Bible in one year 9/16 2022 Psalm 100-102 & A Worship song by Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce

Shout for joy to the Lord ( a worship song I composed, recorded during 2018-2019) the song reflect psalm 100 call on all men to praise and worship the Lord. 

Bible in one year 9/16 2022 Psalm 100-102

By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce                                                                                                          

Christian Arts Ministries : Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry & Counseling

 

Psalm 100 This brief but beloved psalm calls on all men to praise and worship the Lord.(Yahweh) because He is God(vv.1-3) and because He is good(vv.4-5). That Yahweh is the true God is seen by His power to create and to relate to Israel as Shepherd. The goodness of God is seen in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

 Psalm100: 1-5

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. (vv.1-3).

Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations. (vv.4-5).

Psalm 101 A psalm of David. A manifesto of ethical standards of King David for himself (vv.1-4) and for His administration(vv.5-8), only perfectly practiced by Messiah in His future kingdom. David resolves to surround himself with counselors who are faithful, righteous, honest, and truthful. And His justice would be dispensed daily.

Psalm 101:1-8 A psalm of David.

I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life –when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. (vv.1-3).

Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure. (vv.4-5).

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. Noe one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord. (vv.6-8).

Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. The psalmist here pray to God in his distress (vv.1-11), and finds his confidence in the sovereign purpose of God (vv.12-22) and in His unchangeableness(vv.23-28). Verses 3-9 the psalmist describes his fever(v.3), his frailty(v.4), his pain(v.5), his loneliness(v.6), his sleeplessness(v.7), and his rejection and sorrow(vv.8-9). Verses 12-22 Two features of the millennial kingdom stand out in this paragraph: Jerusalem will be restored, and the entire world will worship the Lord. Verses 23-28 the psalmist contrasts the brevity of his own life(vv.23-24) with the unchangeableness of the eternal God (vv.25-27), attributed to Jesus Christ in Heb.1:10-12.

Psalm 102 :1-28

Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me, when I call, answer me quickly. For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones. I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. (vv.1-7).

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears, because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. (vv.8-11).

But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. (vv.12-13).

For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. The nations will fear the name of the Lord, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. For the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord: “The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”  (vv.14-20).

So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem. When the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord. In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. So I said, “ Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days, your years go on through all generations.(vv.21-24).

In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you remain, they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.  But you remain the same, and your years will never end. The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.” (vv.25-28).

Bibliography,

Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV). Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.