Psalm 88
This psalm is full of lamentation over trouble and
tribulation and the writer is pleading with God for mercy. Sometimes as
Believers we are severely tested with the worst of inward troubles and
are distracted with dispair. Praise God we can approach the Throne of
grace for mercy and strength.
Psalm 91
Oh,
what wonderful promises in this psalm. There is the promise of
preservation of those whose confidence is in the Lord. Those who live a
life of communion with God are constantly safe under His protecting
wing. He will be their rest and refuge forever. The writer records in Psalm 91 a prophecy of the wrath of God and
what will happen to believers. They understood this promise from the
Lord concerning believers during the wrath of God.
"He will cover you with his feathers."
Jesus promised the same thing.
Mat 23:37
"Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to
you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen
gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing!
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands...
He
has promised us that He will take care of us in the matter of spiritual
things but often in the matter of physical things too.
Psalm 95
We
should sing His praises out of the abundance of a heart filled with
love, joy and thankfulness. There are many references in the book of
Hebrews to this passage.
Psalm 108
We should
praise God publicly as those who are not ashamed of Him and desire
that others also may be affected with a realization of His goodness and
the value of leaning upon His promises.
Psalm 109
David offers this admonition.
“He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.”
Cursing
and related sins come easily and freely. Cursing becomes familiar the
more we use it. It slips out at inappropriate times. It’s “usage
familiarity”.
Compare “cursing as his garment” with our “garments of salvation”. (Isa 61:10)
May we be reminded of our “garments of salvation” when “usage familiarity” causes cursing to slip out. Remember we can't "unsay" anything.
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