1. THE PRECIOUS, PRICELESS   PSALMS. 

PSALMS EXPRESSES WORSHIP.

Throughout its many pages, Psalms encourage us to praise the Lord God for who He is and what He has accomplished.

The Psalms illuminate the greatness of our God, affirm His faithfulness to us in times of trouble and remind us of the absolute centrality of His Holy Word.   

The entire collection is thought to have been compiled over a period of a thousand years.

The Psalms are traditionally divided into five ‘books’ possibly to reflect the five books of the Torah. 

The Torah consists of the books written by Moses.

TEACHING, DIRECTION, GUIDENCE AND THE LAW.

• Genesis.  Exodus. Leviticus.  Numbers and Deuteronomy.

We see two beautiful books of their structure. 

1. Our position in relationship to our Lord. 

2. Our expression of praise that concludes each book.

An example of this is evident in the first psalm. 

Psalm One.  

The man who is in a close relationship with God is the man who consistently meditates upon the Word of God, and prospers spiritually and in everyday life.

We see again in the lovely Shepherd’s Psalm, Psalm 23. Where David tells us we do not need to fear… because God is always near to us.

So we quickly sum up this five collection of books and conclude that in:

Book one: GOD IS BESIDE YOU.

Book two: GOD IS GOING BEFORE YOU.

Book three: GOD IS ALL AROUND YOU.

Book four: GOD IS ABOVE YOU.

Book five: GOD IS AMONGST YOU.

Dear reader, this is why you should start each day with a psalm on your mind. A song of praise in your heart. ❤️

Make an effort to read a psalm each day. Meditate and Memorize upon them they are sweeter than honey from the honeycomb. More Precious are they than gold. Yes, much fine gold.

A psalm a day keeps the devil away!

The Psalms will CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

                                           There are so many psalms in this poetic book of the Bible. Yet we cannot view each one separately, as the book is too wonderfully vast to comment on all that is recorded. So I chose just a few to share with you.

Many Christians find great consolation as they align themselves with the sheer honesty of the writers found here in the PSALMS. 

INDIVIDUAL PSALMS.

Let us look at

PSALM 139.

The first twenty-four verses are divided into four “strophes” of six verses each. A strophe is a musical term for dividing verses, so they can be sung effectively. (as in verses and a chorus.)

In the first six verses of this scripture, we have the,

Divine OMNISCIENCE … (God is all-knowing.)

The first verse reads, “Oh Lord, You have searched “me” and known my heart.” The closing verse is the same prayer.”Search me oh God and know my heart.” The Omniscient God knows all of your heart, thoughts, actions and the words that you utter! Reread these verses with me.

MY HEART.        Verse one.

“Oh Lord You have searched me and known my heart.”

Your secret desires,  wants and needs and your motivations are known by God.

MY THOUGHTS. Verse two.

“You have understood my thoughts from a  great distance.” MATTHEW 9:4.

JOHN  2:24,25. (Afar off!)

MY ACTIONS. Verse three.

“You are acquainted with all my ways. (worries, fears, etc… and how I react to them.)

MY WORDS. Verse four.

“There  is not a word unuttered on my tongue that You do not know.”  Heb 4:13.

We are spiritually naked in His sight! Surely if He can read your lips, He can read your mind. (Jesus knew the minds of men.)

As the psalmist writes. “You have reigned me in.”

Meaning Entrapped me! Encircled me about! Again… 

THIS COVERS THE WHOLE PERSON. 

The inner and the outer life. This is a Divine reality, that God Himself is intricately interested in your individual life and every part of your being. 

Here we have Divine OMNIPRESENCE  and it is expressed in five extremes. 

How can this be when there are billions of people living in this world? Last count! Eight billion. Because He created you and wants to communicate with you as a father desires to know the minds of his children. 

“SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS SO WONDERFUL, IT OVERWHELMS ME, I HAVE TROUBLE COMPREHENDING IT!”

Now read the second strophe, which covers the second set of six verses.

First, there is the extreme of HEIGHT!

“If I ascend into Heaven, You are there.” verse eight.

Then there is the extreme of DEPTH!

“If I make my bed in Sheol (place of the dead) You are also there.” Rom 11:33. (Please look up the references they are so poignant.) 

To read more of His Divine presence in your life, keep reading from verses 9-12.

He is “everywhere” at the same time!

Next comes the two extremes. East and West, (Sunrise… Sunset) It reminds me of the verse that says…

“From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the Lord’s NAME is to be praised.”

HIGHT.

DEPTH.

EAST.

WEST.

LIGHT.

DARKNESS.

God is present in them all.

This should bring you ‘comfort.’ Only the Lord is ‘ever’ with you. You cannot hide from Him, nor can anyone hide Him from you!

Now we look at the third strophe covering the third six verses. Here we have, Divine,

OMNISCIENCE meaning (all-powerful.)

verses 13-18. The Psalmist speaks of the mystery of the human birth and life. Read it for your benefit.

The creation of man is the crown of creative achievement and the evidence of God’s power. As you ponder the power, the thought, the love, the care that God exercises toward man and each of us as individuals. Do not we join with David when he closes this strophe?

“How precious are your thoughts to me, oh God! How great is the number of them? If I were to count them, they would be in more numbers than the sand.”

Not only does He count the sand and know each tiny grain. He knows each hair upon your head and …

HE FEELS YOUR PAIN.

He knows all about you. So rest in Him, He loves you, delight yourself in Him and you will have the desires of your heart. 

Now let’s reflect upon the Holiness of God, verse 19.  

David has a real concern for those who sin against Him and in particular his sin. He wants a clean break with sin, altogether! That’s how we should feel about our sins.

l hate sinning and I keep very short accounts with God by repenting of each known sin.

We should pray, “Lord, keep me from sin and temptation. Please deliver me from the evil one.” (He is the one who causes us to sin, if we listen to him!)

Thinking about God in this Psalm should bring us to our knees humbling ourselves before Him.

Why don’t we repeat the final verse with David to the Lord?

“Search me oh God and know my heart. Try me oh God and Know my thoughts, and see if there is anything else wicked in me.  Save me and lead me into everlasting  Life.” Through …

JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD,                                                 

Amen

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