Psalm 1 Recap

Here’s the outline of the Psalms from Sunday night’s service.

Psalm 1 and 2 serve as an intro to the Psalter with this focus on Torah devotion and a Messianic King (Psalm 18-21; 110, and 118-119) to provoke hope and piety against a nominal faith for those in Israel who had returned from the exile.

Psalms

Book 1 David’s Life and difficulties- 1 Samuel 16-2 Samuel 5

Book 2 David’s reign 2 Samuel 6- 2 Samuel 24

Book 3 Solomon’s reign through exile 1 Kings-2 Kings//threats against Temple

Book 4 Exile and call for bringing us out of Exile

Book 5 Restoration back to Eden more so than the land

“The Psalms, then, recount the history of Israel from David to the exile, and then they look beyond the exile to the New David who will arise and lead the people back to the land.”

James Hamilton

In particular we looked in Psalm 1 and the relationship between Psalm 1, Genesis 1, Joshua 1:7-8 and especially Deuteronomy 6 and 17 and the emphasis of God’s Word and the importance of being people whose lives are marked by delighting in God’s Word. Delighting in God’s Word and trusting Him (Jeremiah 17) is the mark of the blessed man as opposed to the wicked. Jesus ultimately is the representative ‘blessed man’ and the true Davidic King for he obeyed and delighted in the law perfectly.

“The Deuteronomic redaction is to promote a particular view of piety for the post-exilic community and a particular perspective on the Davidic kingship as an eschatological hope in that period. Both and encouragement and a corrective of a nominal faith.”

Jamie Grant

The Lord has given us his Word to come to know and love him and therefore to make him known. May our delight truly be in the Word of God and may we not be a people of nominal faith. To love God is to know God and to know Him is to delight in his Word.