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The Psalms: Songs and Prayers ®

of David BSF® Lesson 11


Notes
People of the Promised Land I

Focus
“I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” – Psalm 16:8

This Lesson
A. Pattern of the Psalms
B. Praise and Petitions
C. Power of God’s Word
D. Portraits of Messiah

Engage
Where do you find strength? World cultures and their peoples rise and fall based on responses to threats as well
as to good fortune. Many look for power in weapons, strategies, religions, wealth or laws. However, birthdays, battle-
fields, funerals, romances, sorrows, school halls and sporting venues reveal humanity’s greatest strengths are found
in relationships, shared experiences and song. For believers in Jesus Christ, these strengths are transformed by His
Spirit to do more than help us get through life. As God’s people relate, live, communicate and sing, we take part
in restoring every aspect of God’s good creation.
God gives strength – through true peace, hope, love, beauty, joy, music, art and song. These gifts in nature and
His Word proclaim His glory and announce His coming kingdom. God inspired David and other psalmists to share
His gifts with us. We join them in seeking God to make sense of our current conditions. Their words are our words.
We add our stories to theirs when we affirm God is glorious. His creation and lovingkindness are wonderful, but
personal loss, violence, threats, injustice, temptations and death also surround us.
The psalmists teach us how to live in this tension. Jesus chose to spend the hours before His arrest with His
disciples in prayer and song. He spoke from psalms while on the cross in agony yet in expectation of great joy. In the
context of all Scripture, the Psalms powerfully remind us that Jesus is coming back to restore all things, to right
every wrong and to rule in righteousness forever. Will you seek God’s strength through the Psalms? Will you follow the
examples of David and Jesus to praise, pray and sing God’s Word in faith, whatever your feelings or circumstances?
What restoration may God bring to your life, and to those around you, through your new song?

Pattern of the Psalms


In many ways, David’s life was like our own. His Israel’s public worship that overflowed into daily personal
days were unpredictable and full of change. He held lives. Psalms still invite us to intensely connect with God.
different jobs and lived many places, from fields to Psalms meet us wherever we are to lead us to worship
palaces. His resources, family dynamics, relationships and the triune God – Creator, Redeemer and Guide of our
responsibilities varied. He knew fame as well as failures. lives, personally and in community. Are you just learning
Through it all, the Holy Spirit gave David artistic genius to pray, or desiring to deepen your relationship with God
and insight into the human spirit and God’s nature. and His people? The “green pastures and quiet waters” of
Songs and prayers about his trust in God reflect the solitude the Psalms welcome you.
of the countryside as David shepherded his father’s flocks.
“The Lord is my shepherd,” David wrote, “I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me History of Psalms
beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.”1 Hard-fought With the exception of Psalm 90, which is attributed to
battles and the bitter consequences of sin speak in David’s Moses, the 150 psalms were written over a period of about
anguished pleas2 and songs of thanksgiving.3 500 years, from David’s time around 1000 B.C. until soon
David’s life was infused with God’s presence. More after Judah’s exile from their land into Babylon. David
than that, God inspired David’s psalms to reveal humanity’s wrote about half of the psalms. Psalms express the hearts
right relationship with God the Father, Son and Holy of God’s people in the highest and lowest moments of
Spirit. David, along with the other psalmists, shaped their lives. Some psalms prophesy news of the coming
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Messiah and King and God’s eternal kingdom. Some of lesson explores several psalms of petition and worship,
these songs and prayers were first used in the temple, where psalms about God’s Word, and finally those that foresee
the people gathered to worship and enjoy God’s presence.4 Jesus. Psalms are settings for beautiful jewels of
Others were written by those experiencing the great revelation and prophecy of our Savior, the Son of God.
sorrows of exile. If you have suffered deep disappointment In Psalm 2:6, God says, “I have installed my king on Zion,
and loss, hear this unnamed psalmist, who mourned the my holy mountain.” Referring on one level to King David’s
loss of Jerusalem: royal line, the whole of the poem of Psalm 2 worships the
“By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept One who would save His people through sacrifice and reign
when we remembered Zion. as King of kings.7
There on the poplars Structure
we hung our harps,
For there our captors asked us for songs, Psalms is not organized chronologically. Instead,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy; various patterns of organization are seen, such as its
they said, ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’ five subdivisions into smaller books noted in the titles.
How can we sing the songs of the Lord Whatever thoughts and experiences are shared within the
while in a foreign land?” five books, each ends with a doxology, or praise of God.
– Psalm 137:1-4 By this we learn the greatest purpose in life’s delights,
doubts and despairs is to drive us toward God and find
Him worthy of praise.
Structure and Content of Psalms As we consider these themes and possible patterns,
the first two psalms seem to introduce the whole
Themes collection. Psalm 1 describes God’s gift of a productive,
Anyone who encounters the psalms encounters God’s secure life through sustained meditation on and delight
glorious majesty. God in His fullness is the theme of in God’s Word. It also sets apart those who accept God’s
Psalms. Psalms express God’s personality and personal gracious gift as the righteous ones and those who reject
involvement with His creation. All people were made God’s grace as wicked. Psalm 2 predicts Messiah, God
to know that nothing is more fulfilling or worthwhile the Son, the supreme King, the greatest expression of
than relationship with the triune God. The psalmists help God’s love and grace for His people, and the fulfillment
us discover life is to worship God – individually5 and of His sovereign plan to save them. Psalms declare
as a community of believers.6 We join those across the people’s lives are molded by their relationship with
generations who share these songs, poems and prayers to God and His grace, which is greater than our sin. How
exalt the One who deserves all praise. have you more fully received God’s grace – and offered it
Whether in worship, thanksgiving, need or hope, to others – through spending time with God in the psalms
Psalms point our gaze upward to the glory of God. This from this week’s lesson?

Praise and Petitions


In this psalm, David first adored the Lord for His grace.
Selections for Personal Worship and Not only does God forgive the sins of His people, He is
Prayer – Psalms 13, 103, 139 compassionate, generous and kind. These lines foretell the
Those saved by grace through faith in Jesus can gospel of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ:
worship God for whom He is and what He has done. The “Praise the Lord, my soul; … who forgives all your sins
triune God restores relationships and His creation in …who redeems your life from the pit
part through the worship and prayers of His people. and crowns you with love and compassion,
The privileges and responsibilities of worship and prayer who satisfies your desires with good things …
are fully displayed through the psalmists. The psalmists he does not treat us as our sins deserve
offer a reality check for every generation. Their verses or repay us according to our iniquities.
capture the range of authentic human thoughts and For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
emotions as we relate to our holy God and our fallen so great is his love for those who fear him;
world through the experiences of life. as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
“Praise the Lord, my soul” – Psalm 103
Praise for God removes pride and builds faith. “How long, Lord?” – Psalm 13
Praise fills our minds with thoughts of Him, prompts our Questions for God prove trust and build faith. Many
thankfulness, reveals our needs and refines our desires. psalms address questions or “laments” over troubles and

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enemy attacks. To take our problems and despair to God ■ Remember God justly protects His Name. The
is to express trust in His wisdom and to seek His comfort, psalmists lived when the Messianic line must
steadfast love and devotion to His people and promises. be protected for the Savior to be born. God
Often, God uses times of waiting to teach His children prophesied the coming King and future similar
that His presence is more precious than any answer or judgments against His enemies who sought to
desired outcome. destroy His people. The psalmists sought God’s
Have you ever thought, “I have prayed and prayed, but mercy for their survival through His righteous
I feel like God does not hear”? In this psalm, David seemed judgment against evil.
to face this dilemma. “How long must I wrestle with my ■ Remember God justly exalts His Name. Messiah
thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?” Still, Jesus has now come, conquered and returned to
he knew God was close, and he continued to call to Him. His Father in heaven. Jesus’ cross is the point in
“Look on me and answer, Lord my God.” David believed human history in which God’s love, mercy and
that his enemy – whether a literal person or an enemy such justice fully met. In mercy, Jesus received God’s
as temptation or discouragement – was nothing compared wrath against sin and “entrusted himself to him
to His mighty God. Like David, we can trust God, even who judges justly.”9 Jesus was satisfied that His
when we do not feel confident in our circumstances. He Father would vindicate Him through Resurrection
is infinite and unchanging. “I trust,” David says, “in your and deal justly with enemies of the cross who
unfailing love.” remain unrepentant and condemned.
■ Remember God justly honors His Name. Jesus
“You have searched me, Lord” – Psalm 139
prophesied the Holy Spirit’s work, authorized His
Intimacy with God defeats shame and builds faith. followers to make disciples of all nations,10 and
This psalm describes the profound intimacy between David foretold of the Church’s victory over persecution
and Almighty God. David marvels at being fully known and His return. These psalms, inspired by God,
by God. For believers, there is no fear, no shame and practice the call to “hate what is evil; cling to
nothing to hide in the light of God’s overwhelming love what is good.”11 True love never ignores evil or
and constant presence. In loneliness, longing or pain, do overlooks injustice.
you doubt God sees or understands you? God knows you
These psalms, inspired by God and lived out by David
perfectly, better than you know yourself.
and Jesus, express the somber reality that wickedness
David embraced this divine intimacy as the foundation
has no concern for human dignity, ethical behavior,
and fullness of his identity and purpose. David’s life was
justice or the holiness of God. Although the psalmists’
secured by God: “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all
desperate cries may surprise us, observe they are addressed
the days ordained for me were written in your book before
to God and rely on Him to carry out His justice. These
one of them came to be.” David’s desire was to glorify
pleas never condone hatred toward one’s enemies. Nor
God and enjoy His presence: “Search me, God, and
are they to be used as rallying cries for prejudice, assaults,
know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
rioting or vigilantism. Nor are they motivated by personal
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the
offense or desires for revenge. Will you let these psalms
way everlasting.”
test your motives, words and deeds regarding justice? Will
you commit to depend on God’s Word in the power of the
Holy Spirit for the supernatural battle against evil until our
Selections for Pleas to Bring Justice – Savior’s visible return and reign?12
Psalms 10, 35
One distinct group of psalms shocks many people.
Known as imprecatory (or cursing) psalms, these few Selections for Prayer and Praise in God’s
psalms express prayers to God for justice against His Temple – Psalms 65, 121, 122
enemies through violent punishments. Psalm 10 asks God Scripture reveals complete unity within the Godhead
to “break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three eternal persons in
account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be One, distinct yet indivisible. This pattern of unity is
found out.” In Psalm 35, David prayed, “Contend, Lord, reflected in the purpose and plan of community established
with those who contend with me.” There is a similar by God with and among His people. David and others wrote
refrain from the heavenly martyrs in God’s presence as they psalms connecting God’s people through time as they gather,
call out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy pray and sing to express as one body their awe and joy in Him.
and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and
avenge our blood?”8 “Praise awaits you” – Psalm 65
How are we to understand and apply these psalms? God’s people experience unity through diversity.
What is our right response to abuses of authority in homes, David begins with the gratitude of God’s people for His
churches, workplaces, universities and governments? How grace. Prophetically, David proclaims the joy to come when
should we pray about today’s institutional corruption, believers from all people of the world unite as those who
ideological terrorism and Christian persecution? belong to the One Redeemer-God.

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“Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows My help comes from the Lord, 
will be fulfilled. the Maker of heaven and earth.”
You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. Jerusalem was the center for worship and the
When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave symbol of the people of God who receive His promise
our transgressions. for deliverance and salvation. In Psalm 122, David
Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in “rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the
your courts!
house of the Lord.’ Our feet are standing in your gates,
We are filled with the good things of your house, of
Jerusalem.” This describes where the “thrones of the
your holy temple.”
house of David” stand, referring to the ultimate throne
Songs of Ascent – Psalm 121, 122 of Jesus the judge.
God’s people experience unity through anticipation God’s people have always found strength and security
and celebration. Psalms 120-134 are each titled “A Song in individual and corporate prayer. God’s creative power,
of Ascent.” Four are ascribed to David, one to Solomon, wisdom and peace are at work when believers pray together
and 10 remain anonymous. Various traditions exist about for His heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances.
the meaning of the title. Some link these psalms to 15 In times of poor health, national unrest, personal sorrows,
steps in the temple where the Levites may have sung life’s uncertainties and marriage or relationship struggles,
them in worship. God’s people sang these psalms as they God is the supreme Creator who knows our every thought,
approached Jerusalem on its hilltop for the three greatest listens to His people’s voice and delights to answer.14 When
annual festivals.13 Psalm 121 says: we praise God’s person and character in prayer, our
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains view of Him heightens, and we are drawn closer to Him
– where does my help come from? in increasing faith.

Power of God’s Word


stanza begin with the same Hebrew letter, and the stanzas
“The Law of the Lord is perfect” – Psalms move through the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. With
1, 19 beautiful structure and creative variations on a single
Psalm 1 says the person who delights in God’s Word theme, this psalm expands the message of Psalm 1 and
will be spiritually fruitful, like a “tree planted by streams of Psalm 19 about the all-sufficiency of God’s Word. Almost
water, which yields its fruit in season.” The psalms attach every verse relates in some way to God’s Word. It expresses
the artful skills of music, poetry, prose and prayer themes from the entire book of Psalms:
to this flourishing life rooted in the knowledge and ■ The greatness of God the Creator: “Your hands
character of God. Psalm 1 declares God gives people His made me and formed me; give me understanding
Word to beautifully bring restoration to His creation. to learn your commands.” – Psalm 119:73
Psalm 19 continues this theme. “The heavens declare ■ The contrasts between the wicked and those
the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” who follow God: “Though rulers sit together and
By God’s Word the world was created.15 Captivated by the slander me, your servant will meditate on your
blue sky and majestic streaming sunlight, David’s thoughts decrees.” – Psalm 119:23
moved to the powerful words of nature’s Maker and
■ The joy and strength of those who love God’s
Master. David described God’s law as perfect, refreshing
and trustworthy. It makes the simple wise and brings joy Word: “Your statutes are my heritage forever; they
to the heart. It is more precious than gold and sweeter than are the joy of my heart.” – Psalm 119:111
honey. God’s Word enabled David to personally know God ■ The promises of God to bring salvation to His
in His fullness and glory. people in His time and plan: “Defend my cause
God’s Word also reveals the essence of humanity. and redeem me; preserve my life according to your
Those who hear and love God’s commandments become promise.” – Psalm 119:154
increasingly conscious of their inability to keep them. God speaks to His people by His Spirit through His
We can pray like David for God to strengthen us against Word. The Word is a floodlight that displays the Son, “the
hidden corruption and habitual sins. What has God’s Word radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his
enlightened or exposed for you? being.”16 God’s Word stands as a beacon of hope extending
the gospel, “the power of God that brings salvation to
everyone who believes.”17 Will you reconsider the amazing
“Your word is a lamp for my feet” – Psalm 119 gift it is to open your Bible and encounter the living God,
Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, is an the meaning of life, opportunities for wisdom and rest? Will
acrostic poem with 22 stanzas. The eight lines of each you share this gift with others?

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Portraits of Messiah
This psalm also foretells the insults of the Jerusalem
“I will make the nations your inheritance” – crowds, the mocking of Jesus’ claim to be God’s Son and
Psalm 2 His horrific physical suffering.23 Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53
God, the ruler over all creation and nations of the offer clear foretellings of the suffering of the coming
divine Redeemer.
world, promised David an eternal throne. It would be
The psalm makes plain that God’s faithfulness is
established through his son, Solomon, who would succeed
the remedy to His people’s sorrows and sufferings.
him, rule over a prosperous, expansive kingdom and build
God’s redemptive plan does not end tragically. The psalm
God’s temple.18 However, after Solomon’s death, pride and
triumphantly declares God would deliver the righteous
quarrelling led to civil war and the kingdom was divided.19
sufferer, again pointing ultimately to Jesus. “They will
What about God’s promise? God’s covenant would be proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet
ultimately fulfilled in David’s descendant, Jesus Christ. He unborn: He has done it!” As in verse 31, Jesus announced
brought salvation through His death and His resurrection. the completion of His saving work on the cross when He
He now rules next to His Father in heaven. One day, He proclaimed “It is finished!”24
will return to reign as King of kings.20
Several psalms give varied portraits of Jesus the
Messiah. These psalms are often “typologically” fulfilled “Nor will you let your faithful one see
by Christ. By this we mean they may refer initially to decay” – Psalm 16
events in the life of the psalmist (usually David), but they
find their ultimate fulfillment in Jesus the Messiah. The Jesus died on the cross, but His story did not end
psalmist is a “type” of Christ, pointing forward to Him. there. As He repeatedly told His followers,25 He rose from
the dead on the third day.26 His victorious resurrection
In Psalm 2, God announces His protection and
guarantees abundant and eternal life to everyone who
vindication of the anointed king:
believes in Him.27 David’s faith-filled words in Psalm 16
“I have installed my king convey his assurance of everlasting life with God.
on Zion, my holy mountain.
“You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
…He said to me, ‘You are my son; nor will you let your faithful one see decay.”
today I have become your father.
Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit confirmed
the ends of the earth your possession.’ ” through Peter that David was also speaking of the
resurrection of Messiah Jesus.28 Paul also quoted this
psalm to confirm Scripture, meaning the Old Testament,
foretold Messiah’s death and resurrection.29
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken This psalm was borne of David’s own experiences and
me?” – Psalm 22 confident security in eternity with his God. He delighted
God prepared David through many difficult in the peaceful life that meets all life’s circumstances
circumstances to serve as Israel’s king and to present a in the certainty of God’s presence. Abiding with God
type or model of the ultimate King Jesus to all people. fills believers’ lives with hope and contentment in the
David wrote Psalm 22 after faithfully enduring deep agony, present and anticipation of true pleasure forever.
humiliation and threats of death. This psalm typologically “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
foresees many details about the death of Jesus on the you make my lot secure.
cross. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, David cried out to God, The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
“why have you forsaken me?” In his humanity, David felt surely I have a delightful inheritance. …
abandoned by God but was confident God would ultimately You make known to me the path of life;
deliver him.21 In David’s suffering, he trusted God to you will fill me with joy in your presence,
care about his feelings of loneliness, isolation, pain with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
and abandonment.
Jesus Christ used these very words to express His
reality on the cross. Jesus acknowledged God’s rejection “The Lord says to my lord: ‘Sit at my right
and terrible wrath as the Father poured out on the Son the hand’ ” – Psalm 110
punishment for the sins of the world.22 The psalm describes This psalm is filled with the mystery and wonder of
exact circumstances of the Lord’s death: God and His plan. Whom is David referring to when he
“A pack of villains encircles me; says, “The Lord says to my lord: ‘Sit at my right hand until
they pierce my hands and my feet. … I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’ The Lord
They divide my clothes among them, will extend your mighty scepter from Zion”? Who is the
and cast lots for my garment.” “priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek”?

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Abraham encountered a Melchizedek, a mysterious Peter also referred to this psalm on the day of Pentecost.
king and a priest of God.30 No order of priests carried this Filled with God’s Holy Spirit, Peter said the call to “sit at
name in Israel. However, the writer of the book of Hebrews my right hand” referred to the ascension of Jesus when
applies the title “priest after the order of Melchizedek”31 He physically rose from earth into heaven to return to the
to Jesus. Jesus is His people’s High Priest through Father, with His disciples as witnesses.33
His perfect sacrifice, intercession on our behalf and Many psalms contain references to God’s promised
provision of God’s mercy. Messiah. These phrases are quoted in the New Testament to
Once, when antagonistic religious leaders challenged describe Jesus.34 The Holy Spirit gave David words that
Jesus’ authority, He asked them whose son was the Christ. reached beyond his own circumstances to the Savior
They answered “the son of David” because traditionally Himself. As we abide in God’s Word, we see through
“my lord” in this psalm had been interpreted as Messiah. the psalms God’s sovereignty, compassionate heart and
Jesus then asked how King David could call anyone promise of a Redeemer. Psalms provides a model for lives
“lord” except the Lord God? Only God could have greater of worship as we, like David, offer allegiance and praise to
authority than King David. Jesus revealed David’s son, our Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
therefore, would also be the Son of God Himself.32

Take to Heart
God, who is One in perfect relationship as Father, David the shepherd, soldier and king of Israel was also
Hold Fast

Son and Spirit, created us to exist for His glory. a poet and musician. David united God’s people as one
Believers enjoy His presence with His people forever. kingdom and taught them to stand strong against their
God makes Himself known through His creation, enemies through shared passion for God, prayer, praise
His Word and most fully through Jesus Christ. The and song. David’s psalms show us how to come to God
psalms reveal God’s person, power and plan to redeem in transparent prayer in every situation of life, and to
and restore His good creation. find hope and joy in knowing Him.
God spoke through David in deep laments,
beautiful lyric praises and enlightening prophecies.

Will you read the psalms these psalms and practicing their so believers are equipped to go
Apply It

regularly and let God shape you truths in relationship with others? out and bridge gaps and build up
through their power? The psalms Like you, David lived with real communities with God’s message
renew our minds and restore our people with real problems and joys. of love, grace, faith, forgiveness
souls. As you discover the character His psalms reveal his focus on the and peace through Jesus Christ. As
and attributes of God, you join the person of God and his formation you work today, enjoy your friends,
psalmists by adopting their words as into a person centered on Him, on care for a child or tend to an aging
your own. You can offer their words the truth of His Word and the certain parent, will you focus on God? No
as wise counsel to others facing hope of His promises. Believers matter what bombards you, He is
all sorts of life experiences. How grieve with God that His creation is our all-sufficient strength. We, too,
might God plan to grow your faith, marred by sins of injustice and work can powerfully respond by choosing
perspectives and character to become for healing through gospel living. to gather with others to praise, pray,
more like Jesus through praying The psalms come with God’s power stand strong and sing.

Check out these footnoted references for further study of God’s Word in this week’s lesson.
Go Deeper

1: My shepherd: Psalm 23:1-3 10: Great Commission: Matthew 19: Divided kingdom: 1 Kings 28: Peter’s first sermon: Acts
2: Anguish: Psalm 51 28:19-20 11-12 2:29-41
3: Thanksgiving: Psalms 65, 103 11: Hate evil: Romans 12:9 20: Jesus’ reign: Philippians 2:9-11; 29: No decay: Acts 13:35
4: Examples of musical 12: Spiritual warfare: Ephesians Revelation 2:26; 22:3-5 30: Melchizedek: Genesis
directions: Psalms 13, 36, 39, 6:10-20 21: Never leave: Psalm 139 14:18-20
40, 51-62 13: Three festivals: Exodus 23:14-19 22: Why: Matthew 27:35-46 31: Order of Melchizedek: Hebrews
5: Worship: Psalms 57, 62-63 14: Answer: Jeremiah 29:11-13; 23: Crucifixion: Psalm 22:6-8, 12-18; 4:14-5:10; 7:1-8:13
6: Community worship: Psalms Matthew 6:6-8; 7:7-8 Matthew 27:27-44; John 20:20 32: “Lord”: Matthew 22:41-46
34, 47, 68, 84, 100, 149 15: Word created: Genesis 1:3; 24: It is finished!: John 19:30 33: At the right hand: Acts 2:33-36;
7: Jesus as King: Psalm 2:8-9; John 1:1-3 25: Will be raised: Matthew Hebrews 1:3
Philippians 2:9-11; Revelation 16: Exact representation: 17:22-23; Mark 8:31 34: References to Jesus: Psalms
2:26-27 Hebrews 1:3 26: Resurrection: Matthew 28:1-6 34:20; 35:11; 41:9; 69:4, 21;
8: Martyrs: Revelation 6:10 17: Gospel: Romans 1:16 27: Alive through resurrection: 118:22, 26
9: Entrusted: 1 Peter 2:23 18: Eternal throne: 2 Samuel 7:11-16 1 Corinthians 15:20-22

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