Why Should We Study the Psalms?

The Psalms Are Prominent in the New Testament Depending upon which scholar you consult, Psalms is one of the two Old Testament books most frequently quoted in the New. The other contender is the Book of Isaiah. Our Lord saw Himself as the fulfillment of the messianic prophecies and types of the Psalms. Now He [...]

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Psalm 108 – Be Exalted O God!

[108:3]  I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. [4]  For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. [5]  Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; Whenever I read [...]

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Psalm 107 – Let the Redeemed Say So

This is a wonderful song calling all believers to “Give thanks to the LORD” for His steadfast or “faithful love endures forever.”  This psalm provides four accounts of people in distress (vv. 4, 10, 17, and 23).  After the initial invitation to “Give thanks to the LORD” (v 1), the psalm describes how each of [...]

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Psalm2 102 – Not Suffering Silently

[6]  I am like a desert owl, *[ Or a pelican of the desert ] like an owl among the ruins. [7]  I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof. (Psalms 102:6-7) These birds are pictures of loneliness and desolation. When you have Chronic Pain, many times (most of the time) [...]

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Psalms 101 – Walk in Integrity

Psalms 101:2 (HCSB) [2]  I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will live with integrity of heart in my house. David may have written this psalm early in his reign as king as he set down the standards he wanted to follow.  We certainly know he [...]

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Justification: How was Abraham saved? How was David saved?

The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology defines justification as “to pronounce, accept, and treat as [righteous], and not . . . liable, and, on the other hand, entitled to all the privileges due to those who have kept the laws.” It declares a “verdict of acquittal, and so excluding all possibility of condemnation. Justification thus settles [...]

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Psalm 91 – Abiding in the Presence of God

“This is the most distinguished jewel among all the psalms of consolation”—Luther. As Psalm 90 was a psalm of death, so Psalm 91 is a psalm of life; it is a messianic psalm and gives a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. This psalm has been the favorite of many including both my grandmother and [...]

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