July 3rd Psalm 21
A Psalm of David
Praise for
Victory
1: The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy
salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2:
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of
his lips. Selah. 3: For thou
preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure
gold on his head. 4: He asked
life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. 5: His glory is great in thy
salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 6: For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made
him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7:
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he
shall not be moved. 8: Thine
hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that
hate thee. 9: Thou shalt make them
as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in
his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10: Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their
seed from among the children of men. 11:
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which
they are not able to perform. 12:
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready
thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13: Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we
sing and praise thy power.
To
the chief musician upon Aijeleth Shahar,
Psalm 22
A
Psalm of David
Anguish and
Praise
1: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou
so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2: O my God, I cry in the daytime,
but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3: But thou art holy, O thou that
inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4:
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5: They cried unto thee, and were
delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 6: But I am a worm, and no man; a
reproach of men, and despised of the people. 7: All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the
lip, they shake the head saying, 8:
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing
he delighted in him. 9: But
thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was
upon my mother's breasts. 10: I
was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. 11: Be not far from me; for trouble
is near; for there is none to help. 12:
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13: They gaped upon me with their
mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14: I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of
joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15: My strength is dried up like a
potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the
dust of death. 16: For dogs
have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my
hands and my feet. 17: I may
tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18: They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture. 19: But be not thou
far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20: Deliver my soul from the sword;
my darling from the power of the dog. 21:
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the
unicorns. 22: I will declare
thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23: Ye that fear the LORD,
praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the
seed of Israel. 24: For he hath
not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid
his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25: My praise shall be of thee in the
great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26: The meek shall eat and be
satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for
ever. 27: All the ends of the
world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the
nations shall worship before thee. 28:
For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations. 29: All they that be fat upon earth
shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him:
and none can keep alive his own soul. 30:
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31: They shall come, and shall declare
his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Today
we come to two more Psalms of David, 21 & 22. The first Psalm No 21 speaks
of the joy of living in the presence of the Lords blessing. He says you have
given me all that l could possibly wish for. And therefore he will rejoice in
the salvation of the Lord. He says you have encouraged me with all your
blessings of goodness. He asked that you would spare his life and you gave him
a long life. You have blessed him for ever and made his exceedingly happy. My
enemies you will completely destroy. Even their children will be totally
destroyed, because they seek revenge against me. The next Psalm No 22 is a
Messianic Psalm, because although it records the feelings of distress of David
yet it also points forward to the feelings and experiences of the Messiah –
Christ. He begins with the words that Christ uttered on the cross, My God my
God why have you forsaken me? He adds why are you so far away from helping me?
I cry to you in the day and in the night. He reminds the LORD that he is holy
and that he is the object of Israel’s worship. He says our fathers trusted in
you and you delivered them. They called and you answered. But who am l? I am
like a worm and not a man. I am despised of all the people. They laugh at me.
They say he trusted in God so let’s watch to see if he will deliver him. But
you took me out of the womb and you gave me hope when l fed me on my mother. I
belonged to you from my mother’s belly. So therefore do not be far from me
because trouble is near and l can turn to no one else. They surround me like a
herd of wild bulls. They snarl at me like hungry lions. And l am poured out
like water. All my bones are out of joint and my mind is melted like wax by a
fire. My strength is dried up like a clay pot and my tongue sticks to the roof
of my mouth. You have humbled me into the dust of the grave. The wild dogs
surround me and the congregation of the wicked enclose me around. (This is
where David describes something of the crucifixion of Christ) He says they
pierce my hands and my feet and l can see all my bones. They look and stare at
me. They divide my garments and for my tunic, they throw dice for it. Do not be
far away from me. O LORD my strength. Come quickly to help me. Deliver my soul.
Save me from the lion’s mouth. If you save me then l will tell my brethren of
your name. And in the middle of the congregation l will praise you. Then David
calls on the righteous to praise the name of the Lord and to fear him, because
he is a God that does not despise the suffering of the afflicted. Nor will he
hide his face and when he cries to the Lord the Lord will hear him. David knew
his God very well. David says I will praise you in the great congregation of
Israel. I will pay my vows in front of those who fear the Lord. The meek will
eat and be satisfied and they will praise the LORD those of you that seek him.
And your heart will live forever. Then we have a prophetic part in which David
looks far into the kingdom, he says, all the ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the LORD and all peoples of all the nations shall worship before
you. In that day the kingdom will belong to the LORD and he will be the
governor of all the nations. All the people of the earth will be fat from the
blessing of the Lord and they will eat and worship the Lord. And all those that
die in that day will die in submission to the Lord none of them will be able to
prevent themselves from coming under the judgment of the Lord. A whole
generation of men will serve the Lord. They will come to see the Messiah and
declare the righteousness of the Lord to those that are their children.
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