Sermon on Psalm 51-75
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Sermon on Psalm 51:1-19
David is surely one of the most outstanding characters of the Old Testament. He was greatly hated and greatly loved. He had the capacity to inspire tremendous emotions in people, on both ends of the spectrum.
Sermon on Psalm 52:1-9
Psalm 52 is to the chief musician. It is a prayer of David. It is a poem or a song that he wrote when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul and said unto him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
Sermon on Psalm 53:1-6
Psalm 53 is the same as Psalm 14. These are similar psalms. There are about three places where psalms repeat themselves, not in total, such as... this is pretty much in total with Psalm 14. In others, maybe three or four verses are repeated. But this the full psalm.
Sermon on Psalm 54:1-7
A prayer of David. When the Ziphims came and said to Saul, "David is hiding down in the wilderness of Ziph." And so, even as he didn't care about Doeg telling Saul where he was, neither did he care about the Ziphims.
Sermon on Psalm 55:1-23
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me (Psa 55:1-3)
Sermon on Psalm 56:1-13
Psalm 56. This is the prayer of David when he heard a mourning dove. That is, a mourning: m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g dove, out in the distant terebinth trees. He no doubt heard these doves cooing off in the distance. There is sort of something soulful and mournful about those doves when they are crying. He said,
Sermon on Psalm 57:1-11
Psalm 57. To the chief musician, and that Altaschith is "destroying not." It is a prayer of David when he fled from Saul and was hiding in the cave. So Saul is looking for David; he is hiding in the cave. And David says,
Sermon on Psalm 58:1-11
Psalm 58 is a prayer of David. I would not want to be one of David's enemies because of his prayers.
Sermon on Psalm 59:1-17
Psalm 59 is another one of those "destroy not" prayers of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him. His wife, Michael, let him out of the window in a basket and David escaped. But the men were watching the house of David to kill him. And David wrote this psalm on that occasion.
Sermon on Psalm 60:1-12
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. For thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shakes. You have showed your people hard things:
Sermon on Psalm 61:1-8
Now in the Hebrew, this word for cry is very intense. It is actually, "Hear my loud wailing, O Lord." Now David was the kind of a guy when he was in trouble, he really let go. Some people are very reserved in their nature.
Sermon on Psalm 62:1-12
So remember the last one, "Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I." Now David declares, "He only is my Rock."
Sermon on Psalm 63:1-11
Psalm 63 is a psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Now, from Jerusalem west lies the coastal plains, fertile valleys, beautiful lush orange groves, and apricot and pear and peach orchards, and all.
Sermon on Psalm 64:1-10
You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold of a person's life and be a very debilitating force within a person's life. "Preserve me from fear."
Sermon on Psalm 65:1-13
Psalm 65 is another psalm of David and this psalm looks forward to the glorious Kingdom Age when Jesus is reigning upon the earth. And so this is a prophetic psalm, going on in to the next age that is fast approaching.
Sermon on Psalm 66:1-20
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious (Psa 66:1-2).
Sermon on Psalm 67:1-7
God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us (Psa 67:1);
Sermon on Psalm 68:1-35
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God (Psa 68:1-2).
Sermon on Psalm 69:1-36
The sixty-ninth psalm is a Messianic psalm. That is, it is a psalm of prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. And there are many scriptures within the psalm here that make reference to Jesus Christ.
Sermon on Psalm 70:1-5
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD (Psa 70:1).
Sermon on Psalm 71:1-24
Psalm 71 is the psalm of the aged man. Probably David as he was getting up into years, and his reddish colored hair had turned gray. David's life was a tough life. He had many devoted friends, but also many avowed enemies.
Sermon on Psalm 72:1-20
Psalm 72 is entitled, "A Psalm for Solomon." As we read this, we find that it goes far beyond Solomon and actually is a prophecy of that Son that was promised to David, even Jesus Christ,
Sermon on Psalm 73:1-28
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart (Psa 73:1).
Sermon on Psalm 74:1-23
Psalm 74 is one of those psalms where the psalmist again is speaking of the desolation that is come, and the apparent quietness of God in the face of the desolation. God didn't do anything to stop it. God has allowed this desolation, and God's hand is not yet seen, as far as the delivering of the people.
Sermon on Psalm 75:1-10
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly (Psa 75:1-2).
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