Psalms

How Nave’s arranged it

• Of Moses, celebrating the deliverance at the Red SeaExodus 15:1–19
• Didactic songs composed by Moses, celebrating the providence, righteousness, and judgments of GodDeuteronomy 32:1–43Psalms 90
• Song of Deborah, celebrating Israel' s victory over SiseraJudges 5
• Of Hannah, in thankfulness for a son1 Samuel 2:1–10
• Of David
• In celebrating his deliverance2 Samuel 22
• Upon the occasion of moving the ark of the covenant1 Chronicles 16:7–36
• At the close of his reign2 Samuel 23:2–71 Chronicles 29:10–19
• Of IsaiahIsaiah 12Isaiah 25Isaiah 26
• Of Hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from deathIsaiah 38:9–20
• Of MaryLuke 1:46–55
• ElisabethLuke 1:42–45

The passages, in Bible order (165)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 15:1–19

   Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 15:1–191 voice

   “With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence.

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2. Deuteronomy 32:1–43

   Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:1–431 voice

   “Song of Moses If Deu 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deu 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deu 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deu 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deu 32:34-42, God’s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people.

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3. Judges 5:1

   On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

   ›Commentary on Judges 5:12 voices

   “Then sang Deborah and Barak . . . on that day--This noble triumphal ode was evidently the composition of Deborah herself. The meaning is obscurely seen in our version; it has been better rendered thus, "Praise ye Jehovah; for the free are freed in Israel--the people have willingly offered themselves" [ROBINSON].

   “Deborah, as “a prophetess,” both composed and sang this noble ode, which, for poetic spirit and lyric fire, is not surpassed by any of the sacred songs in the Bible. And, as Miriam took up the first verse of the song of Moses Exo 15:21, and sang it as an antiphony, so Barak, with the chorus of men, answered the song of Deborah by singing Jdg 5:2, which is also exactly suited for an antiphon, summing up as it does the subject matter of the whole ode. Compare David’s example 2Sa 6:15.

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4. 1 Samuel 2:1–10

   At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:1–102 voices

   “This beautiful song was her tribute of thanks for the divine goodness in answering her petition. mine horn is exalted in the Lord--Allusion is here made to a peculiarity in the dress of Eastern women about Lebanon, which seems to have obtained anciently among the Israelite women, that of wearing a tin or silver horn on the forehead, on which their veil is suspended.

   “The song of Hannah is a prophetic Psalm. It is poetry. and it is prophecy. It takes its place by the side of the songs of Miriam, Deborah, and the Virgin Mary, as well as those of Moses, David, Hezekiah, and other Psalmists and prophets whose inspired odes have been preserved in the Bible.

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5. 2 Samuel 22:1

   And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:12 voices

   The fifth song is in Second Samuel, when "David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul." He said, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God will be my protector."

   “This song, which is found with scarcely any material variation as Ps. 18, and with the words of this first verse for its title, belongs to the early part of David’s reign when he was recently established upon the throne of all Israel, and when his final triumph over the house of Saul, and over the pagan nations 2Sa 22:44-46, Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Ammonites, and Edomites, was still fresh 2 Sam. 21. For a commentary on the separate verses the reader is referred to the commentary on Ps. 18.

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6. 2 Samuel 23:2–7

   The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:2–71 voice

   “The Spirit of the Lord spake by me--Nothing can more clearly show that all that is excellent in spirit, beautiful in language, or grand in prophetic imagery, which the Psalms of David contain, were owing, not to his superiority in natural talents or acquired knowledge, but to the suggestion and dictates of God's Spirit.

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7. 1 Chronicles 16:7–36

   On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 16:7–361 voice

   “Then on that day,.... The ark was brought to Zion, and the above persons appointed to minister before it: David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren to be sung by them now, and on every proper occasion; and this seems to be the first that was delivered to them; afterwards there were many more, as the titles of the psalms show; the following is composed of part of two others, as they now stand in the book of Psalms.

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8. 1 Chronicles 29:10–19

   Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

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9. Psalms 1:1

   Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

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10. Psalms 2:1

    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

    ›Commentary on Psalms 2:11 voice

    “Why do the Heathen rage,.... Or "the nations"; which some understand of the Jews, who are so called, Gen 17:5; because of their various tribes; and of their rage against the Messiah there have been many instances; as when they gnashed upon him with their teeth, and at several times took up stones to stone him, and cried out in a most furious and wrathful manner, crucify him, crucify him, Luk 4:28; though it is best to interpret it of the Gentiles, as the apostles seem to do in Act 4:

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11. Psalms 3:1

    O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

    ›Commentary on Psalms 3:11 voice

    “Lord, how are they increased that trouble me?.... David's enemies increased in the conspiracy against him, 2Sa 15:12; the hearts of the men of Israel were after Absalom, and against him. Christ's enemies increased when Judas with a multitude came to take him; when the body of the common people cried out, Crucify him; when the assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and pierced his hands and his feet.

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12. Psalms 4:1

    Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 4:11 voice

    The one who calls on the Lord must have true righteousness. Since Christ is righteous, the just person, the partaker of righteousness, must be a partaker of Christ. Lest saying "God of my righteousness" should give birth to pride, we can say this also: He has been made wisdom and righteousness for us, and he is our Redeemer. Consequently, to say "God of my righteousness" would be as if you said, "God of my Lord."

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13. Psalms 5:1

    Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 5:11 voice

    “Give ear to my words, O Lord. No one has this confidence except the Church. He who is a sinner has not dared to say, Give ear to my words, O Lord. He who is angry and curses has not dared to say, Give ear to my words, O Lord; but he wishes rather that God would close His ears.

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14. Psalms 6:1

    O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 6:12 voices

    “Having read through the first division, in order to see it as a whole, we will now look at it verse by verse. "O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger." The Psalmist is very conscious that he deserves to be rebuked, and he feels, moreover, that the rebuke in some form or other must come upon him, if not for condemnation, yet for conviction and sanctification. "Corn is cleaned with wind, and the soul with chastenings." It were folly to pray against the golden hand which enriches us by its blows.

    “'For her that obtaineth the inheritance' — since in the fifth psalm we discussed, interpreting that the psalm had been sung in the person of the Church, which has obtained the inheritance of Christ. But the sixth pertains properly to the resurrection of the Lord, which is the eighth day. For we have both a first day and an eighth day. For on the eighth day we received the kingdom of heaven. The eighth day is after the sabbath, the first at the beginning.

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15. Psalms 7:1

    O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

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16. Psalms 8:1

    O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 8:12 voices

    “In - Not only in Israel, but among all nations. Which shews that this psalm speaks of the Messiah, and the times of the New Testament. Heavens - Where thy throne of glory is established, where the blessed angels celebrate thy praises, where Christ sitteth at thy right hand in glorious majesty, from whence he poureth down excellent gifts upon babes.

    “The Majesty, or as holy David calls it, the Glory, is manifested among the creatures that it has produced and governs. These are the back parts of God, which he leaves behind him, as tokens of himself like the shadows and reflection of the sun in the water, which show the sun to our weak eyes, because we cannot look at the sun himself, for by his unmixed light he is too strong for our power of perception.

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