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מִזְמוֹר, לְדָוִד: הָבוּ לַיהוָה, בְּנֵי אֵלִים; הָבוּ לַיהוָה, כָּבוֹד וָעֹז.

Has God heard our supplications? Let us then bless his name...

This psalm is ascribed to David, evidently written in a time of danger (12). It may have been prompted by the help provided by Ahimelech the priest, and the opposition of Doeg the Edomite, who saw David at the tabernacle and later reported him to Saul (cf. 1Sa 21:1-10; 22:9). This was also a time when David sought protection for his parents (cf. 1 Sam 22:3) which may have left David feeling abandoned (10).

Examine me, O Lord - To thee I appeal; and feel no hesitation in wishing to have all the motives of my heart dissected and exposed to thy view, and to that of the world.

Teach Me Your Paths

1 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; 2 for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. 3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

songs of the shepherd

The Joyful King

This psalm is a prayer for the kings of Israel, but with relation to Christ.

The Word of God inspires prayer.

1. David tells of his love for the Lord. 2. David tells of his deliverance by the Lord. 3. David tells of the faithfulness of God. 4. David tells of God’s Power 5. David lifts his voice in praise to the Lord

This psalm has a marvelous and a rich meaning for us today.

Saul was trying to kill David. David ran away to the woods, the hills and the fields. He hid there from Saul. 400 men went with David. Saul had 3000 soldiers. Saul was king of Israel. One night Saul and all his men slept. David came near in the night and took some things from Saul. David did not kill Saul. In the morning David told Saul, "It was easy to kill you but I did not. What have I done wrong? You sent me away from my own country. You told me to find other gods. Why?" It was probably at this time that David wrote Psalm 16.

Who is qualified to Walk with Jesus in this life and the Next? He that walks Uprightly. - הולך תמים holech tamim, sets God before his eyes. Who works righteousness. פעל צדק poel tsedek, he has duties to perform. Speaks truth in his heart. Hypocrisy, guile, and deceit, have no place in his soul. Does not back-bite. - לא רגל על לשנו lo ragal al leshono, “he does not use his tongue to kick people.” Does not do wrong nor slander against his Neighbour - actions that strip them of their possesions or reputation. Rejects a crooked (reprobate) person - judges by their conduct. נבזה nibzeh, unclean like a leper. Honors those who fear the Lord - Character not Circumstances count here. Who keeps his promises whatever the cost - “He sweareth to afflict himself, and does not change;” and thus the Chaldee has rendered this clause. cf. Matt. 14:9 Does not charge exorbitant interest on loans - The word נשך neshech, which we translate usury, comes from nashach, to bite as a serpent;" Taking advantage of a distressed person is implied. Does not take a bribe to condemn the innocent - The taking of bribes is expressly forbidden in the Scriptures. See Exo_23:8 All the above are actions, not mere beliefs. The Psalmist closes by saying: He that doeth these things shall never be moved. — Such persons admitted to God’s presence and favor shall never be moved (Psa10:6; Psa13:5).

David met a man. His name was Nabal. Nabal was a bad man. Nabal would not give help to David. Soon, Nabal died. Nabal is the Hebrew word for 'fool'. There are 2 groups of fools. One does funny things and makes us laugh. The other does bad things, but he does not feel that he did wrong. We say that he feels no shame. This Psalm is about the second group of fools. The full story is in 1 Samuel 2

One of the great lessons of the Psalms that David writes is that it is OK to be honest with God about how we feel. God already knows and it doesn’t really make sense to try to hide it from Him. Intimacy with Him means opening up our hearts.

This Psalm is headed "To the Chief Musician upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David," which title is identical with that of the sixth Psalm, except that Neginoth is here omitted. As Sheminith signifies the eighth, the Arabic version says it is concerning the end of the world, which shall be the eighth day, and refers it to the coming of the Messiah: without accepting so fanciful an interpretation, we may read this song of complaining faith in the light of His coming who shall break in pieces the oppressor. The subject will be the better before the mind's eye if we entitle this Psalm: "GOOD THOUGHTS IN BAD TIMES." It is supposed to have been written while Saul was persecuting David, and those who favoured his cause.

ከመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ዉስጥ በጣም ትንሽ ቁጥር ያለው ምእራፍ መዝሙር 117 መሆኑን ያውቃሉ? ብዙ ቁጥር ያለው ምእራፍ ደግሞ መዝሙር 119 መሁኑንስ? በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ዉስጥ መሃል ላይ ያለው ምእራፍመዝሙር 118 መሆኑን ያውቃሉ?ከመዝሙር 118 በ ፊት 594 ምእራፍ እና ከመዝሙር 118 በኃላ 594ምእራፍ ከመጽሃፍ ቅዱስ ቁጥሮች መሃከል ላይ የሚገኘው መዝሙር 118:8 መሆኑንስ? መዝ.118:8 እንዲህ ይላል፦ "በሰው ከመታመን ይልቅ በእግዚአብሔር መታመን ይሻላል።"

This Psalm records well-intentioned, but faithless advice of David's friends when he was a fugitive from King Saul. David lifts his eyes to the Lord to find faith in a time of testing. He knew the safest place to stand was in radical trust in God.

ዘጠኝ አብይ የክርስቲያን ዲስፕሊን ምን እንደሆኑ እንጠቅሳለን!

መዝሙር 9 ለመዘምራን አለቃ፤ በሙትላቤን፤ የዳዊት መዝሙር። 1 አቤቱ፥ በልቤ ሁሉ አመሰግንሃለሁ፥ ተአምራትህንም ሁሉ እነግራለሁ። 2 በአንተ ደስ ይለኛል፥ ሐሤትንም አደርጋለሁ፤ ልዑል ሆይ፥ ለስምህ እዘምራለሁ። 3 ጠላቶቼ ወደ ኋላ በተመለሱ ጊዜ፥ ይሰናከላሉ ከፊትህም ይጠፋሉ። 4 ፍርዴንና በቀሌን አድርገህልኛልና፤ ጽድቅን እየፈረድህ በዙፋንህ ላይ ተቀመጥህ። 5 አሕዛብን ገሠጽህ፥ ዝንጉዎችንም አጠፋህ፥ ስማቸውንም ለዘላለም ደመሰስህ። 6 ጠላቶች በጦር ለዘላለም ጠፉ፥ ከተሞቻቸውንም አፈረስህ፥ ዝክራቸውም በአንድነት ጠፋ። 7 እግዚአብሔር ግን ለዘላለም ይኖራል፥ ዙፋኑንም ለመፍረድ አዘጋጀ፤ 8 እርሱም ዓለምን በጽድቅ ይፈርዳታል፥ አሕዛብንም በቅንነት ይዳኛቸዋል። 9 እግዚአብሔርም ለድሆች መጠጊያ ሆናቸው፥ እርሱም በመከራቸው ጊዜ ረዳታቸው ነው። 10 ስምህን የሚያውቁ ሁሉ በአንተ ይታመናሉ፥ አቤቱ፥ የሚሹህን አትተዋቸውምና። 11 በጽዮን ለሚኖር ለእግዚአብሔር ዘምሩ፥ በአሕዛብም መካከል አደራረጉን ንገሩ፤ 12 ደማቸውን የሚመራመር እርሱ አስቦአልና፥ የድሆችንም ጩኸት አልረሳምና። 13 አቤቱ፥ እዘንልኝ፥ ጠላቶቼም የሚያመጡብኝን መከራ እይ፥ ከሞት ደጆች ከፍ ከፍ የምታደርገኝ፤ 14 ምስጋናውን ሁሉ እናገር ዘንድ፤ በጽዮን ልጅ በደጆችዋ በማዳንህ ደስ ይለኛል። 15 አሕዛብ በሠሩት ጕድጓድ ወደቁ፥ በዚያችም በሸሸጓት ወጥመድ እግራቸው ተጠመደች። 16 እግዚአብሔር ፍርድን በማድረግ የታወቀ ነው፤ ኃጢአተኛው በእጆቹ ሥራ ተጠመደ። 17 ኃጢአተኞች ወደ ሲኦል ይመለሳሉ፥ እግዚአብሔርን የሚረሱ አሕዛብም ሁሉ። 18 ድሀ ለዘላለም አይረሳምና፥ የችግረኞችም ተስፋቸው ለዘላለም አይጠፋም። 19 አቤቱ፥ ተነሥ፤ ሰውም አይበርታ፥ አሕዛብም በፊትህ ይፈረድባቸው። 20 አቤቱ፥ ፍርሃትን በላያቸው ጫንባቸው፤ አሕዛብ ሰዎች እንደ ሆኑ ይወቁ።

Isaiah is serving the Lord in a difficult day. The people of Israel have turned their backs on the Lord Who redeemed then and they are facing terrible chastisement because of their sins. The nation is under attack by the wicked, brutal Assyrians. The people are terrified and obviously concerned about their future. In the midst of this difficult hour, Isaiah stands forth as a prophet of hope and comfort. He writes to tell the people that a better day is coming. He seeks to comfort the people by speaking about the coming King and His Kingdom. This chapter is part of that prophecy of hope and comfort. In these verses Isaiah is looking ahead to the millennial kingdom of the coming Messiah. Isaiah sees a future time of peace, joy and prosperity. A brief look at the first seven verses of this chapter provides some insight into why it will be such a blessed time for Israel.

This Psalm consider a beautiful example of a hymn of praise, it observes the use and possible meaning of the word "Gittith",it also note man's dominion over the earth when created by God, but also that he lost it and has now been regained by Jesus Christ.

Here, David is asking God to judge him according to his righteousness and his integrity. Ask yourself this question, if you were standing before God today, and you asked God to judge you according to your righteousness and your integrity, how would you do? (Would God be proud of you, would you be proud of yourself, or would you be ashamed, do you think that you have a great deal of work left to build your integrity?

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. salm 5 is the 5th psalm from the Book of Psalms. Its authorship is traditionally assigned to king David. It is a reflection of how the righteous man prays for deliverance not only for freedom from suffering, but to allow himself to be able to serve God without distraction.[1] King David wrote this Psalm during the dark hours of his life. He was worried and anxious and prays to God to help him. "Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you i pray" (vs 2) He asks God to hear his voice during the day as he sets down his requests before God and waits eagerly for God to work in his life.(vs 3)[2] He says that the Lord destroys blood thirsty and deceitful men, but he doesn't consider himself to be like one of them which is why he can bow down in front of God.(vs 5-7) He was most likely going for a war, which is why he asks God to lead him in his righteousness because of his enemies. (vs8) “Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies – make your way straight before me." According to King David, anyone who rebels against God should be banished. (vs10) Verses 11 and 12 talk about how “everyone who takes refuge in God will be glad”. “This verse speaks about the privileges of the righteous. They’re blessed with - God’s protection - God’s joy - God’s love - God’s blessing - God’s protection on them.” - Also speaks about the character of the righteous – they have faith and love for the God[3] People use this Psalm when they're in grief and they need to pray ( vs 2 , 7) or when they've won the battle and trust in the Lord to bless the righteous. (vs12)

This Psalm is apparently intended to accompany the third, and make a pair with it. If the last may be entitled THE MORNING PSALM, this from its matter is equally deserving of the title of THE EVENING HYMN. May the choice words Psalms 4:8 be our sweet song of rest as we retire to our repose!

Psalm 2 King James Version (KJV) 2 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.