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ch. 7 - Realising that the flood took place 1656 years after creation will help to give us some idea of a time frame in Genesis. Nor should we think of Noah and his family as primitive when we consider the making of the ark. Adam was the pinnacle of creation so what do we think was possible 1600 years later. Consider the advances that man has made in the last 1000 years!
ch. 8 - Piecing together the dates and time periods in the flood account we see that God is using a calendar of 12 30 day months in a year. This is the basis for all time period calculations in prophecy. Does this indicate that before the flood the year was actually 360 days long divided into 12 30 day months?
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Peter
SAFETY FROM THE STORM
What a storm! It was one of the most dramatic events in the history of mankind when it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and the earth opened up and all the springs of water flowed to the top. This was the time that God flooded the earth to destroy sinful men. But Noah and his family were righteous so God told them to build an ark so that they would be safe from the storm that was coming. When Noah, his family and all the animals were in the ark, God shut the door and they were sealed in. Then it rained and water poured out on the earth from the springs while the ark and its precious cargo floated safely, guided by the hand of God and protected from the water that destroyed every other living thing. Noah and his family did not avoid the storm but they were sheltered from its devastating effects. No doubt they were swirled and tossed around on top of the water, but they escaped death.
Jesus promised us peace if we put our trust in him. Storms of unrest may rage around us but in the midst of it all Gods anchor holds and we can be saved from the devastation and have his peace in our hearts. So lets do what he tells us to do today and experience the peace of God even in the midst of a storm.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
God worked in periods of 7 days (7:4), and so did Noah (8:10, 12) 500 years before the law of Moses with its Sabbath Day law
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to David
7:16 Note that it was God who "closed the door". Doubtless many people came rushing to the ark, asking to be allowed entry as they saw the floodwater rising and realised that Noah's warnings were correct. However, Noah wasn't able to allow entry at this late stage, because God had shut him in.
It's sometimes tempting to make a mental decision regarding the type of person who will be in the Kingdom, but that's not our decision to make. God will determine the make-up of the citizenship of the Kingdom. All we can do is follow His commandments and rely on his mercy.
Ken Trelfer [Rockingham Forest, UK] Comment added in 2009 Reply to Ken
8:4-5 Here, in effect, is a type of rising from the waters of baptism. The only difference is that the ark was stationary and the waters receded.
Ken Trelfer [Rockingham Forest, UK] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Ken
A SAFE PLACE
When the flood waters came down on the earth, the only safe place was in the ark. When the world was completely wicked and about to be destroyed, God had prepared a safe place for Noah and his family - and anyone who was willing to turn to God, humble themselves and believe that what God had said, he would do. Of all the people in the world at that time, Noah and his family were the only ones to get in the ark and be saved. Together in the ark they were able to help and encourage one another as they rode the worst storm this world has ever seen.
When we look at the attacks on our spiritual well being from the world around us, it is almost surprising that we have a faith at all! Many before us have lost it all together. But this is where God has provided us with a place of shelter, help and encouragement as we ride through the storm that would otherwise kill us. Our shelter is among fellow believers. Almost anywhere we go in the world we can find groups of believers. These people can be the support we need to stand firm against the world around us.
"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, a some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another - and all the more as you see the day approaching."(Heb 10:24-25)
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Robert
How did they all fit on the Ark?
Some people think that it's impossible to get two of all animals onto a ship. I think these people have either never walked aboard a cruise liner, or they have not properly considered the animal kingdom. Think about all the large animals you know of. Once you've listed the Elephant, Rhinos, the great cats and the cattle you're pretty much done with the big animals. Then there's the large reptiles, snakes and lizards, but there are not many big species. Place all of these next to each other, and you have perhaps a single school gym sized area. The next size down, wolves, large birds, sheep etc, all take up much less room, and still there are not all that many species. Perhaps another hall full. The place where there's an explosion in variety are in the small and tiny species, the birds and insect life, small rodents and lizards. In mathematics we're told that these all together would take only about as much space as the largest creatures. Now consider the enormous size of the ark -- multiple decks the size of a cruise liner or cargo ship -- and you can conclude there was not only space to get the animals on, but space to move around.
Another point to consider is that it doesn't say they took adults onto the Ark. Two tiger cubs take up a tenth of the space of two adult tigers, even if they did grow during that time.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2015 Reply to Rob
Not sure exactly what a cubit measure was in Noah's day. But God gives Noah detailed instructions for building the ark: it is to be of gopher wood, smeared inside and out with pitch, with three decks and internal compartments; it will be 300 cubits long (137.16 m, 450 ft), 50 wide (22.86 m, 75 ft), and 30 high (13.716 m, 45 ft); it will have a roof "finished to a cubit upward"; and an entrance on the side. Using the longer "Egyptian Royal Cubit" of 529mm, this works out at 158.7m long by 26.45m wide by 15.87m high (520 feet 8 inches long by 86 feet 9.3 inches wide by 52 feet 0.8 inches high).
Charles Link, Jr. [Moorestown, (NJ, USA)] Comment added in 2015 Reply to Charles
The 3 GREAT "COMES"
Genesis 7:1 marks the 1st of the 3 great "comes" (invitations in the bible. In Genesis 6:18 GOD made the invitation to righteous Noah - "But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark"
Gen.7:7 - God called all the righteous into the ark - "Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."
In Matt.11:28 the call went out to all that see God through Christ - "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
In IsA 26:20 we have the last of the 3 great "comes" (invitations) "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." If we are not already in our ark (Christ), it will be too late for many
Now is the time to accept the invitation of the Lord - "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
Genesis 7:1 marks the 1st of the 3 great "comes" (invitations in the bible. In Genesis 6:18 GOD made the invitation to righteous Noah - "But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark"
Gen.7:7 - God called all the righteous into the ark - "Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."
In Matt.11:28 the call went out to all that see God through Christ - "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
In IsA 26:20 we have the last of the 3 great "comes" (invitations) "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." If we are not already in our ark (Christ), it will be too late for many
Now is the time to accept the invitation of the Lord - "
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest"
Peter Dulis [toronto west] Comment added in 2016 Reply to Peter
Gen 8:1 This is the first time we find the word “remembered” in our Bible. “And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;”
It was by faith that Noah and his family were saved (Heb 11:7). It was because Noah was obedient and faithful to God’s commands that he and his family were in the ark that God “remembered” him. God’s judgements will again fall on the earth at the appearing of His Son from heaven (Acts 17:31). For God to “remember” us at that time, we must make sure we are in the ark of His providing. That is to be in covenant relationship with Him as brethren and sisters of the Lord Jesus Christ. Mark 16:16; John 3:15-18.
“Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.(Mal 3:16).
Peter Moore [Erith, UK] Comment added in 2019 Reply to Peter
Genesis 7:16 “And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.” It was by the mercy of God that Noah and his family were shut in the Ark by the LORD. They were separated and safe from the world that was to perish.
Matt 25:1-13 While the foolish virgins were away the bridegroom came, the wise virgins entered the marriage feast and the door was shut (v.10). The door could not be opened by the wise virgins. Like Noah they were to watch and wait for deliverance. The opening of the door was a matter for the bridegroom when he comes. So it will be when Jesus returns.
Peter Moore [Erith, UK] Comment added in 2020 Reply to Peter
FOSSIL RECORD OF THE FLOOD
A fossil is the remains or impression of a pre-flood plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.
Fossils are found all over the world, on every continent, on the tops of mountains, in desserts, in forests, in valleys and under the sea. They are a worldwide phenomena. They were all formed when creatures and plants were trapped in the cataclysmic event of the flood recorded in Genesis.
Notice carefully how they were formed ... instant incredible pressure from below and the same from above .... “the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” (Gen 7:11-12)
In addition, notice how the word of God insists that the flood was universal. Even the highest mountains on earth were covered with water.
“And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:” (Gen 7:19-21)
Jesus warns our generation.
“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.” (Luke 17:26-27)
https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/paleontological/modern-fossils-with-dinos/
https://answersingenesis.org/blogs/ken-ham/2018/08/08/fossils-evidence-flood/
http://apologeticspress.org/APContent.aspx?category=9&article=4664
Barry van Heerden [Durban] Comment added in 2020 Reply to Barry
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1. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Noah <5146>, Come <935>(8798) thou and all thy house <1004> into the ark <8392>; for thee have I seen <7200>(8804) righteous <6662> before me <6440> in this <2088> generation <1755>.
2. Of every clean <2889> beast <929> thou shalt take <3947>(8799) to thee by sevens <7651> <7651>, the male <376> and his female <802>: and of beasts <929> that are not clean <2889> <1931> by two <8147>, the male <376> and his female <802>.
3. Of fowls <5775> also of the air <8064> by sevens <7651> <7651>, the male <2145> and the female <5347>; to keep <2421> <0> seed <2233> alive <2421>(8763) upon the face <6440> of all the earth <776>.
4. For yet <5750> seven <7651> days <3117>, and I will cause it to rain <4305>(8688) upon the earth <776> forty <705> days <3117> and forty <705> nights <3915>; and every <3605> living substance <3351> that I have made <6213>(8804) will I destroy <4229>(8804) from off <5921> the face <6440> of the earth <127>.
5. And Noah <5146> did <6213>(8799) according unto all that the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>(8765) him.
6. And Noah <5146> was six <8337> hundred <3967> years <8141> old <1121> when the flood <3999> of waters <4325> was upon the earth <776>.
7. And Noah <5146> went in <935>(8799), and his sons <1121>, and his wife <802>, and his sons <1121>' wives <802> with him, into the ark <8392>, because of <6440> the waters <4325> of the flood <3999>.
8. Of clean <2889> beasts <929>, and of beasts <929> that are not clean <2889>, and of fowls <5775>, and of every thing that creepeth <7430>(8802) upon the earth <127>,
9. There went in <935>(8804) two <8147> and two <8147> unto Noah <5146> into the ark <8392>, the male <2145> and the female <5347>, as <834> God <430> had commanded <6680>(8765) Noah <5146>.
10. And it came to pass after seven <7651> days <3117>, that the waters <4325> of the flood <3999> were upon the earth <776>.
11. In <8141> the six <8337> hundredth <3967> year <8141> of Noah's <5146> life <2416>, in the second <8145> month <2320>, the seventeenth <7651> <6240> day <3117> of the month <2320>, the same <2088> day <3117> were all the fountains <4599> of the great <7227> deep <8415> broken up <1234>(8738), and the windows <699> of heaven <8064> were opened <6605>(8738).
12. And the rain <1653> was upon the earth <776> forty <705> days <3117> and forty <705> nights <3915>.
13. In the selfsame <6106> day <3117> entered <935>(8804) Noah <5146>, and Shem <8035>, and Ham <2526>, and Japheth <3315>, the sons <1121> of Noah <5146>, and Noah's <5146> wife <802>, and the three <7969> wives <802> of his sons <1121> with them, into the ark <8392>;
14. They <1992>, and every beast <2416> after his kind <4327>, and all the cattle <929> after their kind <4327>, and every creeping thing <7431> that creepeth <7430>(8802) upon the earth <776> after his kind <4327>, and every fowl <5775> after his kind <4327>, every bird <6833> of every sort <3671>.
15. And they went in <935>(8799) unto Noah <5146> into the ark <8392>, two <8147> and two <8147> of all flesh <1320>, wherein <834> is the breath <7307> of life <2416>.
16. And they that went in <935>(8802), went in <935>(8804) male <2145> and female <5347> of all flesh <1320>, as God <430> had commanded <6680>(8765) him: and the LORD <3068> shut him in <5462>(8799).
17. And the flood <3999> was forty <705> days <3117> upon the earth <776>; and the waters <4325> increased <7235>(8799), and bare up <5375>(8799) the ark <8392>, and it was lift up <7311>(8799) above the earth <776>.
18. And the waters <4325> prevailed <1396>(8799), and were increased <7235>(8799) greatly <3966> upon the earth <776>; and the ark <8392> went <3212>(8799) upon the face <6440> of the waters <4325>.
19. And the waters <4325> prevailed <1396>(8804) exceedingly <3966> <3966> upon the earth <776>; and all the high <1364> hills <2022>, that were under <8478> the whole heaven <8064>, were covered <3680>(8792).
20. Fifteen <6240> <2568> cubits <520> upward <4605> did the waters <4325> prevail <1396>(8804); and the mountains <2022> were covered <3680>(8792).
21. And all flesh <1320> died <1478>(8799) that moved <7430>(8802) upon the earth <776>, both of fowl <5775>, and of cattle <929>, and of beast <2416>, and of every creeping thing <8318> that creepeth <8317>(8802) upon the earth <776>, and every man <120>:
22. All in whose nostrils <639> was the breath <5397> <7307> of life <2416>, of all that was in the dry <2724> land, died <4191>(8804).
23. And every living substance <3351> was destroyed <4229>(8735) which was upon the face <6440> of the ground <127>, both man <120>, and cattle <929>, and the creeping things <7431>, and the fowl <5775> of the heaven <8064>; and they were destroyed <4229>(8735) from the earth <776>: and Noah <5146> only <389> remained <7604>(8735) alive, and they that <834> were with him in the ark <8392>.
24. And the waters <4325> prevailed <1396>(8799) upon the earth <776> an hundred <3967> and fifty <2572> days <3117>.
1. And God <430> remembered <2142>(8799) Noah <5146>, and every living thing <2416>, and all the cattle <929> that was with him in the ark <8392>: and God <430> made <5674> <0> a wind <7307> to pass <5674>(8686) over <5921> the earth <776>, and the waters <4325> asswaged <7918>(8799);
2. The fountains <4599> also of the deep <8415> and the windows <699> of heaven <8064> were stopped <5534>(8735), and the rain <1653> from heaven <8064> was restrained <3607>(8735);
3. And the waters <4325> returned <7725>(8799) from off the earth <776> continually <1980>(8800) <7725>(8800): and after the end <7097> of the hundred <3967> and fifty <2572> days <3117> the waters <4325> were abated <2637>(8799).
4. And the ark <8392> rested <5117>(8799) in the seventh <7637> month <2320>, on the seventeenth <6240> <7651> day <3117> of the month <2320>, upon the mountains <2022> of Ararat <780>.
5. And the waters <4325> decreased <2637>(8800) continually <1980>(8800) until <5704> the tenth <6224> month <2320>: in the tenth <6224> month, on the first <259> day of the month <2320>, were the tops <7218> of the mountains <2022> seen <7200>(8738).
6. And it came to pass at the end <7093> of forty <705> days <3117>, that Noah <5146> opened <6605>(8799) the window <2474> of the ark <8392> which he had made <6213>(8804):
7. And he sent forth <7971>(8762) a raven <6158>, which went forth <3318>(8799) to <3318>(8800) and fro <7725>(8800), until the waters <4325> were dried up <3001>(8800) from off the earth <776>.
8. Also he sent forth <7971>(8762) a dove <3123> from him, to see <7200>(8800) if the waters <4325> were abated <7043>(8804) from off the face <6440> of the ground <127>;
9. But the dove <3123> found <4672>(8804) no rest <4494> for the sole <3709> of her foot <7272>, and she returned <7725>(8799) unto him into the ark <8392>, for the waters <4325> were on the face <6440> of the whole earth <776>: then he put forth <7971>(8799) his hand <3027>, and took her <3947>(8799), and pulled her in <935>(8686) unto him into the ark <8392>.
10. And he stayed <2342>(8799) yet other <312> seven <7651> days <3117>; and again <3254>(8686) he sent forth <7971>(8763) the dove <3123> out of the ark <8392>;
11. And the dove <3123> came in <935>(8799) to him in the evening <6256> <6153>; and, lo, in her mouth <6310> was an olive <2132> leaf <5929> pluckt off <2965>: so Noah <5146> knew <3045>(8799) that the waters <4325> were abated <7043>(8804) from off the earth <776>.
12. And he stayed <3176>(8735) yet other <312> seven <7651> days <3117>; and sent forth <7971>(8762) the dove <3123>; which returned <7725>(8800) not again <3254>(8804) unto him any more <5750>.
13. And it came to pass in the six <8337> hundredth <3967> and first year <8141>, in the first <7223> month, the first <259> day of the month <2320>, the waters <4325> were dried up <2717>(8804) from off the earth <776>: and Noah <5146> removed <5493>(8686) the covering <4372> of the ark <8392>, and looked <7200>(8799), and, behold, the face <6440> of the ground <127> was dry <2717>(8804).
14. And in the second <8145> month <2320>, on the seven <7651> and twentieth <6242> day <3117> of the month <2320>, was the earth <776> dried <3001>(8804).
15. And God <430> spake <1696>(8762) unto Noah <5146>, saying <559>(8800),
16. Go forth <3318>(8798) of the ark <8392>, thou, and thy wife <802>, and thy sons <1121>, and thy sons <1121>' wives <802> with thee.
17. Bring forth <3318>(8685) with thee every living thing <2416> that is with thee, of all flesh <1320>, both of fowl <5775>, and of cattle <929>, and of every creeping thing <7431> that creepeth <7430>(8802) upon the earth <776>; that they may breed abundantly <8317>(8804) in the earth <776>, and be fruitful <6509>(8804), and multiply <7235>(8804) upon the earth <776>.
18. And Noah <5146> went forth <3318>(8799), and his sons <1121>, and his wife <802>, and his sons <1121>' wives <802> with him:
19. Every beast <2416>, every creeping thing <7431>, and every fowl <5775>, and whatsoever <3605> creepeth <7430>(8802) upon the earth <776>, after their kinds <4940>, went forth <3318>(8804) out of the ark <8392>.
20. And Noah <5146> builded <1129>(8799) an altar <4196> unto the LORD <3068>; and took <3947>(8799) of every clean <2889> beast <929>, and of every clean <2889> fowl <5775>, and offered <5927>(8686) burnt offerings <5930> on the altar <4196>.
21. And the LORD <3068> smelled <7306>(8686) a sweet <5207> savour <7381>; and the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) in <413> his heart <3820>, I will not again <3254>(8686) curse <7043>(8763) the ground <127> any more for man's <120> sake <5668>; for the imagination <3336> of man's <120> heart <3820> is evil <7451> from his youth <5271>; neither will I again <3254>(8686) smite <5221>(8687) any more every thing living <2416>, as I have done <6213>(8804).
22. While the earth <776> remaineth <3117>, seedtime <2233> and harvest <7105>, and cold <7120> and heat <2527>, and summer <7019> and winter <2779>, and day <3117> and night <3915> shall not cease <7673>(8799).
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Psalm 9 - I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD WITH ALL MY HEART
This Psalm is a great Psalm for discovering some of the essence of praise.
"I will praise you O LORD with all my heart." When we praise it must be a whole hearted effort. Half hearted praise means nothing. Think what it is like when someone tells you that you look good or that you cooked a great meal but they don really mean it. It might as well not have been said. The same applies when we are praising God.
"I will tell of all your wonders." One of the very important aspects of praise is to boast about God. How often do we boast about what a wonderful God we have? When we hear someone telling someone else something good about us it makes us feel good. We can praise God in the same way.
"I will be glad and rejoice in you." A happy face, a joyful smile and laughter all show that we are happy and glad and rejoicing in our relationship with our God. Just as a courting couple rejoices in their love, so we too can praise God by being glad and rejoicing in him.
"I will sing praise to your name." Singing praises is one of the ultimate ways of showing praise - in poetry and music - the best our intellect and emotions can offer.
Do it now! Praise the LORD!
Psalm 10 - ROOM FOR GOD?
One of the distinguishing marks of a wicked person is in his thoughts. It is what separates a person of God from the wicked. You see, there is no room for God in all the thoughts of the wicked. God gets squeezed out of his mind causing his conscience to be unexercised and eventually to die. He is so busy doing his own thing, serving himself, living for pleasure, following his lust and exalting himself that there is just no space left for God.
The man of God, on the other hand, will always have God in his thoughts. He will pray, read the Bible, talk about God, think about godly things and learn spiritual lessons from the things that happen in his life.
What about your mind? Is there room for God in your thoughts? Try a little experiment and see how much God enters your thoughts today and evaluate yourself before you go to sleep tonight. My day needed adjusting today to give God more room, how about yours? We may have unconsciously squeezed God out of our thoughts,, but now is the time to consciously give him more room in our minds. How much room do you have for God.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
For those of us privileged to belong to ecclesias where we can easily and constantly talk to our brothers and sisters, let's take to heart the words of David in Ps9:11-14. He is going to tell the people of the land how great God is. He is going to share with his brothers and sisters the fact that God has lifted him up.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
10:14 The Psalmist goes to the same theme in Psa 82:3 and we find it also in Job 29:12
Ken Trelfer [Rockingham Forest, UK] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Ken
The Message translation of the end of Psalm 10 is so beautiful.... "GOD's grace and order wins; godlessness loses. The victim's faint pulse picks up; the hearts of the hopeless pump red blood as You put your ear to their lips. Orphans get parents, the homeless get homes. The reign of terror is over, the rule of the gang lords is ended."
Even so Come, Lord Jesus.
Psa 10:17 The victim's faint pulse picks up; the hearts of the hopeless pump red blood as you put your ear to their lips.
Psa 10:18 Orphans get parents, the homeless get homes. The reign of terror is over, the rule of the gang lords is ended.
Cliff York [Pine Rivers (Aus)] Comment added in 2011 Reply to Cliff
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1. To the chief Musician <5329>(8764) upon Muthlabben <4192> <1121>, A Psalm <4210> of David <1732>. I will praise <3034>(8686) thee, O LORD <3068>, with my whole heart <3820>; I will shew forth <5608>(8762) all thy marvellous works <6381>(8737).
2. I will be glad <8055>(8799) and rejoice <5970>(8799) in thee: I will sing praise <2167>(8762) to thy name <8034>, O thou most High <5945>.
3. When mine enemies <341>(8802) are turned <7725>(8800) back <268>, they shall fall <3782>(8735) and perish <6>(8799) at thy presence <6440>.
4. For thou hast maintained <6213>(8804) my right <4941> and my cause <1779>; thou satest <3427>(8804) in the throne <3678> judging <8199>(8802) right <6664>.
5. Thou hast rebuked <1605>(8804) the heathen <1471>, thou hast destroyed <6>(8765) the wicked <7563>, thou hast put out <4229>(8804) their name <8034> for ever <5769> and ever <5703>.
6. O thou enemy <341>(8802), destructions <2723> are come to a perpetual <5331> end <8552>(8804): and thou hast destroyed <5428>(8804) cities <6145>(8676) <5892>; their memorial <2143> is perished <6>(8804) with them <1992>.
7. But the LORD <3068> shall endure <3427>(8799) for ever <5769>: he hath prepared <3559>(8790) his throne <3678> for judgment <4941>.
8. And he shall judge <8199>(8799) the world <8398> in righteousness <6664>, he shall minister judgment <1777>(8799) to the people <3816> in uprightness <4339>.
9. The LORD <3068> also will be a refuge <4869> for the oppressed <1790>, a refuge <4869> in times <6256> of trouble <6869>.
10. And they that know <3045>(8802) thy name <8034> will put their trust <982>(8799) in thee: for thou, LORD <3068>, hast not forsaken <5800>(8804) them that seek <1875>(8802) thee.
11. Sing praises <2167>(8761) to the LORD <3068>, which dwelleth <3427>(8802) in Zion <6726>: declare <5046>(8685) among the people <5971> his doings <5949>.
12. When he maketh inquisition <1875>(8802) for blood <1818>, he remembereth <2142>(8804) them: he forgetteth <7911>(8804) not the cry <6818> of the humble <6035>(8675) <6041>.
13. Have mercy <2603>(8798) upon me, O LORD <3068>; consider <7200>(8798) my trouble <6040> which I suffer of them that hate <8130>(8802) me, thou that liftest me up <7311>(8789) from the gates <8179> of death <4194>:
14. That I may shew forth <5608>(8762) all thy praise <8416> in the gates <8179> of the daughter <1323> of Zion <6726>: I will rejoice <1523>(8799) in thy salvation <3444>.
15. The heathen <1471> are sunk down <2883>(8804) in the pit <7845> that they made <6213>(8804): in the net <7568> which <2098> they hid <2934>(8804) is their own foot <7272> taken <3920>(8738).
16. The LORD <3068> is known <3045>(8738) by the judgment <4941> which he executeth <6213>(8804): the wicked <7563> is snared <5367>(8804) in the work <6467> of his own hands <3709>. Higgaion <1902>. Selah <5542>.
17. The wicked <7563> shall be turned <7725>(8799) into hell <7585>, and all the nations <1471> that forget <7913> God <430>.
18. For the needy <34> shall not alway <5331> be forgotten <7911>(8735): the expectation <8615> of the poor <6041>(8675) <6035> shall not perish <6>(8799) for ever <5703>.
19. Arise <6965>(8798), O LORD <3068>; let not man <582> prevail <5810>(8799): let the heathen <1471> be judged <8199>(8735) in thy sight <6440>.
20. Put <7896>(8798) them in fear <4172>(8675) <4172>, O LORD <3068>: that the nations <1471> may know <3045>(8799) themselves to be but men <582>. Selah <5542>.
1. Why standest <5975>(8799) thou afar off <7350>, O LORD <3068>? why hidest <5956>(8686) thou thyself in times <6256> of trouble <6869>?
2. The wicked <7563> in his pride <1346> doth persecute <1814>(8799) the poor <6041>: let them be taken <8610>(8735) in the devices <4209> that <2098> they have imagined <2803>(8804).
3. For the wicked <7563> boasteth <1984>(8765) of his heart's <5315> desire <8378>, and blesseth <1288>(8765) the covetous <1214>(8802), whom the LORD <3068> abhorreth <5006>(8765).
4. The wicked <7563>, through the pride <1363> of his countenance <639>, will not seek <1875>(8799) after God: God <430> is not in all his thoughts <4209>.
5. His ways <1870> are always <6256> grievous <2342>(8799); thy judgments <4941> are far above <4791> out of his sight: as for all his enemies <6887>(8802), he puffeth <6315>(8686) at them.
6. He hath said <559>(8804) in his heart <3820>, I shall not be moved <4131>(8735): for I shall never <1755> <1755> be in adversity <7451>.
7. His mouth <6310> is full <4390>(8804) of cursing <423> and deceit <4820> and fraud <8496>: under his tongue <3956> is mischief <5999> and vanity <205>.
8. He sitteth <3427>(8799) in the lurking places <3993> of the villages <2691>: in the secret places <4565> doth he murder <2026>(8799) the innocent <5355>: his eyes <5869> are privily set <6845>(8799) against the poor <2489>.
9. He lieth in wait <693>(8799) secretly <4565> as a lion <738> in his den <5520>: he lieth in wait <693>(8799) to catch <2414>(8800) the poor <6041>: he doth catch <2414>(8799) the poor <6041>, when he draweth <4900>(8800) him into his net <7568>.
10. He croucheth <1794>(8799), and humbleth <7817>(8799) himself, that the poor <2426>(8675) <2489>(8676) <2489> may fall <5307>(8804) by his strong ones <6099>.
11. He hath said <559>(8804) in his heart <3820>, God <410> hath forgotten <7911>(8804): he hideth <5641>(8689) his face <6440>; he will never <5331> see <7200>(8804) it.
12. Arise <6965>(8798), O LORD <3068>; O God <410>, lift up <5375>(8798) thine hand <3027>: forget <7911>(8799) not the humble <6035>(8675) <6041>.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked <7563> contemn <5006>(8765) God <430>? he hath said <559>(8804) in his heart <3820>, Thou wilt not require <1875>(8799) it.
14. Thou hast seen <7200>(8804) it; for thou beholdest <5027>(8686) mischief <5999> and spite <3708>, to requite <5414>(8800) it with thy hand <3027>: the poor <2489> committeth <5800>(8799) himself unto thee; thou art the helper <5826>(8802) of the fatherless <3490>.
15. Break <7665>(8798) thou the arm <2220> of the wicked <7563> and the evil <7451> man: seek out <1875>(8799) his wickedness <7562> till thou find <4672>(8799) none <1077>.
16. The LORD <3068> is King <4428> for ever <5769> and ever <5703>: the heathen <1471> are perished <6>(8804) out of his land <776>.
17. LORD <3068>, thou hast heard <8085>(8804) the desire <8378> of the humble <6035>: thou wilt prepare <3559>(8686) their heart <3820>, thou wilt cause thine ear <241> to hear <7181>(8686):
18. To judge <8199>(8800) the fatherless <3490> and the oppressed <1790>, that the man <582> of the earth <776> may no more <3254>(8686) oppress <6206>(8800).
Notes that are not verse specific
There are a number of parallels between the words of the Lord’s prayer in Matt 6 and the records of the temptations in Matt 4 and Luke 4, which leads us to wonder if the Lord’s prayer was formulated during the 40 days in the wilderness.
For instance, we are told that the devil took him to a high mountain to shew him the kingdoms of the world and said “All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them”.
It's lovely to think then that Jesus' response was to pray to his father “THINE is the kingdom, the power and the glory”?
There are other connections too.
James Walker [Milnsbridge UK] Comment added in 2009 Reply to James
Again the Message translation picks up the spirit of the end of Matthew 6:34 - "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes."
Cliff York [Pine Rivers (Aus)] Comment added in 2011 Reply to Cliff
Matt 6:22 One of the most significant physical characteristics of both light and darkness is they they are mutually exclusive i.e. light and darkness cannot co-exist in the same place.
As with the natural, so with the spiritual: we cannot claim we live in the light of God's Word and then live our lives as though in the darkness of the world.
We are either in one or the other: we cannot live our lives in both!
Nigel Morgan [Fawley UK] Comment added in 2018 Reply to Nigel
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1. Take heed <4337>(5720) that ye do <4160>(5721) not <3361> your <5216> alms <1654> before <1715> men <444>, to be seen <4314> <2300>(5683) of them <846>: otherwise <1490> ye have <2192>(5719) no <3756> reward <3408> of <3844> your <5216> Father <3962> which <3588> is in <1722> heaven <3772>.
2. Therefore <3767> when <3752> thou doest <4160>(5725) thine alms <1654>, do <4537> <0> not <3361> sound a trumpet <4537>(5661) before <1715> thee <4675>, as <5618> the hypocrites <5273> do <4160>(5719) in <1722> the synagogues <4864> and <2532> in <1722> the streets <4505>, that <3704> they may have glory <1392>(5686) of <5259> men <444>. Verily <281> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, They have <568>(5719) their <848> reward <3408>.
3. But <1161> when thou <4675> doest <4160>(5723) alms <1654>, let <1097> <0> not <3361> thy <4675> left hand <710> know <1097>(5628) what <5101> thy <4675> right hand <1188> doeth <4160>(5719):
4. That <3704> thine <4675> alms <1654> may be <5600>(5753) in <1722> secret <2927>: and <2532> thy <4675> Father <3962> which <3588> seeth <991>(5723) in <1722> secret <2927> himself <846> shall reward <591>(5692) thee <4671> openly <1722> <5318>.
5. And <2532> when <3752> thou prayest <4336>(5741), thou shalt <2071> <0> not <3756> be <2071>(5704) as <5618> the hypocrites <5273> are: for <3754> they love <5368>(5719) to pray <4336>(5738) standing <2476>(5761) in <1722> the synagogues <4864> and <2532> in <1722> the corners <1137> of the streets <4113>, that <3704> they may <302> be seen <5316>(5652) of men <444>. Verily <281> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, <3754> They have <568>(5719) their <848> reward <3408>.
6. But <1161> thou <4771>, when <3752> thou prayest <4336>(5741), enter <1525>(5628) into <1519> thy <4675> closet <5009>, and <2532> when thou hast shut <2808>(5660) thy <4675> door <2374>, pray <4336>(5663) to thy <4675> Father <3962> which <3588> is in <1722> secret <2927>; and <2532> thy <4675> Father <3962> which <3588> seeth <991>(5723) in <1722> secret <2927> shall reward <591>(5692) thee <4671> openly <1722> <5318>.
7. But <1161> when ye pray <4336>(5740), use <945> <0> not <3361> vain repetitions <945>(5661), as <5618> the heathen <1482> do: for <1063> they think <1380>(5719) that <3754> they shall be heard <1522>(5701) for <1722> their <846> much speaking <4180>.
8. Be <3666> <0> not <3361> ye <3666> <0> therefore <3767> like <3666>(5686) unto them <846>: for <1063> your <5216> Father <3962> knoweth <1492>(5758) what things <3739> ye have <2192>(5719) need of <5532>, before <4253> ye <5209> ask <154>(5658) him <846>.
9. After this manner <3779> therefore <3767> pray <4336>(5737) ye <5210>: Our <2257> Father <3962> which <3588> art in <1722> heaven <3772>, Hallowed be <37>(5682) thy <4675> name <3686>.
10. Thy <4675> kingdom <932> come <2064>(5628). Thy <4675> will <2307> be done <1096>(5676) in <1909> earth <1093>, as <2532> <5613> it is in <1722> heaven <3772>.
11. Give <1325>(5628) us <2254> this day <4594> our <2257> daily <1967> bread <740>.
12. And <2532> forgive <863>(5628) us <2254> our <2257> debts <3783>, as <2532> <5613> we <2249> forgive <863>(5719) our <2257> debtors <3781>.
13. And <2532> lead <1533>(5661) us <2248> not <3361> into <1519> temptation <3986>, but <235> deliver <4506>(5663) us <2248> from <575> evil <4190>: For <3754> thine <4675> is <2076>(5748) the kingdom <932>, and <2532> the power <1411>, and <2532> the glory <1391>, for <1519> ever <165>. Amen <281>.
14. For <1063> if <1437> ye forgive <863>(5632) men <444> their <846> trespasses <3900>, your <5216> heavenly <3770> Father <3962> will also <2532> forgive <863>(5692) you <5213>:
15. But <1161> if <3362> <0> ye forgive <863>(5632) not <3362> men <444> their <846> trespasses <3900>, neither <3761> will your <5216> Father <3962> forgive <863>(5692) your <5216> trespasses <3900>.
16. Moreover <1161> when <3752> ye fast <3522>(5725), be <1096>(5737) not <3361>, as <5618> the hypocrites <5273>, of a sad countenance <4659>: for <1063> they disfigure <853>(5719) their <848> faces <4383>, that <3704> they may appear <5316>(5652) unto men <444> to fast <3522>(5723). Verily <281> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, <3754> They have <568>(5719) their <848> reward <3408>.
17. But <1161> thou <4771>, when thou fastest <3522>(5723), anoint <218>(5669) thine <4675> head <2776>, and <2532> wash <3538>(5669) thy <4675> face <4383>;
18. That <3704> thou appear <5316>(5652) not <3361> unto men <444> to fast <3522>(5723), but <235> unto thy <4675> Father <3962> which <3588> is in <1722> secret <2927>: and <2532> thy <4675> Father <3962>, which <3588> seeth <991>(5723) in <1722> secret <2927>, shall reward <591>(5692) thee <4671> openly <1722> <5318>.
19. Lay <2343> <0> not <3361> up <2343>(5720) for yourselves <5213> treasures <2344> upon <1909> earth <1093>, where <3699> moth <4597> and <2532> rust <1035> doth corrupt <853>(5719), and <2532> where <3699> thieves <2812> break through <1358>(5719) and <2532> steal <2813>(5719):
20. But <1161> lay up <2343>(5720) for yourselves <5213> treasures <2344> in <1722> heaven <3772>, where <3699> neither <3777> moth <4597> nor <3777> rust <1035> doth corrupt <853>(5719), and <2532> where <3699> thieves <2812> do <1358> <0> not <3756> break through <1358>(5719) nor <3761> steal <2813>(5719):
21. For <1063> where <3699> your <5216> treasure <2344> is <2076>(5748), there <1563> will <2071> <0> your <5216> heart <2588> be <2071>(5704) also <2532>.
22. The light <3088> of the body <4983> is <2076>(5748) the eye <3788>: if <1437> therefore <3767> thine <4675> eye <3788> be <5600>(5753) single <573>, thy <4675> whole <3650> body <4983> shall be <2071>(5704) full of light <5460>.
23. But <1161> if <1437> thine <4675> eye <3788> be <5600>(5753) evil <4190>, thy <4675> whole <3650> body <4983> shall be <2071>(5704) full of darkness <4652>. If <1487> therefore <3767> the light <5457> that is <2076>(5748) in <1722> thee <4671> be darkness <4655>, how great <4214> is that darkness <4655>!
24. No man <3762> can <1410>(5736) serve <1398>(5721) two <1417> masters <2962>: for <1063> either <2228> he will hate <3404>(5692) the one <1520>, and <2532> love <25>(5692) the other <2087>; or else <2228> he will hold <472>(5695) to the one <1520>, and <2532> despise <2706>(5692) the other <2087>. Ye cannot <3756> <1410>(5736) serve <1398>(5721) God <2316> and <2532> mammon <3126>.
25. Therefore <1223> <5124> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, Take no <3361> thought <3309>(5720) for your <5216> life <5590>, what <5101> ye shall eat <5315>(5632), or <2532> what <5101> ye shall drink <4095>(5632); nor yet for <3366> your <5216> body <4983>, what <5101> ye shall put on <1746>(5672). Is <2076>(5748) not <3780> the life <5590> more than <4119> meat <5160>, and <2532> the body <4983> than raiment <1742>?
26. Behold <1689>(5657) <1519> the fowls <4071> of the air <3772>: for <3754> they sow <4687>(5719) not <3756>, neither <3761> do they reap <2325>(5719), nor <3761> gather <4863>(5719) into <1519> barns <596>; yet <2532> your <5216> heavenly <3770> Father <3962> feedeth <5142>(5719) them <846>. Are <1308> <0> ye <5210> not <3756> much <3123> better than <1308>(5719) they <846>?
27. <1161> Which <1537> <5101> of you <5216> by taking thought <3309>(5723) can <1410>(5736) add <4369>(5629) one <1520> cubit <4083> unto <1909> his <848> stature <2244>?
28. And <2532> why <5101> take ye thought <3309>(5720) for <4012> raiment <1742>? Consider <2648>(5628) the lilies <2918> of the field <68>, how <4459> they grow <837>(5719); they toil <2872>(5719) not <3756>, neither <3761> do they spin <3514>(5719):
29. And yet <1161> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, That <3754> even <3761> <0> Solomon <4672> in <1722> all <3956> his <848> glory <1391> was <4016> <0> not <3761> arrayed <4016>(5639) like <5613> one <1520> of these <5130>.
30. Wherefore <1161>, if <1487> God <2316> so <3779> clothe <294>(5719) the grass <5528> of the field <68>, which to day <4594> is <5607>(5752), and <2532> to morrow <839> is cast <906>(5746) into <1519> the oven <2823>, shall he not <3756> much <4183> more <3123> clothe you <5209>, O ye of little faith <3640>?
31. Therefore <3767> take no <3361> thought <3309>(5661), saying <3004>(5723), What <5101> shall we eat <5315>(5632)? or <2228>, What <5101> shall we drink <4095>(5632)? or <2228>, Wherewithal <5101> shall we be clothed <4016>(5643)?
32. (For <1063> after <1934> <0> all <3956> these things <5023> do the Gentiles <1484> seek <1934>(5719):) for <1063> your <5216> heavenly <3770> Father <3962> knoweth <1492>(5758) that <3754> ye have need <5535>(5719) of all <537> these things <5130>.
33. But <1161> seek ye <2212>(5720) first <4412> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>, and <2532> his <846> righteousness <1343>; and <2532> all <3956> these things <5023> shall be added <4369>(5701) unto you <5213>.
34. Take <3309> <0> therefore <3767> no <3361> thought <3309>(5661) for <1519> the morrow <839>: for <1063> the morrow <839> shall take thought <3309>(5692) for the things <3588> of itself <1438>. Sufficient <713> unto the day <2250> is the evil <2549> thereof <846>.