Psalm 83. The psalmist goes through and reviews the enemies/countries around Israel. Verse 6, some enemies were family who chose to serve other gods. Edom is from Jacob’s twin Esau and Ishmaelites is Isaac’s half brother. Verse 8, Assyria was the enemy of all of them, but sided against Israel. Verse 9 refers to the beginning of Judges (chapter 4 and 7) with Barak and Deborah and Sisera killed by a woman. Our resources will never be enough, but God’s resources are not limited. We need to be willing to give what we have and God will multiply it. God can not multiply zero if you give nothing. Zero times any number is zero. Someone gave the fish and loaves and Jesus multiplied it. Others’ resources are nothing when we have access to God as our resource. Verse 16, shows that when God humbles the pride of His enemies with shame that then they may seek the Lord.

Psalm 81. God does not just respond to our prayers, but to our worship. Is your worship a sweet smelling aroma that God wants to take a deep breath of? Asaph instructs to come joyfully before the Lord and not moping because you’re in captivity or had a bad day. Verse 8-9, he warns about the falling into the same sin that got them into captivity: worshiping foreign gods. Verse 10, he wants us to trust and hunger for the Lord like a baby bird that opens its beak to be fed. Verse 13-14 if Israel had obeyed the Lord, he would have subdued their enemies rather than give them over to them. Verse 16, the Lord feeds them wheat (bread) and honey (preserved sweetness). He wants us to remember the goodness God gave which is the source of our joy. Christians are not satisfied because they are not pursuing God.

Psalm 80:18-81:3. Verse 18, revive us or bring us back to life. Verse 19, restore us. Even if you had a bad day or week, you should still be able to worship the Lord when you remember what He has done for you. You shall never enter the Lord’s house grumpy, grieving, or fasting, but rather with singing, rejoicing, brightest countenance, clean grooming, and finest clothes. The temple had the best musicians (timbrel, harp, lute, trumpet). Perhaps on Saturday nights, we need to write a list of what the Lord has saved us from and done in our lives this week to produce joy when entering the Lord’s house. There were solemn feast days at the month’s end with a new moon (bright full moon).

Psalm 78. The narrative of Israel coming out of Egypt to wander in the wilderness. Imagine being born as a slave for 18-19 years in Egypt, then a few years crossing the Red Sea, staying at Mount Sinai, and then wandering in the wilderness for 40 years eating the same manna every day and watching your family die. We claim that we wish we lived during God’s wondrous works, but it was often in His anger that he showed His power and often the people who saw his works were not faithful. We do not need to learn something new every Sunday, but we need to review the old stories that we take for granted and disregard. New material is often false teachers/error. Christian parents teach their children the Bible stories and the children grow to despise it and then the grandchildren have never heard the Bible stories. In one generation the knowledge is lost. Teach your children who God is, what He has done, and the cost if they despise the truth.

Psalm 77. Is the Lord still with me? It shows long term consequences of sin the rest of your life. The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 yrs and were captives in Babylon. It instructs to give audible (not silent) prayer and praise. Hebrews 5:6-11. God heard Jesus’ vehement cries, tears, and godly fear –yet Jesus was not saved from death. God is as personal, loving, and great God. Verses 7-9, asks, Is the Lord still with me? Verses 10-12 give the solution of remembering and mediating on what God has done for you. As I remember who God is and what He has done, I begin to see a change in me. Why does verse 15 select Jacob and Joseph specifically? Jacob and Joseph both said on their deathbed to not bury them in Egypt but rather in the Promised Land because the future promise was beyond their lifespan. When Moses and the Israelites flee pharaoh, they make sure to take Joseph’s bones with them..

Psalm 69:28. Exodus 32:32-33. On the day of judgement, God will blot out the names of those who sin and do not turn away from their rebellion. Psalm 109:14 Either your sin is blotted out or your name is blotted out of the book of the living. Everyone’s name is initially in the book of the living because Jesus paid for inherited sin until the name is blotted out later for your own sin. Revelation 3:1-6. People say they are alive, but are spiritually dead. Revelation 13:8. Revelation 20:11-15. There is no repentance at the great white throne. Revelation 21:22-27. Nothing shall enter that defiles, abdomination, lie -only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Psalm 68. God will arise and outpour His wrath. When the Lord gave the word, kings of armies fled. A very violent time with so much bloodshed that you can’t keep from stepping on it. Compliance is not surrender. God has to rule with an iron rod. Isaiah 43. Zechariah 14. God allows evil to build up His wrath so that even the wicked know they deserve judgement and do not repent but gnash their teeth. This psalm of judgement and death disturbs us for we are commissioned to save the wicked during this age of salvation from this destructive end.

Psalm 67 is part of the section of psalms that are odes (songs) to God after the group of Michtam (pillar) psalms of reminders of what God has done. While Psalm 66 was written about creation and Israel, Psalm 67 was written about Gentiles. Verse 2, God’s way may be known on earth with salvation among all nations. God wants to show His mercy and blessing to all. All nations are converted/come to salvation the same way. Jews have to convert to salvation the same way as Gentiles. Verse 3 and 5, all peoples praise you. Verse 4, the nations be glad and sing for joy. Verse 6 should be in the past tense rather than future tense. People are attracted to the truth. They are drawn from the lies to the truth.

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Psalm 66. David declares what God has done for the Israelites in the past and then what God has been doing for him personally. God invites all men to worship Him. Verse 5: “Come and see the works of God”. Verse 6, the crossing of the Red Sea. Verse 7, Israel was a rebellious people. Verse 10, God tests us making it hard to clean the impurities in us to the point that He sees His face reflected in us. Verse 16, David tells about his sin and what God has done for his soul. Verse 18, if we cling to our sin in our life and don’t let go, then God will no hear your prayers. Psalm 78: Your children should hear your testimony and learn about church history and the cost it took to preserve the Bible.