Psalm 139:1-4

 

Psalm 139:1-4

“Sometimes we don’t let people get to know us completely because we are afraid they will discover something about us that that they won’t like…but God already knows everything about us…”Bible Study notes…

I have definitely have felt that way…maybe I won’t match others’ expectations, their thoughts about how I should be, act…it keeps us from experiencing all that we can…our fears, our self image ….

 1..You have searched me, Lord,and you know me. 

( Though you probe my heart,though you examine me at night and test me,you will find that I have planned no evil;my mouth has not transgressed.

Ps.17.3

 Yet you know me, Lord;you see me and test my thoughts about you.Drag them off like sheep to be butchered!Set them apart for the day of slaughter!   ( how picturesque)

Jer.12.3)

2..You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughts from afar. 

(  “‘But I know where you are-and when you come and go-and how you rage against me.

2Kgs.19.27

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?

Matt.9.4

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.

John.2.24)

3..You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways. 

( Does he not see my ways and count my every step?

Job.31.4)

4..Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 

( Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Heb.4.13)

Thank YOU….

Psalm 139…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzcqWMM1VA0

Contentment…

 Contentment…

“Quiet trust in God is  the basis for our contentment “ Bible study notes…

I watch my new great grandson nurse until he is full and he pulls away satisfied, tummy full….calm…content…that is the picture I get from these verses….we put our trust/hope in the Lord and he satisfies….that is our goal…complete trust in all things….

 1..My heart is not proud, Lord,my eyes are not haughty;I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. 

 (Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,I will put to silence;whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,I will not tolerate.

Ps.101.5

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

Rom.12.16)

2..But I have calmed and quieted myself,I am like a weaned child with its mother;like a weaned child I am content. 

 (And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matt.18.3

 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

Phil.4.11,Phil.4.12

 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

Ps.23.1)

3..Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.

 (Israel, put your hope in the Lord,for with the Lord is unfailing love-and with him is full redemption.

Ps.130.7)

Ps.131.1-3

Thank YOU….

Psalm 131 song…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aoWmdkTsWw

 

Psalm 130…expanded a bit…

 Psalm 130…expanded a bit…

 1..Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;     

(  Deep calls to deep-in the roar of your waterfalls;all your waves and breakers-have swept over me.

Ps.42.7

I called on your name, Lord,from the depths of the pit.

Lam.3.55)

2..Lord, hear my voice.Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 

( Hear my cry for mercy as  I call to you for help,as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Ps.28.2

Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint;protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

Ps.64.1)

3..If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,Lord, who could stand? 

( It is you alone who are to be feared.Who can stand before you when you are angry?

Ps.76.7

 You are God my stronghold.Why have you rejected me?Why must I go about mourning,oppressed by the enemy?

Ps.43.2)

4..But with you there is forgiveness,so that we can, with reverence, serve you. 

( And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

Exod.34.6-7

 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts.Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Isa.55.7)

5..I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,and in his word I put my hope. 

( I will wait for the Lord,who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob.I will put my trust in him.

Isa.8.17

My soul faints with longing for your salvation,but I have put my hope in your word.

Ps.119.81)

6..I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning,more than watchmen wait for the morning. 

  (I rise before dawn and cry for help;I have put my hope in your word.

Ps.119:147

On my bed I remember you;I think of you through the watches of the  night.

Ps.63.6)

7..Israel, put your hope in the Lord,for with the Lord is unfailing love-and with him is full redemption. 

( Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.

Ps.131.3)

8..He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

(Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

Luke.1.68)

Ps.130.1-8

As a parent, it seemed there was lots of repetitiveness With my children…saying the same thing over and over….God repeats, but he is so more creative in his choice of words…it doesn’t come out the same way each time…”if they don’t hear it this way, let’s try another” until the truth gets through or we finally hold on tight to the words, taking them into our soul….

Thank YOU…

I will wait for you…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8pCbtLeXzc

Waiting….

 

Waiting…

 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. 

You have made heaven and earth. Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God. 

“It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 

They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. 

Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, Lord, are God.”

2 kings 19:14-19

My Bible study notes say that  Psalm 130 may have been written by Hezekiah.

Out of the depths I cry to you O, LORD….

Hear my voice….

Let your ears be attentive….

I wait for you LORD…

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD….

He himself will redeem Israel….

Portions of Psalm 130…

I left out the portions of forgiveness, sin…I just hear him crying out to the LORD for his saving grace toward his people…and they were saved from the enemy…just like they were saved from their sins for the asking and pleading…

The whole Bible study is about discovering God in the psalms…

Oh now He shows his love, character through out the Word…saving from sin, saving from our enemies as well…as we put  our hope in Him…

Thank YOU….

In Christ Alone…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rn9-UNer6MQ&list=RDrn9-UNer6MQ&start_radio=1&pp=ygUXaG9wZSBpbiB0aGUgbG9yZCBseXJpY3OgBwHSBwkJxQoBhyohjO8%3D

Something different…

 

Something different …

Ben Calhoun singing in the skies around Treasure Valley, Idaho…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1N0LGDhMqc

 Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;proclaim among the nations what he has done.

Ps.9.11

 Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;I will sing the praises of your name.

Ps.18.49

 Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;praise his holy name.

Ps.30.4

 You turned my wailing into dancing;you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

Ps.30.11,Ps.30.12

 Sing praises to God, sing praises;sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Ps.47.6

 Praise the Lord.How good it is to sing praises to our God,how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

Ps.147.1

Thank YOU…

No record…but, love…

 

No record…but, love…

I was talking to a friend who recently lost her husband…

She asked about  widowhood…how do you make it…” take time…”

But, my heartfelt advice is to claim God as your husband….

He is the one who loves us the most and he is there all the time…upholding, forgiving….keeping no records…and has the best advice…peace giving…and then I read this verse in psalms this morning…in 130….

 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,Lord, who could stand?

Ps.130.3

 as far as the east is from the west,so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Ps.103.12

 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

Love never fails. 

But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1Cor.13.4,1Cor.13.5,1Cor.13.6,1Cor.13.7,1Cor.13.8,1Cor.13.13

Thank YOU….

Forgiveness…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIbCpy0CQEo&list=RDoIbCpy0CQEo&start_radio=1

Love is patient…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8SxizK1kdc

Psalm 119…

 

Psalm 119….

When we read through the Bible, we tend to think it goes chronologically, but it doesn’t…

scholars tend to believe that Psalm 119 was written after the exile period of Israel and here  it is in the book of psalms , many written by David which was way before the exile period…

Some writers have said that Ezra was trying to teach the Israelites the love of the Word after their exile period…” as a repetitive meditation on the beauty of God’s Word and how it helps us stay pure and grow in faith” Bible study notes…with almost all the verses mentioning God’s Word…

If we read through it everyday, we would be counseled,  we would glorify God, our hearts would be taught , and so much more…we couldn’t help but love His Word…as Ezra hoped the Israelites would be…his love letter to his people…

“Ezra's Influence on Psalm 119
Ezra, a key figure in the post-exilic period of Israel, played a significant role in the spiritual restoration of the Jewish people. His teachings and emphasis on the Law are reflected in Psalm 119, which is the longest chapter in the Bible and focuses on the importance of God's Word.

Historical Context
Psalm 119 is often associated with the time after the Babylonian exile, around 440 BC, when Ezra reintroduced the Law to the Israelites. This context highlights themes of obedience, restoration, and devotion to God's commandments

Themes in Psalm 119
The psalm emphasizes the beauty and significance of God's laws, with 176 verses dedicated to expressing love for His commandments. It serves as a meditation on the relationship between the believer and God's Word, showcasing a deep reverence for divine instruction

Ezra's Role
Ezra's commitment to teaching the Law and his personal devotion are echoed in the psalm's structure, which may have been influenced by his teachings. The psalm's focus on the importance of scripture aligns with Ezra's mission to restore the spiritual life of the Jewish community”

Yahoo notes…

Thank YOU….

Your Words are wonderful…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1AzrpeKYdE

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