Message Notes

SSS 4
Book 5
Psalms 107-150
26 May 2024

Psalm 108

A Song. A Psalm of David.
1 O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

2 Awake, lute and harp!
I will awaken the dawn.

3 I will praise You, O LORD, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

4 For Your mercy is great above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the clouds.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth;

6 That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

7 God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
Judah is My lawgiver.

9 Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Over Philistia I will triumph.”

10 Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?

12 Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

13 Through God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 108:1-13

A STEADFAST HEART

1 O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

2 Awake, lute and harp!
I will awaken the dawn.

Psalm 108:1-2

1. A heart of faith in the LORD

2. A heart given to praising God

3. A heart that has understood and experienced glory given by God

a) Glory of success

b) Glory of honour

c) Glory given by God

4. To begin the day with praise

a) With the lute and the harp

b) To awaken the dawn

d) A great way to begin a new day

PUBLIC PRAISE

3 I will praise You, O LORD, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

4 For Your mercy is great above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the clouds.

Psalm 108:3-4

1. Personal praise

a) In the morning

b) In the home

2. Public praise

a) Among the peoples

b) Among the nations

3. Subject of praise

a) The LORD

b) His mercy

c) His truth

EXALTING THE LORD

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth;

6 That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

Psalm 108:5-6

1. To exalt God

2. To speak of His glory

3. With a prayer

a) For deliverance

b) For God to save with His right hand

A MIGHTY RESP0NSE FROM GOD

7 God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
Judah is My lawgiver.

9 Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Over Philistia I will triumph.”

Psalm 108:7-9

1. God has heard and He has also spoken

2. God’s word to David

a) The LORD is God over all Israel

7“I will divide Shechem
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the helmet for My head;
Judah is My lawgiver.

Psalm 108:7b-8

b) The LORD is the omnipotent God

Moab is My washpot;
Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
Over Philistia I will triumph.

Psalm 108:9

A TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION

10 Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

11 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off?
And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?

12 Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

13 Through God we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.

Psalm 108:10-13

1. Remembering that the LORD Himself leads His people

a) The LORD leads against Edom

b) He can also “cast off” if people rejector forsake Him

2. Reaching out to God in humble prayer

a) For His help

b) Man’s help is useless (in the final analysis)

3. A Refreshed faith

a) Through God we will do valiantly

b) Through Him enemies would be defeated