Asaph nearly falls when the wicked prosper, but the sanctuary restores his sight. With God as his portion, he trades envy for nearness and resolves to tell of all the Lord’s deeds.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Asaph nearly falls when the wicked prosper, but the sanctuary restores his sight. With God as his portion, he trades envy for nearness and resolves to tell of all the Lord’s deeds.
Psalm 72 is a prayer for a king who embodies God’s justice and brings gentle flourishing like rain on a mown field. It lifts our eyes beyond Solomon to the royal Son whose name endures forever and through whom all nations are blessed.
Psalm 71 gathers a lifetime of trust into a single song: refuge in God, honest pleas for nearness, and vows to tell his deeds to the next generation. Its hope stretches beyond relief toward comfort renewed and honor increased by the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 70 teaches urgent prayer and steady praise: “Hasten to help” meets “The Lord is great.” The short song trains hearts to trust God’s timing and cling to his name.
Psalm 69 moves from drowning lament to defiant praise, revealing the righteous sufferer and the God who hears the needy. It anticipates Christ’s zeal and cross while promising Zion’s restoration and comfort for the poor.
Psalm 68 opens with “May God arise” and ends by calling kingdoms to sing. It remembers Sinai and the wilderness, celebrates God’s dwelling in Zion and His daily help, and prays for nations to bow. The result is courageous joy under a King who is both mighty and merciful.
Psalm 67 asks for God’s shining face “so that” His ways and salvation are known among nations. Joy in His fair rule and generous provision becomes a public witness until all peoples praise Him.
Psalm 66 summons the world to praise, remembers the exodus, reads hardship as refining, and ends with personal testimony. The God who rules and watches the nations has listened and not withheld His love.
Psalm 65 begins with forgiveness and nearness in Zion, rises to cosmic kingship over seas and nations, and descends to fields where God crowns the year with bounty. The same Lord who answers prayer is the hope of distant shores and the Giver behind every harvest.
Psalm 64 maps how malice works and how God answers it. The Lord turns tongues against the plotters, teaches the city to fear, and gives the upright a safe refuge.
Psalm 63 teaches worship in a desert: desire God first, remember the sanctuary, sing under His wings, and rejoice as the King is upheld. Thirst becomes endurance, and night turns to praise.
Psalm 62 moves from confession to creed: rest in God alone, pour out your heart, and resist the false refuge of status and wealth. God’s power and love hold you fast and His just reward steadies obedience.
Psalm 61 moves from a faraway cry to a settled vow. The prayer asks for the higher rock, the sheltering wings, and a king guarded by God’s love and faithfulness.
In Psalm 60, David names national fractures and asks for restoration, then hears God’s claim over Israel’s land and enemies. The psalm ends in a settled confession that with God victory comes, even when the ground has seemed to move.
Psalm 59 moves from a watched doorway to morning worship, teaching trust in God as fortress and righteous judge. Learn the context, structure, and hope that steadies faith in the night.