), or En-gedi (1 Sam. 24:1-7). 

After presenting his lament (verses 1-4), David lifts up his petition (verses 5-6), and promises his thanksgiving when God answers (verse 7).

       I.       Cry of David (142:1-2);

 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; vs.1

       II.      Circumstances of David (142:3-4);

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me... vs.3

       III.     Confidence of David (142:5-7).

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: vs.7

Verses 1-2: David’s description of loneliness could be anyone’s: he is disoriented, deserted, depressed, and defeated."

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Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low:

 deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

Vs. 6

PSALM 40: Thanksgiving & Lament

Psalm 40: 

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: 

mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, 

so that I am not able to look up;

 they are more than the hairs of mine head: 

therefore my heart faileth me.

Vs.12

 

"The poles of thanksgiving and lament are so distinct in this psalm that some divide it into two separate psalms. 

This is not necessary, since the man of God can present his lament and petition to God, while at the same time offering his thanksgiving. 

The thanksgiving is offered (in verses 1-8). leads naturally into the lament and petition section of the psalm (verses 11-17).

His petition is a plea for deliverance from his enemies, but it is wider than that. He is concerned about the triumph of all righteous people (verse 16).

 

1) Precedent from a Past Situation (40:1-10). 

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Vs.1

2) The Merciful Rescue by God (40:1-3);

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock,.. Vs.2

3) The Multiple Resources in God (40:4-5);

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Vs.5

4) The Motivational Responses to God (40:6-10).

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. Vs.10

5) Prayers for a Present Situation (40:11-17).

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. Vs.17.

 

The sixth, seventh, and eighth verses contain a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrificial offering of Jesus Christ.

--Verse Psalms 40:6. Sacrifice and offering —The apostle, Hebrews 10:5, c., quoting this and the two following verses, says, When he (the Messiah) cometh into the world-was about to be incarnated, He saith-to God the Father, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not-it was never thy will and design that the sacrifices under thy own law should be considered as making atonement for sin they were only designed to point out my incarnation and consequent sacrificial death: and therefore a body hast thou prepared me, by a miraculous conception in the womb of a virgin; according to thy word, The seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent.

--Verse Psalms 40:7. In the volume of the book — במגלת ספר bimegillath sepher, "in the roll of the book." Anciently, books were written on skins, and rolled up. The book mentioned here must be the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses; for, in David's time no other part of Divine revelation had been committed to writing. This whole book speaks about Christ, and his accomplishing the will of God, not only in "the seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent," and "in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;" but in all the sacrifices and sacrificial rites mentioned in the law.

--Verse Psalms 40:8. To do thy will — God willed not the sacrifices under the law, but he willed that a human victim of infinite merit should be offered for the redemption of mankind. That there might be such a victim, a body was prepared for the eternal Logos, and in that body he came to do the will of God; that is, to suffer and die for the sins of the world.

 

Verse Psalms 40:2. A horrible pit — Literally, the sounding pit; where nothing was heard except the howlings of wild beasts, or the hollow sounds of winds reverberated and broken from the craggy sides and roof.

The miry clay — Where the longer I stayed the deeper I sank, and was utterly unable to save myself. The Syriac and Arabic translate "The pit of perdition, and the mud of corruption." These are figurative expressions to point out the dreary, dismal, ruinous state of sin and guilt, and the utter inability of a condemned sinner to save himself either from the guilt of his conscience, or the corruption of his heart.

Set my feet upon a rock — Thou hast changed my state from guilt to pardon; from corruption to holiness; in consequence of which my goings are established. I have now power over all sin, and can walk steadily in the way that leads to God's kingdom.

Verse Psalms 40:3. A new song — Cheerfulness and joy had long been strangers to him.  

Praise for a sense of God's favor was a new song to him."

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 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me:

 O LORD, make haste to help me.

Vs.13

PSALM 32: My Hiding Place

 PSALM 32: 

Thou art my hiding place; 

thou shalt preserve me from trouble; 

thou shalt compass me about 

with songs of deliverance. 

Vs.7

"As historically related to the life of David and especially in connection with the Bathsheba episode (compare 2 Sam. chapters 11-12),  

Psalm 51 would have preceded Psalm 32. The over-all thrust, intent, and development of Psalm 32 may be summarized as follows: Life’s most important lessons about sin, confession, and forgiveness are skillfully shared by David through two avenues of approach.

Lessons about Results (32:1-2);

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity... vs.2

Lesson about Resistance (32:3-4);

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: vs.4

Lessons about Responses (32:5).

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. vs.5

Lessons about Responses (32:6-7);

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found.. vs.6

Lessons about Resistance (32:8-9);

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,... vs.9

Lessons about Results (32:10-11).

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. vs.10

 

Title: “A Maschil” in the heading introduces a new technical term. It could indicate that Psalm 32 was a “contemplative poem”, or a “psalm of understanding”."

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 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Vs.1

Psalm 38: Remember Me Lord

Psalm 38: 

 For I will declare mine iniquity; 

I will be sorry for my sin.

Vs.18

 

"Some debate as to whether the details (of verse 1-8), should be taken literally, and thus as a reference to a physical illness, or figuratively, making them a vivid picture of psychological and moral distress. 

 

The detail and length of the description, as well as its personal nature seem to point to some serious disease from which David is suffering as he writes. 

In addition to the physical malady, David has been deserted by his friends and threatened by his foes (verses 12-13). His only hope is to trust in the Lord (verses 14-16), to whom he presents his lament (verses 17-20), and his petition (verses 21-22).

Organizationally, David’s opening and closing prayers (in Psalm 38), relate to two onslaughts by enemies.

 

Introductory Prayer (38:1-2). 

O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Vs.1

First Onslaught: The Enemy Within (38:3-10).

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Vs.4 

Second Onslaught: Enemies Without (38:11-20)

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. Vs.11,12

Concluding Prayers (38:21-22).

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Vs.21

  Title: “To bring to remembrance”: Literally “To cause to remember”.

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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Vs.3

PSALM 79: Let Thy Tender Mercies.......

Psalm 79:

O remember not against us former iniquities: 

let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: 

for we are brought very low.

Vs.8 

 [Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! 

Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble! NET]

 

"A companion poem to (Psalm 74), this psalm laments the destruction of Jerusalem at the time of the Babylonian captivity. 

The psalm has two distinct parts: 

expression of the lament to God (verses 1-5), 

and petition to God for deliverance of His people and retribution on their enemies (verses 6-13). 

Three motives for God to act are cited: 

the misery God’s people are experiencing (verses 1-4), 

the tender mercies of God Himself (verse 8), 

and the humiliation brought to His name (verse 10). 

---Unlike (Psalm 137), which seems to have been written during the Captivity, this psalm was apparently written by eyewitnesses of the desolation of Jerusalem.

Verses 1-13: The historical basis for this lament psalm was probably Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of the temple in 586 B.C. (compare Psalm 74; 2 Kings 25:8-21; Lam. Chapters 1 to 5). The psalm contains prayer for the nation’s spiritual needs, curses against the enemies of God’s people, and praises in anticipation of God’s actions. 

The psalm helps the believer express his anguish in a disaster when it seems as though God is aloof.

The Lamentation Over the National Disaster (79:1-4). 

O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. Vs.1,2

The Supplication for Divine Intervention (79:5-13). 

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? Vs.5

The Prayer for Vindication (79:5-7); 

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. Vs.6

The Prayer for Forgiveness (79:8-9); 

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. Vs.9

The Prayer for Reprisal (79:10-12)

And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. Vs.12

The Praise for Response (79:13).

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. Vs.13

Verses 1-5: God is complained to: whither should children go but to a Father able and willing to help them? 

---Those who desire God’s favor as better than life, cannot but dread His wrath as worse than death. 

---In every affliction, we should first beseech the Lord to cleanse away the guilt of our sins; then he will visit us with his tender mercies."

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 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

Vs.11

23rd PSALM: Verse by Verse SERIES PAGE

 23rd PSALM: Verse by Verse SERIES PAGE

 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psalm 23:2

 

 

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Dig Deep into Psalm 34:18

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; 

and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psalm 34:18 

 

"Our praying is the shadow of God's giving.  

 

Are you here, broken- hearted, troubled sinner? 

Are you here? 

Are you seeking the Lord? 

Do not seek him any longer. 

You have got Him. Read the text.

Note, First, It is the character of the righteous, whose prayers God will hear, that they are of a broken heart and a contrite spirit (that is, humbled for sin and emptied of self); they are low in their own eyes, and have no confidence in their own merit and sufficiency, but in God only.  

Secondly, Though God is high, and dwells on high, yet He is near to those who, being of a contrite spirit, know how to value His favor, and will save them from sinking under their burdens; He is near them to good purpose.

 A broken heart — נשברי לב nishberey leb, the heart broken to shivers. 

A contrite spirit. — דכאי רוח dakkeey ruach, "the beaten-out spirit." In both words the hammer is necessarily implied; in breaking to pieces the ore first, and then plating out the metal when it has been separated from the ore. This will call to the reader's remembrance Jeremiah 23:29: "Is not my word like as a fire, saith the Lord? And like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?" 

The breaking to shivers, and beating out, are metaphorical expressions: so are the hammer and the rock. 

What the large hammer struck on a rock by a powerful hand would do, so does the word of the Lord when struck on the sinner's heart by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

The broken heart, and the contrite spirit, are two essential characteristics of true repentance."

Adam Clarke/Matthew Henry/Charles Spurgeon

PSALM 39: The Brevity of Life

Psalm 39: 

LORD, 

make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, 

what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Vs.4

 

“Jeduthun” (superscription), was probably Ethan, the well-known director of the temple choir (see 1 Chron. 6:31-48). 

The psalm is composed of three key parts. 

First, the psalmist suppresses his complaint to God until he can contain it no longer (verses 1-3). 

Second, when he can contain himself no more, he utters his cry of distress, centering in the innate frailty of man which he feels at present so acutely (verses 4-11). 

Finally, he presents his petition to God, who will certainly regard his tears and spare him (verses 12-13).

In this intense lament, David will break his initial silence with two rounds of requests and reflections about the brevity and burdens of life.

I.       Introduction: David’s Silence (39:1-3).

 I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. Vs.1

II.      Round One: The Brevity and Burdens of Life (39:4-6).

A.  His Request for Perspective (39:4);

 LORD, make me to know mine end,.. Vs.4

B.   His Reflections on Perspective (39:5-6).

 ...verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.Vs.6

III.     Round Two: The Brevity and Burdens of Life (39:7-13).

A.  His Reflection on Hope (39:7);

 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. Vs.7

B.   His Requests and Reflections on Providence (39:8-11);

 Deliver me from all my transgressions... Vs.8

C.   His Requests for Relief (39:12-13).

 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. Vs.13

Title: “To Jeduthun”: This is most likely a specifically designated worship director."

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 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,

 thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: 

surely every man is vanity. 

Vs.11

PSALM 85: A Psalm for the sons of Korah

Psalm 85: 

 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Vs.11

 

 

"From the petition of verses 4-7 we learn that the occasion of this psalm was a time of national humiliation. Details are lacking but the people ask for God’s anger to cease, for national revival, and for a new display of His mercy. 

 

The psalmist pledges that God will again demonstrate His covenant love to Israel. ...Though God judges, He is faithful to His promises. 

 

The feelings expressed in this psalm may describe those of the Jews returning from exile in Babylon. Though they were grateful for restoration to their land, they were disappointed that the conditions did not measure up to the glory of the pre-Exilic life there (compare Ezra 3:12-13).

 

  A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Vs.1

I.         Review of God’s Past Mercies (85:1-3).

 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin.Vs.2

II.        Recognition of God’s Present Anger (85:4-7).

 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Vs.5

III.       Revelation of God’s Future Salvation (85:8-13).

 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him... Vs.9

Title: “Sons of Korah” These descendants of Levi through Kohath were the gatekeepers and musicians in the temple at Jerusalem." BooksOfTheBible

Mercy and truth are met together; 

righteousness and peace 

have kissed each other.

Vs.10

Breaking Down David's Prayer of Psalm 86

 HAVE MERCY

Bow down Your ear, O Lord, hear me;

For I am poor and needy.

Preserve my life, for I am holy;

You are my God;

Save Your servant who trusts in You!
Be merciful to me, O Lord,
For I cry to You all day long.

 YOU Are Merciful

Rejoice the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord,  

I lift up my soul.

For You, Lord, are good, 

and ready to forgive,

And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;
And attend to the voice of my supplications.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.

 

YOU Are the MIGHTY GOD

Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord;
Nor are there any works like Your works.

All nations whom You have made
Shall come and worship before You, O Lord,
And shall glorify Your name.

For You are great, and do wondrous things;

You alone are God.

 

 TEACH me

Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;

Unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forevermore.

 Deliver me by Your Mercy

For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

O God, the proud have risen against me,
And a mob of violent men have sought my life,

And have not set You before them.

But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me!
 

--Do It-- For YOU are GOD

Give Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your maidservant.

Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
PSALM 86 (NKJV)

PSALM 140: Compass Me About - Confound My Enemies

Psalm 140: 

 As for the head of those that 

compass me about, 

let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Vs.9

 

Psalms 140 to 143 may be linked together since they all portray, though in different ways, the godly response to trials. All four are prayers, and all four are written by David, though only Psalm 142 contains a historical notice in the superscription. 

The situation underlying Psalm 140 itself is clear from the first verse: David is being threatened by his enemies. They are quite adequately described in his lament (verses 1-5), but David turns to God with his petition against them (verses 6-11), confident that he will be heard (verses 12-13).

Verses 1-13: Davidic authorship is stated here, but the circumstances are unknown. It is like the psalms earlier in the Psalter that feature the usual complaint, prayer, and confident hope of relief.

I.          Concerning David (140:1-5).

 A.  “Deliver Me” (140:1-3);

  Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: vs.1

 B.   “Protect Me” (140:4-5).

 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; vs.4

II.         Concerning David’s Enemies (140:6-11).

 A.  “Thwart Them” (140:6-8);

 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: vs.8

 B.   “Punish Them” (140-9-11).

 Let burning coals fall upon them:vs.10

III.       Concerning the Lord (140:12-13). 

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted... vs.12." BooksOfTheBible

Surely the righteous shall give thanks 

unto thy name:

 the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Vs.13