Psalm 9:8-10, NKJV
But the LORD sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness. The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 9:8-10, JN paraphrase
he LORD is Ultimate Perfection. He cannot be superseded. No more to be said.

Recommended Reading

Knowing God by J.I. Packer. Excellent for small group study, especially one that loves a paragraph-by-paragraph style of study.

Psalm 9:3-6, NKJV
When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence. For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment. You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever. The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

Psalm 9:3-6, JN paraphrase
LORD, it is amazing the way You stand between me and my enemies. All it takes is Your presence and gone. Wicked cannot face Righteous. Not only not face but not survive. Gone!

Recommended Reading

Knowing God by J.I. Packer. Excellent for small group study, especially one that loves a paragraph-by-paragraph style of study.

Psalm 9:1-2, NKJV
To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Psalm 9:1-2, JN paraphrase
A Psalm in which David declares his intent to exhaustively explore all the wonderful deeds of the LORD, guided by his whole heart. He sets an example that I should learn to follow; to sing praise to your name, the LORD, Most High.

This is going to be a very interesting series.

Recommended Reading

Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival by T. M. Moore

Psalm 8:1-9, NKJV
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:1-9, JN paraphrase
How majestic is Your Name in Creation. Your Majesty from the outer reaches of the universe to the mewing and mumbling of infants. All declare the how majestic in the Name of the LORD, God, the Almighty.

And yet You, the Almighty has taken the power of Your Word and placed Man in a position a little lower than the angels, giving him glory and honor, dominion over Your works, all things under his feet.

How majestic is Your Name in all the Creation. Incredible! Now, through the James Webb telescope, we are being told that we can see to the very fringes of the universe. But Your Name is still majestic.

Recommended Reading

Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival by T. M. Moore

Psalm 119:161-168, NKJV
Sin and Shin - Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil. I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. I hope for your salvation, O LORD, and I do your commandments. My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly. I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

Psalm 119:161-168, JN paraphrase
The world ridicules me for my faith, but my heart stands between them and me. What greater reward! The comparison between the Word of the LORD and the lies of Satan and his minions is beyond description. I am daily brought to my knees in the awesome wonder of the exquisite beauty of Your Law. Great peace is the result of the love for Your Law. Nothing but total contentment.

I am reminded of the time that we shared a ski cabin with a group of friends and a common evening entertainment was assembling jigsaw puzzles. One of the members of our group had the eerie talent of picking up a piece, reaching across an d “ snapping” it into place with a audible click.

Doesn't the Law of God provide an equivalent “click” as a problem is resolved?

Recommended Reading

Restore Us! A Call to Serious Prayer for Revival by T. M. Moore