Introduction I mentioned last time that there's a small group of Davidic psalms right at the end of the psalter from Psalm 138 to Psalm 145. And they were a reminder to God's people after the Babylonian exile that the Lord had not forgotten his promise to raise up a new and greater king than … Continue reading Psalm 140 →

Introduction Back in Psalm 72, which marks the end of Book 2 of the psalms, we were told that the psalms of David were concluded. However, there were three more psalms of David in Books 3 and 4 and there were a few more near the beginning of Book 5. And now, we have several … Continue reading Psalm 138 →

Introduction Today we come to Psalm 137, which is a psalm that has made it into the pop charts when Boney M released it as a single in 1978 with 'Brown Girl in the Ring' as the B-side. The Boney M version was a cover of a song recorded by The Melodians in 1970. Other … Continue reading Psalm 137 →

Introduction At the last pre-communion service, we were studying Psalm 119, which is the longest psalm. Since that time, we've gone through the Songs of Ascents which are Psalms 120 to 134. These were psalms for God's people as they made their way up to Jerusalem for one of the annual religious festivals, when God's … Continue reading Psalm 136 →

Introduction Psalm 135 begins with a call to praise the Lord. And in the rest of the psalm, the psalmist tells us why God should be praised. He should be praised because of his goodness and because of his power. We see his goodness in the way he chose his people. We see his power … Continue reading Psalm 135 →

Introduction We've reached the final two Songs of Ascents: these psalms which were written for the pilgrims who were making their way to Jerusalem for one of the annual religious festivals. Or perhaps, some of them may have been written for the exiles who were returning to Jerusalem from Babylon. And in today's two psalms, … Continue reading Psalms 133+134 →

Psalm 131 We've been working our way through the psalms on Wednesday evenings and recently we've been studying the Songs of Ascents which run from Psalm 120 to Psalm 134. We believe these Songs of Ascents were written for God's people as they made their way up to Jerusalem for one of the annual religious … Continue reading Psalms 131+132 →

Psalm 129 Once again we're going to take two short psalms together. The first one -- Psalm 129 -- can be divided into two parts. In the first part, the psalmist calls on God's people to praise him for delivering them from their oppressors. And in the second part, he prays to the Lord to … Continue reading Psalms 129+130 →

Psalm 127 Once again I'm going to take two short psalms together. And once again they're both songs of ascents. So, they're for God's people as they made their way to Jerusalem either for one of the annual festivals or else when they were returning from exile in Babylon. On one level, Psalm 127 is … Continue reading Psalms 127+128 →

Introduction I'm once again going to take two short psalms together. Both are songs of ascents. In Psalm 125 the psalmist expresses his confidence in the Lord who protect his people who trust in him. And while Psalm 126 refers to laughter and joy, it's nevertheless a kind of lament, because the psalmist prays for … Continue reading Psalms 125+126 →