Psalm 107 brings us to the 5th and final book of the Psalter that covers 107-150. 

This psalms gives us a resounding praise the Lord to the tragedy of Book 4 of the Psalter. Where Psalm 106 spoke of the plea for God to gather his people. Psalm 107 shows how Hod goes about gathering and saving people from the four directions of the world. 

The psalms then breaks into four ways that the Lord saves his people from their own evil and death and wandering and brings them home. So many themes and images from the Bible are woven into this psalm. Joseph, Judges, Exodus. Paul, Hezekiah, Mary and Simeon and more all have voices that stem from this psalm. 

This psalm gives us a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ and the salvation that comes from him.

Psalm 107 brings us to the 5th and final book of the Psalter that covers 107-150. 

This psalms gives us a resounding praise the Lord to the tragedy of Book 4 of the Psalter. Where Psalm 106 spoke of the plea for God to gather his people. Psalm 107 shows how Hod goes about gathering and saving people from the four directions of the world. 

The psalms then breaks into four ways that the Lord saves his people from their own evil and death and wandering and brings them home. So many themes and images from the Bible are woven into this psalm. Joseph, Judges, Exodus. Paul, Hezekiah, Mary and Simeon and more all have voices that stem from this psalm. 

This psalm gives us a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ and the salvation that comes from him. 

Psalm 106, the final psalm in Book IV of the Psalter, is the flip side of the coin of Psalm 105. 

Whereas Psalm 105 showed God’s faithfulness in all his doings with his people in history. Psalm 106 is a confession of all the failings of God’s people in response. 

The person praying Psalm 106 takes all these sins for his own, which means the person praying this psalm is none other than Jesus Christ. 

He has taken the sins of all his people upon himself. 

This is why the psalm ends with a word of blessing and salvation. For when God’s faithfulness is matched with our unfaithfulness, The Lord triumphs over them. 

A feature of this psalm is to also not take God’s grace in vain. We are not called to embrace sin because God forgives, but are warned to not be like the people this psalm details. Paul does this as well in 1 Corinthians 10.

Psalm 106, the final psalm in Book IV of the Psalter, is the flip side of the coin of Psalm 105. 

Whereas Psalm 105 showed God’s faithfulness in all his doings with his people in history. Psalm 106 is a confession of all the failings of God’s people in response. 

The person praying Psalm 106 takes all these sins for his own, which means the person praying this psalm is none other than Jesus Christ. 

He has taken the sins of all his people upon himself. 

This is why the psalm ends with a word of blessing and salvation. For when God’s faithfulness is matched with our unfaithfulness, The Lord triumphs over them. 

A feature of this psalm is to also not take God’s grace in vain. We are not called to embrace sin because God forgives, but are warned to not be like the people this psalm details. Paul does this as well in 1 Corinthians 10.

Psalm 105 and 106 form another set of twin psalms which bring to an end Book IV of the Psalms (90-106). Each psalm begins and ends the same way with an “Alleluia!”

And these two psalms are like both sides of the same coin. Both psalms cover Holy History. Psalm 105 covers it from the perspective of God’s faithfulness and Psalm 106 covers it from the perspective of Israel’s rejection of their Lord. 

The first 15 verses of Psalm 105 are very similar in topic to 1 Chronicles 16 as David has the ark of the covenant brought into Jerusalem, setting some of the framework for this psalm. The patriarchs and the promises of God’s covenant with them are established. 

Then from there Psalm 105 talks about Joseph, Moses. And the Exodus. God’s faithfulness and promises are extolled and praised and God’s people are called to join in on it.

Psalm 105 and 106 form another set of twin psalms which bring to an end Book IV of the Psalms (90-106). Each psalm begins and ends the same way with an “Alleluia!”

And these two psalms are like both sides of the same coin. Both psalms cover Holy History. Psalm 105 covers it from the perspective of God’s faithfulness and Psalm 106 covers it from the perspective of Israel’s rejection of their Lord. 

The first 15 verses of Psalm 105 are very similar in topic to 1 Chronicles 16 as David has the ark of the covenant brought into Jerusalem, setting some of the framework for this psalm. The patriarchs and the promises of God’s covenant with them are established. 

Then from there Psalm 105 talks about Joseph, Moses. And the Exodus. God’s faithfulness and promises are extolled and praised and God’s people are called to join in on it. 

Psalm 104 is the other twin psalm to Psalm 103 with the same opening and closing line. 

While Psalm 103 focused on God’s work of salvation. Psalm 104 picks up God’s work of creation. 

The verses wind their way through as a commentary on the days of creation. We see in this psalm God’s care and order of his creation. He is the King of creation. 

As the Psalm goes on, it begins to anticipate the back half of creation. Showing us that the creation was made to serve the living creatures in it. 

Also each creature has a dwelling place. God makes animals fit in their respective area. 

Finally the psalm has the entire creation looking at the hand of God to satisfy every need.

Psalm 104 is the other twin psalm to Psalm 103 with the same opening and closing line. 

While Psalm 103 focused on God’s work of salvation. Psalm 104 picks up God’s work of creation. 

The verses wind their way through as a commentary on the days of creation. We see in this psalm God’s care and order of his creation. He is the King of creation. 

As the Psalm goes on, it begins to anticipate the back half of creation. Showing us that the creation was made to serve the living creatures in it. 

Also each creature has a dwelling place. God makes animals fit in their respective area. 

Finally the psalm has the entire creation looking at the hand of God to satisfy every need. 

Psalm 103 and 104 are a pair of twin psalms that have the refrain of “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” 

We see here that the psalm is plumbing the depths of our hearts. The Spirit is searching within us as Paul would put it and we learn through these twin psalms for what to pray and discern in our prayers. 

Namely, God work of creation (psalm 104) and his work of redemption (psalm 103). 

Psalm 103 highlights God’s work in our salvation. And how deep his steadfast love goes. One has to wonder if St. Paul had psalm 103 in the back of his mind as he wrote Romans 8 or Ephesians 4 when he describes the height and depth of God’s love for us and how that love cannot be interfered with in all creation. 

Using language of the Exodus, we are colored to see how God brings about his steadfast love to each and every generation. 

Psalm 102 is a psalm of complaint uttered by one who is suffering and is near death. 

It begins by lamenting the suffering of their life and how brief we are in comparison to the eternal God. 

This teaches us that God is unlike us. But it is this unlike ness that causes us to hope because God can rescue us from it. 

And even more, God has become one of us in the person of his Son. He knows our fallen ness and has triumphed over it showing us he is able to save. 

This psalm is quoted in Hebrews 1 to make it clear that this Psalm is referring to Jesus as God. And the hope we find is that the people of God, the church, will be redeemed and made eternal and to stand forever.