For Christ & His Church

  Psalm 149 1 Praise Yah! Sing to Yahweh a new song, His praise in the assembly of the holy ones. 2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. 3 Let them praise His name with dancing; With tambourine and lyre let them sing praises to Him. 4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. 5 Let the holy ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds.   Minor Idea: God’s people must corporately praise with dance and music, for Yahweh will adorn them with salvation.   6 Let the exaltations of God be in their throats, And a two‑edged sword in their hand, 7 To execute vengeance on the nations And punishments on the peoples, 8 To bind their kings with chains And their honored men with fetters of iron, 9 To execute on them the judgment written; This is the majesty of all His holy ones. Praise Yah!   Minor Idea: God’s people display thei...

  PSALM 133 How Good and Pleasant Is Unity (A Song of Ascents. Of David) 1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!   2It is like the good oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes.   3It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there, Yahweh commanded the blessing—life forever.   1.    PARALLELISM: Verse 1- It is synthetic parallelism because the entire second colon completes and grounds the exclamation of the first colon. How good and pleasant = Brothers dwell in unity The unity (of the brothers) is good Verse 2- It is a synthetic parallelism because each colon expands the previous one and creates a flowing downward movement. The unity is like a good oil coming down and spread fully Verse 3- It is synthetic parallelism because each colon progressively develops the previous ones. The unit...

  Psalm 119:97–104   97 Oh how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are mine forever. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I perceive more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts . 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word . 102 I have not turned aside from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet is Your word to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 From Your precepts I get perception; Therefore , I hate every false way.   Theme: God’s Word/Law – loving God’s word with meditation, making wiser, more insightful than teachers, perceiving more than aged, restraint from evil preserve living by it, it is direct instruction from God, it is sweeter than honey, it gives discernment.   Main Point: God’s Word should be love...

  Psalm 98 1 Sing to Yahweh a new song, For He has done wondrous deeds, His right hand and His holy arm have worked out His salvation. 2 Yahweh has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the eyes of the nations. 3 He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.   4 Make a loud shout to Yahweh, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises. 5 Sing praises to Yahweh with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of singing. 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn Make a loud shout before King Yahweh.   7 Let the sea roar, as well as its fullness, The world and those who dwell in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy 9 Before Yahweh, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity.   1.  ...

  Psalm 51 1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin.   3 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. 4 Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And pure when You judge. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6 Behold, You delight in truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.   7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have crushed rejoice. 9 Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. [1]   Minor Idea: When a sinner is conscious of his sin and admitting it as evil b...