Sermons on Psalms (Page 3)

Psalm 149 And let’s hear the word of Almighty God. It begins this way. Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly. Let Israel be glad in his maker. Let the children of Zion rejoice in their king. Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre. For the Lord takes pleasure in his people. He adorns the humble with salvation. Let the godly…

Psalm 148 Let’s hear God’s word. This is the word of God, Psalm 148. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him in the heights. Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, all his hosts. Praise him, sun and moon, and praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he commanded and they were created. and he established them…

Psalm 147 Let’s hear God’s word together. This is Psalm 147. Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God, for it is pleasant and a song of praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He gathers the outcast of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the numbers of the stars. He gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord and abundant in power. His understanding…

Psalm 146 So while you’re making your way to Psalm 150, let me just ramble a minute about these last five psalms. I think I got that right, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150. Yes, I do have that right. So these psalms are sometimes called the Great Hallels. Notice 145 and you can look at the others. They all have the phrase, praise the Lord. And that’s translated into English very often as Hallelujah. So Hallel is a Hebrew verb…

Psalm 145 Let’s hear God’s word together. This is Psalm 145, a song of praise and of David, King David. And King David says this, I will extol you my God and King and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another and shall declare your mighty…

Psalm 144 Let’s hear God’s word together. This is Psalm 144. It’s a Psalm of David, and it begins this way. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. Oh Lord, what is man that you regard him? Or the son of man that…

Psalm 143 Turn to Psalm 143 and we’ll read the last of the three of David’s penitential Psalms. And then we’re gonna get in the next coming weeks to the fireworks of the ending of the Psalter. Let’s give our attention to God’s word. This is a Psalm of David. And he says this, hear my prayer, O Lord. Give ear to my pleas for mercy. In your faithfulness, answer me in your righteousness. Enter not into judgment with your…

Psalm 142 Let’s give our attention to God’s word. This is Psalm 142, and it says a masculine of David when he was in the cave, a prayer. And then verse one, with my voice, I cry out to the Lord. With my voice, I plead for mercy to the Lord. I pour out my complaint before him. I tell my trouble before him. When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. In the path where I walk,…

Psalm 141 And let’s give our attention to this Psalm of David, the word of the living God, Psalm 141. The title you probably have is give ear to my voice. It is a Psalm of David and verse one begins this way. Oh Lord, I call upon you, hasten to me. Give ear to my voice when I call you. Let my prayer be counted as incense before you and the lifting up of my hands as the evening…

Psalm 140 Hear the word of the living God. This is Psalm 140, and the title says, deliver me, O Lord, from evil men to the choir master, a Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. They make their tongue sharp as serpents, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of…

Psalm 139 Turn to Psalm 139 in your Bibles. A couple of weeks ago, we looked at, in particular, the sanctity of life issue from Psalm 139. But tonight, we want to look at the whole of the Psalm. And as we prepare to read it, this is a little bit strange, but Psalms are that way. It speaks of God’s omnis, His omnipresence, His omnipotence, His Oh, what’s the other one? Omnipotence. Omniscience. Yeah, he knows all things. That’s…

Psalm 139 Turn to Psalm 139, our reading will be 139. We’ll read the whole thing, but we are gonna split Psalm 139 up. Tonight, we’ll look at the theme of the sanctity of human life, and the next week we’ll look at God’s omniscience, omnipresence, and some of the other themes in Psalm 139, but we’ll read the whole thing now. And I’m sure read the whole thing again next week, but pick up with me in verse one…