Psalms
(answers)
Chapter 1
- The
two types of people presented here are the righteous and the ungodly.
- The righteous
follow the laws of the Lord. Whatever he does shall prosper and he will
stand in the congregation of the righteous at the judgment. The ungodly
are not anything like the righteous but are like chaff the useless part of
the grain that is discarded and destroyed.
Chapter 2
- The
nations have broken bond with God and His anointed one.
- God
has set His anointed one, Jesus the Messiah, over us.
Chapter 3
- The
Lord listens to the godly and righteous.
- We should
call on God in times of trouble. He will He will hear us, protect us, and
sustain us.
Chapter 4
- The
Lord brings safety and peace to His faithful.
Chapter 5
- This
prayer is for guidance and protection from God before enemies.
- God
hates those who are wicked, do evil, work iniquity, boast, tell lies, shed
blood, and are deceitful.
Chapter 6
- The
psalmist prays for relief, healing, and mercy from God for his suffering
due to a sin in his life.
- The
psalmist demonstrates faith in the Lord to hear him and to heal him. The
Lord will protect him from his enemies.
Chapter 7
- The
persecution would be justified and accepted if he had committed the sin,
iniquity, or evil.
- The
Lord will judge us according to our righteousness and integrity within us,
in our hearts and minds.
- The
wicked will fall by their schemes and suffer death by the hands of God.
Chapter 8
- Man
is not as grand as all of creation but God has strengthened man to do His
work and to rule over the earth.
Chapter 9
- God is
praised for the destruction of enemies and the wicked.
- God
is a refuge for those oppressed and in times of trouble.
Chapter 10
- The
wicked do not fear God or His judgment.
- The
psalmist prays for God to stop the evil done by the wicked and to repay the
wicked for their deeds for those they have oppressed.
Chapter 11
- We
have faith that the Lord sees and knows the righteous. He hates the wicked
and will punish him harshly.
Chapter 12
- God
will preserve those who know Him from the oppression of the wicked..
Chapter 13
- We
should trust in the salvation of God from all our enemies say or do.
Chapter 14
- There
were none who did good. They lived corruptly and abominably as if there
were no God. Even those who should have knowledge did not call on God.
Chapter 15
- He
who walks uprightly, works righteousness, speaks truth, does not backbite,
do evil to his neighbor, or criticize his friend (but encourages his
friend) will dwell with the Lord.
Chapter 16
- The
faithful live in joy and blessing from the Lord. Their souls will not be
left in the grave but will rest in the hands of God.
Chapter 17
- He
had been tested by God and found to be upright. His vindication will come
from the protection and salvation of God from his enemies and those who
oppressed him.
- People
were satisfied with possessions and the treasures of life and having
children and grand children whom they could leave it to.
- The
psalmist and upright look forward to seeing God in righteousness and being
like Him.
Chapter 18
- The
Lord is our strength, shield, and deliverer from our enemies.
- The
Lord saved David because he walked in righteousness. His hands were clean
and he followed the statutes of God.
- God
strengthens us and arms us for the battle against our enemies.
- We
should praise God, thank Him, and give Him the glory and credit for our
victories and deliverance.
Chapter 19
- The
wonders of creation show the glory of God.
- Keeping
the law, the statutes, the testimony, the commandments, the fear, and the
righteous judgments of the Lord will convert us, teach us, make us wise,
bring joy to our hearts.
Chapter 20
1.
The king sought God for strength and victory over his enemies,
Chapter 21
- The
king was thankful because he had called on God for strength and
deliverance and God answered his entire request favorably.
Chapter 22
- David
was suffering from the reproaches of men and was despised among the
people. God had not yet delivered him from this.
- Once
his prayers are answered he praises God and gives Him all honor and glory.
Chapter 23
- He
knew with God as his shepherd he would have nothing to fear and God would
richly bless him.
Chapter 24
- The
earth and everything in it, including man, belongs to the Lord.
- He
who has clean hands and a pure heart may go to the Holy place of the Lord.
Chapter25
- Hr
prayed for forgiveness of his sin and for deliverance from his enemies.
- The
Lord teaches and guides the humble and those who keep His ways even those
who may sin.
Chapter26
- David
asks the Lord to examine him for any wrong and He will find none.
Therefore, the Lord should keep him from wicked people.
Chapter 27
- God
was his light and salvation. God directed his steps and defeated his
enemies.
- He
desired to always be able to come before the Lord in His temple to inquire
of Him and seek His protection.
- If
we wait on the Lord He will help us.
Chapter 28
- He
prayed for God to hear his supplications and protect him from the destiny
of the wicked.
- God
heard his prayers and answered him favorably.
Chapter29
- The
people are exhorted to praise, worship, and glorify the Lord who sits
above all people and controls all things.
- The
Lord will give strength and peace to His people.
Chapter 30
- The
Lord answered David’s prayer.
- God’s
anger is for a moment but his favor is forever.
- The
Lord hid from David for a little while because of David’s pride.
- We
should praise God now while we are still alive and can receive His favor.
Chapter 31
- The
Lord is our rock and our fortress in times of adversity.
- He
needed the mercy, protection, and goodness of the Lord now because he had
become a reproach to his friends.
Chapter 32
- Unacknowledged
sin creates guilt and a great burden that weighs heavy on you and can
bring physical illness.
- We
should be taught and guided by the Lord and follow Him by free will, not
forced and guided like a horse or mule with bit and bridle.
Chapter 33
- God
is upright, truthful, just, and full of love \ mercy, righteousness, and
goodness.
- Blessed
is the nation whose God is the Lord.
- No
one is saved by his great army, the strength of his many horses, or the
strength of his own hands. Only those who fear the Lord will be safe,
blessed, and delivered from death.
Chapter 34
- God
had delivered him from his fears and troubles.
- To
have long life and see good in his life a man must fear the Lord. He must
depart from evil and deceit and pursue good and peace.
- The
Lord is near to those who are brokenhearted and have a contrite spirit.
Chapter 35
- God
will avenge us against our adversaries.
Chapter 36
- The
ungodly have no fear of God. They flatter themselves even in their
iniquity. They speak wickedness and deceit devising evil in his bed. He is
unwise, does no good, and does not abhor evil.
- The
light of the godly is the Lord. They are satisfied with all He provides.
He is their fountain of life.
Chapter 37
- We
should not envy the wicked because he will soon be cut down and wither
away.
- The
riches of the wicked are temporary. The inheritance of the righteous lasts
forever.
- The
wicked will borrow but not repay. The righteous will show mercy and give.
Chapter 38
- The
psalmist asks the Lord not to chasten him in His wrath or hot displeasure
but look upon his suffering and anguish he bears now after his confessed
sin and have mercy on him.
Chapter 39
- Our
days are but a handbreadth and a vapor on earth before God.
- Man
can heap up riches on earth but cannot take it with him when he dies.
Chapter 40
- We
shall trust and call on the Lord in times of trial.
- The
Lord prefers we speak and do His will in righteousness.
Chapter 41
- If
God would allow him to repay his enemies (good for evil) and his enemies
did not triumph over him he would know God was with him.
Chapter 42
- His
enemies oppress him and God has not answered his cry for help.
Chapter 43
- Though
God has not answered his prayer yet he knows he will praise Him because
God is his help.
Chapter 44
- God
drove out the enemies of the forefathers.
- God
had allowed the people to be taken over by their enemies, scattered, and
even killed. They were reproached, shamed, and dishonored.
Chapter 45
- This
king was a scepter of righteousness for God. He loved righteousness and
hated wickedness.
- She
is the queen who will worship her king.
- This
union will produce sons to carry on their name.
Chapter 46
- We
should not fear anything because God is our strength and refuge in times
of trouble.
- The
swelling sea represents turmoil and destruction. The river represents God
who dwells with us. He is our strength, protection, and help during or
despite the swelling sea.
Chapter 47
- God
is praised for His awesome favor and rule over the people. He is the great
king who rules over all and subdues all and will give us a great
inheritance.
Chapter 48
- God
is praised for His presence in the city. He is their fortress. Other
nations recognized this and steered clear of trouble with His people.
Chapter 49
- Wealth
and riches cannot redeem a man’s soul for eternal life.
- The
foolish think their dwelling places and their name will last forever but
they too will die and their wealth left for others.
- God
will redeem the soul of those who trust in Him from the grave.
Chapter 50
- God
wants our praise, thanksgiving, and for us to keep our vows to Him.
- The
wicked will be judged harshly.
Chapter 51
- The
writer prays earnestly for forgiveness from God for a great sin he has
done.
- He
will praise God and teach and convert sinners to the way of God.
- God
desires a broken spirit and contrite heart over sacrifice and offering.
Chapter 52
- The
mighty man was wicked. He loved evil and spoke deceitfully and with lies.
His strength was not in God but in his riches and wickedness.
- The
wicked will be destroyed and plucked out of his place by God.
- The
righteous will trust in God and flourish under Him.
Chapter 53
- The
wicked have oppressed and put fear into God’s people.
- God
will destroy the wicked and scatter his bones.
Chapter 54
- God
will be praised because He will deliver those who trust Him from the hand
of the enemy.
Chapter 55
- The
pain caused to the writer had come from one who once was a friend.
- He
prayed to God in the morning, at noon, and at night.
Chapter 56
- When
we are afraid we will trust in God.
Chapter 57
- He
prays for God’s protection from their plots against him.
Chapter 58
- It
is prayed the wicked will receive their just judgment from God.
Chapter 59
- David
had done nothing wrong. It was just in the hearts of the wicked to harm
David. These men were sent by Saul to destroy David.
- David
wants his enemies slowly punished to make them realize God rules but
ultimately destroyed.
Chapter 60
- The
banner was David’s rise to the throne by God. The people believed in this.
Therefore, they are God’s people and God will help them.
Chapter 61
- The
writer finds assurance and hope for the present and future because of the
past blessings of the Lord.
- He
prays the king will have a long life, and extended rule, and mercy and
truth upon him.
Chapter 62
- We
shall trust in the strength and mercy of God.
- The
wicked rely on their oppression, riches, and robbery to sustain them.
Chapter 63
- David
rose early to seek God, he went to His sanctuary to seek Him, he praised
God with his mouth, and meditated on Him upon his bed.
Chapter 64
- The
oppressors and their plots shall be foiled by God. All who see this will
declare the work of the Lord.
Chapter 65
- God
is praised for answered prayer, His forgiveness, and His spiritual favor.
- God
created all things and has power over all things.
- God
provides abundantly for the earth producing its growth and harvest.
Chapter 66
- God
allows tribulation to bring refinement and purity in us.
- The
Lord will not hear our prayer if there is iniquity in our heart.
Chapter 67
- When
a people or nation is blessed of God it is inevitable His ways and
salvation will be made known to all people and nations.
- The
hope of praising God is His continued blessing.
Chapter 68
- God
is a father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, provides for the
homeless or orphan, He lead Israel
through the wilderness, and daily loads them with blessings. He gives
strength and power to the people.
Chapter 69
- Those
who hate him without cause were many, more than the number of hair on his
head, and some were powerful.
- His
loyalty, faithfulness, and zeal to God brought this suffering upon him.
- He
asks God to add iniquity to their iniquity and blot them out of the book
of the living.
Chapter 70
- The
writer prays for help from God against his adversaries.
Chapter 71
- He
has trusted in God since the days of his youth.
- He
needs God now because he has become old and weak and still had enemies.
Chapter 72
- God
is asked to bless the king’s son with righteousness and justice for the
people.
- Solomon
was the son who received the gifts and the gold from the queen of Sheba.
Chapter 73
- He
became envious of the prosperity of the proud and wicked. They seemed not
to suffer while the pure in heart suffered tribulations.
- When
he went into the temple he received understanding of the end due the
wicked and was strengthened by this.
Chapter 74
- He
felt God had forsaken and forgotten His people because He has allowed the
enemy to destroy the temple and continue to oppress His people.
- He
asks God to remember His people whom He redeemed, whom He had an
inheritance, His city in which He had dwelt, and to respect the covenant
He had made with His people. He wants God to remember also the foolish and
wicked’s reproach and blasphemy against Him.
Chapter 75
- God
will put down the wicked and exalt the righteous. The strength of the
wicked shall be cut off but the strength of the righteous will be exalted.
Chapter 76
- God
is praised for His majesty because He has proved Himself mighty than all
in battle.
Chapter 77
- He
sought God’s favor, mercy, and grace that he knew God showed in the past.
- He
meditated on the past wonders and works of God for His people.
Chapter 78
- God
commanded the fathers to tell their children of the testimony of Jacob and
of the wonderful works of God. Their children would tell their children so
that all may set their hope in God and keep His commandments.
- Ephraim
was rejected because they refused to go to battle with the rest of their
brothers and did not keep the commandments of God.
- God
chose David frm the tribe of Judah
to shepherd His people.
Chapter 79
- God
is asked to forgive their iniquities and give mercy and deliverance from
the enemy who oppresses them and mocks God.
Chapter 80
- God
allowed the tribulation on His people.
- The
vine out of Egypt is Israel.
Chapter 81
- The
people are asked to remember the Lord by keeping His statutes and
celebrating with music and by the feasts that He had commanded.
- The
Lord had removed the burden of the slavery of the people in Egypt.
Chapter 82
- The
judges were giving partiality to the influential and had judged unfairly
to the poor and needy.
- They
were given god-like authority and function as judges by God.
Chapter 83
- The
psalmist prays for justice against the surrounding nations who came
against Israel
and God.
Chapter 84
- The
psalmist prefers to dwell and fellowship with the Lord in the tabernacle.
- God
will hold no good thing from the upright.
Chapter 85
- God
is asked for His favor on the land and on the people, for His salvation
and the increase in the yield of the land.
Chapter 86
- The
psalmist prays for God’s favor in time of trouble and for Him to teach him
His way.
Chapter 87
- The
city of Jerusalem
is praised for being the favor of God.
- Those
who were born in the city can boast because God favors them more than all
the dwellings of Jacob.
Chapter 88
- The
writer is full of troubles. Even his friends and acquaintances have
abandoned him. Death is the only thing left for him.
- He
asks God how can he praise Him, His faithfulness, His wonders, and His righteousness
from the grave or if God forgets him.
Chapter 89
- Everything
belongs to God, the earth, the heavens, the world and its fullness.
- God
made a covenant with David to strengthen him and keep His mercy and
faithfulness with him forever.
- The
writer felt like the covenant was broken.
Chapter 90
- Numbering
our days will teach us that life is short. Therefore, we will seek wisdom
in God and life.
Chapter 91
- Safety
comes from abiding in God. He will protect us from evil, enemies, any
harm, and any trouble. He will honor us with long life and salvation and
provide us with guardian angels.
Chapter 92
- The
Lord was praised with stringed instruments, the lute, and the harp.
- The
righteous shall flourish and bear fruit in old age.
Chapter 93
- God
has reigned from the beginning and will reign forever. He reigns in
majesty, strength, and cannot be shaken.
Chapter 94
- The
wicked say God does not see so they continue to sin. However, God who
formed the eye, the ear, gives knowledge, and instructs the nations will
see, hear, and know the thoughts of man.
Chapter 95
- We
should sing to Him, worship Him, kneel to Him, and be obedient to Him.
Chapter 96
- God
is praised because He will be coming in righteous judgment and the
righteous will be blessed.
Chapter 97
- The
righteous should rejoice because God preserves the souls of the righteous,
delivers them from the wicked, gives them direction, and makes their heart
glad.
Chapter 98
- God
is righteously coming to judge the earth and the world.
Chapter 99
- God
was the ‘God Who Forgives’ because He is still their Holy God.
Chapter 100
- We
are like sheep in God’s pasture (He takes care of us).
- God
is merciful and full of goodness and truth to all generations.
Chapter 101
- He
will walk in the principles of the Lord. He will walk in a blameless way;
he will not look upon wickedness; he will destroy the one who secretly slanders
his neighbor and not endure the proud; no one who lies or is deceitful
will dwell in his house.
Chapter 102
- The
writer prays for himself and then his nation.
- The
writer has hope for his nation because God’s name and mercy will endure
forever and generations to come will praise Him.
Chapter 103
- The
Lord forgives iniquities, heals diseases, redeems your life, crowns us
with loving kindness and tender mercies, satisfies our mouth, and renews
us.
- The
Lord abounds with mercy on us.
Chapter 104
- Creation
is under God’s control and functions as He purposed it.
- Sinners
and the wicked are the only blemish of God’s works.
Chapter 105
- God
is praised for His faithfulness to His covenant with Abraham in whom Israel
benefited through the time of Joseph and Moses.
Chapter 106
- God
is praised for His long suffering and forgiveness despite all the sins and
rebellion of His people.
Chapter 107
- We
should give the Lord thanks for all His goodness and mercy.
- They
will call out to Him in the storm and He will calm the storm.
- God
will make a land barren because of the wickedness in it.
Chapter 108
- God
is praised for His help in victories over their enemies.
Chapter 109
- He
prayed false accusers would be found guilty and suffer punishment to the
point of death and their children suffer too.
Chapter 110
- According
to Jesus’ use of verse one it is God speaking to Jesus (Matt. 22:44).
- Jesus
was a priest and king as was Melchizedek.
Chapter 111
- The
works of God are remembered and studied and helps man keep faith in God.
- God
is described as being gracious, full of compassion, and righteous.
Chapter 112
- The
upright become like God who they worship. He is gracious, full of
compassion, and righteous
Chapter 113
- Though
God is to be praised for His great majesty over all the earth and the heavens
He looks down upon the earth to help the poor, the needy, and the barren.
Chapter 114
- The
writer describes the power and wonder of God’s work when He delivered Israel
from Egypt
and how the land, sea, and mountains obeyed His will.
Chapter 115
- God
can be trusted to bless and provide for His people because He is real. He
sees, hears, speaks, smells, and walks. The gods of the Gentiles can do
none of this.
Chapter 116
- God
had delivered him from trouble, sorrow, and death.
- God
is gracious, righteous, and merciful.
Chapter 117
- All
nations and all peoples are to praise the Lord for His merciful kindness
to all.
Chapter 118
- The
mercy of the Lord endures forever.
- It
is better to trust in the Lord than in man or mighty people.
- Israel
was the rejected stone of the nations but chosen by God to manifest
Himself to the world.
Chapter 119
- God’s
word is called the way, the law, His testimonies, precepts, statutes,
commandments, and judgments.
- We
can be clean by heeding the word of God.
- We
are revived through being taught and understanding God’s statutes and
precepts.
- We
will tell of God’s mercies and salvation.
- He
will keep God’s words and be faithful.
- Affliction
caused him to learn the precepts and statutes of God.
- God’s
mercy upon his affliction will be a source of faith for others.
- He
kept his faith. He did not forget or forsake God’s precepts or statutes.
- His
faith in God’s faithfulness gave him life.
- God’s
word has brought much wisdom and understanding.
- The
word is a light and a lamp to guide us in life whatever we may face.
- He
feared God’s judgments because He will reject those who stray from His
statutes.
- It
is time for God to act upon his oppressors.
- He
cried because men did not keep God’s law.
- New
zeal came about because of the realization of people having forgotten
God’s word.
- The
wicked do not seek God’s statutes.
- Peace
comes to those who love God’s statutes.
- He
asks God to seek him, His servant, though he may go astray.
Chapter 120
- He
has to dwell among people who are given to deceit and lies.
Chapter 121
- Our
help comes from the Lord.
- The
Lord will not let His people wander homeless.
Chapter 122
- Peace
and prosperity are prayed for Jerusalem.
Chapter 123
- The
people wanted God’s help against the scorn and contempt of the proud.
Chapter 124
- God
delivered His people from their enemies.
Chapter 125
- If
the wicked remained in the land the fall of the righteous could occur.
Chapter 126
- The
exiles sought for the flourishing of their nation upon their return.
Chapter 127
- Whatever
man endeavors to do is futile without the blessing of God.
- Children
are a heritage, a reward, and an arrow to defend us against our enemies.
Chapter 128
- God
will bless those who fear Him with the fruit of the labor of his hands,
with children, and grandchildren.
Chapter 129
- The
people pray that God would deliver them from their enemies.
Chapter 130
- We
wait on the Lord for His redemption and mercy from our iniquities.
Chapter 131
- The
writer has weaned his pride and haughtiness.
Chapter 132
- David
desired to build a tabernacle for God to dwell among the people.
- God
promised David an offspring of his who would flourish on the throne.
Chapter 133
1.
As the oil consecrates so does unity among the people. It
consecrates them spiritually in brotherly love and devotion.
Chapter 134
- We
bless God because He blesses us.
Chapter 135
- God
is remembered for His past works and blessings on Israel
– His natural creation, exodus from Egypt,
and the defeat of many nations.
- All
of Israel,
the high priest, and the Levit priests are called to bless the Lord.
Chapter 136
- The
Lord is merciful in all that He has done for Israel
because He remembered His covenant with Abraham. He could have left them
in captivity.
Chapter 137
- The
psalmist is one of the exiles in Babylon.
- He
is angry at Edom for
aiding in their captivity by Babylon.
Chapter 138
- Answered
prayer by God has given him strength and boldness.
- He
will trust in God in trouble and with enemies.
Chapter 139
- God
knows everything about us.
- God
is with us everywhere. We cannot hide from Him.
- God
has planned our lives even from the womb.
- God
is asked to slay the wicked and protect us from our enemies and finally to
examine us and lead us to the way of everlasting life.
Chapter 140
- God
is asked to subdue the wicked that come against us. Let their evil turn on
them.
Chapter 141
- He
wanted God to guard his mouth, his heart, and his works from evil and
iniquity.
- He
welcomed the correction and rebuke of the righteous.
Chapter 142
- He
needed God as his refuge from his persecutors.
Chapter 143
- He
asked for God to speedily answer him so he would know what he was to do.
Chapter 144
- God
is his rock, loving kindness, his fortress, high tower, deliverer, shield,
and his refuge as a warrior.
- God
would deliver them from their enemies and bless them with children,
flocks, and ample harvests.
Chapter 145
- God
is praised for His greatness in mighty works, His glory and splendor,
goodness, righteousness, compassion, mercy, His glorious everlasting
kingdom, His provision, and His availability to those who call upon Him.
Chapter 146
- Man
will die and return to the dust. He is no lasting help. God is
everlasting. He is the creator of all things, He cares for man, and He
will reign forever.
Chapter 147
- God’s
provision not only is for Jerusalem
but also the needs of the earth and the creatures of the earth.
- God
is pleased by those who fear Him and who hope in His mercy.
Chapter 148
- Everything
in heaven and on earth is called to praise the Lord.
Chapter 149
- We
are to praise the Lord with song, dance, and musical instruments for He
delights in us.
- The
two-edged sword represents the victories achieved in the name of the Lord.
Today it is the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Chapter 150
- Everything
that has breath should praise the Lord.
- We
are to praise the Lord with dance and musical instruments.