Psalms Book 2 Wrap-up—Someone Bigger Than David

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Book 2 Review

Moving beyond David, new poets join the roster

• Sons of Korah (Psalms 42-49)
  • Life in and longing for Zion
• Asaph (Psalm 50 – and more to come in Book 3)
  • Can’t take money with you
• Back to David (Psalms 51-70)
  • Life in a fallen world
    • 51-59: Dealing with sin, from self to enemies to betrayal
    • 60-64: Fallen systems and structures 
    • 65-70: A clear view of God
• 71: No known poet
  • We need old saints to remind us of everything we’ve covered in these many diverse poems
• Solomon (Psalm 72)
  • Son of David, next king
  • Book 2 ends with a poem from Solomon about the coming King who would rule the world in justice and righteousness
• Book 2 is not completely leaving David behind
  • But it is training us to start looking beyond David for something bigger
  • SomeONE bigger
    • Who will spare us, even from the deserved judgment or undeserved consequences of sin
    • Who will lead us in song and service before God
      • Getting us back to Zion, even from pain of exile
    • Who will remind us of all that God has done for us
    • Who will rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth