Example: Note: the number of sentences are not that important. You can add a little more detail if needed. I just don't want you bogged down, so I wanted to make the comments short, Journal Form: Psalm 1 am Open TOE 1. Meaning (comment on both ESV and Keller) *Basically 1 or 2 sentences from each book. (Include which book you are commenting on after the sentences OM Meaning: There are only two ways to live. The righteous delight in God and God's ways, and their lives are firmly rooted. The way of the wicked will ultimately end in destruction. (ESV) To delight in Scripture means that I delight in God's commands. I don't just comply, I love what God wants. (Keller) 2. Application (2 sentences are fine, but limit yourself to around 4 sentences). Application: I am profoundly shaped by the those who are around me. If I surround myself with “the wicked” I will tend to progressively (walk, stand, sit) be shaped by them. Conversely, if I delight in God's word and I am shaped by it day and night, I will be firmly rooted. I need to grow to love God's word and His ways. Furthermore, because Jesus has so loved me, this is my love, not a duty. roi nailag leg This is how it should look for each Psalm. iz y lo di Psalm 1 ib. OS boscos 129 tuo tuoda all Meaning: bluoo to antolobiano intoh There are only two ways to live. The righteous delight in God and God's ways, and their lives are firmly rooted. The way of the wicked will ultimately end in destruction. (ESV) To delight in Scripture means that I delight in God's commands. I don't just comply, I love what God wants. (Keller) Cro Application: I am profoundly shaped by the those who are around me. If I surround myself with “the wicked" I will tend to progressively (walk, stand, sit) be shaped by them. Conversely, if I delight in God's word and I am shaped by it day and night, I will be firmly rooted. I need to grow to love God's word and His ways. Furthermore, because Jesus has so loved me this is my love, not a duty. Psalm 2 Meaning: Application: lilnn. 2 eve Poss d with excellence anu Psalms 1-11 ESV Notes: You can read the ESV online here if your Bible is in the mail. http://www.biblestudytools.com/esv/psalms/ ա: Critical - Psalm 1. The first psalm serves as the gateway into the entire book of Psalms, stressing that those who would worship God genuinely must embrace his Law (or Torah), i.e., his covenant instruction. This psalm takes topics found in wisdom literature such as Proverbs and makes them the subject of song; the purpose is that those who sing the psalm will own its values-namely, they will want more and more to be people who love the Torah, who believe it, who see themselves as the heirs and stewards of its story of redemption and hope, and who seek to carry out its moral requirements. They can delight in the idea of being among the “righteous," feeling that nothing can compare with such blessedness. By its sustained contrast, the psalm reminds readers that in the end there are really only two ways to live. 1:1-2 Contrasting Sources of Values. The truly happy person guides his life by God's instruction rather than by the advice of those who reject that instruction. 1:1 Blessed. The truly happy person is happy because God showers him with favor. Jesus uses the Greek equivalent in Matt. 5:3–11; cf. also James 1:12. The Latin translation, beatus, is the source of the word beatitude, the man. A specific, godly individual (Hb. ha'ish, "the man") is held up as an example for others to imitate. Such teaching by use of a concrete example is common in OT wisdom literature. wicked ... sinners ... scoffers. These are people, even within Israel, who refuse to live by the covenant; the godly person refuses to follow the moral orientation of such people's lifestyle. Some have seen an increasing level of sinfulness in the terms "wicked-sinners-scoffers," together with an increasing loyalty in the metaphors "walk-stand-sit"; however, it is likely that the terms "wicked" and "sinner" here are equivalent, while a "scoffer" is certainly more committed to evil (see note on Prov. 19:25–20:1). 1:1 God's commitment to bless the righteous is supremely shown when he blesses Christ, the perfectly righteous man, by raising him from the dead and enthroning him (Phil. 2:10–11). 1:2 the law of the Lord. As the ESV footnote indicates, this could be taken as God's instruction (Hb. Torah, which often designates the Law of Moses), particularly as he speaks in his covenant. For this reason no one should ever think that such a person receives his blessedness by deserving it, since the covenant is founded on God's grace. Meditates describes an active pondering, perhaps even muttering to oneself in pursuit of insight. Some suppose day and night speaks of the work of professional scholars who spend all their time pondering the words of the law, but in view of the similar instruction in Josh. 1:8, readers should see this as setting the ideal of facing every situation, be it ever so mundane, with a view to pleasing the Lord by knowing and following his Word. 1:3–4 Contrasting Fruitfulness. Here are two similes, based on agriculture in ancient Palestine, describing the effects of the two kinds of people. 1:3 The first image is that of a tree in a dry climate, which nevertheless thrives because of its constant supply of water. A tree bears fruit, not for itself, but for others; thus, when the faithful prospers, it is not for himself, nor is the prospering even necessarily material, but he succeeds in bringing benefit to others. See Jer. 17:8 for the same image. 1:4 wicked. See v. 1. chaff. This is the husks and straw removed by threshing, and it is lighter than the edible kernels; when a farmer tosses threshed wheat into the air, the wind drives away the chaff. Those who reject God's covenant are like chaff in that they bring no benefit to anyone (cf. 35:5). 1:5-6 Contrasting Outcomes of Their Lives. These two verses lead readers to reflect on where these two kinds of life are headed, showing that God will make the contrast last forever. 1:5 Therefore indicates that these verses are the conclusion of the psalm. judgment. This could be any particular judgment that falls on the wicked in this life, but it is more likely the final judgment, which allows some to enter the congregation of the righteous, while excluding others (Eccles. 12:14). 1:6 Knows must be something stronger than simply “knows about," since God knows about the wicked and their deepest secrets (cf. 94:8-11). Some have argued that the word means "cares for," but it is better to take this as "knows with affection and approval, i.e., prefers" (cf. Gen. 18:19; Amos 3:2). will perish. That is, end in destruction. January 1 READ Psalm 1. Chapter 1-11 of Psalms in Timothy Keller book THE NOURISHING WORD. Psalm 1 is the gateway to the rest of the psalms. The "law” is all Scripture, to “meditate" is to think out its implications for all life, and to "delight" in it means not changed from one of duty to free, loving self-giving because of what Jesus did for us on the merely to comply but to love what God commands. Christians have their attitude toward God cross. So to know how to meditate on and delight in the Bible is the secret to a relationship with God and to life itself. Views contrary to God's Word are no anchor in time of need. God's Word gives us the resilience of a tree with a source of living water that will never dry up. Prayer: of the Word, don't let me be seduced by the world either naively going with the crowd or becoming a hardened cynic. Help me meditate on your Word to the point of delight. Give me stability and contentment regardless of the circumstances. How I need that! Amen. Keller, Timothy. The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms (p. 1). Penguin Lord Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. January 2 READ Psalm 2:1-4. NO INTIMIDATION. Each day the media highlights new things to fear. The “powers that be” in society tell us that obedience to God shackles us, limiting our freedom. In reality, liberation the world are all under his Lordship, and one day they will know it. God still reigns, and we can appear to rule comes only through serving the one who created us. Those people and forces that take refuge in him from all our fears. So to be intimidated by the world (Psalm 2) is as spiritually fatal as being overly attracted to it (Psalm 1). Prayer: Lord of the world, people resent your claims on human lives. I fear to speak of you for fear of ridicule or anger . But you are not intimidated by the world “powers," nor should I be. Help me to know the joy of obedience and the fearlessness that goes with it. Amen. ogni SH Keller, Timothy. The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms (p. 2). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 10 conti albe MOTO January 3 READ Psalm 2:5–12. 0- - 2 ulse All abus REFUGE IN GOD. God's response to human pride and power is to install his “son” on Zion. This points beyond Israel's king to Jesus, God's true Son. One day he will put everything right; but he will do this by going first to Zion—to Jerusalem—to die for our sins. To “kiss his son” is to rest in and live for him. If we do this, we have assurance that no matter what happens to us, ultimately everything will be all right. If we don't live for him, we end up fighting God himself. So “there is no refuge from him-only in him.”8 Prayer: Lord, your answer to the chaos and strife of the world is your Son, Jesus Christ. He will eventually break brokenness, kill death, ort destroy destruction, and swallow every sorrow. Teach me how to take refuge in you—in your forgiveness through Jesus, in your wise will, and in my assured, glorious future. Amen. VO ( HD, DO TO
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