Reading The Psalms Daily

[airIam2worship]

Ps 90:1 ¶ <<A Prayer of Moses the man of God.>> Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Ps 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Ps 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Ps 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Ps 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Ps 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Ps 90:7 ¶ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Ps 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Ps 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Ps 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Ps 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

Ps 90:12 ¶ So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Ps 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Ps 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Ps 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

Ps 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

Ps 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.


Comments on following page

[airIam2worship]

MHCC

The eternity of God, the frailty of man. (1-6)

 1-6 It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Nu 14:1-45. The favour and protection of God are the only sure rest and comfort of the soul in this evil world. Christ Jesus is the refuge and dwelling-place to which we may repair. We are dying creatures, all our comforts in the world are dying comforts, but God is an ever-living God, and believers find him so. When God, by sickness, or other afflictions, turns men to destruction, he thereby calls men to return unto him to repent of their sins, and live a new life. A thousand years are nothing to God's eternity: between a minute and a million of years there is some proportion; between time and eternity there is none. All the events of a thousand years, whether past or to come, are more present to the Eternal Mind, than what was done in the last hour is to us. And in the resurrection, the body and soul shall both return and be united again. Time passes unobserved by us, as with men asleep; and when it is past, it is as nothing. It is a short and quickly-passing life, as the waters of a flood. Man does but flourish as the grass, which, when the winter of old age comes, will wither; but he may be mown down by disease or disaster.



Submission to Divine chastisements. (7-11)

 
7-11 The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the displeasure of God. Secret sins are known to God, and shall be reckoned for. See the folly of those who go about to cover their sins, for they cannot do so. Our years, when gone, can no more be recalled than the words that we have spoken. Our whole life is toilsome and troublesome; and perhaps, in the midst of the years we count upon, it is cut off. We are taught by all this to stand in awe. The angels that sinned know the power of God's anger; sinners in hell know it; but which of us can fully describe it? Few seriously consider it as they ought. Those who make a mock at sin, and make light of Christ, surely do not know the power of God's anger. Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire?


Prayer for mercy and grace. (12-17)

12-17 Those who would learn true wisdom, must pray for Divine instruction, must beg to be taught by the Holy Spirit; and for comfort and joy in the returns of God's favour. They pray for the mercy of God, for they pretend not to plead any merit of their own. His favour would be a full fountain of future joys. It would be a sufficient balance to former griefs. Let the grace of God in us produce the light of good works. And let Divine consolations put gladness into our hearts, and a lustre upon our countenances. The work of our hands, establish thou it; and, in order to that, establish us in it. Instead of wasting our precious, fleeting days in pursuing fancies, which leave the possessors for ever poor, let us seek the forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance in heaven. Let us pray that the work of the Holy Spirit may appear in converting our hearts, and that the beauty of holiness may be seen in our conduct.

[airIam2worship]

Ps 91:1 ¶ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Ps 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Ps 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Ps 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Ps 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Ps 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Ps 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Ps 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Ps 91:9 ¶ Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Ps 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Pr 12:21

Ps 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Ps 91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Ps 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Ps 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Ps 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Ps 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Comment on following page

[airIam2worship]

MHCC

The safety of those who have God for their refuge. (1-8)

 1-8 He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. And those who have found the comfort of making the Lord their refuge, cannot but desire that others may do so. The spiritual life is protected by Divine grace from the temptations of Satan, which are as the snares of the fowler, and from the contagion of sin, which is a noisome pestilence. Great security is promised to believers in the midst of danger. Wisdom shall keep them from being afraid without cause, and faith shall keep them from being unduly afraid. Whatever is done, our heavenly Father's will is done; and we have no reason to fear. God's people shall see, not only God's promises fulfilled, but his threatenings. Then let sinners come unto the Lord upon his mercy-seat, through the Redeemer's name; and encourage others to trust in him also.

Their favour with Him. (9-16)

 
9-16 Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befall, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, though for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upon him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer out of trouble, and in the mean time be with him in trouble. The Lord will manage all his worldly concerns, and preserve his life on earth, so long as it shall be good for him. For encouragement in this he looks unto Jesus. He shall live long enough; till he has done the work he was sent into this world for, and is ready for heaven. Who would wish to live a day longer than God has some work to do, either by him or upon him? A man may die young, yet be satisfied with living. But a wicked man is not satisfied even with long life. At length the believer's conflict ends; he has done for ever with trouble, sin, and temptation.

TOD


 
  Ver. 14. Here we have the Lord himself speaking of his own chosen one.
 
  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. Not because he deserves to be thus kept, but because with all his imperfections he does love his God; therefore not the angels of God only, but the God of angels himself will come to his rescue in all perilous times, and will effectually deliver him.  When the heart is enamoured of the Lord, all taken up with him, and intensely attached to him, the Lord will recognise the sacred flame, and preserve the man who bears it in his bosom. It is love, -- love set upon God, which is the distinguishing mark of those whom the Lord secures from ill.
 
  I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. The man has known the attributes of God so as to trust in him, and then by experience has arrived at a yet deeper knowledge, this shall be regarded by the Lord as a pledge of his grace, and he will set the owner of it above danger or fear, where he shall dwell in peace and joy. None abide in intimate fellowship with God unless they possess a warm affection towards God, and an intelligent trust in him; these gifts of grace are precious in Jehovah's eyes, and wherever he sees them he smiles upon them. How elevated is the standing which the Lord gives to the believer.  We ought to covet it right earnestly. If we climb on high it may be dangerous, but if God sets us there it is glorious.

Ver. 15. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him. He will have need to pray, he will be led to pray aright and the answer shall surely come. Saints are first called of God and then they call upon God; such calls as theirs always obtain answers. Not without prayer will the blessing come to the most favoured, but by means of prayer they shall receive all good things.
 
  I will be with him in trouble, or "I am with him in trouble." Heirs of heaven are conscious of a special divine presence in times of severe trial. God is always near in sympathy and in power to help his tried ones.
 
  I will deliver him, and honour him. The man honours God, and God honours him. Believers are not delivered or preserved in a way which lowers them, and makes them feel themselves degraded; far from it, the Lord's salvation bestows honour upon those it delivers.  God first gives us conquering grace, and then rewards us for it.

Ver. 16. With long life will I satisfy him. The man described in this Psalm fills out the measure of his days, and whether he dies young or old he is quite satisfied with life, and is content to leave it. He shall rise from life's banquet as a man who has had enough, and would not have more even if he could.
 
  And shew him my salvation. The full sight of divine grace shall be his closing vision. He shall look from Amana and Lebanon. Not with destruction before him black as night, but with salvation bright as noonday smiling upon him he shall enter into his rest.

[airIam2worship]

Ps 92:1 ¶ <<A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.>> It is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

Ps 92:2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night,

Ps 92:3 On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound.

Ps 92:4 For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

Ps 92:5 O LORD, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep.

Ps 92:6 A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this.

Ps 92:7 ¶ When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever.

Ps 92:8 But You, LORD, are on high forevermore.

Ps 92:9 For behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For behold, Your enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Ps 92:10 But my horn You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

Ps 92:11 My eye also has seen my desire on my enemies; My ears hear my desire on the wicked Who rise up against me.

Ps 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Ps 92:13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Ps 92:14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,

Ps 92:15 To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Commentary on following page

[airIam2worship]

MHCC

Praise is the business of the sabbath. (1-6)

 
  1-6 It is a privilege that we are admitted to praise the Lord, and hope to be accepted in the morning, and every night; not only on sabbath days, but every day; not only in public, but in private, and in our families. Let us give thanks every morning for the mercies of the night, and every night for the mercies of the day; going out, and coming in, let us bless God. As He makes us glad, through the works of his providence for us, and of his grace in us, and both through the great work of redemption, let us hence be encouraged. As there are many who know not the designs of Providence, nor care to know them, those who through grace do so, have the more reason to be thankful. And if distant views of the great Deliverer so animated believers of old, how should we abound in love and praise!

The wicked shall perish, but God's people shall be exalted. (7-15)

 
7-15 God sometimes grants prosperity to wicked men in displeasure; yet they flourish but for a moment. Let us seek for ourselves the salvation and grace of the gospel, that being daily anointed by the Holy Spirit, we may behold and share the Redeemer's glory. It is from his grace, by his word and Spirit, that believers receive all the virtue that keeps them alive, and makes them fruitful. Other trees, when old, leave off bearing, but in God's trees the strength of grace does not fail with the strength of nature. The last days of the saints are sometimes their best days, and their last work their best work: perseverance is sure evidence of sincerity. And may every sabbath, while it shows forth the Divine faithfulness, find our souls resting more and more upon the Lord our righteousness.
 

[airIam2worship]

Ps 93:1 ¶ The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved.

Ps 93:2 Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

Ps 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

Ps 93:4 The LORD on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea.

Ps 93:5 Your testimonies are very sure; Holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever.



MHCC

The majesty, power, and holiness of Christ's kingdom.

- The Lord might have displayed only his justice, holiness, and awful power, in his dealings with fallen men; but he has been pleased to display the riches of his mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. In this great work, the Father has given all power to his Son, the Lord from heaven, who has made atonement for our sins. He not only can pardon, but deliver and protect all who trust in him. His word is past, and all the saints may rely upon it. Whatever was foretold concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, must be fulfilled in due time. All his people ought to be very strictly pure. God's church is his house; it is a holy house, cleansed from sin, and employed in his service. Where there is purity, there shall be peace. Let all carefully look if this kingdom is set up in their hearts.

Continued on following page

[airIam2worship]

MHC


 INTRODUCTION TO PSALM CHAPTER 93
 
This short psalm sets forth the honour of the kingdom of God among men, to his glory, the terror of his enemies, and the comfort of all his loving subjects. It relates both to the kingdom of his providence, by which he upholds and governs the world, and especially to the kingdom of his grace, by which he secures the church, sanctifies and preserves it. The administration of both these kingdoms is put into the hands of the Messiah, and to him, doubtless, the prophet here hears witness, and to his kingdom, speaking of it as present, because sure; and because, as the eternal Word, even before his incarnation he was Lord of all. Concerning God's kingdom glorious things are here spoken.
 
  I. Have other kings their royal robes? So has he Ps 93:1.
 
  II. Have they their thrones? So has he, Ps 93:2.
 
  III. Have they their enemies whom they subdue and triumph over? So has he, Ps 93:3-4.
 
  IV. Is it their honour to be faithful and holy? So it is his, Ps 93:5. In singing this psalm we forget ourselves if we forget Christ, to whom the Father has given all power both in heaven and in earth.
 
Ver. 1. thru Ver. 5.
 
Next to the being of God there is nothing that we are more concerned to believe and consider than God's dominion, that Jehovah is God, and that this God reigns Ps 93:1, not only that he is King of right, and is the owner and proprietor of all persons and things, but that he is King in fact, and does direct and dispose of all the creatures and all their actions according to the counsel of his own will. This is celebrated here, and in many other psalms: The Lord reigns. It is the song of the gospel church, of the glorified church Re 19:6, Hallelujah; the Lord God omnipotent reigns.  Here we are told how he reigns.
 
  I. The Lord reigns gloriously: He is clothed with majesty. The majesty of earthly princes, compared with God's terrible majesty, is but like the glimmerings of a glow-worm compared with the brightness of the sun when he goes forth in his strength. Are the enemies of God's kingdom great and formidable? Yet let us not fear them, for God's majesty will eclipse theirs.
 
  II. He reigns powerfully. He is not only clothed with majesty, as a prince in his court, but he is clothed with strength, as a general in the camp. He has wherewithal to support his greatness and to make it truly formidable. See him not only clad in robes, but clad in armour.  Both strength and honour are his clothing. He can do every thing, and with him nothing is impossible.
 
1. With this power he has girded himself; it is not derived from any other, nor does the executing of it depend upon any other, but he has it of himself and with it does whatsoever he pleases. Let us not fear the power of man, which is borrowed and bounded, but fear him who has power to kill and cast into hell.
 
2. To this power it is owing that the world stands to this day. The world also is established; it was so at first, by the creating power of God, when he founded it upon the seas; it is so still, by that providence which upholds all things and is a continued creation; it is so established that though he has hanged the earth upon nothing Job 26:7 yet it cannot be moved; all things continue to this day, according to his ordinance. Note, The preserving of the powers of nature and the course of nature is what the God of nature must have the glory of; and we who have the benefit thereof daily are very careless and ungrateful if we give him not the glory of it.  Though God clothes himself with majesty, yet he condescends to take care of this lower world and to settle its affairs; and, if he established the world, much more will he establish his church, that it cannot be moved.
 
  III. He reigns eternally Ps 93:2: Thy throne is established of old.
 
1. God's right to rule the world is founded in his making it; he that gave being to it, no doubt, may give law to it, and so his title to the government is incontestable: Thy throne is established; it is a title without a flaw in it. And it is ancient: it is established of old, from the beginning of time, before any other rule, principality, or power was erected, as it will continue when all other rule, principality, and power shall be put down, 1Co 15:24.
 
2. The whole administration of his government was settled in his eternal counsels before all worlds; for he does all according to the purpose which he purposed in himself; The chariots of Providence came down from between the mountains of brass, from those decrees which are fixed as the everlasting mountains Zec 6:1: Thou art from everlasting, and therefore thy throne is established of old; because God himself was from everlasting, his throne and all the determinations of it were so too; for in an eternal mind there could not but be eternal thoughts.
 
  IV. He reigns triumphantly, Ps 93:3-4. We have here,
 
1. A threatening storm supposed: The floods have lifted up, O Lord! (to God himself the remonstrance is made) the floods have lifted up their voice, which speaks terror; nay, they have lifted up their waves, which speaks real danger. It alludes to a tempestuous sea, such as the wicked are compared to, Isa 57:20. The heathen rage Ps 2:1 and think to ruin the church, to overwhelm it like a deluge, to sink it like a ship at sea. The church is said to be tossed with tempests Isa 54:11, and the floods of ungodly men make the saints afraid, Ps 18:4. We may apply it to the tumults that are sometimes in our own bosoms, through prevailing passions and frights, which put the soul into disorder, and are ready to overthrow its graces and comforts; but, if the Lord reign there, even the winds and seas shall obey him.
 
2. An immovable anchor cast in this storm Ps 93:4: The Lord himself is mightier. Let this keep our minds fixed,
 
(1.) That God is on high, above them, which denotes his safety (they cannot reach him, Ps 29:10) and his sovereignty; they are ruled by him, they are overruled, and, wherein they rebel, overcome, Ex 18:11.
 
(2.) That he is mightier, does more wondrous things than the noise of many waters; they cannot disturb his rest or rule; they cannot defeat his designs and purposes. Observe, The power of the church's enemies is but as the noise of many waters; there is more of sound than substance in it. Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise, Jer 46:17.  The church's friends are commonly more frightened than hurt. God is mightier than this noise; he is mighty to preserve his people's interests from being ruined by these many waters and his people's spirits from being terrified by the noise of them. He can, when he pleases, command peace to the church Ps 65:7, peace in the soul, Isa 26:3. Note, The unlimited sovereignty and irresistible power of the great Jehovah are very encouraging to the people of God, in reference to all the noises and hurries they meet with in this world, Ps 46:1-2.
 
  V. He reigns in truth and holiness, Ps 93:5.
 
1. All his promises are inviolably faithful: Thy testimonies are very sure. As God is able to protect his church, so he is true to the promises he has made of its safety and victory. His word is passed, and all the saints may rely upon it. Whatever was foretold concerning the kingdom of the Messiah would certainly have its accomplishment in due time.  Those testimonies upon which the faith and hope of the Old- Testament saints were built were very sure, and would not fail them.
 
2. All his people ought to be conscientiously pure: Holiness becomes thy house, O Lord!  for ever. God's church is his house; it is a holy house, cleansed from sin, consecrated by God, and employed in his service. The holiness of it is its beauty (nothing better becomes the saints than conformity to God's image and an entire devotedness to his honour), and it is its strength and safety; it is the holiness of God's house that secures it against the many waters and their noise. Where there is purity there shall be peace.  Fashions change, and that which is becoming at one time is not so at another; but holiness always becomes God's house and family, and those who belong to it; it is perpetually decent; and nothing so ill becomes the worshippers of the holy God as unholiness.

[airIam2worship]

Ps 94:1 ¶ O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs-O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

Ps 94:2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.

Ps 94:3 LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?

Ps 94:4 They utter speech, and speak insolent things; All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.

Ps 94:5 They break in pieces Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage.

Ps 94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.

Ps 94:7 Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand."

Ps 94:8 Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?

Ps 94:9 He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

Ps 94:10 He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge?

Ps 94:11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.

Ps 94:12 ¶ Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law,

Ps 94:13 That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Ps 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.

Ps 94:15 But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it.

Ps 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Ps 94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.

Ps 94:18 If I say, "My foot slips," Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.

Ps 94:19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

Ps 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?

Ps 94:21 They gather together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.

Ps 94:22 But the LORD has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge.

Ps 94:23 He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The LORD our God shall cut them off.


comments on following page;

[airIam2worship]

MHCC

The danger and folly of persecutors. (1-11)

  1-11 We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways, and people. It would hardly be believed, if we did not witness it, that millions of rational creatures should live, move, speak, hear, understand, and do what they purpose, yet act as if they believed that God would not punish the abuse of his gifts. As all knowledge is from God, no doubt he knows all the thoughts of the children of men, and knows that the imaginations of the thoughts of men's hearts are only evil, and that continually. Even in good thoughts there is a want of being fixed, which may be called vanity. It concerns us to keep a strict watch over our thoughts, because God takes particular notice of them. Thoughts are words to God.

Comfort and peace to the persecuted. (12-23)


12-23 That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest. The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are beholden, not only to God's power, but to his pity, for spiritual supports; and if we have been kept from falling into sin, or shrinking from our duty, we should give him the glory, and encourage our brethren. The psalmist had many troubled thoughts concerning the case he was in, concerning the course he should take, and what was likely to be the end of it. The indulgence of such contrivances and fears, adds to care and distrust, and renders our views more gloomy and confused. Good men sometimes have perplexed and distressed thoughts concerning God. But let them look to the great and precious promises of the gospel. The world's comforts give little delight to the soul, when hurried with melancholy thoughts; but God's comforts bring that peace and pleasure which the smiles of the world cannot give, and which the frowns of the world cannot take away. God is his people's Refuge, to whom they may flee, in whom they are safe, and may be secure. And he will reckon with the wicked. A man cannot be more miserable than his own wickedness will make him, if the Lord visit it upon him.

[airIam2worship]

Ps 95:1 ¶ Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

Ps 95:2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

Ps 95:3 For the LORD is the great God, And the great King above all gods.

Ps 95:4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.

Ps 95:5 The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.

Ps 95:6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Ps 95:7 ¶ For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:

Ps 95:8 "Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

Ps 95:9 When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.

Ps 95:10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.'

Ps 95:11 So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.'"


comments on following page

[airIam2worship]

MHCC

An exhortation to praise God. (1-7 part)

 
  1-7 Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it were well if we did not want a heart. How great is that God, whose the whole earth is, and the fulness thereof; who directs and disposes of all! The Lord Jesus, whom we are here taught to praise, is a great God; the mighty God is one of his titles, and God over all, blessed for evermore. To him all power is given, both in heaven and earth. He is our God, and we should praise him. He is our Saviour, and the Author of our blessedness. The gospel church is his flock, Christ is the great and good Shepherd of believers; he sought them when lost, and brought them to his fold.

A warning not to tempt Him. (7-11)

 
7-11 Christ calls upon his people to hear his voice. You call him Master, or Lord; then be his willing, obedient people. Hear the voice of his doctrine, of his law, and in both, of his Spirit: hear and heed; hear and yield. Christ's voice must be heard to-day. This day of opportunity will not last always; improve it while it is called to-day. Hearing the voice of Christ is the same with believing. Hardness of heart is at the bottom of all distrust of the Lord. The sins of others ought to be warnings to us not to tread in their steps. The murmurings of Israel were written for our admonition. God is not subject to such passions as we are; but he is very angry at sin and sinners. That certainly is evil, which deserves such a recompence; and his threatenings are as sure as his promises. Let us be aware of the evils of our hearts, which lead us to wander from the Lord. There is a rest ordained for believers, the rest of everlasting refreshment, begun in this life, and perfected in the life to come. This is the rest which God calls his rest.

[airIam2worship]

Ps 96:1 ¶ Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Ps 96:2 Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

Ps 96:3 Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.

Ps 96:4 For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

Ps 96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

Ps 96:6 Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

Ps 96:7 Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD glory and strength.

Ps 96:8 Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts.

Ps 96:9 Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.

Ps 96:10 ¶ Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously."

Ps 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;

Ps 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice

Ps 96:13 before the LORD. (96:13) For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.


commentary on following page

[airIam2worship]

MHCC

A call to all people to praise God. (1-9)

  1-9 When Christ finished his work on earth, and was received into his glory in heaven, the church began to sing a new song unto him, and to bless his name. His apostles and evangelists showed forth his salvation among the heathen, his wonders among all people. All the earth is here summoned to worship the Lord. We must worship him in the beauty of holiness, as God in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. Glorious things are said of him, both as motives to praise and matter of praise.

God's government and judgment. (10-13)

10-13 We are to hope and pray for that time, when Christ shall reign in righteousness over all nations. He shall rule in the hearts of men, by the power of truth, and the Spirit of righteousness. His coming draws nigh; this King, this Judge standeth before the door, but he is not yet come. The Lord will accept the praises of all who seek to promote the kingdom of Christ. The sea can but roar, and how the trees of the wood can show that they rejoice we know not; but He that searches the heart knows what is the mind of the Spirit, and understands the words, the broken language of the weakest. Christ will come to judge the earth, to execute just vengeance on his enemies, and to fulfil his largest promises to his people. What then are we? Would that day be welcome to us? If this be not our case, let us now begin to prepare to meet our God, by seeking the pardon of our sins, and the renewal of our souls to holiness.

[airIam2worship]

Ps 97:1 ¶ The LORD reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad!

Ps 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

Ps 97:3 A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.

Ps 97:4 His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles.

Ps 97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Ps 97:6 The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.

Ps 97:7 Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.

Ps 97:8 ¶ Zion hears and is glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments, O LORD.

Ps 97:9 For You, LORD, are most high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.

Ps 97:10 You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

Ps 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.


My Comments: Brothers and Sisters what a comforting passage of Scripture this is for us today!!!! With all the turmoil and pestilences going on in the world today, is not the Psalm uplifting?? God cares for and loves His people, His Awesome Majesty, Might and Power cannot be compared.

Commentary on following page: