I. Summary
The psalmist praises God and encourages others to do the same. He then dooms the wicked and eulogizes the righteous.
II. Photo
The psalmist extols the righteous: “The righteous bloom like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon!” (v. 13)
III. Select Verses
1: A psalm. A song; for the sabbath day.
2-3: It is good to praise the LORD, to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High, To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night
7-8: A brutish man cannot know, a fool cannot understand this: though the wicked sprout like grass, though all evildoers blossom, it is only that they may be destroyed forever.
13-16: The righteous bloom like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they still produce fruit; they are full of sap and freshness, attesting that the LORD is upright, my rock, in whom there is no wrong.
IV. Outline
1. Superscription
2-3. Lesson: It is good to praise God
4. Orchestral invitation
5. Rational: God brings joy
6. Hymnic praise: God’s deeds and thoughts are great
7-8. Lesson: Wicked people are ruined
9-10. Hymnic praise: God is above his enemies
11-12. Thanks and Trust
13-16. Lesson: The righteous prosper
V. Comment
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VI. Works Used
(see “Commentaries” page)
Gerstenberger, Erhard. Psalms Part 2 and Lamentations (Forms of Old Testament Literature; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001).
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