Sermon on Psalm 26-50
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Sermon on Psalm 26:1-12
In Psalm 26, another psalm of David. The first is,
Sermon on Psalm 27:1-14
The LORD is my light [or Jehovah is my light] and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa 27:1)
Sermon on Psalm 28:1-9
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent, I become like those that have gone down into the pit. Hear my voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle (Psa 28:1-2).
Sermon on Psalm 29:1-11
Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory that is due unto his name (Psa 29:1-2);
Sermon on Psalm 30:1-12
I will extol thee, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and you've not made my foes to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried unto you, and you healed me.
Sermon on Psalm 31:1-24
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me (Psa 31:1-3).
Sermon on Psalm 32:1-11
Now this next psalm is thought to have been written at the time of David's sin with Bathsheba. After the prophet of God, Nathan, had come to him and spoken to him of that sin. We will get another psalm that relates to this same situation in Psalm 51. Another of the Penitent psalms.
Sermon on Psalm 33:1-22
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely [or beautiful] for the upright (Psa 33:1).
Sermon on Psalm 34:1-22
Psalm 34 is a psalm of David when he, it says, "changed his behavior, before Abimelech." Actually, it is probably the case of when he had gone down and Abimelech or Achish the king who drove him away and departed.
Sermon on Psalm 35:1-28
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, stand up for my help. Draw out also the spear,
Sermon on Psalm 36:1-12
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Sermon on Psalm 37:1-40
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity (Psa 37:1).
Sermon on Psalm 38:1-22
Now David, through some sin, and he doesn't tell us what, became very sick. And this psalm is occasion by this great sickness that David had because of some sin that he committed.
Sermon on Psalm 39:1-13
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within me; while I was musing the fire burned (Psa 39:1-3):
Sermon on Psalm 40:1-17
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of the horrible pit, out of the miry clay, he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings (Psa 40:1-2).
Sermon on Psalm 41:1-13
Let us turn at this time in our Bibles to Psalm 41. This is another one of the psalms that begins with a beatitude. The very first psalm begins with a beatitude, "Blessed is the man." Here again,
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Sermon on Psalm 42:1-11
And as a hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God (Psa 42:1).
Sermon on Psalm 43:1-5
Psalm 43 seems to be similar to Psalm 42. There are some who believe that it actually belonged to Psalm 42, and in some of the manuscripts they were even put together as one psalm.
Sermon on Psalm 44:1-26
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in times of old. How you did drive out the heathen with thy hand, and you planted them; and how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.
Sermon on Psalm 45:1-17
The forty-fifth psalm is one of those beautiful psalms that refers to Christ, a Messianic psalm. The glorious king. But in this same psalm is seen the church, the bride of Jesus Christ. And so we have in Psalm 45 the beautiful mystery of Christ and the church. The King and His bride.
Sermon on Psalm 46:1-11
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea (Psa 46:1-2);
Sermon on Psalm 47:1-9
Psalm 47 is a psalm for the New Year. This psalm is read seven times before the blowing of the trumpet to announce the holy day, the beginning of the Jewish New Year.
Sermon on Psalm 48:1-14
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountains of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King (Psa 48:1-2).
Sermon on Psalm 49:1-20
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: Both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open dark sayings upon the harp (Psa 49:1-4).
Sermon on Psalm 50:1-23
Psalm 50 is divided into three categories. The first six verses deal with God who is speaking. In the Hebrew it begins, "El Elohim, Jehovah, hath spoken." God, singular; Gods, plural;
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