Psalm 81 - Overcomer - Hear Him and Walk in His Ways

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"<B>Because </B>for Israel this is a statute."</div> <div> This song is to be sung at the feasts of Israel as a remembrance. This is like the Lord's Table which the Lord commanded us to keep as a joyful remembrance of Him and His death (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#luk22_19" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Luke 22:19; 1Cor 11:23-26</A>.)</div> <bR> <div> Another brother and I wrote a song about the Lord's Table <A HREF="http://www.churchinlivonia.com/song/RememberMeTillIReturn.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.churchinlivonia.com/song/Reme">here</A>.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n5_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#5_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v5</A> -  "Joseph" is spelled uniquely here. It actually is "Jehoseph", a combination of the names "Joseph" and "Jehovah". This is the only occurrence of this spelling. This shows the oneness of God with Joseph and vice-versa.</div> <bR> <div> God went forth over the land of Egypt at the time of the exodus when the children of Israel were slaves there. </div> <div> "I heard a language I knew not" shows how Israel felt as a stranger in Egypt. God felt His people's predicament.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v6</A><A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"> </A>- As Christians, we have been grafted into Israel, and Israel's experiences are our experiences also (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#1co10_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">1Cor 10:1</A>). </div> <bR> <div> "We should never forget our deliverance from a more intolerable servitude; but commemorate it - specially in the Lord's Supper." - F. B. Meyer</div> <div>  <A NAME="n7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v7 </A>- This is so sweet. (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#ps55_22" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Ps 55:22</A>)</div> <bR> <div> The Lord still proves us at the waters of strife. We will have strife in our lives, and the Lord proves our hearts by it. (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#php1_27" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Phil 1:27</A>)</div> <div>  <A NAME="n8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v8</A> - Lit. - if you would hearken <B>unto Me</B></div> <div> This plea of God is similar to Psalm 50 (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#ps50_7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Ps 50:7</A>), also by Asaph. It is also the plea of the epistle to the <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#heb3_7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Hebrews chapters 3-4</A>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="n10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v10</A> - Ask the Lord difficult things according to His will.</div> <div> Nothing is too difficult for Him. The Lord wants us to open our mouths wide to Him, not just a little bit. (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#joh14_12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">John 14:12 ..</A>.)</div> <div> The Lord's filling our mouth is answering our prayer which also satisfies us, making us full of joy <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#16" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">(v16</A>).</div> <bR> <div> When George Mueller was first praying about whether he should start an orphanage, this verse spoke to him:</div> <div> "On Dec 5th [1836], however, the subject of my prayer all at once became different. I was reading Psalm 81, and was particularly struck, more than at any time before, with verse 10. I thought a few moments about these words, and then was led to apply them to the case of the Orphan-House. It struck me that I had never asked the Lord for anything concerning it, except to know His will, respecting its being established or not; and I then fell on my knees and opened my mouth wide, asking Him for much. I asked in submission to His will, and without fixing a time when He should answer my petition. I prayed that He would give me a house, i.e., either as a loan, or that someone might be led to pay the rent for one, or that one might be given permanently for this object; further, I asked Him for 1000 pounds; and likewise for suitable individuals to take care of the children. Besides this, I have been since led to ask the Lord to put into the hearts of His people to send me articles of furniture for the house, and some clothes for the children. When I was asking the petition, I was fully aware what I was doing, i.e., that I was asking for something which I had no natural prospect of obtaining from the brethren whom I know, but which was not too much for the Lord to grant."</div> <div>  <A NAME="n11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#11" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v11</A> - When we pray we also need to hear the Lord's speaking to us often through His word (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#heb3_7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Heb 3:7-8 ...</A>)</div> <div>  <A NAME="n12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v12</A> - "gave them up" is literally "sent them".</div> <div>  <A NAME="n13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v13</A> - lit. "Oh that <B>My people</B> would hear Me"</div> <div>  <A NAME="n14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v14 </A>- lit. "And upon their adversaries<B> I would return My hand</B>"</div> <div> I followed Young's Literal Translation of this verse. Most translate "Like a little thing" as "soon", but there is the prefix "like" attached to it. Leupold translates it as "easily".</div> <div>  <A NAME="n15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#15" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v15</A> -  People who hate the Lord pretending obedience to Him are hypocritical worshippers of the Lord. When Jesus, as God in the flesh, visited His people Israel, their religious leadership showed their hate for God by despising Jesus (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#zec11_8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Zec 11:8</A>). Asaph, the author of this psalm, prophesies about them in his <A HREF="psalm_50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalm 50 The Mighty God, even the Lord ">first psalm</A>, <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#ps50_17" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Ps 50:16-22</A><A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#ps50_17" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">.</A> and in the very next psalm, <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#ps82" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Psalm 82</A>, Asaph prophecies about their encounter with the Lord Jesus in John 10. </div> <bR> <div> This verse says literally: Haters of the LORD  will feign obedience unto Him, and their time became to the age (or forever).</div> <bR> <div> Questions: Who does "their" refer to: Haters of the LORD or Israel?  It should refer to 'haters of the LORD" since that is what immediately precedes it. For Israel, the 3rd person singular pronoun is used in the following verse.</div> <bR> <div> What does it mean that "their time became to the age"? I think it means that rejection of the Messiah would prevail in Israel until the end of this age. It also means that Israel's enemies and haters of the Lord would prevail until the end of the age.</div> <div> When Israel's hypocritical God-hating leaders killed their Messiah, Israel's time was delayed until the end of the age, and Israel's rejection of their Messiah became until the end of the age. The interval between the crucifixion of the Messiah and when God visits Israel again is called "the times of the Gentiles" (<A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#luk21_24" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">Luke 21:24</A>).</div> <bR> <div> This verse is the ultimate result of Israel not listening to God nor walking in His ways.</div> <div>  <A NAME="n16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#16" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">v16</A> - This concluding verse of blessing is from the long ballad, <A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#deu32_13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">"</A><A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#deu32_13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">The Song of Moses</A><A HREF="psalm_81_m.htm#deu32_13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">"</A>, which is a rebuking song for Israel to understand why God would forsake them in the future until the last days, so they could turn back after it happened.  This ballad of <A HREF="song_of_moses.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deuteronomy 32 The Song of Moses">the Song of Moses</A> informs my interpretation of the previous verse.</div> <bR> <div> "Honey out of the rock" denotes the sweet, strong and dependable enjoyment of God Himself.  </div> <bR> <div> copyright 12/312016 voiceInWilderness.info</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Psalm 81 </B>For the <A HREF="psalms_overcomer.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalms practical details of the Godman ">Overcomer</A> upon the winepresses. Through Asaph.<I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/257" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/257"><I>tune #257 - Lord, may Thy Wind of Heaven Blow 8.6.8.6.D.</I></A></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-862/e0257LMayThyWindOfHeavenBlow8686D.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> audio file from <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net">hymnal.net</A></div> <div>  <A NAME="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >1</FONT> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n1_1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">1</A> Sing joyfully to God our strength.</div> <div> To God of Jacob shout. <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">2 </A> Raise a song. Sound the tambourine,</div> <div>  the pleasant harp with lute. <A NAME="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">3</A>         Blow the trumpet at the new moon,</div> <div>      the set time of our feast. <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">4</A>        For Israel this is a statute,</div> <div>      God of Jacob's decree.</div> <div>  <A NAME="5_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >2 </FONT><A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n5_1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">5</A>  He ordained it in Joseph for</div> <div> a testimony <I>bright</I>.</div> <div> Over Egypt land He went forth,</div> <div> heard language I knew not. <A NAME="6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">6</A>       I took his shoulder from burdens,</div> <div>     his palms from baskets freed.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">7</A>        You called upon Me in trouble,</div> <div>      and I delivered thee.</div> <div>  <A NAME="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 3 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >I answer thee in the secret</FONT></div> <div> place of <I>mighty </I>thunder.</div> <div> I prove thee at waters <I>of strife</I>,</div> <div> of Meribah. Selah.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">8</A>         Hear My people, I'll testify</div> <div>      O Israel, unto thee.</div> <div>       If you would hearken, <I>(9)</I> no strange God</div> <div> in thee would come to be.</div> <div>  <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 4 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Neither shall you worship any</FONT></div> <div> strange god <I>of foreign lands.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">10</A> I am the LORD thy God that brought</div> <div> thee up from Egypt land.</div> <div>      Open thy mouth wide, and I will</div> <div>      fill it <I>abundantly</I>. <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n11" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">11</A>       But My people heard not My voice.</div> <div> Israel would none of Me.</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >5 </FONT><A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n12" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">12</A> So I gave them up unto their</div> <div> hearts' stubbornness, <I>you see</I>.</div> <div> They walked after their own counsels.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n13" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">13</A> Oh <I>that </I>they would hear Me,</div> <div> <I>that </I>Israel would walk in My ways!</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n14" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">14</A><A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n14" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"> </A>       As if a little thing,</div> <div> I would humble their enemies</div> <div> and their adversaries.</div> <div>  <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >6 </FONT><A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n15" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">15</A> Despisers of the LORD will feign</div> <div> obedience unto Him.</div> <div> Then their <I>appointed </I>time became</div> <div> 'till <I>the time of </I>the end. <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n16" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i">16</A>       And He did cause him to enjoy</div> <div> of the fat of the wheat,</div> <div> and with honey out of the Rock</div> <div> wilI I satisfy thee.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Post comment:</B></div> <div>  <form action="http://csbmail.globalscape.com/cgi-bin/csbmail/csbmail.pl" method="POST" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_SortOrder" value="name,email,city,state,comments"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_FormIndex" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="tlx_OKMessage" value="Thank you for your comment on Psalm 8. 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(1Co 11:23-26 DBY)</div> <div>  <A NAME="1co10_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>1 Corinthians 10:1</B></A> For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; (1Co 10:1 DBY)</div> <div>  <A NAME="ps50_7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>Psalm 50:</B></A><A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>7</B></A> Listen to Me, My people, </div> <div> and I will speak, O Israel!</div> <div> And I will, </div> <div> witness in you, I am God, your God.</div> <div>  <A NAME="joh14_12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>John 14:12</B></A> Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father.</div> <div>  <B>13 </B>And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</div> <div>  <B>14 </B>If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.</div> <div> <B>15:7 </B>If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.</div> <div> <B> 8</B> In this is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become disciples of mine.<B> </B></div> <div> <B>16</B> "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.  </div> <div> <B>16:23</B> "And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.  </div> <div> <B>24</B> "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.  </div> <div>  <A NAME="heb3_7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>Hebrews 3:7</B></A> Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,</div> <div>  8 harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;</div> <div> 15 in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation; </div> <div> 4:4 For he has said somewhere of the seventh day thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works:</div> <div>  5 and in this again, If they shall enter into my rest.</div> <div>  6 Seeing therefore it remains that some enter into it, and those who first received the glad tidings did not enter in on account of not hearkening to the word,</div> <div>  7 again he determines a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.</div> <div>  <A NAME="ps55_22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>Psalm 55:22</B></A> Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved. </div> <div>  <A NAME="zec11_8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n15" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>Zechariah 11:8 </B></A>And I caused the three shepherds to perish in one month; and My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred Me.</div> <div>  <A NAME="ps50_17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalm 50 The Mighty God, even the Lord "><B>Psalm 50</B></A><B>:</B><B>16</B> But to the wicked God says, </div> <div> What have you to do to <I>with this</I>?</div> <div> to be defining My statutes? </div> <div> Should you take My, </div> <div> covenant in your mouth?</div> <div> 17  Seeing you hate </div> <div> correction, and toss My words behind you.</div> <div> 18  When saw a thief, you're pleased with him, </div> <div> and cast your lot with adulterers.</div> <div> 19 You loose your mouth for evil</div> <div> and harness your tongue for deceit.</div> <div> 20 You sit and speak against your brother.</div> <div> You slander the, </div> <div> son of your own mother.</div> <div> 21 These <I>things</I> you've done, </div> <div> and I kept silence.</div> <div> You thought that I was just like you,</div> <div> but I'll show you <I>a thing or two</I>, </div> <div> and set <I>the things </I>in order</div> <div> before your <I>very own</I> eyes.</div> <div> 22 O please consider this.</div> <div> you that forget God, lest I tear in pieces,</div> <div> and there will be no one who releases.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="luk21_24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n15" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>Luke 21:24</B></A> And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. </div> <div> <B>Rom 11:25</B> For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.  <I> <A NAME="dan9_24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <B>Daniel 9:24</B> Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.</div> <div>  25 Know therefore and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street and the moat shall be built again, even in troublous times.</div> <div>  26 And after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war, -- the desolations determined.</div> <div>  27 And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the protection of abominations there shall be a desolator, even until that the consumption and what is determined shall be poured out upon the desolate.</div> <div>  <A NAME="ps82"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalm 82 God stands in the assembly of "><B>Psalm 82</B></A><B>:1</B> God standeth in the assembly,</div> <div> the assembly of God where He</div> <div> judges within the gods.</div> <div> 2 How long will ye judge unjustly,</div> <div> and wicked persons ye carry?</div> <div> 3 Judge the poor and the fatherless.</div> <div> To meek and needy do justice.</div> <div> 4 Rescue those who are in distress.</div> <div> Save from the wicked's hand.</div> <div> 5 They know not, neither do discern.</div> <div> In darkness they walk on and on.</div> <div> Moved are all the earth's foundations.</div> <div> 6 I have said, Ye are gods.</div> <div> All ye are sons of the Most High,</div> <div> 7 but just like men, you'll surely die.</div> <div> Like princes you will fall from high. </div> <div> 8 Arise God, Judge the earth.</div> <div> for You'll inherit all nations.</div> <div>  <A NAME="deu32_13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="song_of_moses.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deuteronomy 32 The Song of Moses"><B>Song of Moses</B></A><B>:</B></div> <div> Deuteronomy 31:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > 29 For I (Moses) know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, </FONT></div> <div> and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; </div> <div> and evil will befall you in the latter days, </div> <div> because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, </div> <div> to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.</div> <div>  30 Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were ended:</div> <div> 32:13 Upon the earth's high places,</div> <div> He did cause them to ride.</div> <div> And he ate the field's produce,</div> <div> from the Rock sucked honey,</div> <div> and oil from the <I>strong </I>Rock,</div> <div> 14 milk from cattle and sheep,</div> <div> lambs, rams and goats of Bashan</div> <div> with fat kidneys of wheat.</div> <div> And you did drink of pure wine,</div> <div> the blood of the grape <I>sweet</I>.</div> <div> 35 Vengeance is Mine, <I>says the Lord,</I></div> <div> and recompense <I>Mine too</I>.</div> <div> The time when their (Israel's enemies) foot shall slip,</div> <div> calamity comes due.</div> <div> The things to come will make haste.</div> <div> 36 The LORD judge His people,</div> <div> and repent for His servants</div> <div> when He sees pow'r is null.</div> <div> There is none shut up or left.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="php1_27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="psalm_81_l.htm#n7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 81 Overcomer Hear Him and Walk i"><B>Philippians 1:27</B></A> Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel; (Phi 1:27 ASV)</div> <bR> <div> copyright 12/31/2016 voiceInWilderness.info</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>