Psalms 1 to 17 by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 8, 1910

By Editor

PSALMS 1 to 17 are not in direct chronological order with Deuteronomy, nor do we place them there because they have direct connection with our readings heretofore. They were probably all of them written by David; yet they are not the songs of David alone, but they are inspired songs which God has given to His children. It is proper to sing them and study them at all times; and it seemed good after we had covered the first five books of Moses, and that other book, the wonderful book of Job, which revealed so much of God's goodness in patriarchal times, to turn for a little while to the great treasure-house of God in the Psalms. The readings we have already gone over will emphasize the wonderful truth of His great Fatherhood; and the first book of the Psalms—for the Hebrew divided them into five different books—will help to impress upon the hearts of our Bible Band the great spiritual truths which we have already passed over. Why not learn half a dozen of these Psalms, more or less, as we go over them? The readings are not long, and some of the Psalms are very short. Let us suggest the memorizing of Psalms 1, 2, 8, 15; and let us, as we study His Word, learn by experience, as did the psalmist, "Concerning the works of men, by the Word of Thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer."