that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance. that I may seeThe phrase "that I may see" suggests a desire for spiritual insight and understanding. In the Hebrew context, the word for "see" often implies more than just physical sight; it encompasses perceiving, understanding, and experiencing. This reflects a deep yearning to witness God's work and glory. The psalmist's plea is not just for personal benefit but for a revelation of God's power and faithfulness, which is a recurring theme throughout the Psalms. the prosperity
The term "prosperity" in this context is derived from the Hebrew word "tov," which means good, welfare, or well-being. It is not merely material wealth but encompasses a holistic sense of peace, blessing, and divine favor. The psalmist desires to witness the flourishing and well-being of God's people, which is a testament to God's covenantal faithfulness and blessings upon Israel. of Your chosen ones
"Your chosen ones" refers to the people of Israel, whom God selected as His special possession. This phrase underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, highlighting themes of election and divine favor. The chosen ones are recipients of God's promises and blessings, and their prosperity is a reflection of God's faithfulness to His covenant. that I may rejoice
The word "rejoice" conveys a sense of deep, spiritual joy and celebration. In the Hebrew tradition, rejoicing is often associated with worship and gratitude towards God. The psalmist's desire to rejoice is not just personal but communal, as it involves celebrating God's goodness and faithfulness with others. in the joy
"Joy" here is a profound, spiritual delight that comes from experiencing God's presence and blessings. It is a joy that transcends circumstances and is rooted in the assurance of God's love and faithfulness. This joy is a hallmark of the life of faith, reflecting a heart that is aligned with God's purposes. of Your nation
"Your nation" refers to Israel, God's covenant people. This phrase emphasizes the collective identity and destiny of Israel as a nation chosen by God. The joy of the nation is tied to their relationship with God and their experience of His blessings and salvation. and exult
To "exult" is to express triumphant joy and jubilation. It is a response to God's mighty acts and deliverance. The psalmist's desire to exult reflects a heart that is overwhelmed with gratitude and praise for God's intervention and blessings. with Your inheritance
"Your inheritance" refers to the people of Israel, whom God has claimed as His own. This term underscores the idea of possession and belonging, highlighting the special relationship between God and His people. The inheritance is not just a land or material blessing but the people themselves, who are cherished by God. The psalmist's desire to exult with God's inheritance reflects a longing to be part of the community that experiences and celebrates God's faithfulness and blessings. Persons / Places / Events 1. The PsalmistThe author of Psalm 106, traditionally attributed to David, who is expressing a desire to witness and partake in the blessings of God's people. 2. God's Chosen OnesRefers to the Israelites, God's covenant people, chosen to be a light to the nations. 3. The Nation of IsraelThe collective people of God, often referred to as "Your nation" in the Psalms, representing the community of believers. 4. InheritanceIn the Old Testament context, this often refers to the Promised Land, but spiritually it signifies the blessings and promises given to God's people. 5. Prosperity and GladnessThese terms highlight the blessings and joy that come from being in right relationship with God and living according to His will. Teaching Points Understanding Our Identity in ChristAs believers, we are part of God's chosen people, called to live in the prosperity of spiritual blessings. Rejoicing in CommunityThe joy of the Lord is often experienced in the context of community, emphasizing the importance of fellowship with other believers. Living as HeirsRecognize and live out the reality that we are heirs of God's promises, which should influence our daily lives and decisions. Seeking God's ProsperityTrue prosperity is found in aligning our lives with God's will and purposes, rather than worldly measures of success. Celebrating God's FaithfulnessReflect on and celebrate the ways God has been faithful to His people throughout history and in our personal lives. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding our identity as God's chosen people impact the way we live our daily lives? 2. In what ways can we actively participate in the "gladness of Your nation" within our local church community? 3. How can we better recognize and embrace our spiritual inheritance in Christ? 4. What are some practical steps we can take to align our understanding of prosperity with God's definition rather than the world's? 5. Reflect on a time when you experienced God's faithfulness. How can this remembrance encourage you in your current circumstances? Connections to Other Scriptures Deuteronomy 7:6This verse speaks of Israel as a chosen people, a treasured possession, which aligns with the idea of "Your chosen ones" in Psalm 106:5. 1 Peter 2:9This New Testament passage describes believers as a chosen people, a royal priesthood, connecting the Old Testament concept of God's chosen ones to the Church. Romans 8:17Discusses believers as heirs with Christ, which ties into the concept of "Your inheritance" in Psalm 106:5. Isaiah 61:10Speaks of rejoicing in the Lord, similar to the "gladness" mentioned in Psalm 106:5. Ephesians 1:18Talks about the riches of God's glorious inheritance in His holy people, echoing the themes of inheritance and glory. People Aaron, Abiram, Baalpeor, Dathan, Ham, Phinehas, PsalmistPlaces JerusalemTopics Behold, Boast, Chosen, Giving, Gladness, Glory, Heritage, Inheritance, Join, Joy, Myself, Nation, Ones, Praise, Pride, Prosperity, Rejoice, Selection, Share, Well-beingDictionary of Bible Themes Psalm 106:5 6214 participation, in Christ
8665 praise, reasons Psalm 106:4-5 5846 enjoyment Library June the Twelfth Waiting for the Spectacular
"The waves covered their enemies.... Then believed they His words." --PSALM cvi. 1-12. Their faith was born in a great emergency. A spectacular deliverance was needed to implant their trust in the Lord. They found no witness in the quiet daily providence; the unobtrusive miracle of daily mercy did not awake their song. They dwelt upon the "special" blessing, when all the time the really special blessing was to be found in the sleepless care which watched over them in their ordinary and commonplace …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling YearIsrael at the Red Sea
"A few more rolling years at most, Will land me on fair Canaan's coast.' And then I shall have no more warfare, no more fighting, no more disturbance; but I shall be at peace." "Not quite as thou desirest," says God. "Oh! thou little one; I have more to teach thee ere thou art prepared for my palace." Then he commences to lead us about, and bring us into straits and perils. The sins which we thought had utterly left us are hunting us behind, while impassible floods block up the way. Even trembling …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856 Why are Men Saved?
"The hand that made us is Divine." If we listen to the rippling of the freshet at the mountain side, to the tumbling of the avalanche, to the lowing of the cattle, to the singing of the birds, to every voice and sound of nature, we shall hear this answer to the question, "God is our maker; he hath made us, and not we ourselves." The next question, as to design--Why were these things made?--is not so easy to answer, apart from Scripture; but when we look at Scripture we discover this fact--that as …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857 Sin: Its Spring-Head, Stream, and Sea
It may help us to escape out of the meshes of our natural depravity, if we look back and see the causes of our fathers' sins. To confess our personal sin will tend to keep us humble; and in view of the Lord's mercy, which has spared and pardoned us, a sense of our guilt will make us grateful. The less we think of ourselves the more we shall think of him whose "mercy endureth for ever"; and if we see where our fathers' sins began, and how they grew, and what they came to, we may hope that the Spirit …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891 The Waters of Meribah
'Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! 4. And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Fourteenth Day. The Holy one of God.
Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.'--Luke i. 35. 'We have believed and know that Thou art the Holy One of God.'--John vi. 69. 'The holy one of the Lord'--only once (Ps. cvi. 16) the expression is found in the Old Testament. It is spoken of Aaron, in whom holiness, as far as it could then be revealed, had found its most complete embodiment. The title waited for its fulfilment in Him who alone, in His own person, could perfectly show forth …
Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ Man's Misery by the Fall
Q-19: WHAT IS THE MISERY OF THAT ESTATE WHEREINTO MAN FELL? A: All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. 'And were by nature children of wrath.' Eph 2:2. Adam left an unhappy portion to his posterity, Sin and Misery. Having considered the first of these, original sin, we shall now advert to the misery of that state. In the first, we have seen mankind offending; …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Our Status.
"And he believed in the Lord: and he counted it to him for righteousness." --Gen. xv. 6. The right touches a man's status. So long as the law has not proven him guilty, has not convicted and sentenced him, his legal status is that of a free and law-abiding citizen. But as soon as his guilt is proven in court and the jury has convicted him, he passes from that into the status of the bound and law-breaking citizen. The same applies to our relation to God. Our status before God is that either of the …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity Paul's Thanks and Prayers for Churches.
Text: Philippians 1, 3-11. 3 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy, 5 for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now; 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: 7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds …
Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Elucidations.
I. (Deadly Sins, cap. ix., p. 356.) To maintain a modern and wholly uncatholic system of Penitence, the schoolmen invented a technical scheme of sins mortal and sins venial, which must not be read into the Fathers, who had no such technicalities in mind. By "deadly sins" they meant all such as St. John recognizes (1 John v. 16-17) and none other; that is to say sins of surprise and infirmity, sins having in them no malice or wilful disobedience, such as an impatient word, or a momentary neglect of …
Tertullian—The Five Books Against Marcion Rest for the Weary
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. W hich shall we admire most -- the majesty, or the grace, conspicuous in this invitation? How soon would the greatest earthly monarch be impoverished, and his treasures utterly exhausted, if all, that are poor and miserable, had encouragement to apply freely to him, with a promise of relief, fully answerable to their wants and wishes! But the riches of Christ are unsearchable and inexhaustible. If millions and millions …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 The Second Commandment
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am o jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of then that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.' Exod 20: 4-6. I. Thou shalt not …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
A BRIEF AND FAITHFUL RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIS POOR SERVANT, JOHN BUNYAN; WHEREIN IS PARTICULARLY SHOWED THE MANNER OF HIS CONVERSION, HIS SIGHT AND TROUBLE FOR SIN, HIS DREADFUL TEMPTATIONS, ALSO HOW HE DESPAIRED OF GOD'S MERCY, AND HOW THE LORD AT LENGTH THROUGH CHRIST DID DELIVER HIM FROM ALL THE GUILT AND TERROR THAT LAY UPON HIM. Whereunto is added a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Obedience
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments.' Deut 27: 9, 10. What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God. If then I be a Father, where is my honour?' Mal 1: 6. Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion. Obey the voice of the Lord …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
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