The Bible in a Year

Psalms

Psalm 10 to 17
Read this coming week:
Jan 10 Gen 20‐21, Ps 10, Matt 12 Jan 11 Gen 22‐23, Ps 11, Matt 13 Jan 12
Gen 24, Ps 12, Matt 14 Jan 13 Gen 25‐26, Ps 13, Matt 15 Jan 14 Gen 27,
Ps 14, Matt 16‐17 Jan 15 Gen 28‐29, Ps 15, Matt 18 Jan 16 Gen 30, Ps 16,

Matt 19 Jan 17 Gen 31, Ps 17, Matt 20 Reading

Questions
For next week you’re reading Psalm 10 through 17.
Answer the following:
• How do you wrestle with the questions presented
in Psalm 10 about the seeming “silence of God”?
• Psalm 11 was written after David’s advisors told
him that there was no hope, that he should go
into hiding. What is David’s response?
• What is the difference between the Lord’s words
and the words of the wicked in Psalm 12?
• When would you pray Psalm 13 with someone?
What circumstances can you imagine?
• How does Psalm 14 set out to prove that those
who believe there is no God are foolish?
• What are the qualifications of “blamelessness” in
Psalm 15?
 • The writer of Psalm 16 is content in God’s
provision and grace, what unsettles you and
discontents you?
• Psalm 17 challenges common values that
replaced God during David’s day, such as security
and having many children, what values threaten
to replace God today?
David the Psalmist
David was by-far the most prolific author of the book of
Psalms. 73 psalms directly bear his name, and a
number of the psalms that do not bear his name are
thought to have possibly been written by him.

We learn from the first mention of David in I Samuel 16

that David was skilled at the lyre, even as a youth. He
was brought into Saul’s courts in order to play music
that would soothe the king’s troubled soul.

It appears that David continued to write music and even

saw it as a part of his function as king. (Can you imagine
if today a president, or even a pastor for that matter,
would say that working creatively in the arts was a part
of the function of the office they carried out?) David’s
insistence in this matter made him not only king of
Israel, but made the office of king a part of the worship
leadership of Israel – stretching even into post-exilic
times. God wanted His leaders to be leaders not only in
matters of state, but in matters of worship.

God has given you some mantle of leadership in your

own life. Perhaps this is in the lives of your children, on
in your job, or amongst your friends, or in some other
way. Does your leadership include leading others to
worship?
Please don’t throw this away. If you’re not going to use it, leave it for
someone else to use.