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Psalm 147:1-11 1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. 4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. 6 The LOR...

Again, remember that Psalm 146 is the first of the last five psalms of the book of Psalms that are called the “Hallelujah Psalms”. When we praise the LORD, we are declaring that we have experienced God personally through His Son Jesus Christ and that He is worthy of our adoration, love, and worship. In verse 2, the psalmist declares that as long as he has “his being”, as long as his mind can think...

Put Your Trust in the LORD! Psalm 146:1-6 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 2 While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, W...

1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! 2 While I live I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. We are down to the last five psalms in our study and chats of this wonderful book of praise and worship. These five psalms are called the “Hallelujah Psalms. They are five great doxologies that bring the Hebrew hymnbook to its close. You will notice that each o...

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh shall bless His holy name Forever and ever. We started out our chats in the Book of Psalms on September 14, 2022. That was actually 520 chats ago. I’ve enjoyed this study as much as any I have ever done in the Bible. I have learned so much about the story and history behind each of the psalms. From the titles of the psalms, we know that...

Psalm 145 is the last psalm in the book attributed to David. It is a psalm of pure praise and worship. It has been called “David’s crown jewel of praise”. In this psalm, David not only reminds us why we should praise the LORD, but when and how we should praise Him. David begins by saying that we should praise God from day to day (vv. 1-2). In heaven, we shall praise the Lord forever and forever, b...

Psalm 145 is the last psalm in the book attributed to David. It is a psalm of pure praise and worship. It has been called “David’s crown jewel of praise” and is a fitting end to the Davidic psalms. It brings all of David's other hymns of praise to a climax. Remember we said yesterday that Psalm 145 is the only psalm that has this particular title, “A Psalm of Praise. In this psalm, David remin...

A Psalm of Praise. Of David. 1 I will extol You, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. 5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor...

Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the LORD! Psalm 144 was written by David to remind the people of Israel that there are tremendous benefits and blessing in store for the people who will acknowledge Jehovah God as their God, put Him first in their lives and will honor and obey His Word. This is true of any nation that makes the one and only creator God...

Psalm 144 is one of the eight psalms that was written by David and placed by whoever complied or organized the psalms just before the last five psalms of the Book of Psalms. We can be sure that God sovereignly directed that these psalms be exactly where they are in the book so that His people would have these final words of encouragement and instructions from their great king and poet, King David....

The title of Psalm 144 tells us that David wrote this psalm. From the context of the psalm, we learn that he wrote it to "bless the Lord" (vv. 1, 15) and honor Him for making him a successful warrior and king, and to pray for His continued blessing of his people. In the middle section of the psalm, we notice that he was concerned about dangers around them (vv. 6-7, 11) and needs within t...

Psalm 143 fits the pattern of so many of David’s psalms. The first verses reveal his pain, his feelings, his despair, his grief, that reveal his desperate circumstances. He acknowledges that he is surrounded by his enemies. Remember his greatest and worse enemies were not the hated Philistines, but often it was those who were close to him. Sometimes it was his own family members, other times it wa...

Psalm 143 has always been a special psalm to me as verses 8 and 10 have become a morning prayer to help me begin the day declaring my need for the LORD. “Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You….Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of u...

4 Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul. 5 I cried out to You, O LORD: I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Your name; The righ...

Welcome to Pastor’s Chat! What an exciting day!!!!!! This is indeed “the day that the LORD has made, and we will rejoice and be glad and in it”. I believe this verse in Psalm 118:24 is a prophecy of “this day ”, the day that we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! If there is anything that proves the Bible is true, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that everything that we read i...

The Saturday following Jesus’ crucifixion might be the most unique and overlooked day in the history of the world. It is the day between Jesus’ death and His resurrection. Less is written in the Gospels about this day than any other in the scope of this week known as Passion Week. But what makes it so unique is this: it is the only full day in history where the body of the crucified Son of God lay...

Matthew 27:27-36 “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And they bowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" Then they spat on Him, and to...

Luke 22:7-13 Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat." So they said to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare?" And He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which...

Up to this point, we know that on Sunday Jesus made His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem with His disciples. He was greeted by the crowds of common people with shouts of Hosanna, which meant “save us now”. For three and a half years they had heard messages on the kingdom and seen His miracles of healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, making lame men to walk, feeding the multitudes,...

This week we are looking at the events in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ in what is called “Passion Week”, and what took place each day during this week. Remember that we should not be dogmatic about the exact chronology as we look at all four of the Gospel accounts, but we at least can get an idea of what was happening concerning the suffering of our Lord throughout the entire week. One of the...

This week we are going to take a break from the book of Psalms and share the events in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ in what is called “Passion Week”. It is in these eight days that the greatest event in the course of human history takes place, and that is, the suffering, the death, the burial, and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t ever forget that Jesus suffered like no man eve...

We are going to take a break from the book of Psalms for the next eight days and share the events in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ in what is called “Passion Week”. It is in these eight days that the greatest event in the course of human history takes place, and that is, the suffering, the death, the burial, and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t ever forget that Jesus suffered l...

Something interesting I just learned studying for this chat on Psalm 142 is that this is the last of the psalms attributed to David that relate to the years in which he was fleeing from Saul.  For other psalms that David wrote concerning this particular period of his life see, Psalms 7, 34, 52, 54, 56, 57, and 59. The title tells us that this is a psalm of David, written when he was in the cave. I...

It is obvious that David, the writer of Psalm 141, is being attacked by ruthless and evil people. It almost goes without saying, that as followers of Jesus Christ we will be attack by our enemy whenever we are determined to do the will of God and live a righteous and upright life like Noah or Job in an ungodly environment. Peter told us to be on guard because we have an adversary who goes about li...

5 Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked. First let me say a thank you for your prayers these past couple days as we traveled back and forth to Roanoke to speak at Shelby Leonard’s home going celebration. It was a beautiful service honoring her godly...