Q. Does this Psalm help us in facing criticism and enemies?
A. Yes. Problems, criticism, enemies can seem big but to focus on them as opposed to the LORD is folly. In v8 David states plainly what he's known since the beginning and revealed from v3: Deliverance comes from the LORD. When God is large in our sight, enemies shrink and rest and revitalisation are possible (v5)
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Psalm 2
Q. God speaks with anger in Psalm 2 - how do we fit this into our picture of what God is like?
A. His anger is against those who conspire to usurp his position, authority, pre-eminence. This is deemed a vain thing (v1) The anger described here is totally justified if and only if God is completely supreme: Therefore any sense of uprising against such a being is laughable (v4) and deserving of swift vengeance
Notes: there are four different voices present 1) Psalmist narrator v1 & 10-12 2) The kings of the Earth v2-3 3)The LORD v4-6 4) The Christ v7-9
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A. His anger is against those who conspire to usurp his position, authority, pre-eminence. This is deemed a vain thing (v1) The anger described here is totally justified if and only if God is completely supreme: Therefore any sense of uprising against such a being is laughable (v4) and deserving of swift vengeance
Notes: there are four different voices present 1) Psalmist narrator v1 & 10-12 2) The kings of the Earth v2-3 3)The LORD v4-6 4) The Christ v7-9
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Psalm 1
Q. What is the secret of happiness? Can happiness be attained by seeking it?
A. No, happiness is found by delighting in 'the law of the LORD' - he is described as a plant 'drinking in' life (v2-3) unlike the wicked who are withered (presumably due to not drinking in life) and finally blown away.
Notes: Prefactory psalm. The difference between the one who delights in the law of the LORD and he who doesn't. The negative is three fold in terms of hardening: The ungodly walks, The sinner stands, The mocker sits.
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A. No, happiness is found by delighting in 'the law of the LORD' - he is described as a plant 'drinking in' life (v2-3) unlike the wicked who are withered (presumably due to not drinking in life) and finally blown away.
Notes: Prefactory psalm. The difference between the one who delights in the law of the LORD and he who doesn't. The negative is three fold in terms of hardening: The ungodly walks, The sinner stands, The mocker sits.
Psalm 1 ESV
Psalm 1 Spurgeon
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