Years 1-10
Psalm 110 Based on Scottish Psalter, 1650
Years 11-15 Psalm 123
Family Corner FEBRUARY 2017
Years 1-10
Psalm 110 Based on Scottish Psalter, 1650
1 Jehovah to my Lord has said,“ Sit Thou at My right hand Until I make Thy foes a stool Whereon Thy feet may stand.”
2 Jehovah shall from Zion send The scepter of Thy power. In battle with Thine enemies Be Thou the conqueror.
3 A willing people in Thy day Of power shall come to Thee. Thy youth arrayed in holiness Like morning dew shall be.
4 Jehovah swore, and from His oath He never will depart:“ Of th’ order of Melchizedek A priest Thou ever art.”
5 The Lord at Thy right hand shall smite Earth’ s rulers in His wrath.
6 Among the nations He shall judge; The slain shall fill His path. In many lands He’ ll overthrow Their kings with ruin dread;
7 And, marching, He’ ll drink from the brook And so lift up His head.
Years 11-15 Psalm 123
1 To Thee I lift my eyes, O Thou Who art in heav’ n enthroned.
2 As servants watch their master’ s hand, Or as a maid’ s eyes wait Her mistress’ hand to see,
So our eyes, waiting, now attend Upon the Lord our God, Until He gracious be to us.
3 Be gracious to us, Lord. Be gracious unto us.
For we are sated with contempt; Our soul is surfeited
4 With all the scoffing insolence Of those who live at ease, And with the proud’ s contempt.
TUNE: CHRISTMAS 86.866.( new Trinity Hymnal, p. 223)(“ While Shepherds Watched”)
TUNE: ALL SAINTS NEW CMD(“ The Son of God Goes Forth to War”) Henry S. Cutler, 1872
Psalm 110“ This Psalm is pure gospel,” said Matthew Henry. It has been called“ the crown of all the Psalms.” Its opening verse, The Lord says to my Lord:“ Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet,” is prophetic of Jesus’ ascension and session at the right hand of God( Acts 2:34-36). Its fourth verse, The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,‘ Thou art a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek,’” is prophetic of Christ’ s royal priesthood, a priesthood superior to that of Aaron( Heb 7:15ff).
Psalm 123 The fourth“ Song of Ascents,” the pilgrim traveler has been ascending, looking up to the hills( Ps 121), then to the temple( Ps 122), and how he lifts his eyes above his worldly setting to the God who is“ enthroned in the heavens”( v 1). He likens himself to the servant and the maid, looking constantly to their master for some sign of favor or some opportunity for service( v 2). Spurgeon calls it“ the Psalm of the Eyes.” At the same time the psalmist suffers from the contempt of the proud who mock the religious( vv 3,4). Matthew Henry says that as we sing it,“ We must have an eye up to God’ s favor, with a holy concern, and then an eye down to men’ s reproach, with a holy contempt.”
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