In Psalms, chapter fifty-one, verse four, David did not deny that his sin was not against others but preeminently against God and His Word, as in Second Samuel twelve, verses nine through ten. “Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with […]
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In Psalms, chapter fifty-one, verse three, the assurance of forgiveness and God’s renewed blessing do not come easy sometimes. A person who has experienced the joy of salvation and then falls into the depths of immorality may experience a prolonged time of repentance and spiritual struggle before receiving the assurance of pardon and a complete
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In Psalms, chapter fifty-one, verses one through nineteen, is a psalm for all who have sinned greatly and are overwhelmed by guilt to find forgiveness, cleansing from sin, and restoration to God if they approach Him in the spirit and words of this psalm. David’s appeals for forgiveness and restoration are based on God’s grace,
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In Psalms, chapter fifty-one, this title ascribes this psalm of confession of David, when Nathan the prophet disclosed his sins of Adultery and murder, as in Second Samuel twelve, verses one through thirteen. Note that this psalm was written after David had deliberately sinned against God. He feared that God’s presence and Spirit would depart
In Psalms, chapter fifty, verses sixteen through twenty-three, the Lord delivers a stern warning to religious hypocrites among His people, threatening to tear in pieces, as in verse twenty-two, those who pretend to be devoted to Him, who claim the covenant salvation and the blessing of His Word, and who at the same time ignore
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In Psalms, chapter fifty, verse fifteen, the Lord invites all faithful believers to call continually upon Him in times of need and trouble. Since Christ sympathizes with our weaknesses, we can confidently approach the heavenly throne, knowing that our prayers and petitions are welcomed and desired by our heavenly Father, as in Hebrews ten, verses
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In Psalms, chapter forty-nine, verses one through twenty, stresses the futility of trusting in riches and the transitory nature this earth offers. The psalmist declares that the person whose life consists of an abundance of possessions or worldly pleasures or fame, as in Matthew six, verses nineteen through twenty-one and Luke twelve, verse fifteen, rather
In Psalms, chapter forty-eight, verse fourteen, the Lord has committed Himself to be the believer’s faithful and constant guide throughout life, in the experience of death and beyond death to the eternal home where we will be with Him forever, as in John fourteen, verses one through three, First Thessalonians four, verse seventeen, and Revelation
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In Psalms, chapter forty-eight, verse one, the city of our God and the Great King, as in verse two, is Jerusalem in Matthew five, verse thirty-five. It will be established “forever,” as in verse eight. What God began in the Old Testament, He will complete in the New Jerusalem at the end of the ages,
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In Psalms, chapter forty-six, verse ten, to be still is to let go. To quit holding on to things that keep you from exalting God and giving Him His place in your life. What can stop a believer from giving the Lord the top spot in the heart is some things or something. A situation,
