Week 21
Psalm 122, 124, and 133-136
Can we say with David that we are glad when it is time to go up to the house
of the Lord? As we know now, His church is made up of His people, so wherever
two or three are gathered in His Name, there He is!
We can never give God enough praise for His ever enduring mercies and
lovingkindness towards us! As David said in Psalm 124, if it had not been the
Lord Who was on our side, then all would be loss.
Psalm 138-139, 145, 148, and 150
There are few places in scripture that are more majestic and wonderful than
the 139 th Psalm, which is worthy of much reading and meditation!
Psalm 139:23-24 NKJV - Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know
my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way
everlasting.
Let all of His creation praise the Lord because He alone is worthy of praise!
Psalm 150:6 NKJV - Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the
LORD!
Psalm 4, 12, 20, 25, 32, and 38
Those who belong to the Lord are set apart for His purposes, and He hears
and answers our prayers.
Psalm 4:3 NKJV - But know that the LORD has set apart for Himself him who is
godly; The LORD will hear when I call to Him.
Do not hesitate to call on the Lord with prayers and supplications.
Psalm 20:6 NKJV - Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer
him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.
Trust in the Lord for all things, and be quick to go to Him with the needs of the
day, as He will hear and sustain His own.
Psalm 32:10 NKJV - Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the
LORD, mercy shall surround him.
Psalm 42, 53, 58, 81, 101, 111, 130-131, 141, and 146
There is a stark difference between those who love the Lord with their whole
heart, and those who prefer to walk in their own ways. The one pants after God
like the thirsty deer, and in the other there is no good way.
Psalm 111:10 NKJV - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good
understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures
forever.
The Lord is faithful to keep and feed those who trust in Him, but He will let the
ways of those who hate Him bring about their own end.
Psalm 146:9 NKJV - The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the
fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
Psalm 2, 22, and 27
Psalm 2 is the first of many that include messianic prophecies about the
Christ, with God declaring Him as His Son, Whom He has begotten.
Psalm 22 is one of the more dramatic prophecies about Christ, providing us
with the equivalent of an eye witness view of Jesus on the cross, but put down in
words more than 1,000 years before they were fulfilled.
In the 27 th psalm David again declares His complete love and dependance
upon the Lord, and says that his one desire is to dwell in the house of the Lord all
the days of his life. What better example than David can we see, other than
Jesus, of a man who is wholly dedicated to the Lord, even though he was also
faulty and sinful?
Psalm 45, 47-48, 87, and 110
The first four of these psalms were penned by the sons of Korah, who were
commissioned by David to serve and worship before the presence of God at
David’s tabernacle on mount Zion (before the temple was constructed by
Solomon). These are written in praise of the King, Who is the Lord, as well as
the city of God, which is Jerusalem, and called mount Zion.
Psalm 110 was penned by David, and it is uniquely prophetic of Jesus, Who
God has not only established as the King Who will rule forever, but Who has also
been named as God’s High Priest, after the order of Melchizedek. The writer of
Hebrews explains this in Hebrews 8, showing that the priestly order of
Melchizedek was superior to Aaron, the first high priest in Israel, and that it will
be only in Jesus that the office of King and Priest are united.
1 Kings 1:1-2:12 and 2 Samuel 23:1-7
David reigned as king in Israel for 40 years, and now the time has come for
the kingdom to be passed on to his son Solomon. David’s son Adonijah makes
an attempt to take the throne for himself, but when the king is made aware of his
treachery, he takes steps to name Solomon king before he dies. David provides
for Solomon to inherit the kingdom, and then speaks his final words to his son
before dying.