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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

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Psalm 72 – Three prayers for the King

• 1-7: Just judgment
  • 1: Prayer
  • 2-7: Answer
• 8-14: Expansive hegemony
  • 8: Prayer
  • 9-14: Answer
• 15-17: Contagious blessedness
• 18-20: Conclusion to Book Two

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Psalm 71 – Churches need old saints

• 1-6: Who cling steadfastly to Christ
  • Who haven’t become self-made and self-reliant
  • and haven’t allowed themselves to grow bitter from life’s miseries 
• 7-14: Who prove that enemies are not all-powerful
  • and haven’t cowered in fear on all sides
• 15-18: Who remember the deeds of God
  • and don’t just turn inward and trust themselves like young people do
• 19-24: Who foresee a happy future
  • and don’t despair when they see what God has in store for us

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Psalm 70 – Help for distinguishing the sheep from the goats

• 1: Hasten to help me
  • 2-3: Shame those who seek my life
  • 4: Delight those who seek you
• 5: Hasten to help me

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Psalm 69 – Baseless prosecution; resounding exoneration

• 1-4: Save me from lying attackers (A)
  • v.4 quoted in John 15:25
• 5-12: You know my zeal and resulting dishonor (B)
  • v.9a quoted in John 2:17
  • v.9b quoted in Rom 15:3
• 13-18: But my only hope and prayer is Yahweh (C)
• 19-28: You know my reproach and need for vindication (B’)
  • v.21 quoted in John 19:28
  • vv.22-23 quoted in Rom 11:9-10
  • v.25 quoted in Acts 1:20
• 29-36: But my pain will end in salvation for Zion (C’)

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Psalm 68 – God’s ark finally arrives

• 1-3: Departs Egypt
• 4-6: Leads out the prisoners
• 7-10: Leaves Sinai for Canaan
• 11-14: Conquers Canaanite kings
• 15-19: Settles on Zion
  • v.18 quoted in Eph 4:8
• 20-23: Saves and destroys continuously
• 24-27: Celebrated in procession
• 28-31: Subdues remaining outposts
• 32-35: Inspires all kingdoms to sing

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Psalm 67 – God who blesses all nations

• 1-2: God bless us to save others
  • 3: Let all peoples praise God
    • 4: Glad joy when GOD judges all with equity
  • 5: Let all peoples praise God
• 6-7: God bless us to teach others to fear

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Psalm 66 – God worthy of worship

• WE
  • 1-4: Shout for joy to all the earth
  • 5-7: Come and see what he did
  • 8-12: Bless our God for his testing
• I     (The King)
  • 13-15: Offer sacrifices in God’s house
  • 16-20: Tell what God has done

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Psalm 65 – God of all creation

• 1-4: God in the temple
• 5-8: God in the world
• 9-13: God in the harvest

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Psalm 64 – A complaint against deep injustice

• 1: God’s preservation
  • 2: Secret plots
    • 3-4: Shooting words like arrows
      • 5-6: Deep commitment to injustice
    • 7-8: Shooting arrows to turn their words against them
  • 9: Public fear
• 10: God’s refuge