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I will make My firstborn, greatest of the Kings of earth!

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A Prayer of David and two Psalms of the sons of Korah.

David prays for and expects in the deliverance of God due to their relationship of faithfulness to each other and God’s great mercy.

The sons of Korah write a Psalm about the great value God places on every heart which is completely His and that He knows those who belong to Him from every nation, tribe and tongue.

Finally the sons of Korah approach God in prayer. They extol His love and His faithfulness to His covenants. But then present God with a conundrum which callenges their faith. God promised David to have one of his descendants on the throne but now, in Babylonian exile the one ruling over them is a foreigner. One from the lineage of David never again took the throne and this was a source of uncertainty for Korahites. In the end, though we know Jesus was, is and will be the final and eternal king of God’s Kingdom, Israel and the world they did not. But even in their uncertainty they took their stand, trusting in God’s unwavering charcter even when it seemed all evidence pointed to the contrary.

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Pilgrim Korah Psalm 84

The Pilgrim’s Progress

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Psalm 83 is unique in that it is the last of the “Elohist” psalms -w chi are psalms which make predominate use of Elohim as God’s name. It is also the final known composition of Asaph in this books of Psalms and is almost certainly a prediction which is still yet to come since all of the conditions have never yet been met.

Psalm 84 is a beautiful and fantasticly written psalm from the sons of Korah. As imagry based examples it utilizes the 3 Jewish pilgrim feasts as a pattern for the life journey of all God’s committed covenant people. The analogies equally fit and are relevant to both those who were under old covenant in Judaism and those under the New in Christianity.

Finally chapter 85 is a 4 part psalm which begins with recalling God’s faithfulness to unfaithful Israel in past generations.

It then rhetorically asks if God will forget to be merciful to the unfaithful generation at hand.

It then moves into a declaration of faith and hope in God being true to His merciful nature and the writers commitment to surrender obedience in faith to Him.

It ends with a prediction of God’s amazing kindness which will be realized in the Millennial Kingdom.

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Whiter Snow

Whiter than Snow

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These Psalms are intense! We begin in Psalm 50 where Israel begins to be confronted regarding their nations sins. This is the judgment leading to the 400 years of silence and culminates in their eventual rejection of their Messiah. This warning is very somber!

Psalm 51 is one of the most heart felt examples of an inwardly defeated man who has come to face the absolute worst within him. The words themselves are practically wet with sweat, as David turns to God for either forgiveness or rejection. The response of David when confronted by Nathan offers one of the most stark comparisons between a genuine heart of repentance and a heart of religious pretense when compared with the heart response of Saul when confronted about his sin by Samuel.

Comparatively Saul’s sins seem almost trivial in that they were able to be righted, while the actions and results of David’s sins were perminent. Yet, God forgives David and rejects Saul. There is MUCH in this Psalm that offers instruction to us in our sin and about God Who alone can forgive.

Psalms 52 and 53 address the beginning of Saul’s unjust pursuit of David’ life and it’s perils and a contemplation of David regarding the heart of the aethiest.

These are no lightweight topics and are worth much more than the hour we placed into their examination tonight, but will hopefully bait all who listen to continue in their study.

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Psalms Korah

Psalms of the sons of Korah

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Out of these three Psalms 2 are known to be composed by the sons of Korah and the third is likely so.

The events these Psalms cover likely correspond, however loosely, to that portion of the reign of Hezekiah where he attempted to bribe Senecherib to forgot he conquoring of Judah, though its outlining cities had already been carried away captive.

In the end, through the promptings of Isaiah, Hezekiah repented and sought the Lord for deliverance which He graciously offered.

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