Study Group Readings:

Psalms (2021)

“The style... of the Psalms of David... is intermediate between the prophetical style and that of common speech. There the Lord is treated in the internal sense, under the person of David as a king” (AC 66:2). Come study the Book of Psalms in the light of the spiritual sense.

The Sunday church service at the beginning of each week will be on the same topic as the Study group for the week. After Sunday you should be able to find a recording of the service under “Video Services”, and a link will be placed below with the other information about that week.

Please read or listen to the daily readings before your Study Group meets. You can download them below or pick up printed copies at the church. If you do not have time to read all of the readings, click the “Show highlights” box on each page and read the highlighted portion.

If you need to find a Study Group to join, contact the Pastor’s office.

• Week 1: Introduction
     —Watch the related church service: Planted by Water
     —Slideshow for Week 1: Psalm 1
  Read or listen:

  Introduction:	Introduction
  Day 1:	The Beginning of the Psalms
  Day 2:	David, and the Style of the Psalms
  Day 3:	The Music of the Psalms
  Day 4:	Headings in the Psalms
  Day 5:	The Psalms Conjoin us with Heaven
  Day 6:	The Psalms are Prayers.

  Print the week’s readings: Week 1  
• Week 2: Psalms about the Lord’s Advent
     —Watch the related church service: The Coming of the Lord
     —Slideshow for Week 2: Psalm 130
  Read or listen:

  Introduction:	Introduction
  Day 1:	Jehovah Anoints His Son to be King
  Day 2:	“Jehovah will hear when I call to Him.”
  Day 3:	Jehovah establishes His Kingdom on Mt. Zion
  Day 4:	God shall come and shine forth.
  Day 5:	God is judge; He will judge with uprightness.
  Day 6:	I wait for Jehovah, and for His Word do I hope.

  Print the week’s readings: Week 2  
• Week 3: The Vastation of the Church
     —Watch the related church service: Only the good of charity of infancy can survive vastation
     —Slideshow for Week 3: Psalm 14
  Read or listen:

  Introduction:	Introduction
  Day 1:	Contrasting hypocrisy with the Lord’s “clean sayings”
  Day 2:	“There is no God.”
  Day 3:	Do Not Trust in Riches for Salvation
  Day 4:	The rejection of the Lord by the church
  Day 5:	The vastation of the Israelitish Church
  Day 6:	The end of the Israelitish Church, and a new church

  Print the week’s readings: Week 3  
• Week 4: Psalms about Temptation
     —Most study groups meet Jan. 24–30
     —Watch the related church service: The Lord’s Temptations
     —Slideshow for Week 4: Psalm 121
  Read or listen

  Introduction:	Introduction
  Day 1:	Temptation Even to Despair
  Day 2:	Combats of the Lord with the Hells
  Day 3:	The Passion of the Cross
  Day 4:	Victory Over Temptation
  Day 5:	Victory Over Temptation and the Lord’s Glorification
  Day 6:	The State of Humiliation Before the Father

  Print the week’s readings: Week 4  
• Week 5: Psalms about the New Church
     —Watch the related church service: The Peace of Jerusalem
     —Slideshow for Week 5: Psalm 19
  Read or listen

  Introduction:	Introduction
  Day 1:	Divine Truth in the Church
  Day 2:	The Lord Teaches, Leads and Guards the Church
  Day 3:	Happiness in the Church
  Day 4:	Peace in the Church
  Day 5:	Safety in the Church
  Day 6:	Brotherhood in the Church

  Print the week’s readings: Week 5  
• Week 6: Psalms Celebrating Redemption and Salvation by the Lord
     —Watch the related church service: Celebration and Worship of the Lord
     —Slideshow for Week 6: Psalm 145
  Read or listen:

  Introduction:	Introduction
  Day 1:	“I will be exalted in the earth!”
  Day 2:	“Forget not all His benefits.”
  Day 3:	“The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah.”
  Day 4:	“Happy is the man who fears Jehovah.”
  Day 5:	“Jehovah is near to all who call upon Him.”
  Day 6:	“He makes firm the bars of thy gates.”

  Print the week’s readings: Week 6