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Psalm 146-147 Put Not Your Trust in Princes 146 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord, O my soul!2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live;    I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes,    in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;    on that…

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! Romans 11 Paul now asks the question of whether or not God has rejected His chosen people, the Israelites. And, Paul answers the question, “By no means!” Paul’s statement is that the eternal God of all things, who is immutable, has not and, will never,…

Psalm 135-136 Your Name, O Lord, Endures Forever 135 Praise the Lord!Praise the name of the Lord,    give praise, O servants of the Lord,2 who stand in the house of the Lord,    in the courts of the house of our God!3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;    sing to his name, for it is pleasant![a]4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,    Israel as his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great,    and that our Lord is above…

Psalm 132-134 The Lord Has Chosen Zion A Song of Ascents. 132 Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor,    all the hardships he endured,2 how he swore to the Lord    and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,3 “I will not enter my house    or get into my bed,4 I will not give sleep to my eyes    or slumber to my eyelids,5 until I find a place for the Lord,    a dwelling place for the Mighty One of…

…if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10 Paul begins this chapter by saying that he is concerned for his fellow Israelites because they have a zeal for God but they do not know the Scriptures that outline…

Psalm 129-131 They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth A Song of Ascents. 129 “Greatly[a] have they afflicted me from my youth”—    let Israel now say—2 “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,    yet they have not prevailed against me.3 The plowers plowed upon my back;    they made long their furrows.”4 The Lord is righteous;    he has cut the cords of the wicked.5 May all who hate Zion    be put to shame and turned backward!6 Let…

…though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” Romans 9 Paul deals with one of the most difficult and hard to accept doctrines of God’s…

Psalm 126-128 Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord A Song of Ascents. 126 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,    we were like those who dream.2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,    and our tongue with shouts of joy;then they said among the nations,    “The Lord has done great things for them.”3 The Lord has done great things for us;    we are glad. 4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,    like streams in the Negeb!5 Those…

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8 Having outlined the darkness of the sinful life all humans are born into, Paul, now, lays the diamond of Eternity on the Black velvet cloth of our sin nature, life in the Holy Spirit, heirs with our Savior Christ, our…

Psalm 123-125 Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God A Song of Ascents. 123 To you I lift up my eyes,    O you who are enthroned in the heavens!2 Behold, as the eyes of servants    look to the hand of their master,as the eyes of a maidservant    to the hand of her mistress,so our eyes look to the Lord our God,    till he has mercy upon us.…