TCP 07: Job & Psalms w Text

Question 1

THEME of Job

Answer 1

Suffering and Sovereignty

Question 2

GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER SATAN/SUFFERING

Answer 2

Job 2:6

And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

Question 3

HOPE OF FUTURE GLORIFICATION

Answer 3

Job 14:14

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.

Question 4

A REDEEMER AND BODILY RESURRECTION

Answer 4

Job 19:25-26

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,

Question 5

TRIALS PURIFY THOSE WHO CLING TO GOD

Answer 5

Job 23:10-12

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Question 6

JOB REPENTS, SEEING GOD ACCURATELY

Answer 6

Job 42:5-6

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Question 7

THEME of Psalms

Answer 7

Worship

Question 8

THE RULE OF THE LORD’S ANOINTED

Answer 8

Psalm 2

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Question 9

TOTAL DEPRAVITY (THE FOOL)

Answer 9

Psalm 14:1-3

TO THE CHOIRMASTER. OF DAVID. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

Question 10

GOD’S GLORY IN CREATION

Answer 10

Psalm 19:1-6

TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their measuring line goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Question 11

THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE WORD OF GOD

Answer 11

Psalm 19:7-14

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Question 12

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

Answer 12

Psalm 23:1

A PSALM OF DAVID.The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Question 13

FORGIVEN

Answer 13

Psalm 32:1

A MASKIL OF DAVID. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Question 14

THIRST FOR GOD

Answer 14

Psalm 42:1

TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A MASKIL OF THE SONS OF KORAH. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.

Question 15

CONFESSION

Answer 15

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

Question 16

SONG OF MOSES & MAN’S TRANSITORINESS

Answer 16

Psalm 90

A PRAYER OF MOSES, THE MAN OF GOD. Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil. Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!

Question 17

GOD IS GOOD

Answer 17

Psalm 100:5

For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

Question 18

SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND

Answer 18

Psalm 110:1

A PSALM OF DAVID. The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Question 19

GOD DOES WHAT HE PLEASES

Answer 19

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Question 20

THE WORD EXALTED

Answer 20

Psalm 119

Question 21

PURPOSE IN AFFLICTION

Answer 21

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

Question 22

THE BLESSING OF CHILDREN

Answer 22

Psalm 127:3-5

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Question 23

GOD’S OMNISCIENCE and OMNIPRESENCE

Answer 23

Psalm 139:1-12

TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

Question 24

GOD’S INTENTIONAL CREATION OF EVERY BABY

Answer 24

Psalm 139:13-18

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.

Question 25

SEARCH ME AND KNOW MY HEART

Answer 25

Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Question 26

GOD IS RIGHTEOUS AND JUST

Answer 26

Psalm 145:17

The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

Question 27

PRAISE THE LORD

Answer 27

Psalm 150

Praise the LORD!Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!