Psalms Book I: Psalms 6-8
These Psalms cover God’s chastening of His Own. Pleas for His correction to come with mercy. Grief and weeping all night from the evil attacks of enemies. Cries to God for deliverance. God’s protection and rescue.
This set of Psalms ends with a Psalm of God’s sovereignty over His creation which is also a prophetic foreshadowing of Messiah and events in His earthly life.
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The first two Psalms 1 & 2 serve as a type of prelude to the entire first book… even the entire book of Psalms itself.
Pslams 1 focus’ on the importance and power of the God’s word in a humble and obedient heart.
Psalm 2 is all about God’s sovereignty and specifically Jesus’ future Millennial reign.
Psalm 3 is about self-imposed tradgedy and the immutability of God’s calls and His faithfulness to those who submit to Him in trust.
Psalm 4 centers in on God’s faithfulnes to hear us when we pray. Our need to hold Him in dep reverence and the joy that comes from face-to-face encounters with God.
Finally center stage in Psalm 5 is the righteousness God imputes to His Own and how His ear is open to their cry. God will not hold the proud, the wicked or liars guiltless. It concludes with a call to rejoice in God’s delieverance of the godly.
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The book of Psalms is like a Bible within a Bible.
It was divided into 5 books by the ancient Hebraic community, has several authors and spans over 500 years of Israel’s history.
It has a structure which capitalizes on primary themes, speaks of the fall of man, the earthly kingdoms of Israel, the exile/post-exile periods and promises the everlasting Kingdom of Messiah.
It tells its stories through recounting Jewish history & personal times of defeat and triumph.
It is an intensely personal and relatable composite of songs/poems which has essentially served as the hymnal of the Jewish and Christian communities for thousands of years!
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God offers the ultimate example of Job’s need for humility. He describes the only creature on earth God created with no fear and no rival.
Leviathan practically defies description in power, invulnerability and majesty – yet Leviathans are easily tamed by God.
God states this then asks Job, “Who then can stand against Me?”
Job repents by saying, “I have heard about You, but now I see You!”
God encourages mercy out of Job for his friends and then restores all he lost 2 times over!
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God confronts the argument by which Job had contended with God in matters of justice. He hypothetically invites Job to take the throne, scepter and crown for a moment to see if he can rightly judge all humanity for a moment.
Then God goes back to focus on His creation of two extraordinary creatures, the first of which is the Behemoth who is the “first of the ways of God”.
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