Category: Psalms

The Psalmist says that from Zion He sends forth the mighty scepter.[1] The culmination of the gospel is the worship in Zion. Zion is the Church. If the rod of Christ’s strength comes out of Zion, then Zion, the Church, is the headquarters of this empire Jesus is building. We are not called to be nationalists; we are not called to be republicans; we are called to be worshipers of the Triune God. From Zion goes forth the power of the ascended Lord. From the Church flows forth a river of living water. If the Church fails in her most fundamental job of worship, then all things else crumbles.

My project continues. Here is a recording of Psalm 4 from the Genevan Psalter.

John Calvin says concerning Psalm 4:

After David in the beginning of the psalm has prayed to God to help him, he immediately turns his discourse to his enemies, and depending on the promise of God, triumphs over them as a conqueror. He, therefore, teaches us by his example, that as often as we are weighed down by adversity, or involved in very great distress, we ought to meditate upon the promises of God, in which the hope of salvation is held forth to us, so that defending ourselves by this shield, we may break through all the temptations which assail us.

Continuing my project to record all 150 Genevan Psalms, here is Psalm 2.

Here is Psalm 1.

It appears that if the Psalms are maturation hymns: from persecution (Ps. 2) to doxology (146-150), then the darkness of lament becomes the new day of the resurrection. The latter psalms begin and end in doxology–an indication that the whole world has become the Lord’s.