Psalm 139:1-24 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

A Psalm of David to the Chief Musician.

Psalm 139:1-24            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

O Lord, You have searched me & known me. [Psalm 66:10 For You, O God, have [tested] us. You have [tested] us, [like] silver is [tested.] You know [when I sit down & when I rise up.] You understand my [thoughts from] afar. You are acquainted with all my ways & You [encircle] my path & my lying down.

For there isn't a word in my [mouth, that] You [don't already know,] O Lord. You have [hedged me in back & in front] & have laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is [lofty] & I can't [hope to] attain it.

[Psalm 40:5 O Lord my God, many are Your wonderful works, [that] You have done & Your thoughts, which are [toward] us. They can't be [counted] up in order [to credit] You [for them.] If I would speak of them [or] declare them, they are more than can be [counted.]

[Where] shall I go from Your Spirit? Or [where] shall I flee from Your presence? If I [go up] to heaven, You are there. If I make my bed in hell, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning & [live] in the [furthest] parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me & Your right hand shall hold me.

If I say, Surely, the darkness shall [hide] me, even the night shall be light [around] me. [Yes,] the darkness [doesn't] hide from You. But the night shines [like] the day. The darkness & the light are both [the same] to You.

For You have [formed my heart strings] & You have covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You; for I am fearfully & wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works & my soul knows that [very] well.

My [existence] wasn't [hidden] from You, when I was [conceived] in [private] & was curiously [fashioned] in the [hidden] parts of the earth. Your eyes [saw] my [existence,] yet being [not fully formed, but] in Your book, all my [bodily] members were [already recorded,] [although] none of them [were fully formed,] yet, which were fashioned [over time.]

Also, O God, how precious Your thoughts are to me! How great is the [total amount] of them! If I [could] count them, they are more in number than the sand.

When I awake, I am still with You. O God, surely You will [put to death] the wicked. Therefore, you [blood thirsty] men, depart from me. For they speak wickedly against You & Your enemies take Your Name in vain.

Don't I hate [those who] hate You, O Lord? [Aren't] I grieved with those [who] rise up against You? I hate them with [an intense] hatred & I [consider] them [my] enemies.

O God, search me & know my heart. [Test] me & know my thoughts & see if there [is any wickedness within] me & lead me in the everlasting [pathway.]

Psalm 138:1-8 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

A Psalm of David.

Psalm 138:1-8            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

I will praise You with my whole heart. I will sing praise to You, before the gods. I will worship toward Your Holy Temple & praise Your Name for Your loving kindness & for Your Truth. For You have magnified Your Word, above all Your Name.

[Colossians 3:17 And [whatever] you do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to god & the Father by Him.

[On] the day when I cried [out,] You answered me & strengthened me, with strength in my soul. All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Lord, when they hear the Words of Your mouth. [Yes,] they shall sing [of] the [Lord's] ways: for great is the glory of the Lord.

[Although] the Lord is [exalted,] He [still] has respect [for] the lowly. But He knows the [prideful far away.] [James 4:6-7 But He gives more grace. [For this reason,] He says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil & he will flee from you.]

[Although] I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me. You shall stretch [out] Your hand against the [anger] of [my] enemies. And Your right hand shall save me. The Lord will perfect, [all] that concerns me. [Psalm 57:2 I will cry [out] to God, most high. Unto God, [Who] performs all things for me.]

Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever. [Don't abandon] the works of Your Own hands. [Philippians 1:6 Being confident to this very thing, that He, [Who] has begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.]

Psalm 137:1-9 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

Psalm 137:1-9            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down there. [Yes,] we wept, when we remembered Zion. We [hung] our harps upon the willows in the midst of [Babylon.] For there, [those who] carried us away captive, required a song of us.

And [those who starved] us required [cheerfulness from] us, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. [Psalm 79:1-3 O God, the heathen [have] come into Your inheritance. They have defiled Your Holy Temple & they have laid Jerusalem [in ruinous] heaps.

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the [birds] of heaven to be meat & the flesh of Your saints to the [animals] of the earth. They have shed blood, like water [surrounding] Jerusalem & there was [no one] to bury them.]

How shall we sing the Lord's song to a strange land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its ability to play the harp.] If I [don't] prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy & I don't remember You, let my tongue [cling] to the roof of my mouth.

O Lord, remember Your children [people] of Edom, who said, [Make it bare & lay it flat,] even to [its] foundation, [on] the day Jerusalem [fell.] O daughter of Babylon, who [is] to be destroyed, happy shall He be, [Who] rewards you, [like] you have [done] to us.

[Revelation 16:19 And the great city was divided into 3 parts. And the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon [was remembered] before God, to give to her the cup of wine of the fierceness of His [fury.]

Happy shall he be, [who] takes & dashes your little ones against the stones.

Psalm 136:1-26 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

Psalm 136:1-26            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

O give thanks to the Lord; for He is good. For His mercy endures forever. O give thanks to the God of gods: for His mercy endures forever. O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for His mercy endures forever. To Him, Who alone does great wonders: for His mercy endures forever.

[Job 9:8-10 [Who] alone spreads out the heavens & [walks] upon the waves of the sea. [Who] makes Arcturus, Orion & Pleiades & the [constellations] of the south. [Who] does great things, [beyond] finding out. [Yes,] & wonders without number.]

To Him, [Who] by wisdom made the heavens: for His mercy endures forever. [Jeremiah 51:15 He has made the earth by His power & He has established the world by His wisdom & has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.]

To Him, [Who] stretched out the earth above the waters: for His mercy endures forever. [Genesis 1:7-10 And God made the firmament & divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament & it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven.

And the evening & the morning were the 2nd day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven, be gathered together to one place & let the dry land appear & it was so. And God called the dry land: Earth. And the gathering together of waters, He called: Seas & God saw that it was good.]

To Him, [Who] made great lights: for His mercy endures forever. The sun to rule by day: for His mercy endures forever. The moon & the stars to rule by night: for His mercy endures forever.

[Genesis 1:14-18 And God said, Let there be light in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night. And let them be for signs & seasons & for days. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth & it was so.

And God made 2 [enormous] lights; the [larger] light to rule the day & the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth & to rule over the day & over the night. And to divide the light from the darkness & God saw that it was good.]

To Him, [Who struck] their firstborn in Egypt: for His mercy endures forever. And brought out Israel from among them: for His mercy endures forever. With a strong hand & an [outstretched] arm: for His mercy endures forever.

[Exodus 12:29-31 And it [happened,] at midnight, the Lord [struck] all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, [who] sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the captive, [who were] in the dungeon & all the firstborn of [livestock.] And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he & all his servants & all the Egyptians.

And there was a great [out] cry in Egypt: for there was not a house where there wasn't one dead. And [Pharaoh] called for Moses & Aaron [at] night & said, Rise up & get [yourselves out] from among my people. Both you & the children [people] of Israel, go & serve the Lord, [like] you have said.]

To Him, [Who] divided the Red Sea into parts: for His mercy endures forever. And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for His mercy endures forever. But overthrew Pharaoh & his [army] in the Red Sea: for His mercy endures forever.

[Genesis 14:26-27 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, [so] that the waters may [return] again upon the Egyptians, their chariots & their horsemen. And Moses stretched [out] his hand over the sea & the sea returned to [its] strength when the morning appeared. And the Egyptians fled against it & the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.]

To Him, [Who] led His people through the wilderness: for His mercy endures forever. [Exodus 13:18 But God led the people [around] through the [road] of the wilderness [by] the Red Sea. And the children [people] of Israel, went up [in rows] out of the land of Egypt.]

To Him, [Who killed] great kings: for His mercy endures forever. And [killed] famous kings: for His mercy endures forever: Sihon, the [Amorites'] king: for His mercy endures forever. And Og, the king of Bashan: for His mercy endures forever. And gave their land for an [inheritance:] for His mercy endures forever. Even an [inheritance] to Israel, His servant: for His mercy endures forever.

Who remembered us in our [lowly position:] for His mercy endures forever. And has redeemed us from our enemies: for His mercy endures forever. [Psalm 44:7  But You have saved us from our enemies & have put [those] to shame [who] have hated us.]

Who gives food to all flesh: for His mercy endures forever. [Matthew 6:26 [Look,] the [birds] of the air: for they [don't plant] neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?]

O give thanks to the God of heaven: for His mercy endures forever.

Psalm 135:1-21 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

Psalm 135:1-21            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

Praise you the Lord. Praise you the Name of the Lord. Praise Him, O you  servants of the Lord. You, [who] stand in the [Lord's] house & in the [courtyards] of the house of our God. [Psalm 116:19 O Jerusalem, praise you the Lord in the [courtyards] of the Lord's house, in the midst of you.]

Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good. Sing praises to His Name, for it is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] unto Himself & Israel for His [special] treasure.

[Malachi 3:17 And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of Hosts, [on] that day when I make up My Jewels. And I will spare them, [like] a man spares his own son, [who] serves him.]

For I know that the Lord is great & that our Lord is above all gods. [Mark 12:32-34 And the scribe said to Him, You have said the Truth well, [Teacher:] for there is one God & there is [no] other, but He.

And to love Him with all [your] heart, all understanding, with all [your] soul & with all [your] strength & love his neighbor as himself, is more [important,] than all [the] whole burnt offerings & sacrifices.

And when Jesus saw that he answered [wisely,] He said to him, You aren't far from the kingdom of God. And no man [dared] ask Him any question after that.]

[Whatever] pleased the Lord, He did that in heaven & [on] earth, in the seas & all the deep places. He causes [evaporation] to [go up] from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain & He brings the wind out of His [treasures.]

[Job 38:25-27 Who has divided [a spillway] for the overflowing waters, or a way for [thunder's] lightning: to cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is & on the wilderness, [in which] there is no man; to satisfy the desolate & [barren] ground & to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring [out?]

Who [struck] the firstborn of Egypt, of both man & [animal?] Who sent [signs] & wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, upon Pharoah & upon all his servants. [Psalm 105:26-39 He sent Moses, His servant & Aaron, whom He had chosen. They [showed] His signs & wonders among them in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness & made it dark & they didn't rebel against His Word. He turned their waters into blood & [killed] the fish.Their land brought forth [an] abundance of frogs, in the [rooms] of their kings. He [spoke] & [various] sorts of flies & lice came in all their coasts.

He gave them hail for rain & flaming fire in their land. He [struck] their vines & also their fig trees & [broke] the trees of their coasts. He [spoke] & [numerous] locusts & caterpillars came without number. And [they] ate up all the [vegetation] in their land & devoured the fruit of their ground.

He also [struck] the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. He brought [the Israelites] out, also with silver & gold. And there wasn't 1 feeble person among their tribes. Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of the [Israelites] fell upon them. He spread a cloud for a covering & fire to give light in the night.]

Who [defeated] great nations & [killed] mighty kings; Sihon, the [Amorites'] king, Og, [Bashan's] king & all the kingdoms of Canaan. [Joshua 24:11-13 And you went over [the] Jordan [River] & came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you, the: Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites & the Jebusites & I delivered them into your hand.

And I sent the hornet before you [came,] which [drove] them out from before you, even the 2 kings of the Amorites; but not with your sword, nor your bow. And I have given you a land for which you didn't labor & cities [that] you [didn't build] & you [live] in them & you eat of the vineyard & [olive groves that] you [didn't plant.]

And gave their land for an [inheritance,] a heritage to Israel, His people. Your Name & [memory of You,] O Lord, endures forever, throughout all generations. For the Lord will judge His people & He will [withdraw] Himself, [related] to His servants.

[Deuteronomy 32:36-38 For the Lord shall judge His people & [withdraw] Himself for His servants, when He sees that their power is gone & there is none shut up, or left. And He shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, [that] ate the fat of their sacrifices & drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up & help you & be your protection.]

The idols of the heathen are silver & gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they [don't] speak. They have eyes, but they [don't] see. They have ears, but they [don't] hear. Neither is there any breath in their mouths. [Those who] make them are [similar] to them. So is everyone [who] trusts in them.

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel. Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron. Bless the Lord, O house of Levi. You, [who] fear [respect] the Lord, bless the Lord. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, [Who] dwells [in] Jerusalem. Praise you the Lord.

Psalm 134:1-3 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

A Song of Degrees, [a.k.a. Steps.]

Psalm 134:1-3            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

[Look &] bless you the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, [who] stand in the [Lord's] house [at] night. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary & bless the Lord. The Lord, [Who has] made heaven & earth, you [from] Zion bless.

[Genesis 1:6-8 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters & let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament & divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament & it was so. and God called the firmament: Heaven. And the evening & the morning were the second day.]

Psalm 133:1-3 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

A Song of Degrees, [a.k.a. Steps, by] David.

Psalm 133:1-3            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

[Look,] how good & how pleasant it is for [relatives] to live together in unity. [Hebrews 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.]

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down on the beard,seven on Aaron’s beard, that [ran] down to the [edge] of his garments; [like] the dew of Hermon & the dew that [goes down] upon the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord commanded, the blessing, even [of] life forever more.

[Deuteronomy 28:8-9 The Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your [storage houses] & all you [put] your hand to. And He shall bless you in the land, [that] the Lord your God gives you.

The Lord shall establish you, a holy people to Himself, [like] He has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God & [follow] in His ways.]

Psalm 132:1-18 Book# 5 of Psalms

 

A Song of Degrees, [a.k.a. Steps.]

Psalm 132:1-18            Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks]

Lord, remember David & all his afflictions & how he [swore] to the mighty Lord God of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] Surely, I won't come into the [tent] of my house, nor go up into my bed. I won't [allow my] eyes to sleep, or slumber [for] my eyelids, until I find a place for the [house] of the Lord, the mighty God of Jacob.

[Look,] we heard of it at Ephratah & we found it in the fields of the [woods.]  [1 Chronicles 22:7-10 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house [for] the Name of the Lord my God.

But the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, You have abundantly shed blood & have made [large] wars. You shall not build a house [for] My Name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in My sight.

[Watch,] a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest & I will give him rest from all his enemies [around him.] For his name shall be Solomon & I will give peace & quietness to Israel in his days.

* He shall build a house for My Name & he shall be my son & I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.]

We will go into His Tabernacles & we will worship at His footstool. [Exodus 25:22-23 And you shall put the mercy seat above upon the Ark & in the Ark, you shall put the Testimony that I shall give you.

And I will meet with you there & I will [talk] with you from above the mercy seat & from between the 2 cherubims which are upon the Ark of the Testimony, [about] all the things, which I will give you in commandment to the children [people] of Israel.]

Arise, O Lord, into Your [place of] rest, You & the Ark of Your strength. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness & let Your saints shout for joy. [Don't] turn away the face of Your anointed, for Your servant, David's, sake.

The Lord has sworn in Truth to David & He won't turn from it. I will [put] upon your throne, [from] the fruit of your body. If your children will keep My covenant [contract] & My Testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon your throne forever more.

For the Lord has chosen Zion & He has desired it for His [dwelling place.] This is My [resting place] forever. I will dwell here; for I have desired it. [Matthew 23:21 And [whoever] shall swear by the temple, swears by it & by Him, [Who] dwells [in there.]

I will abundantly bless her [supply] of food. I will satisfy her poor with bread. I will also clothe her priests with Salvation & her saints shall shout aloud for joy. I will make the horn of David bud there. I have ordained a lamp for [My] anointed. I will clothe His enemies with shame: but His crown shall flourish upon [Him.]

[Revelation 22:16-17 I, Jesus have sent [My] Angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I Am the Root & the Offspring of David & the Bright & Morning Star. And the Spirit & the bride say, Come. And let him [who hears] say, Come. And let him [who is thirsty,] come. And [whoever is willing,] let him take the Water of Life freely.]