Psalm 131
- Read the Psalms interpretively
- Read with emotion and feeling
- Reference to Psalms 130
- Song of ascents, cry out to God
- Hint of desperation and for mercy
- Give attention to the Lord who can help for forgiveness and redemption
- Emphasis on what God does for the helpless people
- God always hears us, we may not always get an answer
- King David desperate for reassurance
- Mercy = to gain something that is not deserving
- King David wants God’s character of forgiveness and forgetting the record of sin
- God knows us and whether our prayers are to be answered
- The author feels that he is on his own and worried if God is able to aid him
- verses 1-2, death to life
- verses 3-4, guilt to forgiveness
- Conversation with calling God’s name many times
- Fear of reverence and respect for God
- Grateful, repentance, and reverence attitude for God
- Reference to Hebrews 12:28-29
- Forgiveness is a blessing not to be taken lightly because it cost God his own son
- Repetition of the Lord’s name for emphasis, my soul waits for the Lord
- New slate when the Lord forgives your sins
- Hope and anticipation, assurance that morning always comes
- From bondage to freedom
- Redemption, the debt has been paid
- God’s wisdom
- Redemption is now and in the future
Psalm 114
- Read the Bible interpretively
- keyword is Exodus, meaning “coming out”, “redemption”, “journey”, “God’s deliverance”, “miracles”, “Moses”, “ten commandments”, “people and God”
- verse 1 refers to Exodus, Israel came out of Egypt
- God chose Israel out of Grace and was in his plan
- God is for us, we can be included in the Exodus because we all have redemption
- Divided into “event” and “process”
- Event made up of processes
- after the event, the process starts
- Psalm 74:13, talks about Exodus
- Reference to Psalm 77:17-20
- Reference to Psalm 78:12-16, 44-54
- Reference to Psalm 136: 10-15
- Bring a savior to the world
- Set people free to serve God
- Bare witness to God, have scripture written
- God is for us, God is with us
- Sanctuary represents God’s presence
- Use polarity to indicate totality
- Romans 1:18
- Natural versus special revelation
- Judah became God’s sanctuary
- God is over us, holds “dominion”
- verses 3-8, God is before us
Psalm 119
- verses 1-8, obedient and blameless
- verses 9-16, The word is free from sin
- verses 17-24, open your eyes to wonder, serve God and you will live
- verses 25-32, word strengthens you
- verses 33-40, confirm God’s promise is true and no dishonest gain
- verses 41-48, trust authority of the word and salvation of God
- verses 49-56, righteous against wicked
- verses 57-64, study god at all times
- verses 65-72, God’s word > worldly things
- verses 73-80, love and comfort
- verses 81-88, God always faithful, trust him
- verses 89-96, word is eternal
- verses 97-104, meditate the word, its wise
- verses 105-112, praise the Lord
- verses 169-176, commands are righteous
