Introduction: If there is one lesson that the psalmist would like for us to take away from this particular psalm, it is the desire that men would learn how to praise God for His goodness. This ...
Psalm 107/Let the Redeemed Say So
Psalm 106/The Salvation of Ingrates
The Eleventh Decade of Psalms: Introduction: God is always to be praised for His wondrous works, but we also need to remember to make sure to catalog our praises. God works wonderfully in creation, ...
Israel and the Tabernacle of David/Psalm 105
Introduction: What we have here is a glorious retelling of God’s deliverance of Israel in and through the Exodus. In addition, we find that it is a retelling that is theologically sophisticated, and that on several levels. The Text: “O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: Make known his deeds among the …
Psalm 104/A Hymn of Creation and Providence
The Eleventh Decade of Psalms: Introduction: In this psalm, among many other truths, we see that the Holy Spirit of God is the one who gives us all forms of life. “Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created” (v. 30). And in the Nicene Creed, which we recited today, we confessed that we believe …
When Smoke Prays
And here is the video of the sermon on Psalm 102, a prayer from the afflicted. Psalm 102: When Smoke Prays
Psalm 103/Crowned With Kindness
Introduction: In this most encouraging psalm, we have a plain statement of what our condition is apart from the grace of God, coupled with a clear testimony of the giving of that grace regardless. One of the worst things a man can be is an ingrate, and in this psalm we are catechized in the …
The Householder’s Psalm
Psalm 101: The Householder’s Psalm
When Smoke Prays/Psalm 102
Introduction: We have in this psalm a prayer offered up in the midst of desperate affliction. The afflicted are those who feel most in need of answered prayer. They are also those who feel like getting an answer is a true long shot. But affliction makes them eloquent anyhow, and it is the kind of …
Psalm 100/Serve the Lord With Gladness
Introduction: True worship comes from true hearts, and true hearts are filled to overflowing with gladness. This gladness can be solemn, as it is at a wedding (solempne), or this gladness can be jubilant, as it is after a victorious battle. But the thing it must never be is sullen or surly or sulky. Who …
Psalm 99/Between the Cherubim
Introduction: As we worship Jehovah for His infinite wisdom, right at the peak of our praises must be the recognition that His mercy to us is altogether holy. How He managed to do that is beyond all finite calculation. But fortunately, it is not beyond our ability to adore and praise. How can mercy be …