The Biblical Thoughts of Clark Thompson

Psalm 9:11[size=32] [/size]King James Version (KJV)
¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.







Psalm 9:11[size=32] [/size]Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)



 



¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who sits as King in Zion.
    Tell the nations about the great things he has done.



 



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We are to be constantly giving praise to our Lord, our King.

Psalm 107:7[size=32] [/size]Living Bible (TLB)

 

⁷ He led them straight to safety and a place to live.

 

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When we follow after the Lord we will always be on the right road.

Psalm 107:9 King James Version (KJV)
⁹ For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
 
Psalm 107:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
 
⁹ For He satisfies the parched throat,
And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.
 
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He is our Living Water and our Bread of life.

Lamentations 2:6 King James Version (KJV)
⁶ And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
 
Lamentations 2:6 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
⁶ He pulled up his own tent
    as if it were a garden.
He has ruined the place where the people
    came together to worship him.
The Lord has made people forget
    the special assemblies and special days of rest in Zion.
He rejected the king and the priests.
    He was angry and rejected them.
 
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This a place we never want to have God get with us, this only comes from a devoted rebellion against Him, we have Christ to turn to but one day chances will run out.

Psalm 9:12 King James Version (KJV)
¹² When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
 
Psalm 9:12 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹² He punishes murderers
    and remembers those who are in need.
When suffering people cry for help,
    he does not ignore them.
 
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God is both just and loving.

Psalm 9:13 King James Version (KJV)

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


 
 
Psalm 9:13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹³ I said this prayer: “Lord, be kind to me.
    See how my enemies are hurting me.
    Save me from the ‘gates of death.’
 

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When we are being hurt there is no one better to run to than the Lord.

Psalm 9:14 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁴ That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
 
Psalm 9:14 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁴ Then, at the gates of Jerusalem, I can sing praises to you.
    I will be so happy because you saved me.”
 
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God saving us should be our main reason to give Him praise.

Psalm 107:10 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
 
Psalm 107:10 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁰ Some of God’s people were prisoners,
    locked behind bars in dark prisons.
 
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These are my thoughts.

Are you willing to go to jail because of your faith in Christ?

Psalm 107:11 King James Version (KJV)
¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
 
Psalm 107:11 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹¹ That was because they had fought against what God said.
    They refused to listen to the advice of God Most High.
 
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We should continual think, are we doing what God wants because sin is not that hard to fall into if we are not looking to the Lord.

Lamentations 2:7 King James Version (KJV)
⁷ The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
 
Lamentations 2:7 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
⁷ He rejected his altar,
    and he left his holy place of worship.
He let the enemy pull down the walls
    of the palaces of Jerusalem.
The enemy shouted with joy in the Lord’s Temple.
    They made noise as though it were a festival.
 
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The scariest thing ever is when the Lord is not to be found and they had to deal with this because of there lack of faith.

Psalm 107:12 King James Version (KJV)
¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
 
Psalm 107:12 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹² God made life hard for those people
    because of what they did.
They stumbled and fell,
    and there was no one to help them.
 
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When no one is there to help we can always count on the Lord.

Lamentations 2:8 King James Version (KJV)
⁸ The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
 
Lamentations 2:8 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
⁸ The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall of Daughter Zion.
He marked the wall with a measuring line.
    He didn’t stop himself from destroying it.
He made all the walls cry out in sadness.
    Together they wasted away.
 
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We are not to trust in our walls to protect us but trust the Lord to protect us.

Psalm 9:15 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁵ The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
 
Psalm 9:15 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁵ Those other nations have fallen into the pit they dug to catch others.
    They have been caught in their own trap.
 
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We don’t fall into traps if we keep our eyes on Jesus.

Lamentations 2:9 King James Version (KJV)
⁹ Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
 
Lamentations 2:9 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
⁹ Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground.
    The bars on her gates are completely destroyed.
Her king and princes have been taken to other nations.
    The teaching of the law has stopped.
And her prophets no longer receive
    visions from the Lord.
 
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We not let it come to the point where the Lord takes all we hold dear away from us before we turn to Him but many do.

Psalm 9:15 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁵ The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
 
Psalm 9:15 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁵ Those other nations have fallen into the pit they dug to catch others. They have been caught in their own trap.
 
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We don’t want to fall into our own trap, this is what happens when we choose what we want rather than what the Lord wants for and of us.

Psalm 9:16 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁶ The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
 
Psalm 9:16 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁶ The Lord showed that he judges fairly.
    The wicked were caught by what they did to hurt others. Higgayon Selah

Footnotes:

Psalm 9:16 Higgayon Or “Meditation.” Together with Selah this may mean a time to pause and think quietly.
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God is a fair judge, we all deserve hell but thru Jesus we can receive grace.

Lamentations 2:10 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
 
Lamentations 2:10 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
¹⁰ The elders of Zion sit on the ground.
    They sit on the ground and are quiet.
They pour dust on their heads.
    They put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.
 
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They mourned, we are to mourn over our sin and regret it but turn back to the Lord in repentance.

Psalm 9:17 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
 
Psalm 9:17 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁷ The wicked will go to the place of death,
    as will all the nations that forget God.
 
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Those that reject God live as if He does not exist will face the judgment we all deserve but we who know God have Christ to save us.

Psalm 9:17 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
 
Psalm 9:17 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁷ The wicked will go to the place of death,
    as will all the nations that forget God.
 
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The wicked are wicked because they don’t have the Lord and this leads to being always separated from the Lord.

Psalm 107:13 King James Version (KJV)
¹³ Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
 
Psalm 107:13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹³ They were in trouble, so they called to the Lordfor help,
    and he saved them from their troubles.
 
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The Lord just wants us to turn to Him.

Lamentations 2:11 King James Version (KJV)
¹¹ Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
 
Lamentations 2:11 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹¹ My eyes are worn out with tears,
    and my insides are upset.
My heart feels like it has been poured on the ground;
    I feel this way because of the destruction of my people.
Children and babies are fainting
    in the public squares of the city.
 
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We should have a heart that pours out like this for the fallen world because God loves them, we should as well.

Psalm 9:18 King James Version (KJV)
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Psalm 9:18 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

18 It may seem that those who are poor and needy have been forgotten,
    but God will not forget them.
    He will not leave them without hope.

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Those who are in need have not been forgotten about God, everyone of us matters to Him.

Psalm 9:19 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁹ Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
 
Psalm 9:19 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁹ Lord, get up and judge the nations.
    Don’t let anyone think they can win against you.
 
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The Lord will judge those who have not accepted Him as their Lord, everyone will be humbled by God but for these it will but when it is too late.

Psalm 107:14 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
 
Psalm 107:14 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁴ He took them out of their dark prisons.
    He broke the ropes that held them.
 
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Thru Jesus we can overcome anything that we may go thru.

Psalm 9:20 King James Version (KJV)
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Psalm 9:20 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

20 Teach them a lesson, LORD.
    Let them know they are only human. Selah

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These are my thoughts.
Sometimes we need God to teach us how to be humble.

Psalm 107:15 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁵ Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
 
Psalm 107:15 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁵ Thank the Lord for his faithful love
    and for the amazing things he does for people.
 
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The Lord loves us and because of this we can live our lives in praise and be used to serve where He does wonderful things thru us.

Psalm 107:16 King James Version (KJV)
¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
 
Psalm 107:16 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹⁶ He breaks down their bronze gates.
    He shatters their iron bars.
 
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God get into places that we can not and we can get there with Him.

Lamentations 2:12 King James Version (KJV)
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.

Lamentations 2:12 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

12 They ask their mothers,
    “Where is the bread and wine?”
    as they pour out their life in their mother’s laps.

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We all have basic needs but few of us see our need for Him which is what they were struggling with they knew they needed water and food but did not see their need for the Lord.

Psalm 10:1 King James Version (KJV)
10 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Psalm 10:1 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

10 LORD, why do you stay so far away?
    Why do you hide from people in times of trouble?

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Sometimes we may feel that God is not there for us this does not mean He is gone though.

Lamentations 2:13 King James Version (KJV)
¹³ What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
 
Lamentations 2:13 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
 
¹³ My dear Jerusalem, what can I say about you?
    What can I compare you to?
What can I say you are like?
    How can I comfort you, city of Zion?
You have been hurt much too badly
    for anyone to heal.
 
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These are my thoughts.

Israel was looking to everything to heal them and make them happy but they weren’t looking to the Lord who could, we should look to the Lord for our comfort.