Day 195: OT Psalms 17–21; Declaring the Glory of GOD From Birth to Death and Beyond!
The Book of Psalms. The Book of Psalms, or Psalter, is a collection of religious songs, traditionally listed as 150…
The present collection is divided into five “books,” perhaps in imitation of the five Books of the Pentateuch…
In form and subject matter the psalms are most varied. Some were composed for liturgical use in the temple; others, for private reading. In some psalms the singer is an individual; in others, the community. One of the most common types is that of supplication to God for His help in various spiritual and temporal needs. But hymns of thanksgiving and of praise are also numerous. Less frequent are poems written primarily to discuss some problem or to teach some lesson…
About half the psalms are attributed in these “titles” to David…
BOLD are direct quotations from The Bible, my family bible; the other words are my thoughts, interpretations, and perspectives…
Celebrating the birth of Jesus in the place and time where Jesus was born, Psalm 18 was read during the mass… with joy and gratitude my declarations are the same as written…
Psalm 18: 1-3, 5, 7-11: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day pours out the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge… through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message.”
“He has pitched a tent there for the sun, which come forth… like a giant, joyfully runs its course. At one end of the heavens it comes forth, and its course is to their other end; nothing escapes its heat.”
“The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul;
The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye;
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever;
The ordinances of the Lord are true, all of them just;
They are more precious than gold, than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb.”
Out of denial…
Psalm 18: 12-15: “Though your servant is careful of them, very diligent in keeping them, yet who can detect failings? Cleanse me from my unknown faults! From wanton sin especially, restrain your servant; let it not rule over me. Then shall I become blameless and innocent of serious sin. Let the words of my mouth and the thought of my heart find favor before you, O Lord, my rock and redeemer.”
The SSS Arrows sourced from the Splendid Spiritual Foursome SSS are ‘put to flight’ as Eagle’s Wings and we escape from Evil over the Freedom Bridge above the Free Will Trough…
Psalm 17: 15, 18-20: “He sent forth his arrows to put them to flight, with frequent lightnings he routed them… He rescued me from my mighty enemy and from my foes, who were too powerful for me. They attacked me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord came to my support. He set me free in the open, and rescued me, because he loves me.”
From birth, You O God are my birthright. The source and destination of my trust, the beginning without end of my faith in You O God! Amen! Alleluia!
Psalm 21:5-11: “In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried, and they escaped; in you they trusted, and they were not put to shame. But I am a worm, not a man; the scorn of men, despised by the people. All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.” You have been my guide since I was first formed, my security at my mother’s breast. To you I was committed at birth, from my mother’s womb you are my God.”
May the length of my days be blessed forever and ever with joy and gratitude!
Psalm 20: 5-7: “He asked life of you; you gave him length of days forever and ever. Great is his glory in your victory; majesty and splendor you conferred upon him. For you made him a blessing forever; you gladdened him with joy of your presence.”
Amen. Al-lel-lu-ia!!!
Day 195: Reading The Bible with a TROML Perspective; Declaring the Glory of GOD From Birth to Death and Beyond!
Read and inspired by the Old Testament, The Psalms 17-21.
Bible Notes:
The Book of Psalms. The Book of Psalms, or Psalter, is a collection of religious songs, traditionally listed as 150…
The present collection is divided into five “books,” perhaps in imitation of the five Books of the Pentateuch…
In form and subject matter the psalms are most varied. Some were composed for liturgical use in the temple; others, for private reading. In some psalms the singer is an individual; in others, the community. One of the most common types is that of supplication to God for His help in various spiritual and temporal needs. But hymns of thanksgiving and of praise are also numerous. Less frequent are poems written primarily to discuss some problem or to teach some lesson…
About half the psalms are attributed in these “titles” to David…
Psalm 17: Thanksgiving for Help and Victory (For the Leader. Of David, the servant of the Lord, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord had rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.)
I love you, O Lord, my strength, O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold! Praised be the Lord, I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies.
In my distress I called upon the Lord and cried out to my God; From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
That kindles coals in to flames… borne on the wings of the wind,,, from the brightness of his presence coals were kindled to flame.
Psalm 17: 15, 18-20: “He sent forth his arrows to put them to flight, with frequent lightnings he routed them… He rescued me from my mighty enemy and from my foes, who were too powerful for me. They attacked me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord came to my support. He set me free in the open, and rescued me, because he loves me.”
For I kept the ways of the Lord and was not disloyal to my God; for his ordinances were all present to me, and his statues I put not from me, but I was wholehearted toward him, and I was on my guard against guilt.
Toward the faithful you are faithful, toward the wholehearted you are wholehearted, toward the sincere you are sincere, but toward the crooked you are astute; for lowly people you save but haughty eyes you bring low; you indeed, O Lord, give light to my lamp; O my God, you brighten the darkness abut me… God’s way is unerring, the promise of the Lord is fire-tried; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him.
For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock, saver our God?
…and you have stooped to make me great.
The Lord live! And blessed be my Rock! Extolled be God my savior.
Therefore will I proclaim you, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing praise to your name, you who have great victories to your king and showed kindness to your anointed, to David and his posterity forever.
Psalm 18: God’s Glory in the Heavens and in the Law (For the Leader. A Psalm of David.)
Psalm 18: 1-3, 5, 7-11: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day pours out the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge… through all the earth their voice resounds, and to the ends of the world, their message.”
“He has pitched a tent there for the sun, which come forth… like a giant, joyfully runs its course. At one end of the heavens it comes forth, and its course is to their other end; nothing escapes its heat.”
“The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul;
The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The command of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eye;
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever;
The ordinances of the Lord are true, all of them just;
They are more precious than gold, than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb.”
Psalm 18: 12-15: “Though your servant is careful of them, very diligent in keeping them, yet who can detect failings? Cleanse me from my unknown faults! From wanton sin especially, restrain your servant; let it not rule over me. Then shall I become blameless and innocent of serious sin. Let the words of my mouth and the thought of my heart find favor before you, O Lord, my rock and redeemer.”
Psalm 19: Prayer for the King in Time of War (For the Leader. A Psalm of David.)
May he grant you what is in your heart and fulfill your every plan. May we shout for joy at your victory and raise the standards in the name of our God. The Lord grant all your requests!
Some are strong in chariots; some, in horses; but we are strong in the name of the Lord, our God. Though they bow down and fall, yet we stand erect and firm. O Lord, grant victory to the king, and answer us when we call upon you.
Psalm 20: Thanksgiving and Prayers for the King (For the Leader. A Psalm of David.)
O Lord, in your strength the king is glad; in your victory how greatly he rejoices! You have granted him his heart’s desire; you refused not the wish of his lips. For you welcomed him with goodly blessings, you placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
Psalm 20: 5-7: “He asked life of you; you gave him length of days forever and ever. Great is his glory in your victory; majesty and splendor you conferred upon him. For you made him a blessing forever; you gladdened him with joy of your presence.”
For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the kindness of the Most High he stands unshaken.
Be extolled. O Lord, in your strength! We will sing, chant the praise of your might.
Psalm 21: Passion and Triumph of the Messias (For the Leader; according to “The hind of the dawn.” A Psalm of David.)
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me, far from my prayer, from the words of my cry?
Psalm 21:5-11: “In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried, and they escaped; in you they trusted, and they were not put to shame. But I am a worm, not a man; the scorn of men, despised by the people. All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the Lord; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.” You have been my guide since I was first formed, my security at my mother’s breast. To you I was committed at birth, from my mother’s womb you are my God.”
Be not far from me, for I am in distress; be near, for I have no one to help me… they have pierced my hands and my feet… they divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots.
Rescue my soul from the sword…
I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the Lord, praise him… give glory to him; revere him…
The lowly shall eat their fill; they who seek the Lord shall praise him: “May your hearts be ever merry!”
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; all the families of the nations shall bow down before him. For dominion is the Lord’s, and he rules the nations. To him alone shall bow down all who sleep in the earth; before him shall bend all who go down into the dust. And to him my soul shall live; my descendants shall serve him. Let the coming generation be told of the Lord that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born the justice he has shown.
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