Pastor asfaw bekele's Podcast

The Word of God inspires prayer.

1. David tells of his love for the Lord.

2. David tells of his deliverance by the Lord. 3. David tells of the faithfulness of God.

4. David tells of God’s Power

5. David lifts his voice in praise to the Lord

This psalm has a marvelous and a rich meaning for us today.

Saul was trying to kill David. David ran away to the woods, the hills and the fields. He hid there from Saul. 400 men went with David. Saul had 3000 soldiers. Saul was king of Israel. One night Saul and all his men slept. David came near in the night and took some things from Saul. David did not kill Saul. In the morning David told Saul, "It was easy to kill you but I did not. What have I done wrong? You sent me away from my own country. You told me to find other gods. Why?" It was probably at this time that David wrote Psalm 16.

Who is qualified to Walk with Jesus in this life and the Next?

He that walks Uprightly. - הולך תמים holech tamim, sets God before his eyes.

Who works righteousness. פעל צדק poel tsedek, he has duties to perform.

Speaks truth in his heart. Hypocrisy, guile, and deceit, have no place in his soul.

Does not back-bite. - לא רגל על לשנו lo ragal al leshono, “he does not use his tongue to kick people.”

Does not do wrong nor slander against his Neighbour - actions that strip them of their possesions or reputation.

Rejects a crooked (reprobate) person - judges by their conduct. נבזה nibzeh, unclean like a leper.

Honors those who fear the Lord - Character not Circumstances count here.

Who keeps his promises whatever the cost - “He sweareth to afflict himself, and does not change;” and thus the Chaldee has rendered this clause. cf. Matt. 14:9

Does not charge exorbitant interest on loans - The word נשך neshech, which we translate usury, comes from nashach, to bite as a serpent;" Taking advantage of a distressed person is implied.

Does not take a bribe to condemn the innocent - The taking of bribes is expressly forbidden in the Scriptures. See Exo_23:8

All the above are actions, not mere beliefs. The Psalmist closes by saying: He that doeth these things shall never be moved. — Such persons admitted to God’s presence and favor shall never be moved (Psa10:6; Psa13:5).

David met a man. His name was Nabal. Nabal was a bad man. Nabal would not give help to David. Soon, Nabal died. Nabal is the Hebrew word for 'fool'. There are 2 groups of fools. One does funny things and makes us laugh. The other does bad things, but he does not feel that he did wrong. We say that he feels no shame. This Psalm is about the second group of fools. The full story is in 1 Samuel 2

One of the great lessons of the Psalms that David writes is that it is OK to be honest with God about how we feel. God already knows and it doesn’t really make sense to try to hide it from Him. Intimacy with Him means opening up our hearts.

This Psalm is headed "To the Chief Musician upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David," which title is identical with that of the sixth Psalm, except that Neginoth is here omitted. As Sheminith signifies the eighth, the Arabic version says it is concerning the end of the world, which shall be the eighth day, and refers it to the coming of the Messiah: without accepting so fanciful an interpretation, we may read this song of complaining faith in the light of His coming who shall break in pieces the oppressor. The subject will be the better before the mind's eye if we entitle this Psalm: "GOOD THOUGHTS IN BAD TIMES." It is supposed to have been written while Saul was persecuting David, and those who favoured his cause.

ከመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ዉስጥ በጣም ትንሽ ቁጥር ያለው ምእራፍ

መዝሙር 117 መሆኑን ያውቃሉ?

ብዙ ቁጥር ያለው ምእራፍ ደግሞ መዝሙር 119 መሁኑንስ?

በመጽሐፍ ቅዱስ ዉስጥ መሃል ላይ ያለው ምእራፍመዝሙር 118 መሆኑን ያውቃሉ?ከመዝሙር 118 በ ፊት 594

ምእራፍ እና ከመዝሙር 118 በኃላ 594ምእራፍ

ከመጽሃፍ ቅዱስ ቁጥሮች መሃከል ላይ የሚገኘው

መዝሙር 118:8 መሆኑንስ?

መዝ.118:8 እንዲህ ይላል፦ "በሰው ከመታመን ይልቅ በእግዚአብሔር መታመን ይሻላል።"

This Psalm records well-intentioned, but faithless advice of David's friends when he was a fugitive from King Saul. David lifts his eyes to the Lord to find faith in a time of testing. He knew the safest place to stand was in radical trust in God.