Psalm and Proverbs on Day 45

Good morning here at 5:02 am we are half way through, so give God praise for that, and pat yourself on the back for being able to read the chapters required in this blessed challenge.  Let us continue now.

Psalm 135 is where we will begin.

The author states a know fact in verse four: ⁴For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. The Lord has done this because we read it in Exodus 19 days back.  He picked a nation to educate and in turn they were suppose to educate all the other nations about how to serve Him.

The Lord does as He pleases, in case other nations are upset that He chose Israel to do this job.  It was not because Israel was some great nation; but it is just as it happen.  Their forefathers were great men who obeyed God.

Psalm 136

 ¹O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.  The Lord's mercy surely endures forever, especially towards Israel as the author writes.  This is one nation that is living off of it's fathers good name.

Psalm 137

 ¹By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
 ⁷Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

This song or psalm rather sings about the period of time when the children of Judah were being carried away captive by the Babylonians and the people who had insight of why they were being carried captive wept; and Babylon required they sing a song, one of the songs of Jerusalem while being led away.  Israel asked how can we sing a song in this situation and in a strange land?

It reminds me of when the black slaves were brought into the Americas and were singing the old Negro spirituals, "swing low..."

However, in verse 7, they prayed to the Lord to remember what Esau, their brother did when they were being carried away.  There are historical accounts that Edom assisted the Gentiles in removing all of the children of Israel out of the land so that they can take it over.  I don't see how a brother can do this but that is how upset Esau was still about the birthright.  If you remember in Ezra and Nehemiah's books when Cyrus allowed Jews to go back and build the temple, they had so much trouble with the Arabs and Edomites who had taken over large parts of the land.  Israel asked the Lord to remember this.

The sad part of it all is that the Lord will repay bad behavior to any persons or nations involved.


Psalm chapter 138


⁶Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.  The Lord is great and greatly to be praise.  Although we are just dust and are like John the Baptist said, not worthy to untie the Lord's shoes, He has respect to the lowly people of the earth but those who boast and are proud, He has nothing to do with.


Psalm 139 a praising psalm to the Lord God; it speaks volumes.  We notice at the end that Jesus made a statement to the Father here: ^{21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?  22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.  Man cannot do anything perfect; the only one who can is God.  And He hates (yes God can hate, He created it right?), with a perfect hatred when anyone provokes it to Him.  This is why God is called the great and terrible God; wonderful is He and praise His name.}


Psalm chapter 140, we read a more protective prayerful psalm to the Lord.  With so much evil in the earth today we must pray for guidance and God's protection from evil.

Psalm chapter 141, is very similar to 140.  With so much prayer to God for help, it is a wonder that many men are so boastful and without God.  Jesus inspired the psalmist to put together many of these psalms and David was a trusted servant of God.  He fought and won many battles because He trusted on God.  We should take this same approach and consult God in everything we do in order to get that David, King of Israel guidance.  ⁸But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.


Psalm chapter 142

⁷Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.  How many of you are in prison as you read this?  If you are just thinking about the county prison or state prison, think again.  This prison is the prison of sin; the breaking of God commandments.  We are to pray hard everyday for God to bring our souls out of the prison Satan has bound us in.


Psalm chapter 143, in the first three verses ask yourself, did David really have that much affliction where as we read?  He did not struggle that bad as some of these psalm portray.  That is how we know it was prophetic writing and Jesus speaking through the mouth of David and other psalmist who wrote.
¹⁰Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
 ¹¹Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

This is something people rarely make mention of; to ask God to teach them His will.  If they sincerely did, God would send them His Word.  However, many people only ask to be more spiritual, and what does that exactly mean?  We need to be quickened or made alive in the Word so that we can learn and understand.

Psalm chapter 144 is a powerful prayer I recommend praying out weekly if not daily.  The question was asked again,  "LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him; or the son of man, that you make account of him?  Man is like a vain thing; his days are as a shadow that passes away.  We are born, we live, we struggle, and then we die.  How vain is that?  However, we have the ability to latch on to the Tree of Life, and eat from it to live forever.  Praise God.

If everything is in God control, there will be no suffering, struggling, and negativity and if a nation on the earth can have that, then BOOM - ¹⁵Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

Psalm 145

 ³Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.  All we can do is read the bible and read the Lord's greatness; but we cannot go into the secret chambers of the earth and see what is stored there.  We cannot search that out. We can go into outer space; but we cannot tilt the earth or move it ten feet back to create better conditions on the earth can we?  So His greatness is unsearchable.

⁶And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.  It was terrible how fire and brimstone rained down on Sodom and Gomorrah, but it was greatness in ridding evil from His sight.

⁹The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.  The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies also extend to all.  Mercy is more than just forgiving.  Mercy is also knowing that the "Red Coats" are coming and warning the town to get ready or knowing a hurricane will blast through a town and telling the people to get out.  If you listen you will be delivered, if you do not, you will perish.  However, mercy was granted to you for you to have the opportunity to deliver yourself.

And God gave that to every nation and every person.  He does not destroy you without fair warnings.

 ¹⁷The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. ¹⁸The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. ¹⁹He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Excellent verses here: the Lord is right in all His ways and Holy, and He is near to them that call on His name in TRUTH.  So you must find the truth and it is in His documented Word we have been reading the last 45 days.
Then God will fulfill the desires of those who fear Him.  What if you attend a church where the pastor tells you to replace the word fear with love?  If you do not fear the Lord; how will He then give you your desires or hear your cries to save you? 

Psalm 146

 ³Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. ⁴His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.  

Here is another psalm that comments on death and what happens to one who dies.  First off, do not trust in princes or man who cannot help you.  If you ever get ill or sick, pray to God, and go see a doctor, but do not trust the doctor, trust in God to help that doctor perform Godly acts of healing on your through the doctors practice.  Because it clearly says do not trust in man for there is no help.

When man's breath goes from him and he dies, we go to a grave yard and bury that soul.  In that very same day, that person's thoughts perish.  In our days, if that person did not write a great deal of his or her thoughts on paper or have it saved on a computer, you will never know their thoughts.  Their thoughts perish as they sleep.  So no one who has ever died will come back and haunt you or scare you; as that is all in your mind and your fears.  The dead are dead, that is why we safely say, "rest in peace."  I've never heard one grieving person say to the loved one, "look down from heaven in peace."  It has always been RIP.

The church teaching of someone dying and going to heaven was started when a loved one grieved so bad that the trend of comforting that person was started by telling them their loved one has returned to GOD and is smiling down on them right now.  This would be comforting and allows the person to speak to their loved one who is deceased.

It also however, started in the garden of Eden when Satan told the woman that she would not die.  These go hand in hand; this is why it is better to simply tell the person the truth, that their loved one is sleeping and that they will awake when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.

Psalm 147

 ⁴He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
 ⁵Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.  I, at times, feel like quoting the entire bible it is that good; but then reading the bible in 90 days would be just that.  But the point of this challenge is to point out very important parts of the bible so that you read them with good understanding.  It is pleasant to give praises to our God, because of what He has done and what He is going to do.  Things such as, build up JERUSALEM, gather the outcasts of Israel, heal the broken hearted, cover up wounds, and loose men out of a spiritual prison.

God can also tell you how many stars are in the heaven and He can called each of them by name.  If there was a man that smart I'd be scared to approach him, so you already know with God I walk on egg shells.

¹⁹He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
 ²⁰He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

Very important verses: God showed and shows His word, statues, and judgments to the children of Jacob or Israel; and hasn't done that collectively with any other nation.  Nor has God shown any nation His judgments.  He may show an individual, such as a Chinese man, or a German woman, or even an Ethiopian man, but He has never gathered China, Germany, or Ethiopia together at a mountain and gave them His covenant or shown His judgments.
Does this mean they cannot get it?  No.  It merely means they have to go get it from a physical informed Jew or child of Israel.


Psalm chapter 148 is all about praising the Lord, everything must praise the Lord.

⁵Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.  Remember Him saying let there be light and there was light.  He commanded it to be created and an angel went out and made it just like He commanded.  Never cease in giving God praise and glory.

Psalm 149

In God's kingdom all His saints will break out into singing, and they will sing a new song, we will read the words of that song before our 90 days are finished.  Let Israel rejoice in their King because Jesus is the King of Israel.  We are to praise Him with singing and with instruments; I love when I see a church getting down singing and praising God, it is even better when understanding is present there as well.

⁶Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;  Singing praises with your mouth and holding your bible, the two-edged sword, in your hand.  This is how to praise God, with singing of knowledge and understanding of the Word of God.
  
A few chapter back, in psalm 132 David was told his children will sit on thrones and judge, in psalm 122 we saw there were set thrones of judgment.  This is an honor that the saints will have if they are worthy.  You will be judging and not standing in judgment sweating as you think about your life, if you were good (in the eyes of God) or if you were good according to man.

Psalm 150

 ⁶Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.  Praise God, for His mighty acts, according to His excellent greatness, praise Him with a trumpet, harp, timbrel, dance, stringed instruments, organs, loud cymbals, drums, every thing that breaths should praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord, we have finished the beautiful and powerful, and insightful book of Psalms.

We are moving on into Proverbs, written by the son of king David, Solomon.  Here we will get wise words from the king Solomon.

Proverbs chapter 1
 ⁷The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.  We've all heard of the old proverb in small villages and different sayings of wise men.  Here we are getting a bunch for the man who was acknowledged by God to be the wisest man every to live (aside from Jesus).

A proverb is to know wisdom and instructions and to see words of understanding.  If you can see the great words pointed out here, you are getting understanding from them.  A proverb helps you receive instructions of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity that you are able to then pass onto other people, even simple people.  Older men should pass it along to younger men and give them knowledge and discretion.  "Don't do that young man, it will lead you to going to jail."  That is having discretion.

And a wise person will hear and increase their learning and eventually understand a proverb and what it means, even dark hard to understand sayings.  The fearing of God is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.  They do not want to hear about fearing God.  That is a foolish person.

Getting good instructions are suppose to be the nice chain on your neck, and the excellent jewelry on your fingers and in your ears.  Being able to take instructions, especially from the Lord.  Proverbs is loaded with simple wise sayings, such as young men not running with violent vain people.  It will only make you like them, vain.

Growing up I didn't need the Boys and Girls club, because I had Proverbs.  I use to read this every week.  The instructions in here kept me away for all the trouble I could have gotten into because I became wise.  Kids in high school, grammar school, and college use to call me "wise man" and "old man" because the book of proverbs set me apart and that was as a child.

²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?  Simple ones are people that say all you have to do is believe in Jesus and you will be saved.  If it were that simple, KKK members who tortured and brutally killed blacks in America would be saved.  We'll all meet those hateful people in God's kingdom because they believed in Jesus.  It's more than that, you must also do what He says.

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.  Who ever listens to wisdom, will dwell safely and be quiet from the fear of evil.

Proverbs 2

 ¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
 ²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
 ³Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
 ⁴If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
 ⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

This self explained; that is why I could read this when I was 8 years of age because it is very simple.  Hide the Lord's commandments in my heart and APPLY my heart to understanding, cry for knowledge, go after it like I would go after a high paying job or hidden treasures, then I will have understanding of the fear of God, and in that process find the knowledge of God.  The very thing that people lack and are perishing for is knowledge.

All wisdom and knowledge comes from God, so all you have to do is ask Him, in truth, and He will give it to you.  ¹²To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;  

Having understanding and knowledge will deliver you from an evil man who speaks lies, be it an evil man in the street with guns and a mask, an evil man in a bank swindling you out of money because of an excessive high interest loan, or an evil man in a place of worship telling lies that you cannot read about.  Having knowledge will prepare you against such a man.

Proverbs 3

 ¹My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
 ²For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Remember psalm chapter 119, all the references to the keeping of the law and commandments.  That came from David and Solomon, two of the rare good kings that Israel had.  Keeping the law and commandments will give long life, here in the flesh but really we are talking of eternal life.

⁵Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  Sometimes we get caught up in trying to do things our way and not His.  Remove yourself from doing that.  Remember it is God that has the earth swinging out there with no strings attached to it; if He can do that I'm sure He can find you a good job or made your business move to the next level.

⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Ask God before you make a move or decision and He will direct your paths.  He will send you a thought that if you're wise and act upon it, it will be golden.  We like to call that instinct, I called it knowledge from God.

¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
 ¹²For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.  

Accept when the Lord sends you through tough times or corrects you for sin, He loves you.  If your life is always golden and peachy and creamy, maybe God has given up on you, and has no more delight in you?

You should be happy when you find wisdom and understanding, because it is better than fine gold and more precious than the great rubies of the earth.  Solomon says there is nothing to be more desired than wisdom and understanding, which he called "her."

She (wisdom), comes with length of days, riches, honor, pleasantness, and peaceful paths.  Who doesn't want all this?  A foolish person.  Wisdom also has a tree of life to those who lay hold onto her.  When you get her, you can just about get Jesus in an arm shot. 

How did God make the heavens and the earth?

¹⁹The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

This is how.

Proverbs 4

 ¹Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
 ²For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.  

Good doctrine is the Lord's laws and commandments.  That is sound and good for your health.  That is why this is called Bible Food, we are getting good food here.

 ⁵Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
 ⁶Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
 ⁷Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

In everything you set out to get in life, the most important thing is to get the understanding of a subject, especially the subject of God.  Understand that those who do not keep His covenant will be removed from the earth to perish forever.  In school or on the job, get the understanding of the course.  Don't just be someone who can memorize.  Learn it with understanding.

Stay away from violent evil men and evil men period.  They cannot sleep unless they are able to do some evil.  What if they couldn't find nothing to do all day; in order to get some sleep they will have to do something evil to you.

Proverbs 5 ¹My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: ²That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

 ³For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
 ⁴But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Men should learn this because it happens all the time.  Women seduce men, especially married men because the grass appears greener across the street.  But her end is as bitter as wormwood, and she is as sharp as a s two-edged sword.  You thought you were better off; but you're not.

¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; A 90 year old man fell for a 23 year old beauty and left all his riches to her while his wife and children got nothing.  Strangers were filled with his wealth because of his foolish lust.

Married men and women, drink waters out of thine own fountains and out of your own wells.  In other words, deal with your wife or your husband and none others.  Deal with things that are your own.

¹⁸Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.  ¹⁹Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.


So why go and deal with a strange women when you can be bountiful and joyful with your wife.  Look at all the great men in scandals because they did not read and implement this.  They got caught up in the flattery of a strange woman and forgot the wife of their youth.

Truth of the matter is that this strange women is not just the coworker you are flirting with.  It is also a spiritual strange women.  Her doctrine is strange and is not from the Bible, don't get caught in the spiritual strange woman of other religions, and also of bad practicing Christianity.

Proverbs 6

If you've made an agreement to borrow money, be sure to repay it, especially with a friend.  Humble yourself and make sure you secure the friendship and pay your vows (v1-3). 

If you are a lazy person, go to an ant farm or watch the animal channel section on ants.  You'll see how they work hard, they have no guide or ruler and still they provide themselves food enough.  Too much sleep and laziness are detrimental because it brings on harsh poverty, and after while, you'll be hungry and your wants and desires will come on you like an armed man.  You may convert to stealing and robbing all because you were and are lazy (v6-11).

Six things that the Lord hates, and the seventh is a straight up abomination to Him.  Let's see if we are doing any of these things so we can stop it immediately.

1. Being proud and having much pride, you better learn to swallow it.  
2. Lying all the time, stop and learn to tell the truth or keep your mouth closed.  
3. Killing innocent people, physically or spiritually, God hates this.  
4. A wicked mind that devises wicked things, God does not like this.  
5. People that are quick to run into doing evil.  Let's go jump a random kids after school, or let's go car jack someone.  That's not good.  
6. Bearing false witness, speaking lies, I know the Lord doesn't like this because those Pharisees did it to Him bearing false witness against Him.  
7. The abomination, is the person who sows a discord among brothers.  Spreading lies to get brothers to be against each other.

The Lord hates all these things, so if you're doing these, it is vitally wise to put an end to it instantly.

 ²³For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
 ²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Keep the commandments, they are a lamp to show you the path, even the path of eternal life.  They will also keep you from the evil woman that flatters you with her voice and words.  Spiritually and physically, with this lamp of the commandments, you will be able to turn away from that.


Do not lust after a womans beauty, because there is plenty of beauty in the world.  A whorish woman can and will bring a man, even a great man down to a piece of bread.  Just ask Eliot Spitzer

An adulterous woman will seek after a good man, because she could go find a man who likes whoring; but she wants to destroy marriages, and lives, so it is very wise to steer clear of her and her types.

Look at the examples the Lord gives: can a man take fire in his cloths and not be burned?  Can he walk on hot coal and not burn his feet?  So then again, can a man go into his neighbor's wife and touch her and not be innocent?  No, no, and NO!

People get mad at thieves, even when he steals just to eat, but they have understanding and mercy at him.  However, a man who commits adultery with a woman, spiritually that man lacks understanding, and he does it to the destruction of his own soul.

He is dishonored and the man of jealousy, whom's wife he laid with will not spare him in the day of vengeance no matter what gifts or money he offers.  God will not wipe away his reproach and we saw this with king David and all the troubles he had to go through all his life because of his sin with Bathsheba.  Avoid adultery at all cost, because it destroys the marriage institution that God almighty set up.

That's all for today, grace and peace in Jesus name until tomorrow. (8:14am) 

                                                                                                                                                      

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Peace & Grace

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Bible Food Day 44 in Psalms

(5:08 am) Good morning, here we go again reading the bible getting our spiritual minerals and vitamin intake that will sustain us for the day and forever; so let's get right to it.

Psalm 109

Jesus is praying to the Father here (verse 1-5), the average bible reader would think this is David, but when we read what the writer is saying we clearly can tell it is Jesus Christ.  The Pharisees and may other religious groups had deceitfully spoke against Jesus with lies, the compassed Him in many areas attempting to hurt Him with no cause at all.  And they did all this for His love; because they loved God they became His adversary and given Jesus and evil reward for all His good works.

Jesus prayed for a lot of ugly stuff against His enemies all because they showed no mercy in their conduct with Him.  If you show no mercy; you will receive no mercy from the Lord because evil was on your heart to do to your fellow man.  ²⁰Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Psalm 110

 ¹The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ²The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.  

This is a very important Psalm that goes by a lot of readers like an express train with no stops.  This is a scripture Jesus used to quiet so Pharisees who were questioning Him with mocking questions.  The author says the Lord said to my Lord.  Lord is like saying Master; so two Masters are talking to each other in this instance and one says to the other to sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

Plain and simple this is the Father talking to the Messiah (Jesus Christ).  What is He telling Jesus; that in His second return to the earth your servants will be ready to fight for you.  Remember they ran away when Jesus was betrayed and arrested.  Pilate was even told by Jesus that in His kingdom His servants would fight.  But Jesus was merely dying for the people at that time.

 ⁴The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

The Father has made a promise and will not go back on it no matter what, that Jesus is a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.  This makes Melchizedek appear to be a different being than Jesus, but we will investigate this later in Hebrews.  At any rate, Jesus is now to be High Priest forever as Melchizedek was, forever.  Quickly Melchizedek used the bread and wine with Abraham, and that is what Jesus used when He ate the passover with His disciples.

The last three verses talks clearly about what Jesus will do at His return; He will war and kill a lot of kings of the earth in His wrath, He will judge the nations by filling the places with dead bodies of men who won't repent, take down many heads of states and nations, and establish His kingdom.  I certainly hope readers take note and put themselves on the right side of this battle. 

In Psalm chapter 111, we go back to a softer prayerful psalm praising God for His wonderful works and goodness to man.  Two verses that stand out to me are the last two:

⁹He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
 ¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

He sent redemption to His people Israel and then clearly states that "Holy" and "Reverend" is His name.  Men should not title themselves the Holy Pastor So and So.  Nor should they be Reverend Jesse Such and Such; but Pastor or Priest So and So is fine because Holy and Reverend is the Lord's name.

Verse ten follows that with the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  If one is wise, they would remove Holy and Reverend from their titles.  Also you can read this blog or book about reading the bible with understanding; but to really get great understanding you have to keep God's commandments.  A good understanding have all they that do His commandments.  I tell people all the time that do not think we are to keep God's commandments to try it for 30 days while reading the bible; and see if things do not make more sense as you're reading.

Psalm 112

 ¹Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

It's all over the bible to fear God and keep His commandments to have access to eternal life.  That is why the man is blessed who does this.  ³Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever  Most pastors who preach about financial prosperity may read to you verse three; but they avoid reading verse one which tells you truly how to get the wealth and riches.  And God may give the wealth and riches financially in His kingdom and not now.  The wealth and riches could be wealth and riches in understanding the Word of God.  What ever it is; you can attain it by reading and doing the commandments of God and fearing HIM.

Some words of wisdom here; a good man shows favour, and lends to the needy; but he will guide his affairs with discretion.  So he may not lend to the man who has not paid back the previous loan.  A good man is not afraid of evil tidings: because his heart is fixed on trusting in the LORD.

Psalm 113

 ¹Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.  ⁶Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!  We have to ask ourselves, who is like God who humbled Himself to die for man who sinned against Him.  This is indeed a great God.

Psalm chapter 114 tells when Israel came out of Egypt, the natural elements got out of the way of the Lord and trembled.  ⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;  When a body of water moves out of your way scared of your presence; you know you have made the transformation to being God.  Until then we are merely men, dust of the ground.

In Psalm chapter 115; we go back to the trusting in God theme.  ⁹O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
 ¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. ¹¹Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.  Trusting and fearing the Lord is the best way to becoming just like Him.

Psalm 116 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.  It's beautiful to pray and have the prayer answered.  That's why so many saints call on the Lord, and so will I call on Him as long as I live as well.

Psalm 117

 ¹O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. ²For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.  This has to be the shortest chapter in the bible or at least it was getting us ready for the longest chapter in 119.

Psalm chapter 118 is one that is mingled with Jesus through it; and we'll see the verses where Jesus speaks.  First off: ⁸It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. ⁹It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.  Self explanatory.

 ¹⁰All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.  All nations come against Jesus; but in the name of the Lord will He destroy them.  Remember that Jesus came in His Father's name.

¹¹They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.  He says it again.

¹²They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.  Three times, yikes.  This is spoken directly at men who continually fight against the truth of the Lord.  They will be destroyed.  If you do not think this is Jesus, just wait till we read about the battle of Armageddon when all nations will come against Him in the valley of Jehoshaphat.

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.  This is interesting because Jesus was not our salvation until He died and rose from the grave; so it is fitting that the verse says He has become my salvation.

²⁶Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.  We saw this quoted in the gospels concerning Jesus.  The Old Testament is basically the New Testament written by older guys.

Psalm 119 This is one long chapter and should stand on it's own.  Jesus authored this one completely and you will see how often it is referred that man should keep God's commandments.  I do not think it is humanly possible to see that Jesus wants to keep the Father's commandments so much in this chapter then suddenly say "the Laws are no more because I died for you because you broke my laws that I was able to keep when I became a man just like you."

That sounded ridiculous and so should anyone who teaches you not to keep the commandments because Christ kept it all for you.  I'm going to highlight verses that refer to keeping His laws, commandments, statues, judgments, and ordinances.

⁶Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. ⁸I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.  ¹⁰With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

¹⁶I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ¹⁸Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ¹⁹I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

 ²⁰My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. ²¹Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. 
Wow!  This is just verse 20

²³Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. ²⁶I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.  ²⁹Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
 ³⁰I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.  ³²I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. ³³Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
 ³⁴Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. ³⁵Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
I really think this is enough because there is over 100 verses in this Psalm.

 ⁴³And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. ⁴⁴So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. ⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
 ⁴⁸My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.  Jesus loved the Lord's commandments.  Shouldn't we, if we are following Jesus?

⁵¹The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. ⁵²I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
 ⁵³Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. ⁵⁴Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
 ⁵⁵I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.  ⁶⁰I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
 ⁶¹The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.  I have to stop here.  

Too many references to keeping the law, loving the commandments, His statues are good, chasing after keep the law, being afflicted but not veering from keeping the commandments.  So let's just read the rest of the chapter and enjoy what the Lord has spoken.

 ⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.  Sometimes it is good that we were afflicted by the Lord because it maybe allowed us to take time and study His word harder to learn to keep His ways.

⁷³Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.  I pray to the Lord for more understanding each day; and it's all so that I can learn and keep His commandments.

⁷⁴They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.  This is why I know this is Jesus writing; because we'd love to see David; but those of us who fear the Father will be very glad when we see Jesus because we have been hoping in the Father's Word.  Jesus said He only spoke what the Father told Him to speak and nothing else.  So during the disciples day those that feared God were happy to see Jesus.  Likewise, during the last days when Jesus returns, those that fear the Father will be happy to see Jesus too.

⁷O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
 ⁹⁸Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
 ⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
 ¹⁰⁰I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

Look at what knowing and doing the law and the commandments can do for you.  It can make you wiser than the ancients, and all your teachers, because you have understanding of things that they do not. 

¹⁴²Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.  If the truth shall set you free, then the keeping of God's laws will set you free. 

¹⁶⁰Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.  The Lord's words are true from the beginning and they endure for ever.  In the beginning God said let there be light.  It is also written that these are the beast you should eat and these you should not.  It says keep the sabbath day holy, it says keep the commandments.  If those are true from the beginning then why are the commandments not allowed in schools.  Why are they not taught vigorously in the churches and to the children?  This is something to think about.

¹⁷⁶I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.  This is fitting last verse, even when we go lost like sheep, we still are not to forget the Lord's commandments.  The keeping of God's commandments are life eternal.

Psalm 120 is short and sweet.  ⁷I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.  Jesus is for peace; but when He speaks it turns to war because He will say keep the commandments and people do not want to do them.  So a war has to ensue.

Psalm 121

 ¹I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. ²My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.  Our help is good if it comes from the great Being who created heaven and earth.  Trust in Him, the Lord God. 

Psalm 122

 ¹I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. ²Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.  My dad use to sing this every morning at 6 am when he woke the family up for prayer.  It is a psalm that I look forward to, going into the true house of the Lord.

⁵For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.  We learn a great tidbit here, that there are set thrones of Judgment.  Jesus will not be the only one judging the people.  If you are able to make the first resurrection, you also, will be passing judgment instead of being judged.  Keep the commandments and love your fellow man and your God in the name of Jesus and this is granted to you. 

In Psalm chapter 123, we are praying for mercy, mercy to keep ourselves from being hated by the Lord for our sins.

Psalm chapter 124; it is the Lord who helped Israel, who helped David, and who helps us.  It's not us, or we would have been defeated quickly.  Get your help from the Most High God.  ⁸Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 125

 ¹They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.  You cannot move a servant of God who trust wholly in the Lord.  That's like moving a mountain, even mount Zion.  It cannot happen.

Psalm 126

 ¹When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.  There is a day that seems like a dream; in when the Lord returns the captivity of Jerusalem and the children of Israel.  When this happens the whole world will see the greatness and power of the true and living God, who is Jesus.

Psalm 127

This is an exciting psalm, if the Lord does not build your house, your work was/is in vain.  If your security does not come from the Lord, if your pastor does not come from the Lord, it is all for nothing.  If you sit up late to work or study (even the Bible), or rise up early to do so, and do it without knowledge or understanding, it is for nothing.  God gives His servants good sleep (in the living and in death).

Having children, no matter what the economic times are, is good because children are an heritage of the Lord, they are His reward.  Remember, it was the first commandment to be fruitful and replenish the earth.  That is why Jesus said suffer the children to come unto Him.  He never turned away children and neither do I.

Psalm 128

 ¹Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.  I did hear a pastor once tell his congregation that in the bible where it says fear, replace it with love.  I cringe for him (and his congregation that take that to heart) when I read psalms like these that say blessed is EVERYONE that fears the Lord.  It cannot be a bad thing to fear God, especially when it is the beginning of wisdom.

That pastor took all the wisdom away from His congregation.

Psalm 129 Although times have been rough, we get old and things don't go our way always.  Also, we are treated bad by other, hard times don't prevail against servants of God.  We will over come all things through Jesus Christ, the Lord.

Psalm 130

⁷Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
 ⁸And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.  He will not only redeem Israel, but He will also redeem the entire world, praise be to God.

Psalm 131  Let us keep our hope in God and not get too caught up in worldly vanities.

Psalm 132

 ¹Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
We read in Samuel or Chronicles the promise God made to David in that he will be king over Israel forever and that His son will build a house for God to rest.  This chapter highlights some details for us about this promise.

David would not sleep until he found the place that the Lord is going to rest forever.  I don't know why David didn't know God would be in Heaven.   ¹¹The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
 ¹²If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

The Lord swore to David that His seed will set up a throne and that seed is Jesus.  Also, if David's children will keep the covenant of the Lord (Old Testament) and His testimony (New Testament), which He will teach them, then they will sit upon David's throne for ever.  This is confusing.  Not really, if you keep God's covenant then you will reign with Christ for 1000 years, even forever.  Reign with Him means to co-rule that is why you will have a throne.  Congress co-rules with Barak Obama right now.

¹³For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
 ¹⁴This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

God has chosen Jerusalem because He has desired it for His dwelling place to live.  This is His rest forever and He will live there because He has desired it.  The Lord wants to live on the earth and it is confusion to when we want to send Him back to heaven with us when He wants to be on the earth with us.  This is understanding, to know where your God wants to dwell and to be prepared to dwell with Him.

Psalm 133

 ¹Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
 ²It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;  

This is one of my favorite psalm because as men we drop this ball too hard at times.  It says how pleasant it is for brothers to be in unity together with each other.

It is precious oil on the head that ran down to the beard, even on Aaron's beard that skipped down to the skirts of his clothing.  When you see a great number of men together, in unity, doing positive works, it is certainly a great and pleasant thing.

Psalm 134

 ¹Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
 ²Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
 ³The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

This is a fitting end to todays readings; to bless the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  I hope you had a great time reading and I hope you follow this with a great day.  Praise God in doing so, in Jesus name.  Amen. (7:28 am)

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