Who has a favorite Psalm?

[sistergrace]

 

Psalms 139 it is, my favorite psalms

[farouk]

4 minutes ago, sistergrace said:

 

Psalms 139 it is, my favorite psalms

O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

³ Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

¹² Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

¹³ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

¹⁵ My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶ Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

¹⁸ If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

¹⁹ Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

²⁰ For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

²¹ Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

²² I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

[Christine]

Hello @Farouk,

Like other members have said before me, it is difficult to pick one out of the many psalms that have been a blessing to me.

Yet there are words which constantly come into my mind, and take the form of a song, which are, 'Bless thou the Lord oh my soul,' and Psalm 103 begins that way, celebrating 'the rest' of the earth, which is characteristic of the Kingdom, it's mercies and it's judgments.  Though for Israel specifically it is a blessing to all who have knowingly been the recipient of Gods' grace, in Christ Jesus:-

(1)  Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
(2)  Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
(3)  Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;
(4)  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
(5)  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
(6)  The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
(7)  He made known His ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel.
(8)  The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
(9)  He will not always chide: neither will He keep His anger for ever.
(10)  He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
(11)  For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Hm.
(12)  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
(13)  Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear Him.
(14)  For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
(15)  As for man, His days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so He flourisheth.
(16) For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
(17)  But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children;
(18)  To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them.
(19)  The LORD hath prepared His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over all.
(20)  Bless the LORD, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word.
(21)  Bless ye the LORD, all ye His hosts; ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure.
(22)  Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

Praise God!

Edited September 24, 2024 by Christine

[Annisissy]

https://youtu.be/m5B1EXBEGT8?si=PYheOexOrNkTGvSR

I have many, but this one is on the top of the list

[Annisissy]

https://quickshare.samsungcloud.com/aDz2HgwKQKM5

Psalm 121 is another one of my many favorite Psalms😊

 

[farouk]

On 9/23/2024 at 7:06 PM, sistergrace said:

 

Psalms 139 it is, my favorite psalms

Hi @sistergrace Any more favorite Psalms?

cc @Christine Swan @BQ41

Edited April 24 by farouk

[Annisissy]

On 9/26/2024 at 7:48 PM, Annisissy said:

https://quickshare.samsungcloud.com/aDz2HgwKQKM5

Psalm 121 is another one of my many favorite Psalms😊

 

[farouk]

Psalm 27.4:

"One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple."

[Annisissy]

10 minutes ago, farouk said:

Psalm 27.4:

"One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple."

I LOVE that verse. That is DEFITELY my desire

[farouk]

54 minutes ago, Annisissy said:

I LOVE that verse. That is DEFITELY my desire

@Annisissy Philippians 3.13-14 seems to fit with Psalm 27.4:

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3.13-14)