RRB notes on Psalm 43
Psalms 43 KJV
1. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: [a] O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
[a] See App. 83 and The Damnation of a Nation (Bible Baptist Bookstore, 1991).
2. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3. O send out thy light [1] and thy truth: let them lead me; [2] let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
[1] God’s “light” is Jesus Christ (John 1:1-6), and God’s “truth” is His word (John 17:17), which is composed of His words (John 8:47): the written words of God which He has exalted above His name (see note on Psa. 138:2).
[2] The Bible can do the following things for any sinner, without any assistance from Roman Catholic tradition, the Koran, or the teachings of Buddha: it can convert a man’s soul (James 1:21), it can make him “wise unto salvation” (2 Tim. 3:15), it can get him eternal life (John 5:24), it can get him great rewards (Psa. 19:11), and it can give him long physical life (Prov. 3:1-2; Eph. 6:2-3).
4. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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Note on Psa. 138:2
Psalms 138:2 KJV
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. [1]
[1] Hebrew and Greek scholars are more terrified by this verse than any other in the Bible. It clearly states that the “word” (small “w”) of God is above the name of Christ (Phil. 2:9). That “word” is obviously a collection of words that have been written, for David was reading them (Psa. 119:57, 67, 101, 103, 130, 139-140). The Neo-orthodox term “preserved Word of God” has nothing to do with any of those verses. The Bible uses capital “W” for the incarnate Word (Jesus Christ), not the written and spoken words of God. See God’s order of importance as He gave it Himself (see note on Neh. 9:5).
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Note on Neh. 9:5
Nehemiah 9:5 KJV
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. [1]
[1] Notice “the name … above every name” (Phil. 2:9) “is exalted above all blessing and praise” (here), and then the written words of God (Psa. 138:2; Prov. 13:13; John 17:17) are placed higher than that “name … above every name.” Notice the “word of God” means every single word He spoke (Prov. 30:5). All the major, recognized Hebrew and Greek scholars and Bible teachers refuse to give the cross reference to Psalm 138:2. The reason is so simple as to be embarrassing. They devoted their lives to getting rid of the “written words of God” found in “the word of God.”
