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Lesson Summary:

The psalmist calls for God to restore His people according to the everlasting Davidic covenant established by His lovingkindess and faithfulness.

Focus Passage: Psalms 89

Outline and Lesson Goal

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Principles and Applications

I. Praise for God’s Everlasting Character (89:1-17)

Principle: God’s Lovingkindness and Faithfulness, make Him Worthy of the Worship of His People.
Application: How has the LORD shown you lovingkindness and faithfulness in your life? How have you praised Him for it?
Scripture Reference

¹ I will sing of the lovingkindness of the Lord forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth.
² For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.”
Psalms 89:1-2 (NASB)

II. Promise of an Everlasting Covenant (89:18-37)

Principle: God’s Lovingkindness and Faithfulness Guarantee His Everlasting Covenant with His People.
Application: How well do you understand the New Covenant God has made with His people? Are you receiving the blessings of that covenant?
Scripture Reference

³¹ “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,
³² not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord.
³³ “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
³⁴ They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (NASB)

III. Petition for Divine Restoration (89:38-52)

Principle: God’s Lovingkindness and Faithfulness Means We Can Petition Him for Restoration.
Application: What in your life requires God’s restoration? How are you pleading with Him to act to restore you and to restore our nation?
Scripture Reference

¹⁷ So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.
¹⁸ O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.
¹⁹ O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
Daniel 9:17-19 (NASB)