Journal Through the Bible: Week 106 Monday

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Psalm 9

Does God issue any commands?

• Verse 11 - We are told to sing praises to the LORD.

Does God make any promises?

• Verse 18 - The needy shall not be forgotten forever.

Does this psalm teach anything about Jesus?

• The early part of the psalm reminds me of the triumph of the resurrected Christ. The Son praised the Father continually.
• Verse 5 reminds me of the description in Revelation of the destruction of Jesus' enemies.
• Verse 8 - Jesus shall judge the world in righteousness and minister judgment ot the people in righteousness.
• Verse 9 - Jesus will be a refuge for the oppressed in times of trouble.
• Verse 11 - The Messiah will dwell in Zion.
• Verse 13 - The Father raised the Son after He suffered death.

Does this psalm teach anything about yet-future events?

• This psalm describes the future triumph of Jesus as judge of the earth.
• This psalm also testifies of the future eternal damnation of the wicked.

TAKE TIME: Week 106 Assignment

Introduction:  We continue this week with more psalms. The book is divided into 5 parts, much like the Pentateuch, and the psalms we are reading now are from the first book.
 Assignment:

• Monday - Psalm 9
• Tuesday - Psalm 10
• Wednesday - Psalms 11 and 12
• Thursday - Psalms 13 and 14
• Friday - Psalms 15 and 16
• Saturday - Psalm 17

Memory Verse

 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. Psalm 14:1


Prayer Journal (ACTS)

• Adoration - Praise God for the refuge for the oppressed.
• Confession - Ask God to reveal hidden sin in your life and then confess it.
• Thanksgiving - Thank God for any answers to your prayers.
• Supplication - What are your prayer requests this week? List them for future reference so that you can see how God answers.

Search the Scriptures

Look for references for each of the following:

• Promises that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?
• References that either refer to or infer something about future events.
• What does this passage teach about Jesus?
• Commandments that God made and to whom He made them. Do they apply to you?

Putting the Word into Action
Several of the psalms we will be reading this week have questions in them including the question, "Why?" because the writer did not understand why certain things were happening. The psalmists often asked, "When?" or "Who?" or "How long?" It is not wrong to seek God for answers. Do you find yourself in a season of waiting? Or are there difficulties in your life that you do not understand? Try pouring your heart to the LORD in a psalm of petition bathed in praise like the psalmists did.

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.

Journal Through the Bible: Week 105 Friday

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Psalms 5 and 6

Both of these psalms are prayers.


Psalm 5

This is the first of the imprecatory psalms.

Does God make any commands?

• No

Does God make any promises?

• Not specifically, although the psalmist says that the LORD will bless the righteous and will surround him as with a shield. (verse 12)

Does this psalm teach anything about Jesus?

• Jesus is the King to whom the psalmist is praying.

Does this psalm teach anything about yet-future events?

• Not that I identified.

Psalm 6

This time the psalmist is asking for mercy.

Does God make any commands?

• No

Does God make any promises?

• No

Does this psalm teach anything about Jesus?

• Jesus quoted the first half of verse 8.

Does this psalm teach anything about yet-future events?

• When Jesus quoted the first part of verse 8 it was in the context of everlasting damnation following judgment.