Journal Through the Bible: Week 105 Saturday

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Psalms 7 and 8

Psalm 7

Does God issue any commands?

• David requested that the LORD arise in His anger and lift up Himself because of the rage of David's enemies and awake for him to the judgment that God had commanded. (Verse 6.) David was seeking the help in fulfilling a commandment God had made.

Does God make any promises?

• David said in verse 8 that the LORD shall judge the people. 

Does this psalm teach anything about Jesus?

• David was falsely accused of some imagined slander. This is a foreshadowing of the treatment Christ received.

Does this psalm teach anything about yet-future events?

• The judgment of God is prophesied, including the whetting of His sword and the bending of His bow.

Psalm 8

Does God issue any commands?

• The psalmist quotes God's creation mandate to His creation.
• The psalmist quotes God's mandate to man to have dominion over His creation.

Does God make any promises?

• Babes and sucklings are ordained to have strength that God might still the enemy and the avenger. (verse 2)

Does this psalm teach anythings about Jesus?

• Jesus quoted verse 2 when cleansing the temple. (See Matthew 21:16)
• Jesus is the One that visited man. (verse 4)

Does this psalm teach anythings about yet-future events?
Not that I identified.