PSALMS LESSON 117
We will begin this lesson by giving the 113th Psalm in metre.
THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE
Chapter 113
Verse 1 "Praise God, ye servants of the Lord, Praise, praise his name
with one accord; Bless ye the Lord, his name adore From this
time forth forevermore.
Verse 2 "From rising unto setting sun, Praised be the Lord, the mighty
one, O'er nations all God reigns supreme, Above the heavens
his glories beam.
Verse 3 "O who is like the Lord, our God, Who makes the heavens his
abode; Who stoops to see from high throne What things in
heaven and earth are done?
Verse 4 "From dust he makes the poor to rise, The needy who in
dunghill lies; That he with princes may him place, With
princes of his chosen race.
Verse 5 "He gives the barren woman joy, In keeping house she finds
employ And children joy to her afford. Praise ye Jehovah;
praise the Lord.
We will now begin the verse by verse study of the 113th Psalm.
Psalms 113:1 "Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD."
This is just a Psalm of pure praise. Praise being mentioned 3
times has to do with Father, Word, and Holy Ghost. Christians are
servants of the Lord. Look at the two following verses about the
sacrifice of praise. Jeremiah 33:11 "The voice of joy, and the voice
of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,
the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the
LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that
shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I
will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith
the LORD." Hebrews 13:15 "By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice
of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving
thanks to his name." The very least we can do is to praise the Lord.
Psalms 113:2 "Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time
forth and for evermore."
Praises will not cease, when we leave the earth and go to heaven.
Even the angels in heaven are praising the Lord. They cry Holy, Holy,
Holy.
Psalms 113:3 "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of
the same the LORD'S name [is] to be praised."
Rising of the sun, means early in the morning, and going down of
the same, means late in the evening. This just means to praise the
LORD all day long. Jehovah, or Jah, is intended by the name.
Psalms 113:4 "The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his
glory above the heavens."
There is no greater in heaven, or earth, than the LORD. He is
greatly to be praised. The glory of the Lord shines in heaven, and in
earth. The Light of God gives all things the power to exist. The
Creator is above His Creation.
Psalms 113:5 "Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth
on high,"
There is no greater in heaven, or earth, than the LORD our God.
This was quickly proved in Egypt, when He defamed the false gods of
Egypt {world}.
Psalms 113:6 "Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that
are] in heaven, and in the earth!"
I mentioned, in a previous lesson, that I believe the dwelling
place of God is perfection that we do not understand. He is possibly
in the seventh heaven, which would mean spiritually complete.
Psalms 113:7 "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and]
lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;"
God brings up who He will. It is not for us to question. It is so
interesting, to me, that the Lord Jesus did not go to the temple in
Jerusalem to find His disciples. He chose the working people who had
no formal training in the ministry. The Lord Jesus trained them
Himself. We are told that the Holy Spirit of God is our teacher and
guide.
Psalms 113:8 "That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the
princes of his people."
Kings are kings, because God ordained it. These who would be
thought to be unworthy to serve Him are the very ones He chooses to
make kings and princes.
Psalms 113:9 "He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to
be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."
There are so many times in the Bible where women thought to be
barren have a child in their old age. With man these things are
impossible, but with God all things are possible. You have to have an
impossibility in man's sight, before God can do a miracle.
We will continue this lesson by giving the 114th Psalm in metre.
Chapter 114
Verse 1. "When Israel again Was out of Egypt brought, And Jacob's
house from men Whose language they knew not, Then Judah was
his holy place, And his dominion Israel's race."
Verse 2. "His face the sea discerned, In haste away it fled; The
Jordan backward turned---Its waters were afraid; Behold! the
mountains skipped like rams, And all the little hills like
lambs."
Verse 3. "What ailed thee, O thou sea, That thou fledd'st at the
sight? Thou, Jordan! what ailed thee, That thou didst turn
in flight? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? And
you, ye little hills, like lambs? "
Verse 4. "Let all the earth abroad Before Jehovah fear; And tremble
when the God Of Israel draws near---Who from the rock did
water bring, Who make the flinty rock a spring.
We will now begin the verse by verse study of chapter 114 of
Psalms. Psalms 114:1 "When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of
Jacob from a people of strange language;"
This is speaking of the miraculous deliverance of the Israelites
from Egypt. God sent Moses to bring them out. It was through ten
plagues that God delivered Israel. The family of Jacob had gone into
Egypt, but just over 400 years later the mighty nation of Israel came
out. The name Jacob was used when speaking of him as the father of the
twelve sons. The name Israel was His name when his twelve sons became
the twelve tribes of Israel. The Hebrews were in the land of Egypt,
but they were not Egyptians. They were Hebrews. They spoke Hebrew.
The strange language, here, is the language of the Egyptians.
Psalms 114:2 "Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his
dominion."
Judah is the tribe that the Lord was descended from in the flesh.
He was the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Judah led the march out of
Egypt, as well. God's presence was with His people on their journey.
The LORD dwelled with them {was His sanctuary} and He ruled over them
{His dominion}.
Psalms 114:3 "The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven
back."
It was the presence of the LORD in the Ark of the covenant that
caused the sea to part, and the Jordan to part. In the case of the
Jordan, it did not go back, until the feet of the bearers of the Ark
had stepped into the water. The water bowed to the presence of God in
both instances.
Psalms 114:4 "The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little
hills like lambs."
This is speaking of the mountain quaking at the presence of God.
Psalms 114:5 "What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?
thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?"
There was no explaining to the human understanding why the Red
Sea opened at the command of God. The sea, like all other creation
must bow to its Creator. There was no unusual phenomenon to explain
away this miracle of God.
Psalms 114:6 "Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye
little hills, like lambs?"
When the majesty of Almighty God was on the mountain, it smoked,
and there was nothing to touch the mountain lest it die. Only the one
God called to the mountain could go up. Moses was the only one who
could go near the presence of God, and he only when he was called to
do so.
Psalms 114:7 "Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob;"
The Lord is ruler of, not only the people, but all of nature, as
well. It is no small thing for the earth to tremble before its
Creator.
Psalms 114:8 "Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the
flint into a fountain of waters."
The Rock is symbolic of the Lord. When Moses struck the Rock as
God had told him to do, the water flowed freely from the Rock. Jesus
is the water and the Rock. The water that flowed was like a river. It
was enough to quench the thirst of these estimated 3 million people.
This is that same water that flows from the throne of God. We have
seen, in this lesson, the marvellous provision that God has made for
His people.
Questions 117
1. Chapter 113 is a Psalm of pure ________.
2. Quote Jeremiah chapter 33 verse 11.
3. Quote Hebrews chapter 13 verse 15.
4. Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for
__________.
5. What are the angels in heaven crying out?
6. What does rising of the sun mean?
7. What does going down of the same mean?
8. The name is Jehovah, or _____, in verse 3.
9. What gives all things the power to exist?
10. What did God prove in Egypt to get the people out?
11. What does seven mean?
12. What does the author think is unusual about the choice of Jesus'
disciples?
13. What is meant by, the barren woman to keep house?
14. What two names, in verse 1 of the 114th chapter, are the same
person?
15. How long had the family of Jacob been in Egypt, when God sent
Moses to bring them out?
16. A ________ went into Egypt, and a ________ came out.
17. What is intended by, was His sanctuary?
18. In the same verse, what is the dominion speaking of?
19. What caused the sea to part?
20. What is verse 4 speaking of?
21. What was unusual about the mountain, when the presence of God was
on it?
22. Who was the Rock in verse 8?
23. How much water came from the Rock?
24. What is the major lesson to be learned here?
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