0461. A Study of Psalms 1, 2, 3

A Study of Psalms 1, 2, 3

The Marks of the Blessed Man (Psa_1:1-2).

The Marks of the Ungodly (Psa_1:4-6).

The Federation against Christ (Psa_2:1-3).

The Federation Overthrown (Psa_2:4-8).

Absalom’s Insurrection (Psa_3:1-2).

David’s Assured Trust (Psa_3:3-7).

The Closing Admonition (Psa_1:6; Psa_2:10-12; Psa_3:8).

There are very few people who seem to realize that the central theme of the Psalms is Jesus Christ. It was our Lord Himself Who walked with the disciples to Emmaus. He opened unto them in the Scriptures the things which were written both in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning Himself (see Luk_24:44). It is our purpose to seek out the story of Christ as revealed by the Psalms.

The three Psalms which we are to consider, bring before us an epitome of the whole Book. We might speak of the 1st Psalm as the prefatory Psalm; the 2d and 3d Psalms are merely an enlargement of the first.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR