The document analyzes references to "the right hand of God" in the book of Psalms. It finds these references fall into three main places: 1) Leading to songs of the Second Exodus in Psalms 16-21 2) In Psalms 73-89 where the most asked question of God, "How long?", is found 3) In Psalms 108-118 which are songs of the First Exodus from Egypt. The right hand of God represents God's power, protection, presence, saving power, victory, and defeat of enemies. It discusses what specific Psalms these references are found in and how they point ahead to Jesus as prophet, priest and king.
Psalms book 1: David's first book of PsalmsMichael Scaman
A short look at the themes in the book and how Jesus is seen in the book. The New Testament says the law presents in a sense pictures of heavenly realities and there is provision for a King in the law so it should be no surprise if the King of Kings is portrayed using the life of David ( as well as other kings)
Book 1 tends to have psalms that are personal in nature.
Additionally often Book 1 is taken as poetically like Genesis and has themes
concerning man and the blessed man in particular.
We concentrate on the flow, themes and connections themes to theme.
There are 7 sets fo Acrostic psalms in the book of psalms:
In book 1 they are Psalms 9,10 (a pair) , 25, 34 and 37
In book 5 they are 111,112 (a pair), 119 and 145.
They are layed out in the Psalms acrostically to be easily learned and contain important lessons to take to heart.
Very likely these Psalms were written in a way to be memorized.
They also tend to make boundaries of sections, Psalm 119 being between the (Passover deliverance) hallal Psalms and the (Jerusalem Journey to the temple) Psalms of Ascent for example
The main parts of Psalms book 5
Poetically this is poetically like Deuteronomy which was the last month of Moses life and as the promised land was about ot be entered
Book 5 of the Psalms can be looked at as songs of longing of going home, home ultimately being heaven
The main parts being, the Hallal passover psalms, the psalms of ascent, David's last run of Psalms where we are moved from laying down are harps and weeping to all kings singing of God and a final example of Davids praise and one prase Psalm for each book as a fitting end.
Psalms book 3: The dark book of the PsalmsMichael Scaman
Asaph sets the stage with a crisis of faith in Psalm 73 and the book ends with the darkest Psalm in all the Bible, Psalm 88. In the midst of the dark book of the Psalms, book 3, there is what Spurgeon called the sweetest Psalm and the center of the center of the center of that ( Ps 81:8 is 'if only My people would listen to Me and also arguably listen to me about the day of atonement alluded to in the middle of the two trumpets blown in vs ps 81:3 )
We look at the flow as Asaph, Sons of Korah, David, Heman and Ethan navigate through the darkness finding hope and resolution in God. 'Hope in God' one generation tells another in Psalm 77, even in the midst of these struggles.
Psalm 78 is a historical psalm and recounts failures of Israel particularly regarding temptations of food, power and worship. Jesus will go through these same temptations in the dessert yet prevail.
Psalm 81 is arguably the center psalm of the books. Center book is book 3 and in book 3 8 are before 8 after making psalm 81 the center psalm with the center verse being verse 8 'if only My people would listen to Me' and one can press it further with the two trumpets in verse 3, the center of those is the day of atonement. Book 3 is about crisis of faith and the other psalms and books revolve around that to resolve the crisis. There is hope since psalm 81 speaks of the man at God's right hand. Jesus listens to God where his people did not and is the one to resolve the crisis.
Books 2 and 3 are written largely by Levites and poetically follow Exodus and Leviticus. It is fitting that in the final two Psalms portend the ultimate sacrifice, the death of the Messiah, the anointed, the seed of David in psalm 88 with an upturn/resurrection in Psalm 89.
An lesser issue of book 3 concerns who Asaph is since the temples destruction would be future to the Asaph of David's day. Asaph was a seer so perhaps it's prophesy or perhaps from the musician group of levites founded by Asaph continuing to write psalms?
The flow, major themes and character of Psalms Book 2: Psalms 42-72.
Where book 1 had psalms that were personal in nature, book 2 tends to concern community. Many consider Book 2 to be poetically like Exodus. Many of the authors in Book 2 and 3 are Levites.
Songs from the 'Sons of Korah' Open the book.
Believers may be a bit like 'the sons of Korah' who should be 'in the grave' but have been delivered. Being delivered does not preclude struggles or even persecution.
Psalm 14 comes back expansively as a block of five psalms on judgement and forgiveness. Jesus like Solomon reign is expansive. Solomon, poetically so, Jesus literally so.
Asaph has one Psalm. Asaph probably being Asaph the seer from the time of David who led a group of Levites to minister before the Ark on Mt Zion when it was moved from the house of Obed Edom the Gittite after recovery from the Philistines.
One Psalm is dedicated to Jeduthun
The final sequence of God's Tribulation judgments will be the most severe. Don't be here! Place your faith in the Judge himself, Jesus Christ. Download the entire manuscript, study notes, and handout at BibleStudyDownloads.org (NT sermons link). You may also listen to the audio of this message at http://cicfamily.com/sermon-listing/?tag=Revelation+of+John.
Psalms book 1: David's first book of PsalmsMichael Scaman
A short look at the themes in the book and how Jesus is seen in the book. The New Testament says the law presents in a sense pictures of heavenly realities and there is provision for a King in the law so it should be no surprise if the King of Kings is portrayed using the life of David ( as well as other kings)
Book 1 tends to have psalms that are personal in nature.
Additionally often Book 1 is taken as poetically like Genesis and has themes
concerning man and the blessed man in particular.
We concentrate on the flow, themes and connections themes to theme.
There are 7 sets fo Acrostic psalms in the book of psalms:
In book 1 they are Psalms 9,10 (a pair) , 25, 34 and 37
In book 5 they are 111,112 (a pair), 119 and 145.
They are layed out in the Psalms acrostically to be easily learned and contain important lessons to take to heart.
Very likely these Psalms were written in a way to be memorized.
They also tend to make boundaries of sections, Psalm 119 being between the (Passover deliverance) hallal Psalms and the (Jerusalem Journey to the temple) Psalms of Ascent for example
The main parts of Psalms book 5
Poetically this is poetically like Deuteronomy which was the last month of Moses life and as the promised land was about ot be entered
Book 5 of the Psalms can be looked at as songs of longing of going home, home ultimately being heaven
The main parts being, the Hallal passover psalms, the psalms of ascent, David's last run of Psalms where we are moved from laying down are harps and weeping to all kings singing of God and a final example of Davids praise and one prase Psalm for each book as a fitting end.
Psalms book 3: The dark book of the PsalmsMichael Scaman
Asaph sets the stage with a crisis of faith in Psalm 73 and the book ends with the darkest Psalm in all the Bible, Psalm 88. In the midst of the dark book of the Psalms, book 3, there is what Spurgeon called the sweetest Psalm and the center of the center of the center of that ( Ps 81:8 is 'if only My people would listen to Me and also arguably listen to me about the day of atonement alluded to in the middle of the two trumpets blown in vs ps 81:3 )
We look at the flow as Asaph, Sons of Korah, David, Heman and Ethan navigate through the darkness finding hope and resolution in God. 'Hope in God' one generation tells another in Psalm 77, even in the midst of these struggles.
Psalm 78 is a historical psalm and recounts failures of Israel particularly regarding temptations of food, power and worship. Jesus will go through these same temptations in the dessert yet prevail.
Psalm 81 is arguably the center psalm of the books. Center book is book 3 and in book 3 8 are before 8 after making psalm 81 the center psalm with the center verse being verse 8 'if only My people would listen to Me' and one can press it further with the two trumpets in verse 3, the center of those is the day of atonement. Book 3 is about crisis of faith and the other psalms and books revolve around that to resolve the crisis. There is hope since psalm 81 speaks of the man at God's right hand. Jesus listens to God where his people did not and is the one to resolve the crisis.
Books 2 and 3 are written largely by Levites and poetically follow Exodus and Leviticus. It is fitting that in the final two Psalms portend the ultimate sacrifice, the death of the Messiah, the anointed, the seed of David in psalm 88 with an upturn/resurrection in Psalm 89.
An lesser issue of book 3 concerns who Asaph is since the temples destruction would be future to the Asaph of David's day. Asaph was a seer so perhaps it's prophesy or perhaps from the musician group of levites founded by Asaph continuing to write psalms?
The flow, major themes and character of Psalms Book 2: Psalms 42-72.
Where book 1 had psalms that were personal in nature, book 2 tends to concern community. Many consider Book 2 to be poetically like Exodus. Many of the authors in Book 2 and 3 are Levites.
Songs from the 'Sons of Korah' Open the book.
Believers may be a bit like 'the sons of Korah' who should be 'in the grave' but have been delivered. Being delivered does not preclude struggles or even persecution.
Psalm 14 comes back expansively as a block of five psalms on judgement and forgiveness. Jesus like Solomon reign is expansive. Solomon, poetically so, Jesus literally so.
Asaph has one Psalm. Asaph probably being Asaph the seer from the time of David who led a group of Levites to minister before the Ark on Mt Zion when it was moved from the house of Obed Edom the Gittite after recovery from the Philistines.
One Psalm is dedicated to Jeduthun
The final sequence of God's Tribulation judgments will be the most severe. Don't be here! Place your faith in the Judge himself, Jesus Christ. Download the entire manuscript, study notes, and handout at BibleStudyDownloads.org (NT sermons link). You may also listen to the audio of this message at http://cicfamily.com/sermon-listing/?tag=Revelation+of+John.
Psalms book 4: Wandering songs for the travels and travails of lifeMichael Scaman
Songs for wandering (even at times through the valley of the shadow of death) led by the good shepherd, the King, having a table prepared in the presence of my enemies. Book 4 of the psalms begins with a voice from the deep past and a prayer of Moses. Moses prays "Teach us to number our days" and this book many consider poetically to match the themes of Numbers which recounted the wanderings in the dessert for forty years.
The Center of book 4 are the enthronement Psalms, by tradition one or more have been written by Hezekiah Adjacent images of Psalms 23 (the good shepherd leading believers through the valley of the shadow of death, spreading a table in the presence of their enemies) and Psalm 24 (the king of glory) come back expansively in book 4 with shepherd images bracketing calls to worship the king who reigns. Psalms 93 though 100
The ending include a series of Psalms quoted in the book of Hebrews as part of an argument that Jesus is better than the angels: Psalm 102, 103 and 104.
The final two Psalms are historical Psalms 105 and 106 ( the only other Psalm ususally classified as a history recounting (historical) Psalm is 78 from book 3.
We are concerned here with the flow of thought and the outline
Zechariah: A Dreamscape Pointing to a Man Called BranchMichael Scaman
Some highlights of the book of Zechariah meant to provoke further reading.
The book of Zechariah begins with an early statement 'Return to Me and I will return to you" What 'returns' means deepens with each of the three sections of the book.
This slide deck study on the Old Testament Books of Ezra and Nehemiah is one of a series designed for conscientious teachers who lead a Bible study or Sunday School class but are too busy to research and prepare well for the task. Access a quality series lessons that is engaging and challenging and do so even at the last moment, as it were, “to go”. More are in the works. Check back in the weeks ahead, Search using keyword "lessonstogo",
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a class on the Book of Ezekiel on four consecutive Thursday evenings, beginning 9/12/14. The class is in San Diego at the Mission Center of Hope (6162 Mission Gorge Road San Diego, CA 92120. Suite A) from 7:30-8:45. Notes, power point and audio will be posted.
A view of Leviticus from 50,000 ft. More a glimpse than an overview
but might be helpful for someone about to read it or read it again for the first time.
Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy and Numbers have large narrative sections.
However, In contrast, there are only two small stories in Leviticus.
The book focuses on being holy, more thematic than narrative.
The motto of the book being 'be holy for I am Holy'
Holy is the most oft used adjective for God.
The first petition of the Lord's prayer is that God's name be seen as holy.
'Without holiness no one will see the Lord', says the book of Hebrews.
Holy occurs 1 time in Genesis concerning the 7th day
Holy occurs 102 times in Leviticus.
Clearly holy is an important keyword of Levitcus.
Psalms book 4: Wandering songs for the travels and travails of lifeMichael Scaman
Songs for wandering (even at times through the valley of the shadow of death) led by the good shepherd, the King, having a table prepared in the presence of my enemies. Book 4 of the psalms begins with a voice from the deep past and a prayer of Moses. Moses prays "Teach us to number our days" and this book many consider poetically to match the themes of Numbers which recounted the wanderings in the dessert for forty years.
The Center of book 4 are the enthronement Psalms, by tradition one or more have been written by Hezekiah Adjacent images of Psalms 23 (the good shepherd leading believers through the valley of the shadow of death, spreading a table in the presence of their enemies) and Psalm 24 (the king of glory) come back expansively in book 4 with shepherd images bracketing calls to worship the king who reigns. Psalms 93 though 100
The ending include a series of Psalms quoted in the book of Hebrews as part of an argument that Jesus is better than the angels: Psalm 102, 103 and 104.
The final two Psalms are historical Psalms 105 and 106 ( the only other Psalm ususally classified as a history recounting (historical) Psalm is 78 from book 3.
We are concerned here with the flow of thought and the outline
Zechariah: A Dreamscape Pointing to a Man Called BranchMichael Scaman
Some highlights of the book of Zechariah meant to provoke further reading.
The book of Zechariah begins with an early statement 'Return to Me and I will return to you" What 'returns' means deepens with each of the three sections of the book.
This slide deck study on the Old Testament Books of Ezra and Nehemiah is one of a series designed for conscientious teachers who lead a Bible study or Sunday School class but are too busy to research and prepare well for the task. Access a quality series lessons that is engaging and challenging and do so even at the last moment, as it were, “to go”. More are in the works. Check back in the weeks ahead, Search using keyword "lessonstogo",
Dr. John Oakes is teaching a class on the Book of Ezekiel on four consecutive Thursday evenings, beginning 9/12/14. The class is in San Diego at the Mission Center of Hope (6162 Mission Gorge Road San Diego, CA 92120. Suite A) from 7:30-8:45. Notes, power point and audio will be posted.
A view of Leviticus from 50,000 ft. More a glimpse than an overview
but might be helpful for someone about to read it or read it again for the first time.
Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy and Numbers have large narrative sections.
However, In contrast, there are only two small stories in Leviticus.
The book focuses on being holy, more thematic than narrative.
The motto of the book being 'be holy for I am Holy'
Holy is the most oft used adjective for God.
The first petition of the Lord's prayer is that God's name be seen as holy.
'Without holiness no one will see the Lord', says the book of Hebrews.
Holy occurs 1 time in Genesis concerning the 7th day
Holy occurs 102 times in Leviticus.
Clearly holy is an important keyword of Levitcus.
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An unlikely marriage between a prophet and an unfaithful wife
and the first of the ‘minor’ prophets
Hosea and Gomer are a picture of grace, a picture of God's mercy board Israel and God's mercy toward the church
Genesis. A world from nothing. A people from nothing.
A people
Walking by faith
in the cruciformity of life
And a picture painted of the one
Who from, through, to and for all things were made
The Super Epic Psalms book 2 - what the longer Psalms point to (Psalms 68 a...Michael Scaman
The two longest Psalms from book 2 are Psalm 68 and 69.
Psalm 68 A victory song about the ark (applied to the ascension of Jesus in the New Testament)
Psalm 69 A song of deliverance from suffering (applied to the cross, election and rejection of the gospel in the New Testament)
This is an early version, please feel free to comment as it is 'a work in progress'
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 4 - Psalm 90 though 106 version 6 pp...Michael Scaman
Psalms book 4 stands in contrast with books 2 which ended with an idylic future and book 3 which ends in a present crisis
The meek will inherit the earth as claimed in Psalm book 1 but not yet.
First there are trials and travails of this life and a retrospective and pro-spective in Book 4.
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 4 - Psalm 90 though 106 version 7 pp...Michael Scaman
Book 2 and 3 ended very differently to eachother. Book 2 ended with an idylic future. Book 3 ended with a present crisis. The key changes and discord continues in book 4.
Similar to The Right Hand of God in the Psalms (20)
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms - Psalm 1 though 41 version 10 ppt PDF.pdfMichael Scaman
David's first book of Psalms was Psalms 1 through 41. Poetically like Genesis. It begins with a man who is like a tree of life and ends with a man like Joseph who is betrayed. Also like Genesis there is the inheritance of the land. The meek inherit the earth, in the Son, in God.
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 5 - Psalm 107 though 150 version 8 p...Michael Scaman
Psalm book 5 is on the theme 'Coming Home' In prior books of Psalms the meek would inherit the earth but found themselves unfaithful and in exile. Now there is a redemptive resolution.
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 5 - Psalm 107 though 150 version 7 p...Michael Scaman
Psalms book 5 is on the theme 'Coming home" or entering te promised land. Poetically Deuteronomy.
Not only sharing the same overarching theme, but similar structure.
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 4 - Psalm 90 though 106 version 4 pp...Michael Scaman
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The mountaintop mic drop of an ending of Psalms book 2 moves to a valley of struggle opening with 'surely God is good to Israel' in a book significantly concerning crisis of faith
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Following the MIC DROP mountain peak high which ends Psalms book 2, Psalm book 3 opens with a lament over national destruction and yet beings 'surefly God is good to Israel'
Unexpected Discord In The Psalms - Psalm 73 though 89 version 5 ppt.pdfMichael Scaman
Following the mountaintop experience of the ending of book 2. The mic drop psalm 72 is followed by a crisis of faith in book 3, but begins 'surely God is good to Israel'
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Psalms book 2: Ps 42 to 72 has Jesus flipping the script from his troubles more than the hairs of His head to a comfort the God knows the hairs on your head. Many key changes and contrasts explored here.
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Psalms book 1 is David's first Psalm book. Psalms 1 through 41. Some laments seem out of place with praises and visa versa. However, te discord resolves to a picture of Jesus
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Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
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1. The right hand of God in
the Psalms
“fear not, for I am with you; be not
dismayed, for I am your God; I will
strengthen you, I will help you, I will
uphold you with my righteous right hand”
(Isaiah 41:10).
2. We will take notice of where
the phrase ‘right hand of God’ tends to appear in
the book of Psalms
3. These fall in three main places
• Leading to songs of The 2nd Exodus
- deliverance from sin Ps 16-21
• In the most asked question of God:
‘How long?’ in between the two
• In the songs of the 1st Exodus
delivery from slavery in Egypt Ps
108-118
4. Put another way: Three main places
• Psalm 16-21 leads into a description
of Jesus as suffering servant,
shepherd and king (Psalms 22, 23,
24)
• Psalm 73-89 Songs of a crisis of
faith, much of which are laments but
turning to hope
• Psalm 108-110 and 118 The prelude
to the Passover Psalms and the final
Passover Psalm
5. As we do we can also look at what ‘the
right hand of God’ might represent
6.
The right hand of God as a symbol of
God’s
• power Ps 89:13
• protection Ps 16:8 See also Ps 63:8; Ps 139:10; Isa
41:13; La 2:3
• presence Ps 16:11 See also Ps 48:10; Ps 73:23; Isa
62:8
• saving power Ps 60:5 pp Ps 108:6 See also Ps 17:7;
Ps 20:6; Ps 80:15; Ps 98:1; Ps 138:7
• victory Ps 18:35; Ps 44:3; Ps 78:54; Isa 41:10
• defeat of His enemies Ex 15:6 See also Ex 15:12;
Ps 21:8; Ps 74:11
• mighty works Ps 45:4 See also Ps 77:10; Ps
118:15-16; Isa 48:13
See https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/dictionary-of-bible-
themes/1270-right-hand-God
7. In Book 1
Psalms 1-41
Ps 16,17,18,(not 19),20,21
Five Psalms with the right hand of God
leading into
Psalms 22 through 24
8. • The question is raised how long will
the wicked triumph?
• What will the righteous do if the
foundations are destroyed
• All the world is in sin in Psalm 14
• Who is able or worthy ( to bring the
ark to Zion at the time )
• The question is then raised:
‘who can ascend the hill of the
Lord’?
A question prompted
9. • Psalm 15 and 24 being similar (and bookends of
sort for this section) in asking ‘Who might
ascend the hill of the Lord?’ And the emphasis
might be a little different in each
• Psalm 15 can describe an individual and their
deeds, most fitting of Jesus. His righteousness
also emphasized in Psalm 18
• Psalm 24 describes a generation (and says so).
Deeds displayed (sanctification) and
righteousness is received (justification) and
they lift up their hearts to ‘the King of Glory’
The question as bookends of a
section of Psalms
10. Unshakeable, joy, wondrous love and a
shield
Psalm 16:8 I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of
life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your
right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 17:7 Wondrously show your steadfast love,
O Savior of those who seek refuge from their
adversaries at your right hand.
Psalm 18:35 You have given me the shield of your
salvation, and your right hand supported me, and
your gentleness made me great.
11. The right hand of God is not in Psalm 19 -
the heavens are telling the glory of God
The heavens are made by ‘the fingers’ of
God and the law written on the stone
tablets by ‘the finger of God’
12. Psalm 20:6 Now I know that the Lord
saves his anointed; he will answer him
from his holy heaven with the saving
might of his right hand.
Psalm 21:8 Your hand will find out all
your enemies; your right hand will find
out those who hate you.
Salvation and retribution
13. The hand of God is seen in Psalm 16, 17, 18, 20,
21. And what does it lead to?
This is the good shepherd
who lays down His life for His sheep, the King
– Psalm 22 ‘My God My God why have you forsaken
Me?’
– Psalm 23 The Lord is My shepherd
– Psalm 24 Who is the King of Glory?
14. Psalm 22
– Begins with a scene of suffering
– Begins in first person, the one suffering speaking
– But interjects ‘You who are enthrones on the praises of Israel’
– I can count all my bones, in pain
– Surrounded by mocking
– Poured out for others but he thirsts
– God is His God from the womb ( contrasted with Psalm 51 where
David is a fallen sinner form conception, but consistent with the
virgin birth and incarnation)
– And yet the second half is triumphant portending resurrection and
benefit to future generations, Abraham’s promise to bless every
family will be fulfilled and even the dead will bow
– (generations referred to in Psalm 24 more on that later)
– A priestly work: a sacrifice of himself
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd
. The good shepherd lays down his life for the
sheep
15.
16. Psalm 23
– Written in the first person
– The shepherd from the perspective of ‘the sheep’
– The most comprehensive and intimate picture of the
relationship of a believer and God so far (previous were
more distant – like rock, shield or King )
– All the sheep’s needs are satisfied
– All the sheep’s problems are not gone but the sheep
brought through the valley of the shadow of death
– And the image is stripped away from sheep to self and ‘I
will dwell in the house of the Lord forever’
– A prophetic work: leading with the shepherd staff
(shepherd crook)
Hebrews 11:20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead
our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of
the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you
may do his will,
working in us] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to
whom be glory forever and ever
. Amen.
17. Psalm 24 ( a Psalm to be read on Sunday )
– A king so great the gates and doors are told to ‘lift up their
heads”
– A Psalm to be read on Sunday ( for the 1st day of the week
by title in the Septuagint and appears to be the historical
practice, reflecting the mention of creation in the opening)
– In the first half, believers mentioned ‘the generation of
those who seek you’ touching on both sanctification (clean
hands) and justification (receive blessings and righteousness)
– In the second half, the King of Glory received ( and clearly
not David as it is said to be the Lord of Hosts )
– To be read on Sunday is consistent with and portends
Jesus entry to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and His
resurrection a week later on Sunday ( and Pentecost 7 on
Sunday weeks after that )
1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd
appears,
you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
18. Notice the connection between Psalm
24 and 25
• Psalm 24 ends with a Selah and 25 is
untitled and some would say perhaps
connected in the original
• Psalm 24 starts saying lift up your heads
to the King of Glory
• Psalm 25 starts saying I lift up my soul and
begins an acrostic of praise
19. And if we went one more psalm:
an application
Gates and doors were told to lift up their heads, now we are told to lift up our hearts
• Psalm 25. An acrostic psalm to be
learned and reflect on what was said
till now. The Lord is prophet, priest
and king
– As priest in Psalm 22, He provides forgiveness
– As prophet in Psalm 23, the shepherd leads
– As king, he protects in Psalm 24
20. And if we went one more psalm:
an application
Gates and doors were told to lift up their heads, now we are told to lift up our hearts
• Psalm 25. An acrostic psalm to be learned
and reflect on what was said till now. The
Lord is
– My protection “Guard my soul and deliver me”
– My guide “His secret is for those who fear Him”
– My forgiveness “He leads sinners in the way”
– God is my salvation in many listed ways
– Touches on similar themes in some ways to ‘the
song of Moses and the Lamb’ ( no one in Genesis
explicitly said ‘God is my salvation’ until Moses sings it in his songs
in Exodus 15, Deut 32 and recounted in Rev 15 )
– In the song of Moses and the Lamb victory was achieved (looking
back), here victory is looked forward to and experienced in
progress turning to prayers in the present ( looking forward )
The song of Moses and the Lamb being the first and last song
mentioned in the Bible
22. Some other references to the
right hand of God in book 2 of
the Psalms
first
Psalm 44
The persecuted church
laments
23.
Psalm 44:3 or not by their own sword
did they win the land, nor did their own
arm save them, but your right hand and
your arm, and the light of your face, for
you delighted in them.
A lament by the persecuted church
He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s
sake in Psalm 23 Here persecution is also for His
name’s sake and quoted in Romans 8.
25.
Psalm 45:4 In your majesty ride out
victoriously for the cause of truth and
meekness and righteousness; let your right
hand teach you awesome deeds!
Psalm 45:9 daughters of kings are
among your ladies of honor; at your right
hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
A wedding Psalm and a reason given in
Hebrews 1 for why Jesus is better than the
angels
26. And then moving to the
whole world
Psalm 48 glory reaching to the
ends of the earth – the spread of
salvation
27.
Psalm 48:9-10 We have thought
on your steadfast love, O God, in
the midst of your temple. As your
name, O God, so your praise
reaches to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with
righteousness.
From thoughts in the temple to
praise at the ends of the earth
29. A psalm a bit like Psalm 108 (where
108, 109 , 110 all will reference the
right hand of God )
Psalm 60:4-6a You have set up a
banner for those who fear you, that
they may flee to it from the bow. Selah
That your beloved ones may be
delivered, give salvation by your right
hand and answer us! God has spoken in
His holiness
30. A right hand strong, close and
personal
Psalm 63
Your hand holds me
My soul clings to you
31. Psalm 63:5- 8 My soul will be satisfied
as with fat and rich food, and my mouth
will praise you with joyful lips, when I
remember you upon my bed, and meditate
on you in the watches of the night; for
you have been my help, and in the
shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
My soul clings to you; your right hand
upholds me..
A song because your love is better than
life
32. Book 3
Psalms of laments
The most asked question
of God
‘How long?”
33. Interesting controversy in Book 3
Asaph the seer from the time of David
speaks of a temple not built in the time of David being
overrun Perhaps Asaph the seer is reaching forward
under the inspiration of God. (some wonder if it was
another Asaph but Asaph the seer was a proper )
Perhaps as Asaph reaches forward Habakuk reaches
back and grasps his hand. And all this at the hand of
God. Habakkuk reaches back in the past to Asaph the
seers, quoting Asaph’s Psalm and speaks of a future
coming overrun of Jerusalem by Babylon.
34. Years later even the prophet
Habakkuk
Would quote Psalm 77, a psalm of a
crisis of faith, in his own crisis of
faith.
35. Laments toward the start
Psalm 73:23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
Psalm 74:11 Why do you hold back your hand, your
right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and
destroy them!
Psalm 77:10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this, to the
years of the right hand of the Most High.”
Psalm 78:54 And he brought them to his holy land, to
the mountain which his right hand had won.
36.
A plea and a turning point
Psalm 80:15 the stock that your right
hand planted, and for the son whom you
made strong for yourself.
Psalm 80:17 But let your hand be on the
man of your right hand, the son of man
whom you have made strong for yourself!
37.
A more victorious ending
After Psalm 88, the darkest Psalm in
the book of Psalms
Psalm 89:13 You have a mighty arm;
strong is your hand, high your right hand.
Psalm 89:25 I will set his hand on the
sea and his right hand on the rivers.
Psalm 89:42 You have exalted the right
hand of his foes; you have made all his
enemies rejoice.
39. And the Psalm that inspired the song
‘Joy to the world’
Psalm 98:1 [ Make a Joyful Noise to
the Lord ] [ A Psalm. ] Oh sing to the
Lord a new song, for he has done
marvelous things! His right hand and
his holy arm have worked salvation
for him.
41. A prelude to the Hallal Psalms of Passover
deliverance
And a promise of help from the right hand of God
Psalm 108:6 That your beloved ones may be delivered, give
salvation by your right hand and answer me!
A pageant, starting with Judas and an afflicted poor man
Psalm 109:31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
The pageant ending with one made like Melchizedek
Psalm 110:1 [ Sit at My Right Hand ] [ A Psalm of David. ] The
Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your
enemies your footstool.”
Psalm 110:5 The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings
on the day of his wrath.
42.
43.
44. The last Hallal, Passover song singing of
salvation from God’s right hand three times
as well
Psalm 118:15 Glad songs of salvation are in
the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of
the Lord does valiantly,
Psalm 118:16 the right hand of the Lord
exalts, the right hand of the Lord does
valiantly!”
“and they sang a hymn and went to the mount
of olives” probably this psalm
45.
46.
47.
48.
And two more, the first like Psalm
23, and the first of the last set of
Psalms of David in the Psalms
Psalm 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of
trouble, you preserve my life; you
stretch out your hand against the
wrath of my enemies, and your right
hand delivers me.
49.
And one reminding us that Your right
hand is everywhere to help me
Psalm 139:10
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
50. ‘The right hand of God’
appears in special places emphasizing
Salvation
51.
- Leading to the a description of the
person and work of the king, the
Messiah, in Ps 22, 23, 24 in book 1
52. - In the prelude and ending of
the deliverance, Hallal,
Passover Psalms in book 5
53.
- In the prayers, longings and
hopes expressed in Book 3, in the
in between time waiting for
deliverance