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Psalm 9:1 Built on the Rock
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Today's verse begins Psalm 9 - in which David is praising God in a song which actually follows an acrostic pattern: meaning that the psalm is divided into phrases which begin with consecutive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Further, this pattern continues through the next chapter, Psalm 10, which lends to some suggestion that they were intended as a single work. The subject of this Psalm is David promising to praise God for His great works and deeds, including the awesome victory over evil. David goes even further asking God to further rescue him from those who continue to try to kill him, praising God's eternal justice in doing so.
Now that we have some context, let's dive into today's verse, Psalm 9:1. The focus of this Psalm is on Israel's victory over other nations that had previously attacked them (Psalm 9:3-6). The reference that David makes to having a whole-hearted thankfulness foreshadows Jesus' indication of the greatest commandment in all the Law (Matthew 22:34-40), which is originally found in Deuteronomy 6:5:
"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."Deuteronomy 6:5 ESVDavid shows time and time again throughout his life this practice of crediting the Lord with victory, rather than himself. For example, when battling Goliath, David approached the Philistine giant and said:
"I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel...This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand...For the battle is the LORD'S and he will give you into our hand"1 Samuel 17:45-47And as such, the Lord continues to give victory to His people today. Paul tells us in Romans 8:37:
"We are more than conquerors through him who loved us"Romans 8:37
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Today's verse begins Psalm 9 - in which David is praising God in a song which actually follows an acrostic pattern: meaning that the psalm is divided into phrases which begin with consecutive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Further, this pattern continues through the next chapter, Psalm 10, which lends to some suggestion that they were intended as a single work. The subject of this Psalm is David promising to praise God for His great works and deeds, including the awesome victory over evil. David goes even further asking God to further rescue him from those who continue to try to kill him, praising God's eternal justice in doing so.
Now that we have some context, let's dive into today's verse, Psalm 9:1. The focus of this Psalm is on Israel's victory over other nations that had previously attacked them (Psalm 9:3-6). The reference that David makes to having a whole-hearted thankfulness foreshadows Jesus' indication of the greatest commandment in all the Law (Matthew 22:34-40), which is originally found in Deuteronomy 6:5:
"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."Deuteronomy 6:5 ESVDavid shows time and time again throughout his life this practice of crediting the Lord with victory, rather than himself. For example, when battling Goliath, David approached the Philistine giant and said:
"I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel...This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand...For the battle is the LORD'S and he will give you into our hand"1 Samuel 17:45-47And as such, the Lord continues to give victory to His people today. Paul tells us in Romans 8:37:
"We are more than conquerors through him who loved us"Romans 8:37
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