Psalm 138:2, “I…give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.” Because of His steadfast love and faithfulness, YHWH exalts His Name and His Word above all else–and this exaltation climaxes in the crucified and risen Christ.
Psalm 110:2, “YHWH sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!” Matthew 27:37, “This is Jesus [whose name means “YHWH Saves”] the King of the Jews.
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Psalm 111:7, “The works of His hands are faithful and just…” Both when they are pierced by wrath (Isaiah 53:5) and when they pierce in wrath (Jeremiah 25:33).
Psalm 107:43, “Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love (חסד) of the LORD.” Wisdom considers the person and work of Christ.
Psalm 119:18, “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” Psalm 119:37, “Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things…” Setting our eyes on worthless things is one of the surest ways to blind them to the wonder of God’s beauty in Christ. May God grant us grace to
Psalm 103:4, “[He] crowns you with steadfast love and mercy…” Christian, our glory is that we are loved by YHWH in Christ, and the crimson crown of His steadfast love will be our ever-increasing beauty through the ages.
Psalm 103:10-11,”He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. FOR as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.”
Psalm 19, The word of Creation and the word of Scripture point to, are illuminated by, and are summed up in the Word Incarnate.
Psalm 95:1, “Oh come, let us sing to YHWH; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our Salvation!” The water-giving rock struck at Meribah (Ps.95:8, Ex.17:6-7) points to the life-giving Rock struck on Calvary (1 Cor.10:4), the Rock of our Salvation.
Psalm 42:5-6, “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.” Our blood-bought hope is that we will praise Him again.
Psalm 88:16, “Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.” The cross mercifully declares to all of humanity that wrath is real.
Psalm 86:8, “There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.” And the work that most definitively declares Him to be the One and Only True God was performed on Golgotha.
Psalm 136:12, “…with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
Psalm 80:3, “Let your face shine, that we may be saved!” Isaiah 52:14, “His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human..” Hallowed be His name.
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Psalm 75:1, “We give thanks, for your Name is near…” Did Asaph know how near God’s Name would be? John 1:14
Psalm 68:2-3, “The wicked shall perish before God // the righteous…shall exult before God.” Righteous by grace alone.
Psalm 145:16, “You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” It happened on the cross.
Psalm 61:3-4,”Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy”
Psalm 66:12, “We went through fire…yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.”
