(74) What does Asaph ask God to remember in v2, 18, 22-23?

Does God forget?  What does Asaph mean?

(79) What does Asaph ask God not to remember in v8?

Can God forget?  What does Asaph mean?

(77) What does Asaph want to remember in v3, 6, 11?

Why is remembering so important?

(78) What did Israel fail to remember in v10-11, 40-42?

What actions go along with their forgetting in these verses?

How are their actions and their forgetting related?

Read v35-37.  Is remembering enough?  What must go with it?

(78) Not only are we to remember, but we are then also to teach the next generation (v4-8).  What are we to teach?  Why?

What application do we find here for parents?  For the church?  For children and youth?

(71) Go through the psalm noting each occurrence of the following words (or their synonyms): hope, refuge, praise, tell.  How would you describe his testimony?  What has God done in your life?

He wants to tell others about what God has done in his life (v15-18).  Who could you tell this week?

(73) What causes Asaph to almost stumble (v1-14)?  What is he afraid his words might do (v15)?  Where does he find his answer, and what is the answer (v16-20)?  What blessings does he have in God (v23-28)?  What application do you need to make in your life?

(71-80) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

(61, 69, 70) What is David seeking in these psalms (61:1-2, 69:1, 70:1)?

Why is David confident in doing this (61:3, see also 62:1-2)?

(63) What is David seeking in Psalm 63:1 (see also 69:32, 70:4)?

What words in v1 help us understand the intensity of David’s seeking?

How might we seek what David was seeking (v2, 6, 8, see also 62:8)?

(63, 65) As we seek and find God, our response ought to be praise and rejoicing (70:4).  What divine attributes and actions lead us to this response?

Psalm 63 –

Psalm 65 –

How have you experienced God in one of these ways?

(66) For what awesome deeds of the Lord might you use this psalm as your testimony?

(66, 67, 68) As we experience and testify to God’s awesome deeds, what further goal do we have (66:4, 67:3-5, 68:32)?

(51-60) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

(52-53, 58-59) How does David describe the wicked who have come against him in these psalms?

(52, 55-56) How does David respond when people come against him according to 52:8, 55:23, 56:3-4?

How are we often tempted to respond when people come against us?

How do you need to apply David’s response to your own life?

(54-59) How else does David respond when people come against him (54:1-3, 55:1-3, 56:1-2, 57:1, 59:1-2)?  What is he looking for?

Name one situation in your life today in which you need to follow David’s example.  Stop and do it now!

(52-60) In response to David, what does God do for David?

What does God do with the wicked?

How can this encourage you when you have others come against you?

(52, 54, 57, 59) How does David respond to what God has done for him (52:9, 54:6-7, 57:7-11, 59:16-17)?

For what situations in your own life can you do the same?

(51) Sometimes you are the person acting wickedly.  How might you use this psalm to help you confess and repent your sins?

(51-60) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

(31-40) Read 38:15.  Again and again in these psalms, we are encouraged to wait on the Lord.  What do you think that means?  Give an example of when you have had to wait upon the Lord.

For what situations in your life today do you need to wait upon the Lord?

In the following verses, what words further describe what this waiting should look like?  Or not look like?  How do each of these ideas apply to your current life situation?

31:24 –

33:20-22 –

37:7-9, 34 –

39:7 –

40:1 –

(31-40) What are we encouraged to do again and again in these verses: 31:6,14-15;  32:10,  33:21,  37:3,5;  40:3-4?  How is this related to waiting?

(31-40) What incentives does God give us to wait upon Him (33:20, 38:15, 40:1)?

What further incentives do we find in 31:19, 34:8, 36:7-9?

How do these incentives encourage you to wait on the Lord in your current life situation?

(31-40) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

(28) What is David doing in v1-2? How might you use these verses in your trials?

What trial is David facing according to v3-5?  What trials are you facing?

How does the psalm change in v6-9?  Have you experienced this change in your prayers?

(23) Why do you think this psalm is so popular?

How does it specifically encourage you right now?

(30) What is David doing in this psalm?

For what recent event in your own life could you use this psalm as your own prayer?

(29) For what does David praise the Lord in this psalm?

How might this psalm help you to praise the Lord?

(22) How does this psalm point to Jesus (see especially v1, 16, 18)?

How might it have helped Jesus?  How might it help you?

(21-30) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

(19) In what two ways does God reveal himself to us?

(12, 14) How do these two psalms describe the wicked?

From that description, how would you describe their response to God’s revelation of himself in Psalm 19?

(11-20) How do the following passages describe the righteous?

13:1-4 –

15:1-5 –

16:2, 5-6, 11 –

20:6-7 –

11:7, 17:5 –

How does their description in each of the passages above relate to God’s revelation of himself in Psalm 19?

How well do these descriptions describe you?  In what ways do you need to grow?

(16) How do v9-11 point to Jesus (see Acts 2:24-32)?

(1-10) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?

(1) What two ways to live are presented in this psalm?

What are the results of each way?

(2-10) How do these psalms describe the righteous?  What are they like?  What do they do?

How well does this description describe you?  What changes do you need to make in your life?

How does God respond to the righteous?

When have you seen God act toward you in one of those ways?

(2-10) How do the psalms describe the wicked?  What are they like?  What do they do?

How does God respond to the wicked?  Does anything surprise you?

In light of these psalms, how do you think we should respond when we see the actions of the wicked?  How should we not respond?

(2) Since we all sin, how can any of us be counted among the righteous (v12, see also Hebrews 6:17-20)?

(1-10) Which verse(s) or psalm especially speaks to you, and why?