Psalms

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Psalms

There are about four or five writers of the Psalms. The majority of the Psalms were written by David who seems to have also been a musical genius. Only the lyrics were recorded forever and ever. The music itself was not saved.

Moses may also have written a few Psalms, as did Asaph (see Psalm 50 and others), and a few others. The book of Psalms is 'chakmah literature' or 'wisdom literature' - along with three other books - Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

Chapter 1

{Note: Psalm one is an introduction to the book of Psalms. It introduces the two categories of people in this life - believer and unbeliever. The first three verses talk about the believer and the last three verses talk about the unbeliever. Since it is such a very short psalm just one thing is mentioned with regard to the believer and one thing to the unbeliever. What is most important to the believer in time? The principle is Bible doctrine producing inner happiness in the mentality of the soul. And what is the greatest challenge to the unbeliever in time? This is recorded in Hebrews 9:27, "It is appointed unto man once to die, but after this the judgment." So the last three verses talk about the judgment of the unbeliever.}

Chapter 1
{Verse 1-3: Happinesses of the Believer -
Walking NOT in the 3 Wrong 'Ways'}
1``Happinesses {'esher} . . . the Noble man {iysh}
who walks not in the 'thinking pattern'
of the 'unjustified one'/unbeliever {rasha`}
{this would be operating under human viewpoint since no
doctrine in the soul},
nor 'is controlled by his old sin nature'
{idiom: literally 'stands in the way/'pattern of thought' of sinners'},
nor sits in the seat of the scornful/
'babbler who scorns the Truth' { luwts}.

{Note: In the Hebrew singular it is asher. Asher is the name of a tribe, and it simply means happiness. It is in the singular and it is only used for the tribe. However, whenever this word is used for happiness connected with the believer it always is in the plural, esher. It only occurs this way in connection with the believer because the believer cannot have one kind of happiness, he either has two or none. The first of these two happinesses is inner happiness or mental happiness.}

{Note: Luwts is the Hebrew word for scorn that had its roots in 'babbling unintelligibly'. Here we have the picture of apostate people with no doctrine, making fun of those who are positive to God and His Word}.

2`` But, in contrast, . . .delight/'love and desire' {chephets}
in the 'code of laws'/doctrines {towrah} of Jehovah/God.
And in His law does he memorize {hagah} day and night.

{Note: Chephets means more then to just love. It means you have a strong desire also toward the object of your love. Here, this person's love and desire is in the law of the Lord. The believer's happiness is therefore related to the Word of God. There can be no happiness for the believer apart from Bible doctrine, therefore it is called the law of the Lord or the law which points to the Lord. The Bible is the mind of Christ, it is doctrine which points to the Lord, doctrine which leads to the principle of occupation with the person of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, if you love doctrine you are going to desire doctrine. It is through doctrine that we 'grow in the grace and KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Savior'.}

{Note: Hagah is the Hebrew word meaning to 'mutter to yourself' . It is a picture of memorizing the Word of God. This means happiness belongs to the believer who accumulates as much divine viewpoint in his norms and standards in the soul that he can.}

{Illustration of Verse 2}
3~~And he will be like a tree
having been firmly planted by rivers of water,
which yields its fruit {divine good production}
in its season
{at the right time, the production comes because the
necessary doctrine already resides in the soul for application to
the experience/pressure in life},
and its leaf does not wither;
and in whatsoever he 'manufactures out of doctrine' {`asah},
he is caused to have success/'break through'.

{Note: A tree is analogous to a believer with inner happiness. The roots of the tree draw nourishment. The tree may blow in the storm and wave and bend but if it has roots - Bible doctrine resulting in inner happiness -it can be in a great storm and may bend and lose a branch or two, and if the roots are deep the tree remains firm. When the wind dies down and the storm is over the tree is upright again, minus a few leaves and a branch or two. This, then, is the stability of the Christian life. Actually, God has so designed phase two for the believer so that he will have inner happiness as his stability, but inner happiness depends in Bible doctrine so we have a tree planted by rivers of water - the waters of the Word. And, rivers is plural - there are many doctrines to learn, not just one.}

{Note: The leaf refers to the faith-rest technique. The leaf is a sign that there is fruit on the tree. The faith-rest technique is a sign that there is doctrine in the soul, that you as a believer under the greatest adversities of life have inner resources. 'Shall not wither' means that in time of pressure - you do NOT become disoriented to the adversities of life and fall apart - if you did, then your leaf has withered and you are acting like any unbeliever would act in similar circumstances and you have no impact for the Lord Jesus Christ. }

{Note: `asah means to manufacture something out of something. Here it means to produce divine good from the doctrine resident in your soul. SideNote: In the Church Age, this is done under the filling of the Holy Spirit.}

{Verse 4: Illustration of the Unbeliever's Judgment}
4`` The 'unjustified one'/unbeliever {rasha`} . . . not so!
But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

{Note: Unbelievers have no 'roots' for stability like a tree. Instead, they are like the chaff of a wheat stalk and fly wherever the wind blows them - a horse without a reign or a ship without a rudder.}

{Verse 5: Baptism of Fire}
5`` Therefore the 'unjustified one'/unbeliever {rasha`}
shall not stand {have not roots to stabilize them}
in the judgment
{Baptism of Fire - unbelievers are removed from the earth
for the Millennium},
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
{the Millennial Reign of Christ will begin after the Tribulation with
ONLY believers. Later unbelievers will be born, but just as after
the flood, the civilization begins with only believers}.

{Verse 6: Great White Throne Judgement}
6`` For Jehovah/God understands/knows
the way of the righteous {believers}.
But the way of the 'unjustified one'/unbeliever {rasha`}
shall perish.

{Note: All 'human righteousnesses' are as filthy rags in the sight of the Lord. The only righteousness that counts, is God's own righteousness. When we accept Christ as our savior, God imputes His righteousness in us. We are in Union with Christ and share in all that He has - His Priesthood, His Son-ship (relationship with the Father), His Royalty, His eternal life (we have everlasting life), on and on. We also share His righteousness (as did Abraham - 'Abraham believed and it was credited to his account for righteousness - his salvation - faith in Christ as Christ was revealed to Abraham in his time and culture.}

{Note: The 'way of the unbeliever' refers to following the alterative viewpoint that Satan created as a choice different from the plan of God. Satan's plan was stored in the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When people do not have divine viewpoint from the Word of God, they follow the plan of the cosmos/world - called human viewpoint, but it is really 'anything thought/plan/activity not authorized by the Plan of God'. This can go in two directions depending on the trend of the old sin nature in your soul - toward overt evil (easily spotted - the party girl, male chaser on and on) or toward mental attitude sins ( the self-righteous person judging the sins of the person in the other category. The second group is actually worse in the eyes of the Lord.}