JESUS CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS IV 30-37
JESUS CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS 30-37
Tuesday Morning Bible Study
August 26, 2025
Pastor Carolyn Sissom
All the Psalms are poetry on fire. “The Psalms are pure praise, inspired by the breath of God. Praise is a matter of life and breath. As long as we have breath, we are told to praise the LORD. The Psalms release a flood of God-inspired insights that lifts heaviness off the human heart and lifts us into the worship in Heaven; into the presence of the King who loves and enjoys us.
Each one of the Psalms is a heavenly key to unlock God’s storehouse of wisdom and revelation. It is the ‘harp’ (anointed worship) that releases divine secrets” (Passion Translation).
PSALM 30:1: I will extol you O LORD, FOR YOU HAVE LIFTED ME UP, and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
We can all identify with this Psalm, at least I can. It is the testimony of my walk with the LORD. Through the punches of life, I have bent over before Jesus and let him deal with my enemies, i.e., foes. In every circumstance, I have seen the LORD remove my enemies as I stayed the course of His call and commission. Yes, bent over, trusting the LORD to change me, enlarge Christ in me, and turn the heart of my foes to Christ.
30:2: O LORD my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me, You have kept me alive… His anger is but for a moment. His favor is for life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.”
This Psalm is the dedication of the house of David. It is uncertain whether it was for his personal house or for the Tabernacle of David in Zion. It is a song of thanksgiving for healing and for a new lease on life.
It is a song of victory of the overcomer who has been delivered by the Hand of God.
“Jesus is my Savior, I shall not be moved.
In His love and favor, I shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that’s planted by the waters, Lord, I shall not be moved.
I Shall not be, I shall not be moved.
I shall not be, I shall not be moved.”
30:11: You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
Verse 12 sits as rainbow over the entire Psalm. To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
Glory, glory, glory, that’s my story.
PSALM 31:1: IN YOU, O LORD, I PUT MY TRUST; Let me never be ashamed.
This Messianic Psalm is part of the work of the Cross and crucifixion in our own lives. For those of us who have walked the path of reproach (11), been a broken vessel, experienced shame, persecution (15), and been slandered by lying lips (13;18), we hear Jesus’ cry for us from the Cross:
31:5: Into Your hand I commit my spirit, You have redeemed me, O LORD GOD of Truth.
Once the LORD spoke to me of one He had hidden in His pavilion. This one had walked this Psalm as a teenager. 31:20 You shall hide them in the secret of your presence form the pride of man, you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
31: 23-24: The LORD preserves the faithful, and fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
PSALM 32:1: BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
This is the first of the thirteen (13) Machil Psalms (not in numerical order). There is an instruction of the Holy Spirit in each of these. 32, 42, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 143. This Psalm teaches us how to obtain the peace of the LORD. It is the JOY of God’s forgiveness.
Among all the Psalms, there is none which touches any deeper things in the life of the soul, or more perfectly shows the method of Jehovah in sin, sorrow, and guidance. He is ready to pardon, able to deliver, and willing to guide.
32:1-5: Blessedness of righteousness imputed – Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit…You forgave the iniquity of my sin. SELAH.
Verses -1-2 are quoted in Romans 4:6-7: Just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.
32:6-7: Blessedness of the hiding-place - …You are my hiding place. You shall preserve me from trouble. You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.
“You are my hiding place
You always fill my heart
With songs of deliverance
Whenever I am afraid
I will trust in You
I will trust in You
Let the weak say
I am strong
In the strength of the Lord.”
32:8-11 – Blessedness of guidance – I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye… he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy all you upright in heart.
PSALM 33:1: Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.
There is no indication of the authorship of this Psalm. It is a Psalm of Praise and Joy unto Jehovah for Victory.
The Psalm opens with a call to vocal and instrumental music. 33:2: Praise the LORD with the harp. Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. The praise proceeds and the infinite goodness and greatness of Jehovah are sung. It is the Psalm of the new song: 33:3: Sing to Him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
1-9: He is Creator – By the word of the LORD, the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth…
10-17: He is Governor – the LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing… The counsel of the LORD stands forever… Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD…
18-22: He is Keeper – Behold the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him… To deliver their soul from death…He is our help and our shield…
The song ends with affirmation of trust, an assurance of joy, and a prayer for mercy. 33:22: Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, just as we hope in You.
PSALM 34: 1: I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 34 is David’s Song of Thanksgiving for Deliverance. In this Psalm, praise is personal. It opens by telling of the goodness of Jehovah that others may know and be helped.
34:2: My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad.
Then there is the attitude to draw others into the same attitude of praise. O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt the Lord together.
The Psalmist lists that which God has done. 34:4-6: I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all of his troubles.
This Psalm was penned from a particular occasion. David was forced to flee from his country which was made too hot for him by the rage of Saul. He sought shelter in the land of the Philistines. There it was soon discovered who he was and he was brought before the king. (The demons knew this new anointing – Acts 9;15). We cannot remain incognito to the world. David pretended to be mad for fear the king would think he was a spy. He got away with it and was set free.
This son is rich in its lack of selfishness. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusts in Him. He is eager for others to know the secret of life.
The goodness of the Lord is what brings all of us to salvation. It includes both the beauty, bounty, and benefits of His providential care and Grace.
“O fear the Lord you his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. Those who fear God will have what is necessary for the support of life from the Hand of God. As a Father, he will lead them with food. Neither they nor their seed will ever have to beg for bread. All further comforts come to us as His Wisdom sees good to give it to us. What God denies us; he will give us the grace to be content without it.”
34:10: The young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
34:11-12: Come you children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
34:13: Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
34: 15-17: The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Godly people have troubles because it rains on the just and unjust. “In this world you will have many tribulations, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
The Lord is near to them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit.
34:19-22: Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The Lord redeems the souls of His servants: and none of them that trust in Him shall be desolate.
This Psalm was sung to the 400 who gathered with David in the cave of Adullam. These were those who came out of the house of Saul and who separated themselves from the old order and its table. These laid down their lives and reputations in the wilderness of discipline. These later flowed in the administration of David’s Kingdom.
PSALM 35:1: Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
This is the first of the imprecatory psalms and we can certainly pray it over the enemies of our nation, and the Kingdom of God. It is a prayer for a King, President, Prime Minister, etc. who are under attack. This is a Psalm by the Man of War. The Psalm has a triple character. In like manner, the Heavenly David prayed three times in the Garden of Gethsemane, using the same kind words.
This must be understood as the prayers of the godly in a day of abysmal apostasy and violence. There is agony in this song. David is surrounded by enemies. They are striving with him and fighting against him. They are plotting against him, treacherously spreading a net for his feet. He cries out to Jehovah for help and deliverance. Then he touches deeper depths and again cries for rescue.
The phrase “without cause” appears three times:
35:7: Without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my life.
35: 19: Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
Throughout this Psalm the natural David, in the law of sin and death is fighting for his own rights. But Jehovah is helping him to “lose” his reputation.
We can apply this to the eight years of Donald J. Trump’s humiliation by his enemies, who were the enemies of our nation, and the enemies of We the People as well as enemies of the Kingdom of God.
PSALM 36:1 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked. There is no fear of God before his eyes.
An oracle is a divine communication from God, a prophecy.
This is a Psalm of the unfailing Love of God. It is a Song of Happy Service and speaks of the yoke of the Christ.
1-4: contrasts the wicked with
5-9: the LORD.
1. No fear of God.
2. He flatters himself in his own eyes.
3. The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit.
4. He devises wickedness on his bed… He does not abhor evil.
BUT GOD:
5. Your mercy, O LORD is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6. Your righteousness is like the great mountains. Your judgments are a great deep. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
7. How precious is Your loving kindness, O God1 the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings.
8. They are abundantly satisfied with the fulness of Your house. Your given them drink in the river of Your pleasures.
9. For with You is the fountain of life. In Your light we see light.
PSALM 37:1 Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
“Fret Not” - “Do not vex yourself. “Fret” suggests a mixture of anxiety, anger, resentment, and irritation. “Do not strive to outdo…just be.” In this Psalm fretting is a stumbling block that will block your blessings. We can even say fretting is a demonic spirit sent to steal your blessings. People who fret are in a state of continual worry and anxiety. Fretting gradually wears away and wears people out.
Psalm 37 is a wisdom Psalm and a collection of eight proverbs. King David wrote this with the hard-won knowledge and experience of old age (vs. 25).
His main aim is to encourage the godly to go on trusting God despite the apparent injustices of life, in which the ungodly seem to come off best. His purpose is practical and pastoral to help the faithful to come to terms with their situation by assuring them that any seeming injustice in life is only temporary.
If we obey the entire 17 commands of this psalm, we are entitled to the 25 promises. We can expect the full blessing of God if we render obedience to His commands for a good and righteous life. The 25 promises are made primarily to the righteous in heart.
This Psalm reveals people who shall inherit the earth. Like our Glorious Head, this righteous remnant is anointed with the seven (7) spirits of God:
1. Spirit of Jehovah - Fret not.
2. Spirit of Wisdom -Trust
3. Spirit of Understanding -Delight.
4. Spirit of Counsel - Commit.
5. Spirit of Might - Rest
6. Spirit of knowledge - Wait.
7. Spirit of the Fear of God – Cease.
37:3 Trust in the Lord and do good… enjoy safe pasture
Through the spirit of Wisdom and our walk of knowing the faithfulness of God, we know to wait quietly with untroubled trust for God to recompense the wicked and reward the righteous.
Psa. 37:4: Delight yourself also in the LORD and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
If we are delighting in Him, worshiping Him, not complaining, not having a long list of give me more and more, just loving Him, not fretting, worrying, etc. think how much He would delight to bless us.
If your child, family members, friends or loved ones continually come to you and want you to give to them, you would soon tire of their constant nagging wanting something from you. If someone continually frets, it is tiresome. But, if they come to you and just want to extend love, then we delight to bless. This is that place in Christ where he will give us the desire of our heart; but first He must become the desire of our heart as we delight in Him.
Psa. 37:5: Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and he shall bring it to pass.
It is all about the heart. Do we want our way, our will, our design, or do we trust Him enough to commit our way to Him. It is so liberating. I don’t have to make anything happen. I don’t have to push anyone. I don’t have to manipulate, plot, use self-pity or persuade anyone to do anything.
Psa. 37: 6-7: He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noon day. Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do no fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
The psalmist knows the reality of God’s ultimate and final intervention is so firm that he dares to wait…without trying to take the matter into his own hands.
Faith finds all it asks when resolutely it obeys the injunction to trust, delight commit, rest, and wait.
37:8: Cease from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret---it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD
shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
The prosperity of the wicked has within it the elements of its own destruction and cannot last. Fret not yourself to do evil (bitterness) for evildoers shall be cut off (or die).
37: 11: But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
This Psalm deals with that people who shall inherit the earth. The word for earth is erets and means the land, territory, regions. The land becomes the whole earth.
The wicked will be removed so that the righteous can enjoy their inheritance in peace. To inherit the promised land is to have the right to reside in God’s presence in earth as it is in heaven enjoying his care and blessing.
To be humble and meek is a small cost for such a great inheritance.
The recipient of the blessing of the land becomes the administrator.
If we are meek (patient, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, gentle, quiet, peaceable, mild, humble, unassuming, unpretentious, unobtrusive, and un-ambitious) then we will be peaceable people not taking offense.
37:12-19: (K.J.V.) The wicked plots against the just and gnashed at him with his teeth.
There is a natural enmity in the souls of sinners against the godly who are promised persecution (2 Tim 3:12).
The Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those who are of upright conduct. Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
The wicked fall into their own traps which they set for the righteous.
A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.
This is always true due to the blessing of God upon the little. A righteous man is content with little under the most trying circumstances when it is blessed by our heavenly Father.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
The arms of the wicked refer to the instruments of his wickedness and the means of his power.
But the LORD upholds the righteous. The LORD knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
The upright shall not be ashamed of his trust in God even when trouble comes.
The enemies of the Lord shall be consumed by God’s wrath like the fat of lambs that is consumed in the fire of sacrifice.
The righteous show mercy by grace and gives of his bountiful blessing from God.
Even the most powerful man must be guided and supported by the LORD; otherwise, his strength and courage will fail. Though he fall the righteous will be upheld by God.
Ps. 37:22-23: For those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by Him shall be cut off. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.
The seed of the righteous is so blessed; there is no need to beg. If a truly righteous man appropriates the smallest part of the promises of God he cannot be considered forsaken of God; nor does he need to beg bread.
Psa. 37: 24-26: Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with His hand. I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful and lends. His descendants are blessed.
After giving commands and contrasting the righteous with the wicked, David again gives commands which show how to become the kind of righteous man worthy of the twenty-five blessings listed in this Psalm.
Psa. 37: 27-29 If you truly want to dwell forever in God’s presence, then forsake evil and do what is right in his eyes. The LORD loves it when he sees us walking in his justice. He will never desert his devoted lovers; they will be kept forever in his faithful care. But the descendants of the wicked will be banished. The faithful lovers of God will inherit the earth and enjoy every promise of God’s care, dwelling in peace forever.
Dwelling forever in God’s presence begins when we are “Born Again – living in the realm of the Spirit of God.” It is “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” We are called and blessed to live in Kingdom righteousness, peace, and joy on earth as it is in heaven. Always do what is right in the eyes of God; then even if we make an error in judgment, we sought the LORD for His righteous justice and asked Him for His justice. We won’t have to second guess ourselves because God can hit straight with a crooked stick.
Psa. 37:27-29: Depart from evil and do good; and dwell forevermore. For the LORD loves justice and does not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
37:32: Evil ones spy on the godly ones, stalking them to find something they could use to accuse the. They’re out for the kill! But God will foil their plots.
Carolyn Sissom, Pastor
Eastgate Ministries Church
10115 West Hidden Lakes Lane, Richmond, TX
Scripture from K.J.V. N.K.J.V. and P.P.T. I entered into the labors of Principles of Present Truth by Kelly Varner. Comments and conclusions are my own and not meant to reflect the views of those who I entered into their labors.