Psalm 107
1. This psalm is a song of thanksgiving to the enduring love of God. Find 4 specific instances listed in this psalm of the troubles in which people found themselves. What did God do in each case?
2. Where is there repetition in this psalm? Why do you think these verses are repeated?
3. Using your favorite coloring/drawing tools, draw the calamities of either verses 4-5, 10-12, 17-18, or 23-27. Choose to depict the before and after in either a comic strip format or a side-by-side comparison.
4. Can you think of a time when you were in trouble and cried to God for help? Write about it. Did God answer your prayers? How?
5. What should be our response to God because of His steadfast love? (verse 1, 8, 21, 31)
6. Sing the Dwight Armstrong song based on this psalm “Oh That Men Would Praise Their God.”
7. Add 107:12 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Psalm 108
1. Add 108:1 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 108:6 to the “hand” page in your journal.
2. Read verses 1-4. Have you ever felt like you could awake the dawn with singing praises to God? Have you ever felt like singing and making melody with all of your being to God? Write about that time.
3. This psalm, although it starts with such fervency, seems to also be asking for God’s intervention in the conflict with the foe. How often do you praise God, wholeheartedly, fervently, when you need help? There’s a huge difference between praising God and begging for His intervention. Think about it. Then write a poem praising God when things are going well. Then write a poem praising God when things are going poorly. Fold a piece of paper in half. Write one poem on the first side and the second on the other side so that you can see both of them side by side.
Psalm 109
1. This prayer of David is to God for relief from his enemies. Make a list of the things the enemy has done.
2. What does David want God to do to punish his enemy? Make a list.
3. How does David want God to act toward him (David)? How is this different?
4. Do you ever want justice for your enemies - pay them for the wrong things they have done - but you want mercy for yourself - forgiveness instead of justice? Can you think of a specific time when you wanted mercy instead of justice?
5. Add 109:6, 109:27, and 109:31 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 109:22 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Psalm 110
1. Psalm 110:1 is cited in Matthew 22:44, Mark 12:36, and Luke 20:42. Why? Who cited this verse? To whom?
2. Add 110:1 and 110:5 to the “hand” page in your journal.
3. Psalm 110:4 is cited in Hebrews 7:21. To whom does the writer of Hebrews refer in citing this psalm?
4. After reading this psalm, what do you think the time frame is?
Psalm 111
1. Add 111:1 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 111:7 to the “hand” page in your journal.
2. What are some of the reasons given for why we should praise God? Write them in your journal.
3. What has God done in your life for which you owe Him praise?
4. What are the character traits of God listed in this psalm? Write them in your journal.
5. Psalm 111:10 sounds very similar to two Proverbs - one in chapter 1 and one in chapter 9. See if you can find a verse similar to this one.
Psalm 112
1. Verses one and two show a cause and effect. A person who fears the LORD and greatly delights in his commands will have something happen. What?
2. What are the blessings listed in reference to the person who follows God’s ways?
3. Add 112:7 and 112:8 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 112:9 to the “horn” page in your journal.
4. What is the reaction of the godly person to bad news? (verse 7-8)
5. What is the reaction of the wicked to the prosperity of the godly? (verse 10)
Psalm 113
1. This psalm praises God for how He deals with two sets of people: the poor and the motherless. What does God do for each of these peoples?
2. How long should God be praised? (verse 3)
3. Draw a picture depicting verse 3.
4. Do you praise God from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same?
Psalm 114
1. This psalm lists five huge miracles of God: bringing Israel out of Egypt, parting the waters of the Red Sea, stopping the waters of the Jordan, the earthquake, and bringing water out of the rock. Read about each of these events in Exodus 12, Exodus 14:16, Joshua 3:13, Exodus 19:18, Exodus 17:6, and Numbers 20:8-13.
2. Sing Dwight Armstrong’s song based on this psalm “When Israel Out of Egypt Went.”
3. Choose one of these events to depict with pencil and paper. Add color if you desire. Write the verse at the bottom as a caption.
Psalm 115
1. Add 115:4 and 115:7 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 115:9, 115:10, and 115:11 to the “shield” page in your journal.
2. Fold a piece of paper in half. Then, on the left side on the top, write God. Underneath summarize verse 3. On the right side on the top, write pagan gods. Underneath, write what these gods do (verses 4-7).
3. Think about verse 8. If you become like the god you serve, then those people who serve a god of silver or gold become people who are nothing. If you serve God, the One true God, you will eventually become like Him. Read 1 John 3:2. Does this New Testament verse support this idea of becoming like the God you serve?
4. There are three groups of people who are charged to trust in the LORD. Who are they?
5. Why should these people trust in the LORD?
6. The word “help” is the same word used in Genesis 2:18 and Psalm 33:20. What does this say about how important a wife is to her husband?
7. Read Psalm 115:9-11. Compare these verses to Psalm 118:2-4. How are they the same? How are they different?
8. Compare Psalm 115:12-13 with verses 9-11. How are they the same?
9. What psalm is similar to verse 18? (Hint: look for a similar verse in Psalm 113.)
Psalm 116
1. Why does this psalmist say he loves the LORD?
2. Add 116:13 to the “cup” page in your journal.
3. Make a list of the adjectives used by the psalmist to describe God.
4. Make a list of the troubles the psalmist relates.
5. Read psalm 116:15. How does God feel about the death of those who are His? Read Isaiah 57:1-2. How are these two passages similar? Do they comfort you or make you uncomfortable? Why?
Psalm 117
1. This is the shortest psalm in the Bible. How many verses is it? How many words are there in this entire psalm?
2. Who should praise the Lord? Why?
3. What does this psalm say about the character of God?
Psalm 118
1. What is the reason the psalmist gives for why we should give thanks to God? (verse 1). What reason would you write down as to why you should give thanks to God?
2. Verse 6 is cited in Hebrews 13:6. Why? Do you believe this verse applies to you?
3. The center verse of the Bible is verse 8. Do you think that all of the Bible could be summed up in this verse? Why or why not?
4. The people who surrounded the psalmist are compared to what two things in verse 12? Draw a picture depicting this. Without God’s help, the situation would be hopeless.
5. Have you ever felt that you were in a hopeless situation? How did God rescue you?
6. Add 118:15 and 118:16 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 118:27 to the “light” page in your journal.
Add 118:27 to the “horn” page in your journal.
7. Sometimes we believe that God will make our ways easy before us, that we won’t have to suffer if He’s truly our God. But read verse 18. What does it say? Do you think that righteous people still suffer at times? Why?
8. Read verse 22. Who is the cornerstone? Read Isaiah 28:16, Matthew 21:42. Who is the Cornerstone? What is marvelous in our sight?
9. Write verse 24 across the top of a page in your journal. Write every reason you can think of for rejoicing this day.
Psalm 119
1. This is the longest chapter in the Bible. Every verse has some reference to God’s law. As you read, try to find the word which is a synonym for law. Make a list of them in your journal.
2. Read Psalm 119:2 and then read Mark 7:7-8. How are these two verses different?
3. Add 119:2, 119:7, 119:10, 119:11, 119:32, 119:34, 119:36, 119:58, 119:69, 119:70, 119:80, 119:111, 119:112, 119:145, and 119:161 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 119:48, 119:73, 119:109, and 119:173 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 119:105 and 119:130 to the “light” page in your journal.
Add 119:114 to the “shield” page in your journal.
4. What does verse 9 say about a young man adhering to the right way? What should he do?
5. In verse 11, the psalmist says he has stored God’s word in his heart so that what?
6. Sometimes we tend to think God’s laws are burdensome. What should we pray then? (verse 18)
7. The commandments of God keep us from what? (verse 31)
8. Keeping the commandments help us from looking at what? (verse 37). Can you think of some worthless things that are in your life, attracting your attention? Compare Jonah 2:8 with 119:37.
9. God’s commandments can give us what for those who taunt us? (verse 42)
10. Who should our friends be? (verse 63)
11. What is more valuable that silver and gold? (verse 72)
12. Compare verses 67 and 75. What is the message?
13. What does the law do for the psalmist? (verse 98-99) Compare these verses to verse 130.
14. Find another verse in Psalm 119 that is similar to verse 122. There are lots of them. What is the psalmist telling God?
15. Find another verse that is like verse 158. There are many of them? Do you also feel like this towards people who do not value God’s ways?
16. 119:165 is a great promise to those who love God’s law. Compare it to verse 133, 105, and 130.
17. What does the psalmist describe himself as in verse 176?
18. This poem is an acrostic poem - using each letter of the Hebrew alphabet to not only start each of the stanza and, within each stanza, the start of each verse. Can you write an acrostic poem praising God for His law?
19. Read the devotion in the NIrV. There are two of them for Psalm 119.
20. Sing Dwight Armstrong’s songs “O How Love I Thy Law!” and “I Hate the Thoughts of Vanity.”
21. Sing Amy Grant’s “Thy Word.”
22. Choose a verse from this psalm to write in big letters on a piece of 11 x 17 art paper. Color and decorate. Display where you can be reminded of how valuable God’s law is.
23. Compare the message of Psalm 119 with Romans 7:12
1. This psalm is a song of thanksgiving to the enduring love of God. Find 4 specific instances listed in this psalm of the troubles in which people found themselves. What did God do in each case?
2. Where is there repetition in this psalm? Why do you think these verses are repeated?
3. Using your favorite coloring/drawing tools, draw the calamities of either verses 4-5, 10-12, 17-18, or 23-27. Choose to depict the before and after in either a comic strip format or a side-by-side comparison.
4. Can you think of a time when you were in trouble and cried to God for help? Write about it. Did God answer your prayers? How?
5. What should be our response to God because of His steadfast love? (verse 1, 8, 21, 31)
6. Sing the Dwight Armstrong song based on this psalm “Oh That Men Would Praise Their God.”
7. Add 107:12 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Psalm 108
1. Add 108:1 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 108:6 to the “hand” page in your journal.
2. Read verses 1-4. Have you ever felt like you could awake the dawn with singing praises to God? Have you ever felt like singing and making melody with all of your being to God? Write about that time.
3. This psalm, although it starts with such fervency, seems to also be asking for God’s intervention in the conflict with the foe. How often do you praise God, wholeheartedly, fervently, when you need help? There’s a huge difference between praising God and begging for His intervention. Think about it. Then write a poem praising God when things are going well. Then write a poem praising God when things are going poorly. Fold a piece of paper in half. Write one poem on the first side and the second on the other side so that you can see both of them side by side.
Psalm 109
1. This prayer of David is to God for relief from his enemies. Make a list of the things the enemy has done.
2. What does David want God to do to punish his enemy? Make a list.
3. How does David want God to act toward him (David)? How is this different?
4. Do you ever want justice for your enemies - pay them for the wrong things they have done - but you want mercy for yourself - forgiveness instead of justice? Can you think of a specific time when you wanted mercy instead of justice?
5. Add 109:6, 109:27, and 109:31 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 109:22 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Psalm 110
1. Psalm 110:1 is cited in Matthew 22:44, Mark 12:36, and Luke 20:42. Why? Who cited this verse? To whom?
2. Add 110:1 and 110:5 to the “hand” page in your journal.
3. Psalm 110:4 is cited in Hebrews 7:21. To whom does the writer of Hebrews refer in citing this psalm?
4. After reading this psalm, what do you think the time frame is?
Psalm 111
1. Add 111:1 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 111:7 to the “hand” page in your journal.
2. What are some of the reasons given for why we should praise God? Write them in your journal.
3. What has God done in your life for which you owe Him praise?
4. What are the character traits of God listed in this psalm? Write them in your journal.
5. Psalm 111:10 sounds very similar to two Proverbs - one in chapter 1 and one in chapter 9. See if you can find a verse similar to this one.
Psalm 112
1. Verses one and two show a cause and effect. A person who fears the LORD and greatly delights in his commands will have something happen. What?
2. What are the blessings listed in reference to the person who follows God’s ways?
3. Add 112:7 and 112:8 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 112:9 to the “horn” page in your journal.
4. What is the reaction of the godly person to bad news? (verse 7-8)
5. What is the reaction of the wicked to the prosperity of the godly? (verse 10)
Psalm 113
1. This psalm praises God for how He deals with two sets of people: the poor and the motherless. What does God do for each of these peoples?
2. How long should God be praised? (verse 3)
3. Draw a picture depicting verse 3.
4. Do you praise God from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same?
Psalm 114
1. This psalm lists five huge miracles of God: bringing Israel out of Egypt, parting the waters of the Red Sea, stopping the waters of the Jordan, the earthquake, and bringing water out of the rock. Read about each of these events in Exodus 12, Exodus 14:16, Joshua 3:13, Exodus 19:18, Exodus 17:6, and Numbers 20:8-13.
2. Sing Dwight Armstrong’s song based on this psalm “When Israel Out of Egypt Went.”
3. Choose one of these events to depict with pencil and paper. Add color if you desire. Write the verse at the bottom as a caption.
Psalm 115
1. Add 115:4 and 115:7 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 115:9, 115:10, and 115:11 to the “shield” page in your journal.
2. Fold a piece of paper in half. Then, on the left side on the top, write God. Underneath summarize verse 3. On the right side on the top, write pagan gods. Underneath, write what these gods do (verses 4-7).
3. Think about verse 8. If you become like the god you serve, then those people who serve a god of silver or gold become people who are nothing. If you serve God, the One true God, you will eventually become like Him. Read 1 John 3:2. Does this New Testament verse support this idea of becoming like the God you serve?
4. There are three groups of people who are charged to trust in the LORD. Who are they?
5. Why should these people trust in the LORD?
6. The word “help” is the same word used in Genesis 2:18 and Psalm 33:20. What does this say about how important a wife is to her husband?
7. Read Psalm 115:9-11. Compare these verses to Psalm 118:2-4. How are they the same? How are they different?
8. Compare Psalm 115:12-13 with verses 9-11. How are they the same?
9. What psalm is similar to verse 18? (Hint: look for a similar verse in Psalm 113.)
Psalm 116
1. Why does this psalmist say he loves the LORD?
2. Add 116:13 to the “cup” page in your journal.
3. Make a list of the adjectives used by the psalmist to describe God.
4. Make a list of the troubles the psalmist relates.
5. Read psalm 116:15. How does God feel about the death of those who are His? Read Isaiah 57:1-2. How are these two passages similar? Do they comfort you or make you uncomfortable? Why?
Psalm 117
1. This is the shortest psalm in the Bible. How many verses is it? How many words are there in this entire psalm?
2. Who should praise the Lord? Why?
3. What does this psalm say about the character of God?
Psalm 118
1. What is the reason the psalmist gives for why we should give thanks to God? (verse 1). What reason would you write down as to why you should give thanks to God?
2. Verse 6 is cited in Hebrews 13:6. Why? Do you believe this verse applies to you?
3. The center verse of the Bible is verse 8. Do you think that all of the Bible could be summed up in this verse? Why or why not?
4. The people who surrounded the psalmist are compared to what two things in verse 12? Draw a picture depicting this. Without God’s help, the situation would be hopeless.
5. Have you ever felt that you were in a hopeless situation? How did God rescue you?
6. Add 118:15 and 118:16 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 118:27 to the “light” page in your journal.
Add 118:27 to the “horn” page in your journal.
7. Sometimes we believe that God will make our ways easy before us, that we won’t have to suffer if He’s truly our God. But read verse 18. What does it say? Do you think that righteous people still suffer at times? Why?
8. Read verse 22. Who is the cornerstone? Read Isaiah 28:16, Matthew 21:42. Who is the Cornerstone? What is marvelous in our sight?
9. Write verse 24 across the top of a page in your journal. Write every reason you can think of for rejoicing this day.
Psalm 119
1. This is the longest chapter in the Bible. Every verse has some reference to God’s law. As you read, try to find the word which is a synonym for law. Make a list of them in your journal.
2. Read Psalm 119:2 and then read Mark 7:7-8. How are these two verses different?
3. Add 119:2, 119:7, 119:10, 119:11, 119:32, 119:34, 119:36, 119:58, 119:69, 119:70, 119:80, 119:111, 119:112, 119:145, and 119:161 to the “heart” page in your journal.
Add 119:48, 119:73, 119:109, and 119:173 to the “hand” page in your journal.
Add 119:105 and 119:130 to the “light” page in your journal.
Add 119:114 to the “shield” page in your journal.
4. What does verse 9 say about a young man adhering to the right way? What should he do?
5. In verse 11, the psalmist says he has stored God’s word in his heart so that what?
6. Sometimes we tend to think God’s laws are burdensome. What should we pray then? (verse 18)
7. The commandments of God keep us from what? (verse 31)
8. Keeping the commandments help us from looking at what? (verse 37). Can you think of some worthless things that are in your life, attracting your attention? Compare Jonah 2:8 with 119:37.
9. God’s commandments can give us what for those who taunt us? (verse 42)
10. Who should our friends be? (verse 63)
11. What is more valuable that silver and gold? (verse 72)
12. Compare verses 67 and 75. What is the message?
13. What does the law do for the psalmist? (verse 98-99) Compare these verses to verse 130.
14. Find another verse in Psalm 119 that is similar to verse 122. There are lots of them. What is the psalmist telling God?
15. Find another verse that is like verse 158. There are many of them? Do you also feel like this towards people who do not value God’s ways?
16. 119:165 is a great promise to those who love God’s law. Compare it to verse 133, 105, and 130.
17. What does the psalmist describe himself as in verse 176?
18. This poem is an acrostic poem - using each letter of the Hebrew alphabet to not only start each of the stanza and, within each stanza, the start of each verse. Can you write an acrostic poem praising God for His law?
19. Read the devotion in the NIrV. There are two of them for Psalm 119.
20. Sing Dwight Armstrong’s songs “O How Love I Thy Law!” and “I Hate the Thoughts of Vanity.”
21. Sing Amy Grant’s “Thy Word.”
22. Choose a verse from this psalm to write in big letters on a piece of 11 x 17 art paper. Color and decorate. Display where you can be reminded of how valuable God’s law is.
23. Compare the message of Psalm 119 with Romans 7:12