Bible In A Year - Week 24 - Psalms part 3. This study is part 3 of our study of the Book of Psalms. Psalms Messianic Psalms - 2, 22, 110, 118 Penitential Psalms - 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143 Imprecatory Psalm - 137 Egyptian Hallel - 113-118 Acrostic Psalm - 119 Song of Ascents - 120-134 In this our final study of the Book of Psalms, Pastor kicks off the class with a look at Psalm 34. Saul is after David, so David leaves and goes to Philistine (enemy territory) and he acts like he has lost his mind so that he will preserve his life from the king of Philistine. It is at this point that David writes this Psalm. As David so often does, he starts this Psalm with praises to the Lord. He remembers all the Lord has done for him and how He has gotten him through trial and there’s that realization of knowing that God is trustworthy. Pastor shares a very difficult time in his life when God ministered to him in amazing and powerful ways and how God showed His nearness. God doesn’t promise a life without troubles, but He does promise to be with us throughout those troubles. At the very time when we feel we are on our own and everything is lost, God says, “No, at those times I am even closer to you, because I am near to the brokenhearted.” We can depend on God! Then Pastor takes us to the Imprecatory Psalm 137. A psalm asking for judgement over evil. It was written after the Israelites had been taken into captivity in Babylon. Pastor talks about how judgement always starts with the household of God, with those who know God. God is just and Judgement does come to the unbelieving enemies, too. This is a raw psalm that expresses the anguish of the heart. Judgement does come against Babylon and God’s people are freed from Babylon. The Egyptian Hallel Psalms (113-118) are a group of songs that are sung one after another. These psalms are a medley of Psalms that Jesus would have known and sung these throughout His life and most likely sang them with His disciples the evening of His Last Supper. It’s a fun exercise to read through these Psalms with the picture in our minds of Jesus singing these songs with His disciples just days before His crucifixion and Him knowing all that is coming His way. Pastor takes us through Psalm 119 an Acrostic Psalm. We can’t see that in English, but in the original Hebrew there are 22 sections of 8 verses each in this psalm. Each set of 8 begins with the same letter. Each set takes the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Then we move into the Psalms of Ascent (120-134). These are the songs they sang on the journey to the Temple for the festivals. The final Psalm we look at is Psalm 23 and Pastor teaches us about sheep and shares some very interesting insights and facts about them that really bring the picture of us as “sheep” and Jesus as the “Good Shepherd” into a new light. Join us next week for our continued study of the Proverbs. For our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus many extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - find it all here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year Our Bible in a Year study will walk you through the Bible book by book taking you from Genesis to Revelation, revealing Jesus throughout both the Old and the New Testaments! In Ephesians 6, the word of God is called the sword of the spirit, and a sword is best used when you take it out of the scabbard to use it! Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is alive and active! Meaning it is not dry, dusty, old stuff. It is living and active! And because it is the Living Word, it has the power to impact us still today! Our website – https://www.awakeusnow.com
