Introduction Interpreting the Bible, and especially interpreting the Psalms, is sometimes like doing a jigsaw puzzle, because you're trying to work out how one part of a passage fits with the other parts in the passage. I'm sure you've all done jigsaw puzzles; and so you know that experience of picking up a piece and … Continue reading Psalm 041 →

Introduction We're studying Psalm 40 today, but before we get into the psalm, I want to begin by talking a little about covenant theology. A covenant, you may recall, is a relationship based on a promise. I've said many times before that we regard marriage as a covenant, because when a man and woman are … Continue reading Psalm 040 →

Introduction Psalm 39 is yet another lamentation in which the psalmist calls on the Lord for help because of the trouble he's in. And so, in verse 12 he asks the Lord to hear his prayer and to listen to his cry for help and be not deaf to my weeping. The psalmist is troubled … Continue reading Psalm 039 →

Introduction The previous two psalms -- Psalm 36 and Psalm 37 -- featured the wicked, the ungodly, those who do not know or love the Lord, but who spend their days doing evil. And so, do you remember what we read in Psalm 36 about the wicked man? He flattered himself too much to detect … Continue reading Psalm 038 →

Introduction I've said before that in the Garden of Eden the Lord revealed that there are two kinds of people: there are those who are the seed or the offspring of the woman; and there are those who are the seed or the offspring of the serpent. The seed of the woman are all those … Continue reading Psalm 037 →

Introduction Tthis is a psalm for God's people who are distressed and troubled because of the sinfulness of the wicked. In the first part of the psalm, the psalmist describes the sinfulness of the wicked and the things they do and the kind of life they live. But in the second part of the psalm, … Continue reading Psalm 036 →

Introduction Psalm 35 is another psalm of lamentation where the psalmist calls out to the Lord for help because of the trouble he's in. And in this psalm, the psalmist is calling on the Lord to contend with his enemies and to fight against those who fight against him. The psalmist is faced with enemies … Continue reading Psalm 035 →

Introduction I mentioned the last time that our services of worship always begin with a call to worship, which is a verse or short passage from the Bible which summons us to worship the Lord. And very often, the call to worship not only includes the summons to worship God, but it gives a reason … Continue reading Psalm 034 →