(The previous post covered the end of the "Leviticus" section of the Book of Psalms and the beginning of the "Numbers" section. These psalms referenced mercy.)
(It was believed Moses wrote the first two psalms of the "Numbers" section during the beginning of the children of Israel's testing in the wilderness for forty years (Numbers 19), which was also the theme of the "Numbers" section of Psalms...)
Psalm 91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
(Can you say that God is your Protector and the One you trust in?)
3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler.
(God would protect with His "pinions." Pinion meant "feather, or wing of a bird."
God’s Truth protects. Truth is facts that create; a right what with a right how/why.)
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.
(When God was your Protector, the affliction around you would not go near you. However, the righteous would be afflicted, but the righteous would continue to be righteous in the face of affliction because God was their Protector.)
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.
(Reward meant to recompense good or bad. Reward was not only something the good receive. Everyone will be given exactly what they deserve.)
9 For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
(No evil would "befall" God. Befall meant "to meet, encounter, approach.")
11 For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
(Angels were protectors. The devil quoted this to Jesus during Jesus' temptation: Matthew 4:6 and Luke 4:10-11.)
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath 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 will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.
Psalm 92
A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day.
1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,
(The Sabbath was meant for giving thanks to God, to sing to Him, and show His mercy and faithfulness in your own life. It was a rest from being a first cause by allowing God to direct the actions of the individual.)
3 With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
(The psaltery was an instrument of ten strings. This verse ought to read, "With an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery.")
4 For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.
(God’s works were great and His thoughts were very deep. The word deep also meant "profound," which meant that God’s thoughts were penetrating and insightful and full of understanding.)
6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
(Brutish meant "stupidity" and was also translated as "foolish." Animals do not have understanding. They cannot intentionally remember or imagine.)
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
8 But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
(God is the Most High for eternity.)
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
(The "wild-ox" was translated in the KJV as "unicorn." The exact meaning of the Hebrew word used here was not known but was most likely meant to be "wild-ox" or "aurochs" or "rhinoceros." Even the aurochs were, what is now thought to be, just a large and extinct member of the cattle family of animals.)
11 Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
(The righteous grow…growth meant discomfort and pruning: John 15.)
13 They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:
15 To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
(The growth/fruit/profitability of these trees/plants showed God’s Righteousness. There was no unrighteousness in God (1 John 1:5).)
Psalm 93
1 Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
(Effects of Jehovah being God: He was clothed with majesty and strength. Also, His creations couldn't be "moved" (shaken, slipped). God’s creations were always truth.)
2 Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.
(God had always been. He was the First Cause.)
3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.
(God’s testimonies (made of words) which were witnesses to Him were "very sure," which meant they were confirmed and faithful. But "very" sure meant that God’s testimonies were "exceedingly" sure.)
Psalm 94
1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
(Vengeance was an effect of judgment. God was Just and judgment belonged to Him.)
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.
3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
(When and if the wicked triumph, it would only be in the short term.)
4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
(The "proud" afflicted people and afflicted God Himself.)
8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, Even he that teacheth man knowledge?
(The psalmist asked the proud to consider their ways. Did they believe they would get away with their actions?)
11 Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
(The thoughts of man (our flesh) were vanity: unprofitable. Paul referenced this verse in 1 Corinthians 3:20.)
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;
(The chastening from God brought growth. This was why the man whom God chastened was blessed. God chastened a person and the response was up to that person whether they would resist (because of pride) or grow and make progress (because of humility). David always responded to God's chastening by humbling himself and growing, which was what was meant by David being a man after God's own Heart.)
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
(Rhetorical questions. The psalmist knew God was his Protector.)
17 Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
(God’s comforts delighted his soul, even during affliction.)
20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
(The wicked gathered together against the righteous. The wicked tried to find people to agree with them so they felt like what they were doing was right.)
22 But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
(God would judge…the wicked and the righteous. The following was believed to be a psalm of David...)
Psalm 95
1 Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods.
(This psalm began with an exhortation to praise God because He was great and above all gods.)
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land.
(Things with no will were in God’s complete control.)
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
(Jehovah, the I AM, was our Creator.)
7 For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!
8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
(Hebrews 3:15 referenced the previous two verses. Hebrews 4:7 only referenced verse 8.)
9 When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:
(See Numbers 14:26-35 regarding God being "grieved" with His people.)
11 Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.
(Hebrews
3:7-11 referenced the previous five verses. Hebrews
4:5 only referenced verse 11.)
(This post covered the beginning of the "Numbers" section. It began with two psalms from Moses. So far, the rest of the psalms from the "Numbers" section were psalms of praise to God in the face of adversity.)
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