Psalm 75 - 11/24/2024 Sunday PM Study

The Tabernacle Today

Psalm 75 Worksheet

The Psalm/ song was to be set musically to the tune “Do not destroy.” That same tune was used in Psalms 57-59. It is a tad ironic since the Psalm ends with the knowledge that God will destroy the __________________________.

So many of the Psalms go back to the idea introduced in Psalm 1:6 –

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. -Psalm 1:6

Psalm 75 begins and end with thanksgiving and praise, making this a _________________ and praise Psalm.

When the Psalmist says “God’s name is near, it is the same thing as saying God’s _________________ is near.”

The Psalm shifts from the third person to the first person in verses 2-5 as God says what He will do. Verses 2-3 make such an huge point there is a Selah so that we stop and think about what God has said before we go on.

We don’t need to fret about whether God will judge the wicked and reward the righteous. God says He will at a time of His own ________________________! The God who gives and takes away (Job 1:21) can dissolve the earth as it is now, and set it back up on firm pillars.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. -Proverbs 16:18

God Himself _____________________ the boastful and wicked in verses 4-5.

The concept of lifting up the horn occurs ________ times in this short Psalm. Animals with horns use those to fight other animals. When applied to people and kingdoms, horns represent strength or _________________________.

So what is God saying when he warns the proud and boastful not to lift up their horns with a stiff neck?

God is warning the boastful and wicked person not to take Him on, and explains __________ in verses 6-7.

Israel was not to fear other countries, and those countries would not have the final word about God’s people – God would! He always has the _____________________ word!

Verse 7 makes me think about God’s word to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2.

The words of Psalm 75 are prophetically pointing forward to how God will judge _______________ sin, either at the Cross or at the Great White Throne Judgment.

The Prophets often spoke of God making the wicked drink a cup filled with ‘judgment’ on their sins, like a man drinking ____________________ that would make him die (Job 21:20; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Hab. 2:16).

For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me: “Take this cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.” -Jeremiah 25:15

But who else took up the cup of wrath for His people?

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given me?” -John 18:11

He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; but he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on Him. -John 3:16

We are all wicked sinners (Rom. 3:23; 6:23). Christ took the wrath due our sins on Himself (2 Cor. 5:21). For those who don’t receive Him, the wrath ________________ their sins will be pronounced at the Great White Throne Judgment and Lake of Fire.

Christ’s atoning death is sufficient to save all who have ever lived; but it is efficient to save only those who repent and believe.

Satisfied that the Judge of all the earth will do right, the Psalmist returns to ____________________.

This Thanksgiving we can rejoice because whatever we are facing, God will have the _______________ word in our lives!