PSALMS LESSON 74
We will begin this lesson by giving the 75th chapter of Psalms in
metre.
THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE
Chapter 75
Verse 1 "To thee, O God, we render thanks, We render thanks to thee;
Because thy wondrous works declare Thy great name near to
be."
Verse 2 "I purpose when I shall receive The congregation, Lord, That
I will judgment uprightly To every one award."
Verse 3 "The land has been disolved throughout, With all that in it
dewll, But yet its pillars I bear up, And them establish
well."
Verse 4 "I to the foolish people said, Do not deal foolishly; And
unto those that wicked are, Lift not your horn on high."
Verse 5 "Lift not your horn on high, nor speak With stubborn neck;
but know, Promotion not from east, nor west, Nor from the
south doth flow."
Verse 6 "But God is judge, he puts down one, And sets another up. For
in the hands of God Most High Of red wine is a cup;"
Verse 7 "Tis full of mixture; he pours forth, And makes the wicked
all Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; Yea, and they drink
them shall."
Verse 8 "But I forever will exult, I Jacob's God will praise. All
power of sinners will cut off; But just men's power will
raise. "
We will now begin the verse by verse study of the 75th Psalm.
Psalms 75:1 "{To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of
Asaph.} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give
thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare."
This begins with praise, which is good for us to do, as well.
The repeating of the giving thanks could mean, in the morning and in
the evening, we give thanks. One of the most beautiful statements in
the letters to the churches in Revelation, is because the Light of the
world is in each church. As I have said, over and over, God never
leaves His people. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. It is so
easy when our crisis is over to forget who brought us out of the
crisis. When is the proper time to praise Him? All the time.
Psalms 75:2 "When I shall receive the congregation I will judge
uprightly."
This, I believe, is saying when the believers stand before the
throne of God, He will judge uprightly. We need not expect to be
judged harshly, but righteously. The following is a promise Jesus made
to all of His congregation. John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I
am, [there] ye may be also." Notice, in the next few verses, that the
Lord blows the trumpet and calls us to that new home in heaven, if we
are His children. I Thessalonians 4:14 "For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with him." I Thessalonians 4:15 "For this we say unto you by the
word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming
of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep." I Thessalonians
4:16 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the
dead in Christ shall rise first:" I Thessalonians 4:17 "Then we which
are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord."
Psalms 75:3 "The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are
dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah."
All of this, in my opinion, is speaking of that great and
terrible day of the Lord. Notice in the verse above, that the Lord
took care of His own first, and then the terrible wrath of God
descends upon the earth. To dissolve is to do away with. We are told,
in another Scripture, that the earth will melt with fervent heat. The
Lord is the only thing that is holding up the pillars of the earth
today.
Psalms 75:4 "I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to
the wicked, Lift not up the horn:"
A fool is someone who does not regard God. God put a conscience
within each of us. We should regard that conscience and deal
accordingly. The only real power {horn} is the power that comes from
God. The richest, most powerful, man upon the earth will stand before
God with empty hands. All of that power and prestige they thought they
had, will be left behind here on the earth. When you deal foolishly
you are dealing as if there is no tomorrow. Shame on those who would
be so foolish.
Psalms 75:5 "Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a
stiff neck."
Nebuchadnezzar found out the hard way, when he was bragging that
he had built the kingdom by his power and for the honor of his
majesty, that he had nothing to do with it. While the words were still
in his mouth, there fell a voice from heaven saying, O king
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from
thee. The same hour was the thing fulfilled. Read this in the 4th
chapter of Daniel. To be stiff-necked is to be full of pride. Pride
goes before a fall. To be brazen and proud before man is bad enough,
but to try to be proud and arrogant with God is the act of a fool. God
is saying here, put your horn down, the only power you have is that I
gave you.
Psalms 75:6 "For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor
from the west, nor from the south." Psalms 75:7 "But God [is] the
judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."
There would not even be an east or a west, had not God ordained
it. Those who believe that their success comes from themselves, have
an awful lot to learn. We have absolutely nothing to do with the
nationality we are. We have nothing to do with the family we are born
into. We have absolutely nothing to do about the sun coming up in the
morning or a flood coming. All of these things are out of our hands.
All of these things are controlled by God. It is even God's decision
whether you will take your next breath, or not. Haughty mankind, bow
before your maker who ordains all things. Even kings are kings,
because God had it done. The wise will be thankful. Kingdoms rise and
fall because the Lord tells then to. We know by the prophecies in the
Bible that God not only knows the future, but actually sets up whoever
he wants to as ruler. God is in total control of his creation.
Psalms 75:8 "For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and
the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the
same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring
[them] out, [and] drink [them]."
The cup in the hand of the LORD is full of the wrath of God. It
is red with blood. God is standing waiting until just the right moment
to pour this wrath upon the evil inhabitants of the earth. All of the
plagues and woes are mixed up together in the cup. When He begins to
pour them out, He will not stop until He has wrung the last drop out.
Want to or not, the inhabitants of the earth will have to accept them
{drink them}.
Psalms 75:9 "But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to
the God of Jacob."
This has jumped back from God speaking to man speaking. He is
determined to praise God as long as he lives.
Psalms 75:10 "All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
[but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted."
This is speaking of the power being taken away from the wicked
and being given to the righteous. As we have said, over and over,
horns denote power. God will cut off the power of the wicked. It is
God who elevates the righteous. This is, possibly, speaking of the
time when Jesus will set up his kingdom on this earth, and the
Christians will rule with Him as His subordinates. When society has
arrived at where God intended for it to be, the righteous shall rule
with Jesus. Revelation 5:9 "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou
art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;" Revelation 5:10 "And
hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the
earth."
Questions 74
1. What does the repeating of the giving thanks, in verse 1, possibly
mean?
2. What is one beautiful thing in the letters to all the churches in
Revelation?
3. When is the proper time to praise God?
4. When does the author believe is the time setting for verse 2?
5. Quote John chapter 14 verse 3.
6. Where do we find the Scriptures that tell of the Lord blowing the
trumpet and coming to get the Christians?
7. What is meant by the earth dissolving?
8. When does the wrath come to the earth?
9. What is holding up the pillars of the earth today?
10. Who is a fool?
11. What does the horn symbolize?
12. When you deal foolishly, you are dealing as if there is no
_______.
13. Who was the foolish ruler that thought it was by His power he had
built the kingdom?
14. When did the voice from heaven speak?
15. What did the voice say to Him?
16. To be stiff-necked is to be _____ __ _____.
17. Where does promotion come from?
18. Name some of the things in our life that we have nothing to do
with.
19. The cup in the hand of the Lord is full of the ______ __ _____.
20. When will He pour it out?
21. Who will He pour it on?
22. What is meant by them drinking it?
23. In verse 10, the power is taken away from the _______- and given
to the _______.
24. Quote Revelation chapter 5 verses 9 and 10.
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