A Walk Through the Psalms

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Psalm 147

Praise for Jerusalem's Restoration and Prosperity.

1.Praise the LORD!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

For it is pleasant and praise is becoming.

2.The LORD builds up Jerusalem;

He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

3He heals the brokenhearted

And binds up their wounds.

4He counts the number of the stars;

He gives names to all of them.

5Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;

His understanding is infinite.

6.The LORD supports the afflicted;

He brings down the wicked to the ground.

7.Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;

Sing praises to our God on the lyre,

8Who covers the heavens with clouds,

Who provides rain for the earth,

Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

9He gives to the beast its food,

And to the young ravens which cry.

10He does not delight in the strength of the horse;

He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

11.The LORD favors those who fear Him,

Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

12.Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!

Praise your God, O Zion!

13For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;

He has blessed your sons within you.

14He makes peace in your borders;

He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

15He sends forth His command to the earth;

His word runs very swiftly.

16He gives snow like wool;

He scatters the frost like ashes.

17He casts forth His ice as fragments;

Who can stand before His cold?

18He sends forth His word and melts them;

He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

19He declares His words to Jacob,

His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

20He has not dealt thus with any nation;

And as for His ordinances, they have not known them.

Praise the LORD!

Have a great weekend Brothers and Sisters. Walk with The King.

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Psalm 148

The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the LORD.

1.Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens;

Praise Him in the heights!

2Praise Him, all His angels;

Praise Him, all His hosts!

3Praise Him, sun and moon;

Praise Him, all stars of light!

4Praise Him, highest heavens,

And the waters that are above the heavens!

5.Let them praise the name of the LORD,

For He commanded and they were created.

6He has also established them forever and ever;

He has made a decree which will not pass away.

7.Praise the LORD from the earth,

Sea monsters and all deeps;

8Fire and hail, snow and clouds;

Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

9Mountains and all hills;

Fruit trees and all cedars;

10Beasts and all cattle;

Creeping things and winged fowl;

11Kings of the earth and all peoples;

Princes and all judges of the earth;

12Both young men and virgins;

Old men and children.

13.Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted;

His glory is above earth and heaven.

14And He has lifted up a horn for His people,

Praise for all His godly ones;

Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him.

Praise the LORD!

Lets go out this Monday AND PRAISE the LORD!!!!!!!!!

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Psalm 149

Israel Invoked to Praise the LORD.

1.Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song,

And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones.

2.Let Israel be glad in his Maker;

Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King.

3.Let them praise His name with dancing;

Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.

4.For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;

He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

5.Let the godly ones exult in glory;

Let them sing for joy on their beds.

6.Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,

And a two-edged sword in their hand,

7.To execute vengeance on the nations

And punishment on the peoples,

8.To bind their kings with chains

And their nobles with fetters of iron,

9.To execute on them the judgment written;

This is an honor for all His godly ones.

Praise the LORD!

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Psalm 150

A Psalm of Praise.

1.Praise the LORD!

Praise God in His sanctuary;

Praise Him in His mighty expanse.

2.Praise Him for His mighty deeds;

Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

3.Praise Him with trumpet sound;

Praise Him with harp and lyre.

4.Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;

Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.

5.Praise Him with loud cymbals;

Praise Him with resounding cymbals.

6.Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD!

Psalm 150

1.Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

2.Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

3.Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

4.Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

5.Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

6.Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalm 150

1 Praise the LORD.

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his acts of power;

praise him for his surpassing greatness.

3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

praise him with the harp and lyre,

4 praise him with tambourine and dancing,

praise him with the strings and flute,

5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,

praise him with resounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD.

Psalm 150

The LORD Is Good to His People

1.Shout praises to the LORD!

Praise God in his temple.

Praise him in heaven,

his mighty fortress.

2.Praise our God!

His deeds are wonderful,

too marvelous to describe.

3..Praise God with trumpets

and all kinds of harps.

4.Praise him with tambourines

and dancing,

with stringed instruments

and woodwinds.

5.Praise God with cymbals,

with clashing cymbals.

6.Let every living creature

praise the LORD.

Shout praises to the LORD!

Psalm 150

1.Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength.

2.Praise Him in His mighty acts, Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness.

3.Praise Him with blowing of trumpet, Praise Him with psaltery and harp.

4.Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ.

5.Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting.

6.All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

I hope you all enjoyed our walk, I know I did. Be blessed Children of the King! Praise The LORD!!!!

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Psalm 20

Prayer for Victory over Enemies.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1.May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!

2.May He send you help from the sanctuary

And support you from Zion!

3.May He remember all your meal offerings

And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.

4.May He grant you your heart's desire

And fulfill all your counsel!

5.We will sing for joy over your victory,

And in the name of our God we will set up our banners

May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.

6.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.

7.Some boast in chariots and some in horses,

But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God.

8.They have bowed down and fallen,

But we have risen and stood upright.

9.Save, O LORD;

May the King answer us in the day we call.

Here is the Psalm I missed. Love to you all in the Name of Jesus Christ.

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Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith

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A psalm of David

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1 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants

you have ordained praise

because of your enemies,

to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,

the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings

and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:

7 all flocks and herds,

and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air,

and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith

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A psalm of David

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1 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants

you have ordained praise

because of your enemies,

to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,

the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings

and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:

7 all flocks and herds,

and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air,

and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

God is to be glorified, for making known himself to us.

The psalmist seeks to give unto God the glory due to his name. How bright this glory shines even in this lower world! He is ours, for he made us, protects us, and takes special care of us. The birth, life, preaching, miracles, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus are known through the world. No name is so universal, no power and influence so generally felt, as those of the Saviour of mankind. But how much brighter it shines in the upper world! We, on this earth,

only hear God's excellent name, and praise that; the angels and blessed spirits above, see his glory, and praise that; yet he is exalted far above even their blessing and praise. Sometimes the grace of God appears wonderfully in young children. Sometimes the power of God brings to pass great things in his church, by very weak and unlikely instruments, that the excellency of the power might the more evidently appear to be of God, and not of man. This he does, because of his enemies, that he may

put them to silence. (Ps 8:3-9)

And for making even the heavenly bodies useful to man, thereby placing him but little lower than the angels.

We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature, that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that he should be thus favoured! Man has sovereign dominion over the inferior creatures, under God, and is appointed their lord. This refers to Christ. In Heb 2:6 to 8, the apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he is that Man, that Son of

man, here spoken of, whom God has made to have dominion over the works of his hands. The greatest favour ever showed to the human race, and the greatest honour ever put upon human nature, were exemplified in the Lord Jesus. With good reason does the psalmist conclude as he began, Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, which has been honoured with the presence of the Redeemer, and is still enlightened by his gospel, and governed by his wisdom and power! What words can reach his

praises, who has a right to our obedience as our Redeemer?

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Psalms chapters 1-8 are under Psalm 1,Psalms 9-150 will be here. I hope you enjoy. your brother in Christ joe.

Psalm 9

For the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David.

1 [a]I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;

I will tell of all your wonders.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;

I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 My enemies turn back;

they stumble and perish before you.

4 For you have upheld my right and my cause;

you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.

5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;

you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,

you have uprooted their cities;

even the memory of them has perished.

7 The LORD reigns forever;

he has established his throne for judgment.

8 He will judge the world in righteousness;

he will govern the peoples with justice.

9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 Those who know your name will trust in you,

for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion;

proclaim among the nations what he has done.

12 For he who avenges blood remembers;

he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

David praises God for protecting his people.

If we would praise God acceptably, we must praise him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for some one particular mercy, we should remember former mercies. Our joy must not be in the gift, so much as in the Giver. The triumphs of the Redeemer ought to be the triumphs of the redeemed. The almighty power of God is that which the strongest and stoutest of his enemies are no way able to stand before. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, and that

with him there is no unrighteousness. His people may, by faith, flee to him as their Refuge, and may depend on his power and promise for their safety, so that no real hurt shall be done to them. Those who know him to be a God of truth and faithfulness, will rejoice in his word of promise, and rest upon that. Those who know him to be an everlasting Father, will trust him with their souls as their main care, and trust in him at all times, even to the end; and by constant care seek to approve

themselves to him in the whole course of their lives. Who is there that would not seek him, who never hath forsaken those that seek Him? (Ps 9:11-20)

And for cause to praise him.

Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal death, we may thence hope, that in all our distresses he will be a very

present help to us. The overruling providence of God frequently so orders it, that persecutors and oppressors are brought to ruin by the projects they formed to destroy the people of God. Drunkards kill themselves; prodigals beggar themselves; the contentious bring mischief upon themselves: thus men's sins may be read in their punishment, and it becomes plain to all, that the destruction of sinners is of themselves. All wickedness came originally with the wicked one from hell; and those who

continue in sin, must go to that place of torment. The true state, both of nations and of individuals, may be correctly estimated by this one rule, whether in their doings they remember or forget God. David encourages the people of God to wait for his salvation, though it should be long deferred. God will make it appear that he never did forget them: it is not possible he should. Strange that man, dust in his and about him, should yet need some sharp affliction, some severe visitation from God,

to bring him to the knowledge of himself, and make him feel who and what he is.

13 O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me!

Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,

14 that I may declare your praises

in the gates of the Daughter of Zion

and there rejoice in your salvation.

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;

their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

16 The LORD is known by his justice;

the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked return to the grave, [c]

all the nations that forget God.

18 But the needy will not always be forgotten,

nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.

19 Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph;

let the nations be judged in your presence.

20 Strike them with terror, O LORD;

let the nations know they are but men.

Selah

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Psalm 10

1 [a]Why, O LORD, do you stand far off?

Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,

who are caught in the schemes he devises.

3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart;

he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him;

in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

5 His ways are always prosperous;

he is haughty and your laws are far from him;

he sneers at all his enemies.

6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me;

I'll always be happy and never have trouble."

7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;

trouble and evil are under his tongue.

8 He lies in wait near the villages;

from ambush he murders the innocent,

watching in secret for his victims.

9 He lies in wait like a lion in cover;

he lies in wait to catch the helpless;

he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

10 His victims are crushed, they collapse;

they fall under his strength.

11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten;

he covers his face and never sees."

12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God.

Do not forget the helpless.

13 Why does the wicked man revile God?

Why does he say to himself,

"He won't call me to account"?

14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief;

you consider it to take it in hand.

The victim commits himself to you;

you are the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man;

call him to account for his wickedness

that would not be found out.

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.

17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;

you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed,

in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.

The psalmist complains of the wickedness of the wicked.

God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate words against bad men do more hurt than good; if we speak of their badness, let it be to the Lord in prayer; he can make them better. The sinner proudly glories in his power and success. Wicked people will not seek after God, that is, will not call upon him. They live without prayer, and that is

living without God. They have many thoughts, many objects and devices, but think not of the Lord in any of them; they have no submission to his will, nor aim for his glory. The cause of this is pride. Men think it below them to be religious. They could not break all the laws of justice and goodness toward man, if they had not first shaken off all sense of religion. (Ps 10:12-18)

He prays to God to appear for the relief of his people.

The psalmist speaks with astonishment, at the wickedness of the wicked, and at the patience and forbearance of God. God prepares the heart for prayer, by kindling holy desires, and strengthening our most holy faith, fixing the thoughts, and raising the affections, and then he graciously accepts the prayer. The preparation of the heart is from the Lord, and we must seek unto him for it. Let the poor, afflicted, persecuted, or tempted believer recollect, that Satan is the prince of

this world, and that he is the father of all the ungodly. The children of God cannot expect kindness, truth, or justice from such persons as crucified the Lord of glory. But this once suffering Jesus, now reigns as King over all the earth, and of his dominion there shall be no end. Let us commit ourselves unto him, humbly trusting in his mercy. He will rescue the believer from every temptation, and break the arm of every wicked oppressor, and bruise Satan under our feet shortly. But in heaven

alone will all sin and temptation be shut out, though in this life the believer has a foretaste of deliverance.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

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Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

1 In the LORD I take refuge.

How then can you say to me:

"Flee like a bird to your mountain.

2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;

they set their arrows against the strings

to shoot from the shadows

at the upright in heart.

3 When the foundations are being destroyed,

what can the righteous do ?"

4 The LORD is in his holy temple;

the LORD is on his heavenly throne.

He observes the sons of men;

his eyes examine them.

5 The LORD examines the righteous,

but the wicked and those who love violence

his soul hates.

6 On the wicked he will rain

fiery coals and burning sulfur;

a scorching wind will be their lot.

7 For the LORD is righteous,

he loves justice;

upright men will see his face.

What can we do when our foundations are being destroyed?

David's struggle with, and triumph over a strong temptation to distrust God, and betake himself to indirect means for his own safety, in a time of danger.

to �Those that truly fear God and serve him, are welcome to put their trust in him. The psalmist, before he gives an account of his temptation to distrust God, records his resolution to trust in Him, as that by which he was resolved to live and die. The believer, though not terrified by his enemies, may be tempted, by the fears of his friends, to desert his post, or neglect his work. They perceive his danger, but not his security; they give him counsel that savours of worldly policy,

rather than of heavenly wisdom. The principles of religion are the foundations on which the faith and hope of the righteous are built. We are concerned to hold these fast against all temptations to unbelief; for believers would be undone, if they had not God to go to, God to trust in, and future bliss to hope for. The prosperity of wicked people in their wicked, evil ways, and the straits and distresses which the best men are sometimes brought into, tried David's faith. We need not say, Who

shall go up to heaven, to fetch us thence a God to trust in? The word is nigh us, and God in the word; his Spirit is in his saints, those living temples, and the Lord is that Spirit. This God governs the world. We may know what men seem to be, but God knows what they are, as the refiner knows the value of gold when he has tried it. God is said to try with his eyes, because he cannot err, or be imposed upon. If he afflicts good people, it is for their trial, therefore for their good. However

persecutors and oppressors may prosper awhile, they will for ever perish. God is a holy God, and therefore hates them. He is a righteous Judge, and will therefore punish them. In what a horrible tempest are the wicked hurried away at death! Every man has the portion of his cup assigned him. Impenitent sinner, mark your doom! The last call to repentance is about to be addressed to you, judgement is at hand; through the gloomy shade of death you pass into the region of eternal wrath. Hasten then,

O sinner, to the cross of Christ. How stands the case between God and our souls? Is Christ our hope, our consolation, our security? Then, not otherwise, will the soul be carried through all its difficulties and conflicts.