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The central idea in the Psalm is 3a -- God sets apart the godly for Himself.
Psalms 4:1-8
Seems to me the central idea of this Psalm is David calls on God to bless him, cover him, and guide ...
Psalms 5:1-12
Fighting to hope in God - fighting against enemies Three grounds for deliverance -- three bases upon...
Psalms 6:1-10
My life is secure with God as my refuge.
Psalms 11:1-7
Having God as my refuge requires knowledge of God and it leads to a thankful heart.
Psalms 7:1-17
Note two repeating themes: 1) the heavens (vs.
Psalms 8:1-9
  Is 4c-6c an example of 1-4b? Is the sun one of the declarations of God? If so, is 7a ff an in...
Psalms 19:1-14
Note that there is no answer to the significant question.
Psalms 10:1-11
I see 4 statements in this Psalm 1) A plea, a request (to God): God, save! -- God, Help! 2) A promis...
Psalms 12:1-8
David preaches to his soul.
Psalms 13:1-6
B
Psalms 14:1-7
the basic thought of the Psalm:  I was needy, God didn't forget me; I am now needy, God won't forget me.
Psalms 9:1-20
There is an unmentioned leap in this Psalm.
Psalms 15:1-5
Preserve me, is David's initial cry.
Psalms 16:1-11
David argues himself into confidence.
Psalms 17:1-15
David's joy in God is well founded.
Psalms 21:1-13
One unique aspect of this Psalm is there is no description of God -- only of David.
Psalms 26:1-12
David's declarations:  what he holds to:   H e has not despised or abhorred the affliction...
Psalms 22:1-31
A
Psalms 20:1-9
David does what he calls others to do - he ascribes glory to God.
Psalms 29:1-11
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Psalms 23:1-6
Death must have really been close to David -- much more than I realize.
Psalms 30:1-12
The setting of this Psalm is unknown/uncertain, but it could be inferred that David is preaching to ...
Psalms 24:1-10
Fleeing David fights to hold onto God as his refuge.
Psalms 31:1-24
In affliction, David does two things well, he cries, and he calls out to God.
Psalms 25:1-22
Four divisions readily stand out in this Psalm.
Psalms 27:1-14
David's cry is that God would not be deaf -- that he would be able to hear David's call.
Psalms 28:1-9
David's story of rescue becomes the basis for his exhortation for all to know the Lord as their God.
Psalms 34:1-22
The Arc looks confusing, but for me it simplifies what is happening in the Psalm.
Psalms 35:1-28
Loading his argument with proof, David makes a case that it is best to trust God.
Psalms 32:1-11
Like 29, this is another Psalm that is practically all about God.
Psalms 33:1-22
David preaches to those who feel life is not fair because the ungodly flourish while the godly suffer.
Psalms 37:1-40
Another Psalm about David's sin.
Psalms 39:1-13
  Called to obey The "so then" in vs.
Philippians 2:12-18
By contrasting the ungodly with God, David makes the obvious point that the place to live is within the shelter of the hesed of God.
Psalms 36:1-12
The Big idea: If Christ is exalted, my situation is cause for joy.
Philippians 1:12-18
Like Psalm 51, 38 "memorializes" the impact of sin on David's life and how he responds.
Psalms 38:1-22
Walking forward looking backward, David draws on his experience of deliverance to gain hopeful confidence for future deliverance.
Psalms 40:1-17
What's the relationship between vs.
Psalms 41:1-13
Pretty clearly, the passage is about prayer, and the heart of Paul that drives the prayer.
Philippians 1:1-11
Cast away from Jerusalem, David remains faithful to seek God.
Psalms 42:1-11
    Paul processes his sense of God's will for his life.
Philippians 1:18-26
The witness of glorious suffering 28b really stood out as I did this arc.
Philippians 1:27-30
  Paul continues his exhortation regarding the importance of a church family system characteriz...
Philippians 2:1-11
Following the example of those who stand firm.
Philippians 3:17-4:1
The closing thoughts and exhortations I was moved by the warmth in Paul's heart as he shared his aff...
Philippians 4:10-23
If I cannot come to you soon     Seeing my arc of what I mark off as one large section (1:...
Philippians 2:19-30
Seeing the whole I mark off 1:25-2:30 as one large section.
Philippians 1:25-2:30
Stay focused on Christ 3:2-16 is part of a larger section in which Paul gives his concluding exhortation.
Philippians 3:1-16
I don't think my arc is necessarily warranted, but I like it.
Philippians 4:2-9
Trying to get the bigger picture in this passage.
Philippians 3:1-4:15
I
Psalms 43:1-5
The Psalmist argues his case with God that something is really wrong and God should act.
Psalms 44:1-26
God reigns over the nations What a beautiful picture of God as King of the Earth.
Psalms 47:1-9
God's protected people: The truth of God's sovereignty over the nations makes God's people secure.
Psalms 48:1-14
The Courtroom and the Judgment   Vs.
Psalms 50:1-23
A song for 2 kings I'm going to interpret this Psalm as speaking to an earthly king, I'm assuming it speaks to David.
Psalms 45:1-17
Forgiven for His name's sake It seems David's appeal for forgiveness is grounded in what God would do for the glory of His name (13-15).
Psalms 51:1-19
More than a limited, personal promise, Psalm 46 exalts the world-wide reign of God.
Psalms 46:1-11
David's strategy in trouble is to watch for God (vs.
Psalms 59:1-17
Why should I want to be like them? I think vs.
Psalms 49:1-20
What do I do when there are real enemies, and I am afraid? One thing I notice in David that is quite...
Psalms 56:1-13
What a Picture for David's life.
Psalms 52:1-9
  My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
Psalms 57:1-11
Surely there is a God who judges the earth David's hope is that the unrighteous judges will be judged.
Psalms 58:1-11
The Fool who refuses to acknowledge God I see four descriptions of the foolish: 1) Their corrupt dee...
Psalms 53:1-6
Situation/Response:  though David's enemies are against him and he is calling out to God, still God is His hope and helper.
Psalms 54:1-7
The Devastation of an Unexpected Enemy I get the impression from this Psalm that there are enemies t...
Psalms 55:1-23
  What to cry for in the wilderness 5 petitions Hear me (vs.
Psalms 61:1-8
In a time of victory, David doesn't take God's help for granted.
Psalms 60:1-12
A study in contrasting trust It seems this is surely a "teaching" Psalm.
Psalms 62:1-12
David gives reasons that support his declaration that God is worthy of praise, and that all mankind would perform their vows to God.
Psalms 65:1-13
Beautiful truth fills this Psalm, truth that was foundational for David as he was being tracked thro...
Psalms 63:1-11
Getting outside of ourself David gets God's global purpose.
Psalms 67:1-7
What stands out to me in this Psalm is David's expectation to rejoice while under attack.
Psalms 64:1-10
5 calls to glorify God 1-4 general call to "all the earth" 5-7 for what he has done in Israel's hist...
Psalms 66:1-20
I see 13 requests that Solomon makes for himself.
Psalms 72:1-20
The extension of God's reign As I've studied this Psalm, I increasingly get a sense of the majesty o...
Psalms 68:1-35
I see a pattern: ABAB BA B A -  vs.
Psalms 71:1-24
A theme I am seeing in the surrounding Psalms is how the psalmist bases his hope for rescue on God alone.
Psalms 80:1-19
Though strange, I love this Psalm.
Psalms 69:1-36
What is the link between the title, "for a memorial", and the Psalm? The Psalm seems like a spontane...
Psalms 70:1-5
What motivates God to act -- at least in the mind of this Psalmist -- what does he believe will move...
Psalms 74:1-23
Looking up seems to be the central focus of the Psalm.
Psalms 73:1-28
God exalts, and God debases.
Psalms 75:1-10
Matthew Henry on vs.
Psalms 76:1-12
The situation:  I'm .
Psalms 77:1-20
Recounting God's works strengthens hope (vs.
Psalms 78:1-39
This Psalm seems to fit into a situation/response relationship.
Psalms 79:1-13
A judgment scene - God judging the nations.
Psalms 82:1-8
So how does this Psalm match with Jesus' command in Mat.
Psalms 83:1-18
"I hear a language I had not known" (vs.
Psalms 81:1-16
Three sections make up this Psalm - remembering, requesting, declaring.
Psalms 85:1-13
One person I read on this Psalm comes up with 6 blessings of worship in the Psalm.
Psalms 84:1-12
Like many Davidic Psalms, 86 follows the patterns of: reliance on the name and character of God, arg...
Psalms 86:1-17
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Psalms 89:46-52
1-2 set the theme of the Psalm: God's faithfulness to his covenant of love.
Psalms 89:1-45
6 straightforward affirmations of God's city, Zion.
Psalms 87:1-7
"Before you" see Ps.
Psalms 88:1-18
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Unforgettable Mystery of Mercy
Psalms 78:40-72
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How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
And grieved Him in the desert!
and grieved him in the desert!
series
Again and again they tempted God,
They tested God again and again
And pained the Holy One of Israel.
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
ideaexplanation
They did not remember His power,
They did not remember his power
The day when He redeemed them from the adversary,
or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
When He performed His signs in Egypt
when he performed his signs in Egypt
And His marvels in the field of Zoan,
and his marvels in the fields of Zoan.
And turned their rivers to blood,
He turned their rivers to blood,
And their streams, they could not drink.
so that they could not drink of their streams.
actionresult
He sent among them swarms of flies
He sent among them swarms of flies,
which devoured them,
which devoured them,
And frogs
and frogs,
which destroyed them.
which destroyed them.
He gave also their crops to the grasshopper
He gave their crops to the destroying locust
And the product of their labor to the locust.
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
He destroyed their vines with hailstones
He destroyed their vines with hail
And their sycamore trees with frost.
and their sycamores with frost.
He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones
He gave over their cattle to the hail
And their herds to bolts of lightning.
and their flocks to thunderbolts.
He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble,
He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress,
A band of destroying angels.
a company of destroying angels.
He leveled a path for His anger;
He made a path for his anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
he did not spare them from death,
But gave over their life to the plague,
but gave their lives over to the plague.
negativepositive
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
He struck down every firstborn in Egypt,
The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.
the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
But He led forth His own people like sheep
Then he led out his people like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
He led them safely,
He led them in safety,
so that they did not fear;
so that they were not afraid,
But the sea engulfed their enemies.
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
So He brought them to His holy land,
And he brought them to his holy land,
To this hill country which His right hand had gained.
to the mountain which his right hand had won.
He also drove out the nations before them
He drove out nations before them;
And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement,
he apportioned them for a possession
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God
Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
And did not keep His testimonies,
and did not keep his testimonies,
But turned back and acted treacherously
but turned away and acted treacherously
like their fathers;
like their fathers;
comparison
They turned aside like a treacherous bow.
they twisted like a deceitful bow.
concessive
For they provoked Him with their high places
For they provoked him to anger with their high places;
And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.
they moved him to jealousy with their idols.
ground
When God heard,
When God heard,
He was filled with wrath
he was full of wrath,
And greatly abhorred Israel;
and he utterly rejected Israel.
So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh,
He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh,
The tent which He had pitched among men,
the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
And gave up His strength to captivity
and delivered his power to captivity,
And His glory into the hand of the adversary.
his glory to the hand of the foe.
He also delivered His people to the sword,
He gave his people over to the sword
And was filled with wrath at His inheritance.
and vented his wrath on his heritage.
Fire devoured His young men,
Fire devoured their young men,
And His virgins had no wedding songs.
and their young women had no marriage song.
His priests fell by the sword,
Their priests fell by the sword,
And His widows could not weep.
and their widows made no lamentation.
temporal
Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep,
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
Like a warrior overcome by wine.
like a strong man shouting because of wine.
He drove His adversaries backward;
And he put his adversaries to rout;
He put on them an everlasting reproach.
he put them to everlasting shame.
He also rejected the tent of Joseph,
He rejected the tent of Joseph;
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved.
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
And He built His sanctuary like the heights,
He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
Like the earth which He has founded forever.
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
He also chose David His servant
He chose David his servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;
and took him from the sheepfolds;
From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs
from following the nursing ewes
He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.
he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart,
With upright heart he shepherded them
And guided them with his skillful hands.
and guided them with his skillful hand.
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10000000015456 15456 Arc 2009-11-16 10:17:26 2009-11-20 08:20:44 editing Psalms 78 40 78 72 Psalms 78:40-72 19 OT nasb esv i242980 i242981 i242982 i242908 How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness i242909 And grieved Him in the desert! and grieved him in the desert! series i242983 i242910 Again and again they tempted God, They tested God again and again i242911 And pained the Holy One of Israel. and provoked the Holy One of Israel. series ideaexplanation 1 i242984 i242985 i242912 They did not remember His power, They did not remember his power i242986 i242913 The day when He redeemed them from the adversary, or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, i242987 i242914 When He performed His signs in Egypt when he performed his signs in Egypt i242915 And His marvels in the field of Zoan, and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. ideaexplanation 1 series i242988 i242989 i242990 i242916 And turned their rivers to blood, He turned their rivers to blood, i242917 And their streams, they could not drink. so that they could not drink of their streams. actionresult 2 i242991 i242918 He sent among them swarms of flies He sent among them swarms of flies, i242919 which devoured them, which devoured them, actionresult 2 i242992 i242920 And frogs and frogs, i242921 which destroyed them. which destroyed them. actionresult 2 i242993 i242922 He gave also their crops to the grasshopper He gave their crops to the destroying locust i242923 And the product of their labor to the locust. and the fruit of their labor to the locust. series i242994 i242924 He destroyed their vines with hailstones He destroyed their vines with hail i242925 And their sycamore trees with frost. and their sycamores with frost. i242926 He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones He gave over their cattle to the hail i242927 And their herds to bolts of lightning. and their flocks to thunderbolts. i242995 i242928 He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, i242929 A band of destroying angels. a company of destroying angels. series i242930 He leveled a path for His anger; He made a path for his anger; i242996 i242931 He did not spare their soul from death, he did not spare them from death, i242932 But gave over their life to the plague, but gave their lives over to the plague. negativepositive 2 i242997 i242933 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, i242934 The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham. the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. series i242935 But He led forth His own people like sheep Then he led out his people like sheep i242936 And guided them in the wilderness like a flock; and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. i242998 i242999 i242937 He led them safely, He led them in safety, i242938 so that they did not fear; so that they were not afraid, actionresult 2 i242939 But the sea engulfed their enemies. but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. negativepositive 2 1 ideaexplanation 1 i243000 i242940 So He brought them to His holy land, And he brought them to his holy land, i242941 To this hill country which His right hand had gained. to the mountain which his right hand had won. series i243001 i243002 i243003 i242942 He also drove out the nations before them He drove out nations before them; i242943 And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, he apportioned them for a possession i242944 And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. series i243004 i242945 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God i243005 i243006 i242946 And did not keep His testimonies, and did not keep his testimonies, i242947 But turned back and acted treacherously but turned away and acted treacherously negativepositive 2 i242948 like their fathers; like their fathers; comparison 1 i242949 They turned aside like a treacherous bow. they twisted like a deceitful bow. series concessive 2 i243007 i242950 For they provoked Him with their high places For they provoked him to anger with their high places; i242951 And aroused His jealousy with their graven images. they moved him to jealousy with their idols. series ground 1 i243008 i242952 When God heard, When God heard, i243009 i243010 i242953 He was filled with wrath he was full of wrath, i242954 And greatly abhorred Israel; and he utterly rejected Israel. i243011 i243012 i242955 So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, i242956 The tent which He had pitched among men, the tent where he dwelt among mankind, ideaexplanation 1 i243013 i242957 And gave up His strength to captivity and delivered his power to captivity, i242958 And His glory into the hand of the adversary. his glory to the hand of the foe. ideaexplanation 1 i243014 i242959 He also delivered His people to the sword, He gave his people over to the sword i242960 And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. and vented his wrath on his heritage. i242961 Fire devoured His young men, Fire devoured their young men, i242962 And His virgins had no wedding songs. and their young women had no marriage song. i242963 His priests fell by the sword, Their priests fell by the sword, i242964 And His widows could not weep. and their widows made no lamentation. actionresult 2 temporal 1 1 i243015 i242965 Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, i242966 Like a warrior overcome by wine. like a strong man shouting because of wine. comparison 1 i243016 i242967 He drove His adversaries backward; And he put his adversaries to rout; i242968 He put on them an everlasting reproach. he put them to everlasting shame. series i243017 i243018 i242969 He also rejected the tent of Joseph, He rejected the tent of Joseph; i242970 And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, series i242971 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved. but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. negativepositive 2 i243019 i242972 And He built His sanctuary like the heights, He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, i242973 Like the earth which He has founded forever. like the earth, which he has founded forever. series i243020 i242974 He also chose David His servant He chose David his servant i243021 i242975 And took him from the sheepfolds; and took him from the sheepfolds; i242976 From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs from following the nursing ewes series i242977 He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance. he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. series i243022 i242978 So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, With upright heart he shepherded them i242979 And guided them with his skillful hands. and guided them with his skillful hand. series 1 1 1 nasb 25 esv 25 a 50 discourse
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