Psalms seen from the perspective of the gospel of the water and the Spirit (I)

Preface

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I sincerely welcome you for taking this book into your hands. I do not fully know with what heart you have opened it. You may have been living a life of faith for a long time, or you may be standing at the very beginning of your walk of coming to know God. Today may be a day when your heart is full of joy, or you may have opened this book with a heavy burden and a weighed-down heart. Whatever place you may be in, the Psalms have been the very praises that such people sang before God. Therefore, this book is not a book for special people, but a book for everyone who desires to come before God with their heart just as it is.

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01_General Introduction

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:29:32 +0000

The book of Psalms is a book whose very name carries a very deep meaning. Examining what this book has originally been called is a great help in clearly grasping what the essential nature of the Psalms is.

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Ch01_01_Biblical Exposition_The Blessed Man Is Rooted in the Righteousness

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:50 +0000

The Psalms do not begin with human boasting; they begin with the question, “Who is the blessed man?” Everyone lives in search of blessing, yet not many people actually know what true blessing is. Right from this first chapter, Psalm 1 clearly shows us where the truly blessed man stands.

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Ch01_02_Sermon_The Blessed Man Is One Who Stands on the Side of the Word (Psalm 1:1-6)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:47 +0000

The Word God has given us today is Psalm 1. This passage clearly divides and shows us who is blessed and who is not. God does not look at a person’s outward appearance. He does not look at how much knowledge someone has, how long he has led a religious life, or how much recognition he receives from people; He looks at whether his heart stands on the side of God’s Word.

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Ch01_03_Sermon_The One Planted by God Does Not Wither (Psalm 1:1-6)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:43 +0000

Psalm 1 is like a poem that opens the door to the whole Bible. This passage shows us human life divided into two ways. One is the way of the righteous, and the other is the way of the ungodly. One is the way of the tree planted by the rivers of water, and the other is the way of the chaff which the wind drives away. One is the way that God acknowledges, and the other is the way that perishes in the end.

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Ch02_01_Biblical Exposition_Kiss Jesus Christ， the Son of God

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From of old, the world has stood against God and His Christ. People hate to be bound by the Word of God, and they refuse to submit to the way of salvation that God has established. In the very midst of such a world rising up in rage, Psalm 2 proclaims that God has already set His King.

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Ch02_02_Sermon_Kiss the Son Whom God Has Established (Psalm 2:1-12)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:35 +0000

Psalm 2 tells us whom God has set as King in the midst of this world. This passage is not merely about the enthronement of an ancient king of Israel. Ultimately, it tells us that God sent His Son Jesus Christ into this world, that He fulfilled the righteousness of God through His baptism, the cross, and the resurrection, and that God has established Him as the King of kings.

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Ch02_03_Sermon_The Will of Salvation That God Has Established Cannot Be Annulled (Psalm 2:1-12)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:31 +0000

Psalm 2 is the Word about the Christ whom God has established and about His kingdom. This psalm begins with the rebellion of the world, but it ends with God’s reign and salvation. The nations rage and the people plot a vain thing. The kings of the earth and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD and against His Anointed. But God, who is in heaven, is not shaken. For God has already set His King on His holy hill of Zion.

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Ch03_01_Biblical Exposition_Salvation Is in Jesus Christ Alone

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:27 +0000

Psalm 3 is a song that David composed when he had left the palace and was being pursued because of the rebellion of his own son Absalom. It is a confession that came out of a place of despair, where he was betrayed by his closest flesh and blood and many of the people had turned their backs on him.

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Ch03_02_Sermon_Salvation Belongs to the LORD (Psalm 3:1-8)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:23 +0000

Psalm 3 is a psalm that David composed when he fled from Absalom his son. David was betrayed by his own son. Many of his officials and his people took Absalom’s side. David had to leave the palace and set out on the path of refuge, and people mocked him, saying, “There is no help for him in God” (Psalm 3:2).

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Ch03_03_Sermon_The One Sustained by God Passes through the Night and Greets the Morning (Psalm 3:1-8)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:18 +0000

Psalm 3 is a psalm that David composed when he fled from Absalom his son. The background of this psalm is a very painful event. David was pursued not by a foreign enemy but by his own son. Absalom stole the hearts of the people, and many left David and took Absalom’s side. David was king, yet he had to leave the palace and set out on the path of refuge.

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Ch04_01_Biblical Exposition_The True Peace of the One Who Trusts in the God of Righteousness

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:15 +0000

Psalm 4 is a night prayer that David offered to God in the midst of distress and unjust treatment. He called God “God of my righteousness”. It was not because he himself was righteous, but because he believed that God had declared him righteous.

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Ch04_02_Sermon_The One Who Cries Out to the God of Righteousness Receives True Peace (Psalm 4:1-8)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:10 +0000

Psalm 4 is a prayer that David offered to God in the midst of tribulation. But this passage does not stop at being the personal prayer of David alone. It shows how a righteous person who has received the remission of sins should rely on God and live in this world. It also tells how the one who believes in the righteousness God has given comes to true peace even amid the worthless words of the world and the condemnation of Satan. As David begins this psalm, he calls God like this: “O God of my righteousness!” These words are very important. David did not say, “O God, answer me because I am righteous.” David was a man who knew the weakness of his own flesh better than anyone. He knew what kind of grace he had received before God. Therefore, he did not come to God holding on to his own righteousness; he came holding on to the righteousness that God had given him.

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Ch04_03_Sermon_What Is Truly Good Is in the Light of the LORD＇s Countenance (Psalm 4:1-8)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:00 +0000

Psalm 4 is David’s prayer offered to God in the midst of distress. But this prayer does not end merely as a plea to be delivered from hardship. This passage asks what a person should regard as truly good as he lives. Many people say, “Who will show us any good?” In other words, they are asking, “Who will show us good things? Who will give us benefit and satisfaction?”

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Ch05_01_Biblical Exposition_In the Multitude of Your Mercy I Will Come into Your House

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:27:56 +0000

Psalm 5 is a prayer that David offered as he came to God every morning in the midst of a wicked world. He did not begin his day with his own strength; he began it by looking first to God. God is the holy One, who takes no pleasure in wickedness. The boastful cannot stand before Him. Then who can enter the house of God? David confesses, “But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy” (Psalm 5:7).

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Ch05_02_Sermon_The One Who Comes into Your House in the Multitude of Your Mercy (Psalm 5:1-12)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:27:50 +0000

Psalm 5 is a morning prayer that David offered to God. Beginning his day, he brought his words and his heart before God. In David’s cry, “My King and my God”, is contained the faith that God is the Ruler of his life.

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Ch05_03_Sermon_Make Your Way Straight before My Face (Psalm 5:1-12)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:27:46 +0000

Psalm 5 is a morning prayer. When the day began, David came first to God. He did not bring only his own words. He prayed, “Consider my meditation”. He asked God to look not only at the words of his lips but even at the deep thoughts of his heart.

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Ch06_01_Biblical Exposition_The Faith That Relies on Mercy， Not on Wrath

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:27:42 +0000

Psalm 6 is a prayer of tears that David offered in deep suffering and weakness. His flesh was worn out and his soul was greatly troubled as he cried out to God.
His prayer begins with “Do not rebuke me in Your anger”. He did not assert his own righteousness; he relied not on God’s wrath but on God’s mercy. For no one can stand before the wrath of God by his own strength.

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Ch06_02_Sermon_Let Us Draw Near to God， Relying on the Lord＇s Lovingkindness (Psalm 6:1-10)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:27:40 +0000

Psalm 6 is a prayer that David offered to God in deep suffering. His flesh was worn out, his heart was greatly trembling, and his soul was pressed down. He groaned every night and was in such great grief that he drenched his bed with tears. But this psalm is not a mere song of despair. This passage shows where a righteous person in suffering must look. It tells us that we must rely not on God’s wrath but on God’s lovingkindness.

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Ch06_03_Sermon_Those Who Do Not Hide Their Weakness Receive God＇s Mercy (Psalm 6:1-10)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:35 +0000

Psalm 6 is the prayer of David, who did not hide his weakness before God. David did not say that he was strong. He did not say that he was fine. He confessed that he was weak, that his bones were troubled, and that his soul also was greatly troubled. He said that he was weary with groaning every night and drenched his bed with tears.

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Ch07_01_Biblical Exposition_The One Who Takes Refuge in the Righteousness of God Is Truly Righteous

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:31 +0000

Psalm 7 is a song that David offered as he took refuge in God before unjust slander and the attacks of his adversaries. He did not take revenge with his own hands; he entrusted the judgment to the just God.

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Ch07_02_Sermon_The One Who Takes Refuge in the Righteousness of God Is Truly Righteous (Psalm 7:1-17)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:27 +0000

Psalm 7 is a song that David offered as he took refuge in God before unjust slander and the attacks of his adversaries. The title of this psalm reads, “A Meditation of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.” David suffered greatly because of a certain person’s words. They were not mere words. They were slander that sought to harm his life and his honor, an attack that sought to tear his soul like a lion.

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Ch07_03_Sermon_The One Who Stands before God， Who Tests the Hearts (Psalm 7:1-17)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:23 +0000

Psalm 7 shows the faith that entrusts judgment to God before unjust slander and the attacks of adversaries. David suffered because of the words of Cush, a Benjamite. We cannot know in detail exactly what those words were, but from the content of the psalm we can see that they were slander that deeply wounded David’s heart and his conduct. Rather than explaining himself to people, he came first to God. For he believed that God does not look only at a person’s outward appearance but tests the heart.

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Ch08_01_Biblical Exposition_The Grace of God Who Honored Frail Humanity

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Psalm 8 is a praise that David sang as he looked at the moon and the stars in the night sky. Before the vast created world, he confesses, “What is man that You are mindful of him”.
Man is truly a small and weak being before God. Yet God did not forget such a man; rather, He was mindful of him and crowned him with honor. This is grace.

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Ch08_02_Sermon_The Grace of God， Who Was Mindful of Frail Humanity (Psalm 8:1-9)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:15 +0000

Psalm 8 is a passage that praises how great and vast God is. David looked at the heavens. He saw the heavens, the moon, and the stars that God made with His fingers. And before that vast created world, he realized his own smallness. He confessed before God, “What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:4). These words are not merely about how honorable a being man is. The center of these words is not man but God. It lies in the fact that this great and vast God was mindful of man—weak as dust and bound to perish because of sin. The true grace of these words lies in the fact that God remembered man and visited him, and finally sent Jesus Christ and saved us through His baptism, the cross, and the resurrection.

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Ch08_03_Sermon_The Strength Ordained out of the Mouth of Babes and Nursing Infants (Psalm 8:1-9)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:11 +0000

Psalm 8 is a passage that praises the great glory of God. David looked at the heavens, the moon, and the stars and saw the vastness of the created world God had made. And before that vast world, he thought of the smallness of man. Man is a truly weak being before God. But God was mindful of such a man and visited him. He gave man glory and honor, and made him rule over the works of His hands. Yet in this psalm there is a word we must pay special attention to. It is verse 2: “Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.” God is the One who has set His great glory above the heavens. But when He reveals His strength, He does not necessarily use the mouths of those who are strong in the world. God said that He ordains strength out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants. He said that through the mouths of those who look weak and insignificant in the world, He silences the enemy and the avenger.

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Ch09_01_Biblical Exposition_Praising God， the Righteous Judge， with My Whole Heart

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:07 +0000

Psalm 9 is a praise in which David gives thanks to God with his whole heart and resolves to tell of all the marvelous works of the Lord. He confesses God as the righteous Judge, who judges the wicked and maintains the cause of the righteous.

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Ch09_02_Sermon_Let Us Give Thanks to the LORD with Our Whole Hearts and Tell of All His Marvelous Works (Psalm 9:1-20)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:04 +0000

Psalm 9 is a psalm in which David gives thanks to God with his whole heart and praises Him. David did not look at the strength of his enemies; he looked at what God had done. He did not say that he had won by his own strength. He confessed, “When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence” (Psalm 9:3). The enemies retreated not because of David’s strength, but because God judged in righteousness.

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Ch09_03_Sermon_Only When We Know That We Are but Men Do We Rely on the Righteousness of God (Psalm 9:1-20)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:26:00 +0000

Psalm 9 is a passage that shows together the righteous judgment of God and His salvation. David gives thanks to God with his whole heart and praises Him. But this thanksgiving did not come merely from a single victory or from prosperity. David saw the throne of God. He saw that God is the One who judges in righteousness, destroys the wicked, becomes a refuge for the oppressed, and does not forget the cry of the poor. The last prayer of Psalm 9 shows well the deep meaning of this whole passage: “Put them in fear, O LORD, That the nations may know themselves to be but men” (Psalm 9:20). There is something a person must know without fail before God: the fact that man is but a man. Man is not God. Nor is he a being who can solve his own sins by himself. Nor is he a being who can overcome death and judgment by his own strength. Before God, man is a finite and frail human life.

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Ch10_01_Biblical Exposition_God Does Not Forget the Cry of the Poor

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:56 +0000

Psalm 10 exposes a world in which the wicked, in their pride, do not fear God and oppress the poor and the weak. The wicked man lives saying in his heart, “There is no God” and “God has forgotten”.
At times God seems to be far away. The wicked look strong, and the righteous seem to suffer. But this is only the delusion of the wicked. God sees everything, and He never forgets the cry of the poor.

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Ch10_02_Sermon_God Does Not Forget the Cry of the Poor (Psalm 10:1-18)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:52 +0000

Psalm 10 is a passage that shows the pride of the wicked in contrast with the justice of God. In this psalm, the wicked man lives as if there were no God. He boasts of the desires of his heart, oppresses the poor and the helpless, and thinks that God does not see. His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. He thinks his way is secure, and he speaks as if he would never be in adversity for generations.

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Ch10_03_Sermon_The One Who Has God in All His Thoughts (Psalm 10:1-18)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:48 +0000

Psalm 10 is a passage that shows the deep place of the wicked man’s heart rather than his outward appearance. In this psalm, the wicked man is not described merely as a person who does bad things. He is a person who has erased God from his heart. God is in none of his thoughts. He thinks that God does not observe, says that God has forgotten, and lives as if God would never see.

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Ch11_01_Biblical Exposition_Even If the Foundations Are Destroyed， God＇s Throne Is Not Shaken

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:42 +0000

Psalm 11 shows that even when the wicked threaten the righteous and the foundations of the world seem to be collapsing, the one who has taken refuge in God is not shaken. People said to David, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”, but he answered, “In the LORD I put my trust”.

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Ch11_02_Sermon_The Righteous Who Have Taken Refuge in the LORD Are Not Shaken (Psalm 11:1-7)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:38 +0000

In today’s Scripture passage, David confesses like this: “In the LORD I put my trust.” These words do not mean merely that David asked God for help when he met with hardship. Even in a situation where his life was threatened, where the wicked were bending their bows to kill him, and where people were saying, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”, David said this: “I have already put my trust in the LORD.” People look for refuges that are visible to their eyes. They think they will live only if they flee to the mountain. They think they will be safe only if they get inside the city walls. They think they will live only if they receive the help of powerful people. But David did not speak that way. He said, “I have put my trust in the LORD.”

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Ch11_03_Sermon_Even If the Foundations Are Destroyed， God＇s Throne Is Not Shaken (Psalm 11:1-7)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:34 +0000

Psalm 11 is a short passage, but it shows clearly what a person of faith must look to in times of crisis. David was in the midst of the threats of his enemies. It says that the wicked were bending their bows, making ready their arrows on the string, and trying to shoot the upright in heart in the dark. This does not speak only of external threats. It shows a spiritual attack that tries to shake the hearts of the righteous and tear down the foundation of faith.

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Ch12_01_Biblical Exposition_The Words of the LORD Are Pure

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:30 +0000

Psalm 12 begins by lamenting an age full of false words and double hearts. It is a time when the godly man ceases, and flattering lips and boasting tongues seem to cover the world.
Human words can be shaken and defiled. But in the very middle of it all, David holds on to one thing that does not change: “The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times” (Psalm 12:6).

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Ch12_02_Sermon_The Saints Who Are Kept by the Pure Words of the LORD (Psalm 12:1-8)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:27 +0000

In today’s Scripture passage, David cries out to God like this: “Help, LORD.” Why did David cry out to God for help? It was not only because there was war. Nor was it only because there was suffering in the flesh. The greater pain David saw was that the godly man was ceasing and the faithful were disappearing from among men. “For the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men” (Psalm 12:1). Here the godly man does not mean simply a person with a religious appearance. He means the person who has true faith before God, believes the Word of God just as it is, and holds on to the righteousness God has accomplished. The faithful, likewise, is not one who is sincere only before people, but one who holds the truth God has spoken in his heart and follows that Word to the end.

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Ch12_03_Sermon_God Hears the Sighing of the Poor (Psalm 12:1-8)

The New Life Mission — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:25:24 +0000

Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things, Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?” “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.” The words of the LORD are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times. You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever. The wicked prowl on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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