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In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse five, teaching our children the godly principles and precepts of God’s Word is not optional. It is a commandment He has given to His people. What God commands, He provides grace to fulfill. The theme under God’s Guidance of His People section also expresses the direction of the children within […]

In Psalms, chapter seventy-eight, verse one, the psalm was written to remind God’s chosen people why so many devastating judgments of God came upon them throughout history. The song warns them to learn from the spiritual failures of their forefathers and to strive diligently to avoid the same unbelief and unfaithfulness. God’s people today should

In Psalms, chapter seventy-seven, verses one through twenty, this psalm portrays a person in great trouble who cried unto God but could find no evidence that He was responding, as in verses seven through nine. Faithful believers sometimes find themselves in a similar situation. If so, they should do as the psalmist did: continue to

In Psalms, chapter seventy-six, verse ten, God’s wrath is expressed in judgment against His people’s oppressors, which brings Him praise from those who have received deliverance. The wrath of the wicked can provide the occasion for God to rescue His own and accomplish great things on their behalf. Pharoah’s wrath against Israel became God’s opportunity

In Psalms, chapter seventy-five, verse eight, the picture of God giving the wicked an intoxicating drink is used in Scripture as a symbol of His wrath and punishment. David states: “Thou has made us drink the wine of astonishment,” the wine that staggers, as in Psalms sixty, verse three, Isaiah fifty-one, verses seventeen and twenty-two,

In Psalms, chapter seventy-four, verses one through twenty-three, the psalmist prays that God’s chastisement may not be forever. This prayer warns us that God’s patience will not tolerate sin indefinitely; eventually, sorrow and calamity will come. The theme chapter under the A Plea for Relief section expresses the people of God who attempt to justify

In Psalms, chapter seventy-three, verses twenty-three through twenty-eight, the psalmist discovers the attitude leading to the triumph of faith. In this life with all its problems, our greatest good is intimate communion with God, as in verse twenty-eight. Let the wicked prosper; our hope and treasure is God Himself. Always with us, guiding us by

In Psalms, chapter seventy-three, verse seventeen, God shows the psalmist the destiny of the wicked. This revelation puts his problem in the perspective both of eternity, as in verses seventeen through twenty, and of the believer’s highest blessing, as in verses twenty-five through twenty-eight. At life’s journey ends, all the righteous will succeed and triumph

In Psalms, chapter seventy-three, verses one through twenty-eight, the psalm deals with a disturbing problem: though God is sovereign and just the wicked often prosper, as in verses three to twelve, while those who serve God seem to suffer more, as in verses thirteen through fourteen. The psalmist, who serves God faithfully, as in verses

In Psalms, chapter seventy-two, verses one through nineteen, this psalm is a prayer of Solomon as Israel’s king that his reign will typify by justice, righteousness, peace, the destruction of evil, and deliverance from the oppressed and needy. It also points to the reign of Jesus Christ over the world since several verses apply only