Singing through the Psalms, part III

Part I (Psalms 1-25) here.


Part II (Psalms 26-50) here.


Highlighting just a couple Psalm-inspired songs today...


Psalm 51:10-12:  "Create in me a clean heart, O God, / And renew a steadfast spirit within me. / Do not cast me away from Your presence / And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. / Restore to me the joy of Your salvation"

Create in me a clean heart, O God

And renew a right spirit within me

Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me

Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation

And renew a right spirit within me

~Keith Green, "Create in Me a Clean Heart"

Psalm 57:9-11:  "I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; / I will sing praises to You among the nations. / For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens / And Your truth to the clouds. / Be exalted above the heavens, O God; / Let Your glory be above all the earth."

I will give thanks to Thee

O Lord, among the people

I will sing praises to Thee

Among the nations

For Thy steadfast love is great

Is great to the heavens

And Thy faithfulness

Thy faithfulness to the clouds

Be exalted, O God

Above the heavens

Let Thy glory be over all the earth

~Brent Chambers, "Be Exalted, O God"

But here are several New Testament Psalm references from this section:

- Psalm 53:1-3 ("There is no one who does good. / God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men / To see if there is anyone who understands, / Who seeks after God. / Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; / There is no one who does good, not even one."), which is almost an exact replica of Psalm 14, is quoted in Romans 3:10-12.

- Psalm 68:18 ("You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; / You have received gifts among men") is cited in Ephesians 4:8.

- Psalm 69:9 ("For zeal for Your house has consumed me") is quoted in John 2:17 as a commentary on Jesus driving the moneychangers out of the temple.

- Psalms 69:21 ("They also gave me gall for my food / And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.") is fulfilled by Jesus on the cross, as described in Matthew 27:34, 48; Mark 15:23, 36; Luke 23:36; and John 19:29.