Let’s turn to Psalm 38. Psalm 38 is a lament psalm. In it, David is rehearsing the fact that his sin has caused God to attack him. As a result, David is suffering physically and emotionally. Add to that – his friends are leaving him and his enemies are increasing in number and in power.…
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Psalm 37 Commentary
Open to Psalm 37. I want to start this lesson by asking a question. To what or to whom are you called by God in this life? Are you married? You’ve been called by God to be in that marriage. Are you employed? Then you are called to that occupation. Are you a member of…
Psalm 36 Commentary
Open your Bibles to Psalm 36 for this Psalm 36 commentary. Psalm 36 Commentary | Genre Psalm 36 is kind of a cross between a lament psalm and a meditative psalm. It has all the five ingredients of a lament psalm – the lament, where David reveals the problem he needs God’s help to work…
Psalm 35 Commentary
Open to Psalm 35 for this Psalm 35 commentary. Psalm 35 is a lament psalm where David is working through a problem in his life with God’s help. This lament psalm – like most lament psalms – has David working through dealing with his enemies. Some label this as an “imprecatory psalm” while others think…
Psalm 34 Commentary
Open your Bibles to Psalm 34 for this Psalm 34 Commentary. Psalm 34 is an acrostic praise psalm. It’s acrostic because each new verse starts with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet – starting with Aleph and ending with Tau. But there’s actually one letter missing – the waw or what we would transliterate…
Psalm 33 Commentary
Let’s open our Bibles to Psalm 33 for the following message: God Protects His People. Psalm 33 Commentary Genre Psalm 33 is a praise psalm. Verses 1-3 feature the call to praise. Verses 4-19 give reasons as to why we should praise the Lord. And then verses 20-22 form the concluding praise. So, this is…
Psalm 32 Commentary
Psalm 32 Commentary: Meditating on Forgiveness of Sins Open your Bible to Psalm 32. Psalm 32 is a reflective or meditative psalm. It’s not a lament – that is, David isn’t working through a problem in his life with God’s help. And it’s not merely a praise psalm either – though David does praise the…
Psalm 31 Meaning
Turn to Psalm 31. Psalm 31 is a lament psalm in which David is trying to work through a problem in his life with the Lord’s help. That problem – as it turns out – is his son Absalom entering into Jerusalem to kill his own father. Let’s start by inspecting the superscription of this…
Psalm 30 7 Meaning
Psalm 30 7 Meaning: And David had reason to be proud. He was prosperous as we’ve seen already. But this prosperity came from God – which he acknowledges in verse 7. 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: Psalm 30 7 Meaning Mountain Mountain (har) is a poetic way of saying David’s rule which was…
Psalm 30 Commentary
Turn to Psalm 30 for our Psalm 30 commentary. Psalm 30 Commentary Praise Psalm Psalm 30 is a praise psalm. But as we study through this psalm it might sound sort of like a lament. Psalm 30 Commentary Praise in Content We’ll see David relate how his own pride seemed to bring God’s fearful chastening…