RRB notes on Psalm 11

Psalms 11 KJV

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? [a]

[a] The Jew in the Tribulation (Rev. 12:14; Matt. 24:20; Psa. 55:6; Ezek. 7:16).

2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: [1] his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

[1] You see how “double application” works? Once you’ve got God on His “throne” and in His “temple” with both of them in Heaven, then you can spiritualize every passage like verse 4 and Ezekiel 48:35 and pretend the “reign” is spiritual and began with Acts 2:30. That’s been the theological position of the Church of Christ since 1800, the Greek Orthodox Church since A.D. 600, and the Roman Catholic Church since A.D. 500. They all forgot the Book was written to destroy a man as well as save him (Israel: A Deadly Piece of Dirt).

5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. [2]

[2] God doesn’t hate any unsaved person on the face of this earth, according to 90% of the preachers in both hemispheres. The fact that He does (Prov. 6:16, 19; Hos. 9:15; Rom. 9:13) doesn’t mean anything to the apostate, man-pleasing, Laodicean, money-grabbing, destructive critics of the Holy Bible. God is a good “hater” (Psa. 7:11, 45:7, 139:21-22; Jer. 44:4).

6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, [3] and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

[3] This verse is interpreted by Billy Graham and Pope John Paul II as meaning “separation from God.” The Saviour they professed to follow said it was real fire (Matt. 13:42, 25:41).

7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

 RRB Notes on Psalm 40

Psa 40 KJV

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. [1]

[1] It could apply historically and prophetically to Jeremiah 38:6-13, but it never happened literally to David one time in 1 or 2 Samuel (see comments about Christ under Tit. 1:2; see also Psa. 69:2, 14 and notice that the context is a prophetic reference to Christ – Psa. 68:4, 8-9).

3. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

4. Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; [a] mine ears hast thou opened: [b] burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

[a] Psa. 51:16-17 as applied to David.

[b] Vss. 6-8 are a direct reference to Jesus Christ (Heb. 10:6-8).

7. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

8. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

9. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: [c] lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

[c] Vss. 9-10 also refer to Jesus Christ (Psa. 22:25).

10. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12. For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities [d] have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 

[d] A reference to David, for Christ has no iniquity.

13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

14. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

15. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. [e]

[e] The narrative returns to Christ (see note on Psa. 35:21).

16. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

17. But I am poor and needy; [f] yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

[f] See comments on James 1:10-11, 2:5-7, 5:1-7.

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Titus 1:2 KJV

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; [1]

Comments about Christ under Tit. 1:2

1 (1:2) This promise is not a promise made to any sinner about salvation; it has nothing to do with election (Eph. 1:4) or God’s “purpose” (1 Pet. 1:20). It is a promise made to the second member of the Godhead, since there was nobody else around “before the world began” to whom to make it. The Father promised the Lord Jesus Christ that if He died for sinners (see Rev. 13:8) that He would be resurrected and given “eternal life” as a man (Psa. 18:4-5, 69:1-3 cf. Psa. 21:4, 49:15; Acts 2:27).

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Note on Psa. 35:21

Psalms 35:21 KJV

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

[g] Christ (Matt. 27:42-44).

[h] Psa. 40:15, 70:3.

 RRB Notes on Psalm 10

Psalms 10 KJV

1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? [a]

[a] Jer. 30:7.

2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3. For the wicked [b] boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

[b] Vss. 2-15 are a reference to the Antichrist.

4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

8. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor [c] may fall by his strong ones.

[c] See the emphasis on “the poor” in vss. 8-10. Cf. James 1:9-11, 2:5-7, 5:1-6.

11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15. Break thou the arm of the wicked [d] and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

[d] Zech. 11:17.

16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. [1] [e]

[1] The verse is to be taken literally, showing that it never took place. When Jesus came as the “King of the Jews,” He was crucified. He was not their king “for ever” and hasn’t been since. The “heathen” are not “perished” out of the land; the “heathen” took over the land under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C., and a successive line of heathen (Persians. Greeks, and Romans) took it over and controlled it until Jesus came. After the Romans left, the Arabians took it over until the Turks took it, and then the British got it back in 1917. But the land is “his land,” meaning that the United Nations (in the 21st Century) is doomed. They will perish “out of his land” because it is not their land (see more than thirty references in Genesis and Deuteronomy in Israel: A Deadly Piece of Dirt, Bible Baptist Bookstore, 2003).

[e] Second Advent (Psa. 18:43, 33:10, 47:8, 79:6, 96:10).

17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth [f] may no more oppress.

[f] Another direct reference to the Antichrist (1 Cor. 15:47).

 RRB notes on Psalm 9

Psalms 9 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.

1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. [a]

[a] Second Advent (see notes on Psa. 8:1, 9:11).

6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. [b]

[b] Second Advent (Matt. 25:31-46).

8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment [c] to the people in uprightness.

[c] See note on Psa. 7:8

9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: [1] declare among the people his doings.

[1] He’s not “dwelling in Zion” right now at all. All the apostates had to convert that “Zion” into “the Church” in order to get God to “dwell there.” This threw out the entire revelation. God dwells there literally at the Second Advent (Ezek. 48:35). They just don’t want Him to come back, but He will (Isa. 2:3-4, 24:23; Zech. 2:11).

12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15. The heathen [d] are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

[d] Second Advent (Psa. 46:6, 102:15, 110:6; Ezek. 37:28, 38:16, 39:7; Joel 3:12).

16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. [e]

[e] The United Nations at the Second Advent (Matt. 25:32; Psa. 10:16, 22:28, 47:7-8, 60:12, 72:11, 17, etc.).

18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. [f] 

[f] Second Advent (Psa. 7:6, 10:12, 17:13; Joel 3:12).

20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

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Note on Psa. 8:1

Psa 8:1 KJV

1. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! [1] who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

[1] The God of Israel has never had an excellent name “in all the earth,” but He will in the Millennium under a military dictatorship where He is the King (Psa. 72:9, 110:1-7; Isa. 2:2-4, 49:22-23; Rev. 2:26-27; App. 63, 110).

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Note on Psa. 7:8

Psa. 7:7-8 KJV

7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

8. The LORD shall judge the people: [a] judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

[a] Vss. 7-8 are Second Advent references (Psa. 50:6, 94:2, 9:8, 72:2, 110:6; Isa. 3:13, 40:23).

 RRB notes on Psalm 38

Psa 38 KJV

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

4. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6. I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7. For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8. I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9. Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10. My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. [a]

[a] As Job (Job 19:13).

12. They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13. But I, as a deaf man, [b] heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

[b] As Christ (Isa. 42:19).

14. Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15. For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

16. For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17. For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18. For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19. But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20. They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21. Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

22. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

 RRB notes on Psalm 8

Psa 8 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

1. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! [1] who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

[1] The God of Israel has never had an excellent name “in all the earth,” but He will in the Millennium under a military dictatorship where He is the King (Psa. 72:9, 110:1-7; Isa. 2:2-4, 49:22-23; Rev. 2:26-27; App. 63, 110).

2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength [a] because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

[a] Luke 10:21; Isa. 28:9; 1 Cor. 3:18-21.

3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, [b] the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

[b] Deut. 10:4; Dan. 5:5; John 8:6; Psa. 19:1-4; Heb. 1:10-12.

4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? [2] and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

[2] One of the greatest questions that any philosopher ever asked, but you will find no discussion, from Socrates to William James, on God’s interest and constant occupation with the lives of individuals, families, and nations. God gives you a revelation in one Book only – “the holy scriptures.” In the Bible (Psa. 144:3), God is mindful of man, takes knowledge of man, and brings each individual “man” into account (Eccl. 12:13-14; Rom. 2:16, 14:12).

5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, [3] and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

[3] Mohammed made the biggest mess you ever saw of this verse. The Koran says that when “Allah” made Adam, the angels had to bow down to him. Blasphemy in action (see Sura 2:34, 7:11, 15:28-29, 17:61, 38:71-73, and 18:50)! No angel would think of bowing to Adam; he was in a lower bracket. In the Bible, saints bow to angels (Gen. 19:1; Num. 22:31; Rev. 22:8).

6. Thou madest him to have dominion [4] over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

[4] “Reconstructionists” and “Theonomists” pretend that man is still crowned “with glory and honour,” so he should still have “dominion” (vs. 6). Those heretics pretend that Genesis 3 never took place. You will have better sense if you read and believe Hebrews 2:5-9. It is Jesus Christ who will regain, at the Second Advent, the literal, physical, visible dominion lost by Adam. See the definitive work on this – The Sure Word of Prophecy, (Bible Baptist Bookstore, 1969).

7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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Appendix 63 – God versus the United Nations

Appendix 110 –The Restored Kingdom

 RRB notes on Psalm 37

Psalms 37 KJV

A Psalm of David.

1. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. [a]

[a] Prov. 23:17, 24:1, 19; Psa. 73:3.

2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

3. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, [b] and verily thou shalt be fed. [1]

[b] Obviously the land of Israel.

[1] This is one of the most practical Psalms in the entire book. Prophetic subjects and doctrinal matters arise in verses 6, 9-11, 13-14, 17, etc. But among these, six of them deal with the New Testament theme of “inheriting the kingdom” (see Eph. 5:5; Col. 3:24).

4. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

7. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. [c]

[c] Vs. 11; Rom. 4:13.

10. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

11. But the meek shall inherit the earth; [2] [d] and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

[2] Notice, this is the Old Testament “Sermon on the Mount.” It has to do with the Millennial Kingdom of Solomon, where peace had finally arrived (see notes on 1 Kings 4:20-21, 24). The Millennial “inheritance” of the Jew is offered to the Christian on a basis of works, in the New Testament (Col. 3:24; 2 Tim. 2:12).

[d] Matt. 5:5.

12. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

13. The Lord shall laugh at him: [e] for he seeth that his day is coming.

[e] Second Advent (Psa. 2:4).

14. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

15. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

16. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

17. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: [f] but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

[f] A direct reference to the Antichrist (see note on Zech. 11:17).

18. The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. [g]

[g] Millennium (see note on vs. 11).

19. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

20. But the wicked shall perish, [h] and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

[h] Vss. 19-20 are Second Advent references (Psa. 91:3-7).

21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

22. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. [i]

[i] Millennium (Vss. 9-11 cf. 1 Cor. 6:10).

23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

27. Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. [j]

[j] Cf. vs. 3 (see App. 93).

28. For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. [k]

[k] Second Advent (Isa. 14:16-21).

29. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. [l]

[l] Vss. 3, 27, 34.

30. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

31. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

32. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

33. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. [3]

[3] Cf. Zechariah 3:4, where the saint isn’t condemned when he is judged. In contrast, see Psalm 109:7, where “the son of perdition” is condemned at a judgment.

34. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. [4]

[4] This shows you the exact meaning of the Sermon on the Mount (“Sola Scriptura”: Scripture with Scripture). Nothing in the Sermon on the Mount is aimed at a Christian doctrinally. The "beatitudes" (Matt. 5:3-12) are the “Constitution” for the Kingdom. The “poor in spirit” (Matt. 5:5) are not guaranteed anything in this age; none of “the meek…inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5) in any sense; those who are “pure in heart” (Matt. 5:8) do not “see God” at all (they walk by faith); and the “peacemakers” (Matt. 5:9) in this age are professional politicians who are lost. Neither the “Constitution” for the Kingdom nor “Kingdom” ever came at the First Advent.

35. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [m]

[m] Vss. 35-36 are a reference to the Antichrist (cf. Job 21:7-15).

36. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

38. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. [n]

[n] Jer. 25:15-38.

39. But the salvation of the righteous [o] is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

[o] Personal righteousness; not imputed righteousness.

40. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

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Notes on 1 Kings 4:20-21, 24

1 Kings 4:20-21 KJV

20. ¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand [a] which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

[a] Isa. 48:19.

21. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. [1]

[1] The passage is a direct forerunner of the Millennial reign of Christ. “The son of David” is present, he is on the “throne of David,” and he has the land grant that God gave to Abraham (Gen. 15), plus “peace on earth” all of his days (vs. 24).This is the “Golden Age” about which the Greek philosophers talked. Its ridiculous, anti-biblical counterfeits are “Camelot,” the “Fifth Kingdom Monarchists,” the Triple Alliance, the Holy Alliance, the League of Nations, the United Nations, the Vatican’s Ecumenical Councils, the Treaty of Westphalia, and the ridiculous “Armistice” of November 11, 1918, which did not last twenty-one years.

1 Kings 4:24 KJV

For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

 RRB notes on Psalm 7

Psalms 7 KJV

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.

1. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3. O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

6. Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

8. The LORD shall judge the people: [a] judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

[a] Vss. 7-8 are Second Advent references (Psa. 50:6, 94:2, 9:8, 72:2, 110:6; Isa. 3:13, 40:23).

9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. [b]

[b] John 3:36; Psa. 5:5; Prov. 6:16-19; Psa. 139:22; Rom. 9:13.

12. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows [c] against the persecutors.

[c] Vss. 12-13 are Second Advent references (Psa. 18:12-14).

14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

15. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. [d]

[d] Verses 14-16 are references to the Antichrist (Psa. 9:16).

16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, [1] [e] and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

[1] The silly, superstitious Popes all taught that Mary accomplished this when Christ was born (Gen. 3:15). Mel Gibson made a  movie called The Passion of the Christ where he had Jesus performing the job in Gethsemane before going to the cross. The action was still future when Paul wrote Romans 16:20.

[e] Gen. 3:15; Hab. 3:13; Psa. 68:21.

17. I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

 RRB Notes on Psalm 6

Psa 6 KJV

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?

4. Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; [1] I water my couch with my tears. [a]

[1] Notice the figurative language (see note on Job 21:24). Figurative speech is very common in the Bible, and our language is rich with it (see App. 104). The hermeneutical rule is solid: always take the Bible absolutely literally if it’s possible to take it literally; if a passage is absolutely impossible to take literally, then and only then can you take it figuratively (Matt. 26:27-28).

[a] Like Job (Job 7:3-4, 13-15, 16:16, 20, 23:2).

7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9. The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

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Note on Job 21:24

Job 21:24 KJV

His breasts are full of milk, [2] and his bones are moistened with marrow.

[2] The commentators don’t like “his breasts are full of milk,” so they change “breasts” to “milk pails,”  “stations,”  “resting places,”  “skins,” and “vessels for fluids.” They all try to drag you down to their level of ignorance. The verse is clearly a figurative passage (App. 104), exactly as Psalm 75:10; Prov. 9:1, 22:14, 30:25; Eccl. 10:2; Isa. 34:3). It is even used in Acts 14:17, where the food goes into your heart instead of your stomach.