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Hymns: RHC 387 I Need Thee Every Hour, 388 O For a Closer Walk, 284 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus PSALM 145 1 David’sPsalmof praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. …

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Hymns: RHC 482 I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord 485 The Lord Is Good, 432 How Good Is the God We Adore 454 Make Me a Blessing Psalm 106 1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; …

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Hymns: RHC 237 Revive Us Again, 240 Breathe on Me, Breath of God, 243 The Comforter Has Come

Psalm 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of usmirth, saying, Sing us oneof the songs of Zion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord’S song in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, evento the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Psalm 137:1-9 (KJV)

BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON

OUTLINE

(1) The Captive’s Sorrow (v1-2)

(2) The Captive’s Silence (v3-6)

(3) The Captive’s Supplication (v7-9)

INTRODUCTION

The 70 years of Israel’s exile in Babylon were soul searching years. Banished as a nation because of their waywardness and backsliding, when they departed from their God to worship idols. God’s repeated plea were not heeded, finally God acted to sent chastisement – Hebrews 12:5-8 “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

Hymns: RHC 423 Follow, I Will Follow Thee, 432 How Good Is the God We Adore, 532 Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Psalm 128

KJV Psalm 128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel. (Ps. 128:1-6 KJV)

Hymns: RHC 445 O Master Let Me Walk with Thee, 106 Christ Liveth In Me, 242 Blessed Quietness

PSALM 131

1 A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul iseven as a weaned child. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. Psalm 131:1-3 (KJV)

PRAYER OF A HUMBLED HEART

OUTLINE

(1) Not presumptuous (v1)

(2) But contented (v2)

(3) Always confident in God (v3)

Hymns: RHC 314 Nearer, Still Nearer, 313 O Love that Will Not Let Me Go, 319 It Is Well With My Soul

PSALM 75

1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm orSong of Asaph.Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto theedo we give thanks: for thatthy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not witha stiff neck. 6 For promotion comethneither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God isthe judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 8 For in the hand of the LORD there isa cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring themout,anddrink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; butthe horns of the righteous shall be exalted. Psalms 75:1-10 (KJV)

GOD BLESSES THE RIGHTEOUS

The LOVING CARE OF GOD TO HIS PEOPLE PROCLAIMED (v1-3)
His people gratefully thank Him for His presence and His intervention in their lives (v1)
For He receives and presides His people in righteousness (v2)
Although tempest of life will come but He is their stronghold through them all (v3)
THE RESISTANCE OF GOD AGAINST THE PROUD (v4-5)
The boastful admonished (v4a)
The evil man’s strength resisted (v4b)
The self-exalting put in their place (v5)
GOD SOVEREIGNLY CHOOSES WHOM HE WILL BLESS (v6-7)
He raises up whom He chooses (v6)
For He is the SOVEREIGN JUDGE (v7a)
Putting down one (v7b)
Putting up another (v7c)
HIS BLESSING IS UPON THE RIGHTEOUS (v8-10)
His judgment comes upon the wicked (v8)
His blessings are upon His thankful people (v9)
For God favours the righteous (v10)