Psalm 76 - 12/08/2024 Sunday PM Study

The Tabernacle Today

Psalm 76 Worksheet

We come again to a question of whether or not Asaph or one of his descendants wrote this Psalm. The Greek Septuagint added the words “Regarding the Assyrian” to the title, suggesting this Psalm was written when Assyrian King Sennacherib was repelled from Jerusalem in the days of King _______________. (2 Kings 18:14-19:37; Isaiah 36-37).

The famous Prisms of Sennacherib confirm the siege of Jerusalem but avoid claiming the destruction of the city or surrender of its king. The mysterious death of the Assyrian king is alluded to in the Rassam Cylinder where Ashurbanipal tells how he punished the murderers of his grandfather Sennacherib. Eusebius concurs. -Bob Alden

Psalm 76 divides nicely into _______________ 3 verse stanzas; each begins with a note of praise and ends with notice of a deliverance.

The God of Jerusalem is _________________________! V. 1-3

What is another name for Salem of verse 2?

JeruSALEM means “city of __________________.”

Who was a Priest from Salem in the Old Testament?

Abraham met him in Genesis 14:18-24.

What is Asaph the Psalmist doing in verse 2?

The Psalmist is linking Israel’s right to have Jerusalem as its capitol with Abraham’s ancient meeting with _______________________. Hebrews 7:1-10 Psalm 110

Verse 3 could be a reference to a great victory like the one over Sennacherib, but it makes me think of David’s ___________________________ conquest of Jerusalem.

Who did David win Jerusalem from?

1 Chronicles 11:1-9

1 Chronicles 13-16 covers the saga of David bringing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem and placing it in the Tabernacle. When he did, he got ________________ and others to lead out in perpetual praise there!

God is more _________________________ than His enemies V. 4-6

Mountains here are a euphemism for proud foreign rulers who _______________ themselves against Israel, like Pharaoh, like Jebus, like Sennacherib.

Israel’s just cause in exiting Egypt goes along with the just cause of making Jerusalem its capitol.

God is to be feared by His enemies but _______________________ the oppressed V. 7-9

The word for fear is the important Hebrew word yare, which occurs 308 times in the Old Testament. It can mean terror that evokes fear, and that’s how its intended for God’s enemies who refuse to repent. For those who honor God, it turns into reverence for our “__________________________” God.

Verse 9 would of course fit with a great deliverance like the one in Hezekiah’s day. But it also fits generally with the thought that God will have the ______________________ word in our lives – a comfort to the oppressed but a terror to the unrepentant.

God is the King who will have the final word. V. 10-12

Verse 10 is the best known verse in the Psalm. People run their mouth about God all the time, but when judgment is final all will acknowledge that they were wrong and God was ___________________.

At the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -Philippians 2:10-11

Who does verse 11 make us think of here at Christmas-time? Who brought gifts to God and worshipped Him?

Read Matthew 2:1-11

The last verse of Psalm 76 makes us think of pretend kings like King ____________________ who will wilt in the judgment. All wise rulers will turn to Jesus!