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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