Psalm 65
What I like about this Psalm is David acknowledges that even when our own sins get the better of us, we can rejoice because God has covered us.
David continues this Psalm saying that the Lord is the God of our salvation, and worthy of all praise. Nature continues to proclaim through its behavior, which is ironic because that is the true definition of our design to acknowledge the Creator. This Psalm gives descriptions that should help us remember that everything inside of creation is due to the credit of God.
Psalm 66
66:1-4 | David begins with praise and then goes into specific accounts. I think this is important that we give reminders of what God has done, so that we are constantly focusing on his faithfulness.
Later in the Psalm David plans that he will give the Lord burnt offerings. He plans to continue to make vows to the Lord, and to praise him. What stands out to me in this verse is that David continues to make vows to the Lord. David is not just saying, “I’m going to praise you.” He is planning that he will make commitments, and he will plan to make more commitments as an act of praise and devotion. He isn’t trying to convince God to do something for him, but David is praising God because of all he has done for him. He was fully aware that God will continue to rescue him, and he faithfully called on the Lord. In return, the Lord faithfully came through for David!!!
Psalm 67
In verses 1-2, David begins the Psalm with a specific blessing: that “The Lord be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on the earth.”
In this Psalm, David also expresses that he knows God is fair in his judgement of all people. This is because God is all-knowing, and we know that he is fair—nothing will be imbalanced on his scales.
David asks for a specific blessing so that the earth may know the saving power of God. We see that David’s motives, even in wanting blessings for himself, were for the true glory of God. I admire that David had a deep understanding of who God was, which allowed him to have tremendous faith.
Psalm 68
This Psalm has a prophetic word of God’s victory of his enemies. David asks for help in a military sense, and He continues to bless God. David gives specific accounts for what power God has.
68:20 | David continues to call God the Lord of our Salvation. David asks for help and professes that the Lord has all power and strength. David knows that the strength he needed would come from the Lord, and that he can continue to ask very specifically for what he needed. David goes on throughout this Psalm petitioning God, with very creative ways for his enemies to fall. The fact that he has these ideas on his mind to ask of the Lord shows me that David has a deep understanding of the magnitude of the Lord’s power. He didn’t limit God to one act of help. David continued to ask and to pray.
Psalm 69
This Psalm is humble in a different way. David speaks with a level of conviction.
In verses 5-6, David asks that those who hope in the Lord not be put to shame through himself. This Psalm is different in tone and stands out to me more than the others in this set that we’re reading this week. David was concerned with how his actions might harm others who trusted in the Lord. David was concerned with his witness. He wanted to deal with this, and he was willing to address it.
The entire Psalm is of repentance, asking for mercy, and praising God because he was willing and able. I love the surrender in David’s heart, because he was trying to be close to the Lord on ALL levels. In verse 10, David fasted, cried out, and sought the Lord with a humble soul on his personal offenses.
Throughout this Psalm, David continued to ask for things that God has already promised. David continues to ask, demonstrating that he knows he CAN ask the Lord for all of his goodness, including mercy, protection, a close relationship, and more!
Psalm 70
David spoke in vulnerability, asking the Lord to be with him. David spoke against those who taunt him, again showing another type of distress via enemies. David continues to bless the Lord in this Psalm as the Deliverer from his enemies. Then, David asked the Lord to come quickly! We know that God is a present help that we can call on in any times of trouble. We can trust his timing to rescue us. However, we need to know that he is ALWAYS ready, and we need to exercise calling on him regularly, and as our first line of defense.
Dawn Robinson
