Many of David’s psalms are full of complaints, but this one is full of comforts. It consists of expressions of delight in God’s great goodness and dependence upon Him. It is a Psalm which has been sung by Christians down the ages and will be while the world stands. David here claims relation to God, […]
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This is the second part of Psalm 22 in which it testifies to “the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow” (1 Pet. 1:11). David was wonderfully caught up by the spirit of prophecy far beyond his own thought and intention. This Psalm teaches us to fix our thoughts upon Christ, and be
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The Spirit of Christ testifies in this Psalm more clearly than anywhere else in the Old Testament. It is of Christ that David speaks, and not of himself. The providences of God over David were so extraordinary that he could be looked upon as a figure of the Christ who was to come. In this
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The previous Psalm was a prayer for king David that God would protect and prosper him. This is a thanksgiving for the success God had blessed him with. Those whom we have prayed for, we ought to give thanks for when the answer comes. In this Psalm there is an eye to the Messiah and
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It is the will of God that prayers and thanksgivings, should be made for rulers and all in authority. This psalm is a prayer for the king. David was often in war, this Psalm was written by David, but that others would pray for him. It may well have been penned upon some particular expedition.
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There are two excellent methods of study in which God has provided for our instruction and edification. One is in creation, in which we may easily understand the power of the Creator and the other is in the scriptures. These make known to us the will of God concerning our obligation. This Psalm teaches us
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In the second portion of this Psalm David gives God all the glory for his achievements and encourages himself with the expectation of what God would further do for him. Psalm 18:25-50 – A Psalm of David With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless. To
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BOOK ONE Psalms 1–41 This psalm was first given in 2 Sam. 22:1-51. Here it has been revived and renewed. It is a thanksgiving by David to God for all the times he had been delivered. He wanted to preserve them fresh in his own memory and to diffuse the knowledge of them. The piety of
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BOOK ONE Psalms 1–41 In Psalm 17 David is in great distress and danger from his enemies. He prays to God and seeks shelter in Him. Again he is a type of Christ, who was perfectly innocent, and yet was hated and persecuted. Like David, Christ committed Himself and His cause to Him who judges
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BOOK ONE Psalms 1–41 Psalm 16 has something of David in it, but much more of Christ. It begins with expressions of devotion that could only be applied to Christ. Yet concludes with such confidence of a resurrection that it must be applied to Christ. David speaks of himself as a member of Christ, and
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