Who has a favorite Psalm?

[farouk]

Hi @sweetycakes FYI............do you have a favorite Psalm?

[farouk]

@Marvin74 FYI...........so do you have a favorite Psalm?

[farouk]

Hi @Just Saved FYI...........thread I started about Psalms.

[other one]

Ps 82:1-7

82  God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2 "How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?
3  Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
 maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4  Rescue the weak and the needy;
 deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

5  They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
 they walk about in darkness;
 all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6  I said, "You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince."
ESV

 

[JimmyB]

Psalm 65...

Thanksgiving for Earth’s Bounty

To the leader. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Praise is due to you,
    O God, in Zion,
and to you shall vows be performed,
    O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.
When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
    you forgive our transgressions.
Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
    to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
    your holy temple.

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
    O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest seas.
By your strength you established the mountains;
    you are girded with might.
You silence the roaring of the seas,
    the roaring of their waves,
    the tumult of the peoples.
Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs;
you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

You visit the earth and water it;
    you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
    you provide the people with grain,
    for so you have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
    and blessing its growth.
You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills gird themselves with joy;
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks;
    the valleys deck themselves with grain;
    they shout and sing together for joy.

[farouk]

@bishopsword FYI..................thread I started............

[farouk]

Hi @Kristin FYI............thread started........

[farouk]

On 7/14/2023 at 4:54 PM, JimmyB said:

Psalm 65...

Thanksgiving for Earth’s Bounty

To the leader. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Praise is due to you,
    O God, in Zion,
and to you shall vows be performed,
    O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.
When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
    you forgive our transgressions.
Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
    to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
    your holy temple.

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
    O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest seas.
By your strength you established the mountains;
    you are girded with might.
You silence the roaring of the seas,
    the roaring of their waves,
    the tumult of the peoples.
Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs;
you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.

You visit the earth and water it;
    you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
    you provide the people with grain,
    for so you have prepared it.
You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
    and blessing its growth.
You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills gird themselves with joy;
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks;
    the valleys deck themselves with grain;
    they shout and sing together for joy.

Similar in some ways to Psalm 46, with the Lord being sovereign over the waves of the sea, and so forth.

[Solus Christus]

My new favorite:

 

Psalm 20

Trust in the Name of the LORD Our God (Jesus is the LORD, Romans 10:9, Philippians 2:9-11)

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

    [1] May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble!
        May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! 
    [2] May he send you help from the sanctuary
        and give you support from Zion! 
    [3] May he remember all your offerings
        and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

    [4] May he grant you your heart’s desire
        and fulfill all your plans! 
    [5] May we shout for joy over your salvation,
        and in the name of our God 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 might of his right hand. 
    [7] Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
        but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. 
    [8] They collapse and fall,
        but we rise and stand upright.

    [9] O LORD, save the king!
        May he answer us when we call.

 

I love that line, “some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the Name of the Lord Our God.” For trust and faith are same word, and so it reminds me how we trust in The LORD Jesus. 

[farouk]

Hi @Cybermom FYI.............Psalm thread I started...........

( cc @Mike Mclees )

Edited July 27, 2023 by farouk