Studies in Psalms – Psa 108:1-6 “Through God we Shall do Valiantly”

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Psalm 108:1-6 “Through God we Shall do Valiantly” – Part 1

Psa 108:1 A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Psa 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psa 108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
Psa 108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Psa 108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Psa 108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

We’ve been looking at how the Lord raises the storms and takes us through the fiery trials of this life in Psalm 107 and now we will see in this following Psalm 108 the resulting blessed effect of having those trials strengthen, settle and establish us in the Lord (1Pe 5:10).

It is not a complicated progression, nevertheless it is one that can be easily missed if we are not given to see God’s sovereignty which leads us through the raging seas of our hearts (Jer 17:9) to form and fashion in us something new in our heavens (Isa 43:16, 2Co 5:17, Rev 21:3-7).

This section in chapter 21 of the book of Revelation explains (as clearly as is possible for those who have been given eyes to see and ears to hear), what the Psalm 107 storm process will produce in us after God wipes away all tears from their eyes and a new creation is revealed, where death and sorrow and crying and pain will become the former things that are passed away.

Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 
Rev 21:5  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 
Rev 21:6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 
Rev 21:7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 

We are being reassured and told to look and behold “I make all things new” as he says to us, “Write: for these words are true and faithful” and that this making of all things new could only be accomplished if I were the “Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end” who gives to those who are “athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely” throughout this lifetime.

Zec 4:6  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 

It is for those who are given these fountains of living water that are forged on the high sea of our lifetime of trials who become the ones described as “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”

We are no longer surprised at the faithfulness of our Father, but rather rejoice in Him always because we are being dealt with as His sons (1Jn 4:17) who have been overcoming through the power of God’s holy spirit all the things which are naturally within our sea and must be conquered through Christ within us. 

Rom 8:36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 
Rom 8:37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 

Those things within our sea are described as “the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, [that] shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”  These are the things within us that Christ died for and that we die daily for each other and the rest of the world as we endure through this life by His power “as seeing him who is invisible” (Rom 5:6, 1Co 15:31, Heb 11:27).

1Ti 1:9  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 
1Ti 1:10  For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; 

Without those precious fiery trials of our faith that cast out our fearful and unbelieving moments in our life, as the abominable nature that defiles the temple is destroyed, we would not learn the true meaning of “Through God we shall do valiantly” mentioned in the last verse Psalm 108 and concluding with the statement “for he it is that shall tread down our enemies”, our enemies being those things described in Revelation 21:8.

1Jn 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 
1Jn 4:19  We love him, because he first loved us. 
1Jn 4:20  If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? (Heb_11:27).

1Co 3:17  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 

Rev 21:8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

God’s elect are experiencing this “second death” first, in advance of the rest of humanity, having our heavens cleansed today through judgment (1Pe 4:17), and there is no more valiant or great work going on in all of God’s creation than that work which our Father is doing within the apple of His eye (Php 2:13) that He has brought to see that all things are for our sakes (Zec 2:8, 2Co 4:15) so “that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God” (2Co 9:8, Col 2:6-7, Eph 5:19-22)

2Co 9:8  And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Col 2:6  As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 
Col 2:7  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 

Eph 5:19  Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 
Eph 5:20  Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Eph 5:21  Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 
Eph 5:22  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 

This Psalm 108 is focused very much on the abundant grace aspect of our calling that is a result of our much tribulation throughout this life (Act 14:22) described as the “second death” for the rest of humanity who will experience their judgment in time appointed of our Father. It is confirming to know that God has purposed this for us in this age, and it is wondrous to contemplate that He who has begun this good and valiant work within us can finish it through Jesus Christ (Php 1:6).

Psa 108:1  A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. 
Psa 108:2  Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 
Psa 108:3  I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 

David’s heart “is fixed”, and we are being reminded in type and shadow language that it takes enduring those severe trials revealed in Psalm 107 in order to have this kind of heart formed within us or fixedH3559 within us by God who does the fixing!

What we learn about this word ‘fixed’ is that God is always actively directing, preparing and establishing our hearts to be stedfast for His purpose in our lives that we know is centered around bringing forth much fruit that abounds to His glory. These following definitions of the word fixedH3559 below, accompanied by these verses, make it clear that this ‘abounding in spiritual fruit’ is what the workmanship of God has been created to do (Eph 2:10) .

Rom 15:13  Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 
Rom 15:14  And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 

2Co 4:15  For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 
2Co 4:16  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 
2Co 4:17  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 
2Co 4:18  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (Heb 11:27)

Eph 2:10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 

The rest of the thought expressed in these first verses we are looking at describe the fruit which is borne from a life that is being fixed of the Lord. 

We “sing and give praise, even with my glory” as we go from glory to glory in the Lord learning obedience by the things that we suffer and seeing the fruit being made manifest as a result of the Master Potter’s hand working the clay and creating something new through that process (2Co 3:18, Jer 18:4).

2Co 3:16  Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 
2Co 3:17  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 
2Co 3:18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

Then in verse 2 David speaks of the sense of urgency (Heb 11:7) that God has put in his heart with these words “Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early“, which is an event written for our sakes to remind us how blessed we are to be awakened early in this age in advance of the rest of humanity who have been kept in spiritual blindness until this day (2Co 3:15).

Heb 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 

2Co 3:15  But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 

What God’s people will do, having been awakened early, is then described in these words in verse 3: “I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations“; and it is that praise which we give to God that resonates throughout the body of Christ in the sacrifices of thanksgiving which is on our lips (Heb 13:15-16) for all these wonderful works that God is doing unto us as His children (Psa 107:31). 

Heb 13:15  By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 
Heb 13:16  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Psa 107:31  Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 

The nations are within us, and the foundation of good works which God establishes within the body of Christ is needful and necessary to help clothe us with His righteousness, and these verses harken back to Revelation 21:3-7 where we are reminded that it is the Lord who takes away our thirst. In other words it is Christ’s clothing, ‘his righteousness’, that will enable us to endure until the end and having done all, stand. It is Christ alone who will quench our thirst and give us the power to bring forth spiritual fruit in due season (1Co 3:13, Eph 6:13).

Rev 7:14  And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 
Rev 7:15  Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 
Rev 7:16  They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 
Rev 7:17  For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

Rev 21:3  And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 
Rev 21:4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 
Rev 21:5  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 
Rev 21:6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 

Rev 19:8  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 

Psa 108:4  For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 
Psa 108:5  Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; 
Psa 108:6  That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 

These verses witness again to us who it is that God is clothing in this age, and how it is through “thy mercy” that leads us unto repentance that we learn of a mercy that is “great above the heavens” of our own minds. We are learning of His truth that is “unto the clouds” and those clouds represent the great cloud of witness which we are in Christ.

Rom 2:4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 

Jas 1:17  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

Isa 55:8  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Heb 12:2  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
Heb 12:3  For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 

We are called and chosen in this age to endure until the end knowing that God will be exalted in that calling “above the heavens” of our minds, “above all the earth”. He is far above all things (Eph 1:18-21) and working all things in our struggles against spirits (Eph 6:12, Eph 1:11) as our all powerful Father who alone can form the light and darkness (Isa 45:7) and work that light and darkness to the end “That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me“. 

Eph 1:18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 
Eph 1:19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 
Eph 1:20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 
Eph 1:21  Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 

Eph 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

Eph 1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 

Isa 45:7  I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 

Next week, Lord willing, we will look at what it means for God to speak to us in His holiness, and how we must come to learn that the help that man gives us is vain, and that it is only “Through God [that] we shall do valiantly

Psa 108:7  God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 
Psa 108:8  Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 
Psa 108:9  Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 
Psa 108:10  Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 
Psa 108:11  Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 
Psa 108:12  Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. 
Psa 108:13  Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 

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