(The previous post covered the first five psalms which were all believed to be from David.)
Psalm 6
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1 O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
(David asked for mercy. Mercy was "postponed judgment." David was a man after God's own Heart. This meant that when David was made aware of something he did/said that was wrong, he immediately made up for it (confessed and repented). Asking for mercy was David asking God for the time he needed to make up for the wrong/injustice.
Justice will be equaled out for everyone, in the long term.)
3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
4 Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.
(David was giving his enemies a warning: "God has heard my prayer so I suggest you leave me be.")
9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
10 All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
Psalm 7
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.
1 O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
(David stated he took refuge in God, his trust/faith was in God.)
2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Jehovah 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 was mine adversary;)
5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah
(David was contrastive. He was asking God to show him where he was wrong and if he was wrong to let his enemies persecute him. This was humility (considering you could be wrong). We have seen David understood Justice and wanted to pay while on earth, which was proof he was a man after God's own Heart.)
6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
(David asked to be judged. This was also contrastive. When you ask to be judged, you are asking God to execute Justice on you. This will definitely show you where you are wrong! David would choose to do this, once again, so he could make up for any injustice right now. David knew if he didn't make up for the injustices now, he would pay for them later.)
9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
10 My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.
12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
(David praised God because God was Righteous. David was worshipping God as an effect of God's Righteousness.)
Psalm 8
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
1 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
(Jesus quoted this verse to the chief priests and scribes during Palm Sunday in Matthew 21:16.)
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
(David was amazed that God had given man dominion (rule) over His creation: vs. 6.)
5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:
(Hebrews 2:5-7 referenced the previous three verses.)
7 All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
(David recognized God’s excellence because of all that God had given man.)
Psalm 9
For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.
1 I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
(David stated he would give thanks to God with his whole heart. Everything that is planted in the heart will come out. David wanted every action he did to be God coming out of him.)
2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.
7 But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
(David recognized God as the ultimate Judge.)
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
(Those who know God will put their trust (faith) in Him. Faith is built by understanding and experience. The more we understand and experience God, the more faith (trust) we will have in Him.)
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
12 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
(The word poor in verse 12 came from a Hebrew word that also meant "humble." God did not forget the cry of the humble: 1 Peter 5:5 "...and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.")
13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
(God was known by His judgment. In this verse "judgment" was God executing Justice, which was an effect of God being Just. God was known by His Justness. The word Higgaion meant "meditation." Notice, David also added the word Selah which meant to "pause and think about what you just read." Not only did David want people to think about the words in this psalm but also to meditate on them.)
17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah
Psalm 10
1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
(The previous psalm covered God moving on behalf of the humble. This psalm showed the cause of the wicked was pride…)
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.
4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
5 His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
(Some of the effects of the wicked were: persecuting the poor, boasting, not seeking God, deception, iniquity.)
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 helpless.
9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.
10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
(The wicked did not fear/respect God...they did not see God as greater than themselves.)
12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
(God heard the meek (humble) because they turned to God. Humble people knew they were unrighteous and that God was Righteous.)
(This post covered psalms describing God's Righteousness, God's Justness, God moving for the humble, and the attributes of the wicked.)
Day 157
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