The Most Avoided Messianic Psalm (11): Cosmic Praise for God the Saviour (Psalm 69:34-36) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. The Praise
II. The Saviour
III. The Saved
Psalm singing: 96:8-13; 37:22-27; 148:1-10; 69:30-36
Scripture reading: Psalm 69:16-36
J. A. Alexander on Psalm 69:36: “As temporal and spiritual blessings were inseparably blended in the old dispensation, the promise of perpetual possession and abode in Palestine is merely the costume in which that of everlasting favour to the church is clothed in the Old Testament.”
Matthew Henry on Psalm 69:36: “Christianity was not to be res unius ætatis—a transitory thing. No: The seed of his servants shall inherit it. God will secure and raise up for himself a seed to serve him, and they shall inherit the privileges of their fathers; for the promise is to you and your children, as it was of old. I will be a God to thee, and thy seed after thee. The land of promise shall never be lost for want of heirs, for God can out of stones raise up children unto Abraham and will do so rather than the entail shall be cut off. David shall never want a man to stand before him. The Redeemer shall see his seed, and prolong his days in them, till the mystery of God shall be finished and the mystical body completed. And since the holy seed is the substance of the world, and if that were all gathered in the world would be at an end quickly, it is just that for this assurance of the preservation of it heaven and earth should praise him.”

Psalm 96:8-13
8 Give ye the glory to the Lord
that to his name is due;
Come ye into his courts, and bring
an offering with you.
9 In beauty of his holiness,
0 do the Lord adore;
Likewise let all the earth throughout
tremble his face before.
10 Among the heathen say, God reigns;
the world shall stedfastly
Be fix’d from moving; he shall judge
the people righteously.
11 Let heav’ns be glad before the Lord,
and let the earth rejoice;
Let seas, and all that is therein,
cry out, and make a noise.
12 Let fields rejoice, and ev’ry thing
that springeth of the earth:
Then woods and ev’ry tree shall sing
with gladness and with mirth
13 Before the Lord; because he comes,
to judge the earth comes he :
He’ll judge the world with righteousness,
the people faithfully.

Psalm 37:22-27
22 For such as blessed be of him
the earth inherit shall;
And they that cursed are of him
shall be destroyed all.
23 A good man’s footsteps by the Lord
are ordered aright;
And in the way wherein he walks
he greatly doth delight.
24 Although he fall, yet shall he not
be cast down utterly ;
Because the Lord with his own hand
upholds him mightily.
25 I have been young, and now am old,
yet have I never seen
The just man left, nor that his seed
for bread have beggars been.
26 He’s ever merciful, and lends:
his seed is bless’d therefore.
27 Depart from evil, and do good,
and dwell for evermore.

Psalm 148:1-10
I PRAISE God. From heavens praise the Lord,
in heights praise to him be.
2 All ye his angels, praise ye him;
his hosts all, praise him ye.
3 O praise ye him, both sun and moon,
praise him, all stars of light.
4 Ye heav’ns of heav’ns him praise, and floods
above the heavens’ height.
5 Let all the creatures praise the name
of our almighty Lord:
For he commanded, and they were
created by his word.
6 He also, for all times to come,
hath them establish’d sure;
He hath appointed them a law,
which ever shall endure.
7 Praise ye JEHOVAH from the earth,
dragons, and ev’ry deep :
8 Fire, hail, snow, vapour, stormy wind,
his word that fully keep.
9 All hills and mountains, fruitful trees,
and all ye cedars high :
10 Beasts, and all cattle, creeping things,
and all ye birds that fly.

Psalm 69:30-36
30 The name of God I with a song
most cheerfully will praise;
And I, in giving thanks to him,
his name shall highly raise.
31 This to the Lord a sacrifice
more gracious shall prove
Than bullock, ox, or any beast
that hath both horn and hoof.
32 When this the humble men shall see,
it joy to them shall give:
0 all ye that do seek the Lord,
your hearts shall ever live.
33 For God the poor hears, and will not
his prisoners contemn.
34 Let heav’n, and earth, and seas, him
and all that move in them. [praise,
35 For God will Judah’s cities build,
and he will Sion save,
That they may dwell therein, and it
in sure possession have.
36 And they that are his servants’ seed
inherit shall the same ;
So shall they have their dwelling there
that love his blessed name.