Workers For Jesus Online Bible Study Table of Contents

About this Bible Study........The King James Version of the Bible is written in a beautiful form of the English language. It can be hard for modern English readers to understand.  In this study, you will find notes and summaries in brown just above the the verses from the Bible. We recommend that you read the notes and summaries first, and then read the verses in their KJV form. 



Timeline of the Bible


God creates the world. --- God destroys the world with the flood, but saves  Noah and his family.---
 God chooses Abraham and his descendants to His people. ---Abraham's grandson, Jacob, has 12 sons who lead the 12 tribes of Israel.--- The Israelites become slaves in Egypt.--- God helps the Israelites escape and leads them to Canaan. ---The Israelites fight in wars and take control of Canaan.---Judges lead the Israelites, but the Israelites want to have kings instead of judges. ---   This book of the Bible happens between theses times   David is Israel's greatest king. ---◄   Israel divides into 2 parts: Israel and Judah.--- The people of Israel and Judah continue to sin and worship false gods.--- God allows the Assyrians and the Babylonians to take the Israelites out of Israel and Judah.---   The Israelites (Jews) live in Babylonia and then Persia. --- When Persia defeats the Babylonians, the Jews go back to Judah.--- The Jews build God's Temple in Jerusalem again.--- Greece defeats Persia, and the Greeks control Judah (also now called Israel).--- The Jews become independent for 100 years.-- The Romans take control of Israel.--- Jesus is born. At age 30, Jesus begins his ministry. ---Jesus is crucified and then is resurrected.     A Roman named Saul is converted to Christianity and becomes Paul.--- Christianity spreads. ---      Paul write letters to Christians in other places. In the year, 70 A.D., God's Temple in Jerusalem is destroyed again.

 

The Book of  Psalms

The word "psalm" is from the Greek word that means instrumental music and the words that go with the music.  There are 150 psalms. Most of them were written by David, but some were written by David's son, Solomon, Asaph,  and the Sons of Korah. The psalms cover times in David's life when he was happy, afraid, sad, and thankful.

 

People who are Bible scholars feel that Psalm 1 was written by Solomon.





Psalm 1
 

How godly and ungodly people are different.


The man who does not do what ungodly people say will be blessed.  He will be blessed if he does not do the same things as sinners. He will be blessed if he does not look down on other people.
[1] Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.


The blessed man wants to follow the Lord's laws. He thinks about the Lord's laws night and day.
[2] But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.


He will be like a tree planted by a river. The tree has fruit in the right season. The tree's leaves do not dry up. Whatever this man does, he will succeed.

[3] And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.


The ungodly man is not like a tree planted by water. The ungodly man is like the chaff of wheat that just blows away in the wind.

[4] The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.


The ungodly people will not be able to stand up after God judges them.  Sinners will not be able to stand in groups of righteous people.  
[5] Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.


God knows what the righteous people do. But ungodly people will die.
[6] For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
 


 

People who are Bible scholars feel that Psalm 2 was written by David.





Psalm 2


Nations that plot against God's anointed leader.

 

Why do people and nations make useless plans?
[1] Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?


The leaders of the nations on earth plan together. They plot against the Lord. They plot against the Lord's chosen, anointed people. The leaders plot to break away from the Lord's anointed.  
[2] The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
[3] Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.


This makes God laugh. He thinks they are not very smart.
[4] He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.


Then God will speak to them angrily. He will cause them to have trouble.
[5] Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.


God says that He has put His king on the holy hill of Zion.

[6] Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.


This is what God said to me, "You are my son.  Today, I am your father.  If you ask, I will give you the other nations from all over the earth. You will break them with a rod of iron.  You will break them into little pieces like a piece of pottery.
[7] I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
[8] Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
[9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.


I warn you other leaders to be wise. You should serve God with fear and respect. You should rejoice with trembling. You should treat God's son well or God will be angry and kill you.  Everyone who puts their trust in God will be blessed.
[10] Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
[11] Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
[12] Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

 



 
People who are Bible scholars feel that Psalm 3 was written by David. He wrote it during the time when he was running away from his son, Absalom and Absalom's followers (2 Samuel: 13-18). 





 

Psalm 3


David asks God to protect him.


Lord, the people who are troubling me are increasing.  There are many that are against me.

[1] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
 

There are many people who say you won't help me, God. But you, O Lord, are a shield to protect me. You are my glory. You give me honor.
[2] Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
[3] But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.


I cried out loud to the Lord, and He heard me from His holy mountain.
[4] I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.


I laid down and slept. Then I woke up because God took care of me.
[5] I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.


There are 10,000 people attacking me from all around, but I will not be afraid.
[6] I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Please save me, O Lord my God. You have hit my enemies on their cheek bones.  You have broken the ungodly people's teeth.
[7] Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.


You save and bless your people, O Lord.
[8] Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
 


Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 4. It was also written during the time he was running away from Absalom.



 

Psalm 4


God will keep the righteous people safe.


Please hear me when I call, O righteous God. You have helped me when I was in trouble. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
[1] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.


To the people who trouble me -- how long will you continue to shame me? How long will you chase after things that are not valuable?
[2] O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.


The Lord sets apart the godly people for Himself.  The Lord will hear me when I call to Him.
[3] But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.


Stand and feel in awe of God. Do not sin. Sit on your own bed and be quiet. Listen to your heart.
[4] Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.


Obey God's laws and make sacrifices to Him. Trust in the Lord.
[5] Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.


Many people will ask who will be good to them. Lord, show us your kindness. You have put happiness in my heart. I have more happiness than other people who are happy because they have a lot of corn and wine.
[6] There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
[7] Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.


I will lay down in peace and sleep because you, Lord, keep me safe.
[8] I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

 


Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 5.




Psalm 5


God will destroy the wicked people.


Listen to me, O Lord, and consider my thoughts.
[1] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
 

Listen to my cry, my King and my God. I will pray to you.
[2] Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
 

You will hear my voice in the morning, O Lord. I will look up and pray to you in the morning.
[3] My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
 

You are not happy with wickedness. You do not have any evil.
[4] For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
 

Foolish people will not stand in your sight. You hate all people who do evil.
[5] The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.


You will destroy people who tell lies.  The Lord will hate bloody and deceitful men.
[6] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
 

But I can come into Your house because you have great mercy. I will worship toward the holy temple with great respect and awe of you. 
[7] But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.


You are righteous and good, O Lord, so please lead me. Show me exactly what You want me to do.
[8] Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.


My enemies are not faithful to You. They are wicked inside. They say things that are not true. Their throats are like holes in the ground.
[9] For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.


Destroy them, O God. Let them be defeated by their own plans. Throw them out in the middle of the sinful things they do. They have rebelled against you.
[10] Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.


Let the people who trust You be happy. Let them always shout for joy because You have defended and helped them. Also, let the people who love Your name be joyful in You. You, Lord, will bless the righteous people. You will favor them and put a shield around them to protect them.

[11] But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
[12] For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

 


Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 6.

 


Psalm 6
 

Please save me, O Lord.
 


O Lord, please do not get mad at me and punish me. Please don't scold me when You are angry.

[1] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.


Have mercy on me, O Lord, because I am weak.  O Lord, please heal me because my body is sick.

[2] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
 

My soul is also very troubled. How long will it be, O Lord? Please come back, O Lord, and save my soul. Save me because you are merciful.
[3] My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
[4] Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
 

After someone dies, he can't remember you. Who gives you thanks when they are in the grave?
[5] For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?


I am very tired from groaning.  I cry a lot and make my bed wet with tears.
[6] I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.


My eye is gone because of crying. It is old because of my enemies.
[7] Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.


Go away from me, all you people who do bad things. The Lord has heard me crying. He heard me pray, and He will  answer my prayer.
[8] Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
[9] The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.


Let all of my enemies be ashamed and have troubles.  Let them return to their homes and be suddenly embarrassed with disgrace.
[10] Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
 



 
Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 7.



 

Psalms 7

God will judge the righteous and the wicked.

O Lord, my God, I trust you. Save me from the people who are trying to hurt me. Save me or they will tear my soul into pieces, like a lion tears things into pieces.  There is no one else to save me.
[1] O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
[2] Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.


O Lord my God, let my enemies take my soul if I have sinned in these ways: if my hands have sinned or if I have treated someone badly who was at peace with me or if I have fought and defeated someone who was not my enemy.   If I have done any of these things,  let my enemies walk on me on the ground.
[3] O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
[4] If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
[5] Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.


Rise up, O Lord, with your anger because my enemies are raging against me.  You have commanded judgment for me.
[6] Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.


The people will circle around you. For their sake, return to your place in heaven.
[7] So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.


The Lord will judge the people. O Lord, judge me by my righteousness and integrity.
[8] The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
 

Let the wicked people stop their wickedness. God sees the hearts of righteous people and will be fair to them.
[9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.


God will protect me. He saves the people who obey Him.
[10] My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.


God judges the righteous people, and He is angry with the wicked people every day.

[11] God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.


If the wicked man does not change, God will get His sword ready. He also has his bow and arrow ready to kill the people who persecute others
[12] If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
[13] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
 

The wicked man works with evil and iniquity. He has thought of bad things to do, and he tells lies.  He dug a pit, and he fell into a ditch that he made himself.  He has trouble as a result of the trouble he made himself.  He deals with violence, so violence will happen to him.
[14] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
[15] He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
[16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
 

I will praise God because He is righteous. I will sing praises to the name of the Lord most high.
[17] I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.


 


 

Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 8.



 


Psalms 8


God's name is excellent and powerful.


O Lord, you are our Lord. Your name is excellent all over the earth. Your glory is higher than the heavens. 
[1] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.


Children and babies sing praises for you. That shows your strength, and you defeat your enemies.
[2] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.


I think about the stars, moon, and planets that you made with Your hands. That makes me wonder why you care about men and help them.
[3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
[4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

You have made man a little lower than the angels. You have crowned man with glory and honor.
[5] For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

You made man to be in control over your creation. Man is in control of everything that is under his feet.
[6] Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:


Man is in charge of the sheep, oxen, and all the animals of the field. He is in control of the birds and the fish, and  anything that swims in the sea  O, Lord, our Lord, your name is excellent over all the earth.
[7] All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
[8] The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
[9] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!


 


 

Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 9.



 


Psalm 9


God's people trust Him.


I will praise you with my whole heart, O Lord. I will tell other people about your great works.

[1] I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.


I will sing praises to your name. You are the most High. I will be happy and rejoice because of You.
[2] I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.


My enemies run away and fall and die because You are here.

[3] When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.


You sat on the throne and judged me. You have judged that I am right, and You are helping me.
[4] For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.


You have punished the people who do not believe in You.  You have destroyed the wicked people.  No one will remember their names.
[5] Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.


My enemy is destroyed. You have destroyed their cities, and no one will remember them.

[6] O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.


The Lord will live forever. He will sit on the throne of judgment. He will judge the people in the world. He will be fair and righteous.

[7] But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
[8] And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.


The Lord will be a safe place for people who are being treated badly. He will be their safe place when they are having trouble.
[9] The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.


The people who know Your name will trust You because You, Lord, have not forgotten the people who look for You.
[10] And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.


Sing praises to the Lord who lives in Zion.  Tell other people the things He has done.
[11] Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.


He punishes guilty people. He does not forget the cries of humble people.
[12] When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.


Have mercy on me, O Lord. See what I suffering because of the people who hate me. You life me up from the gates of death. You lift me up so that I can show other people your praise at Zion's gates. I will rejoice because I am saved.
[13] Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
[14] That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.


People who do not believe in you are sunk down in the pit they made. They get their feet caught in the nets they hid.
[15] The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.


The Lord is known by his judgments. The wicked people are troubled by the things they have done themselves.

[16] The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.


Wicked people will be sent to hell. The nations that forget God will be sent to hell, too.

[17] The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Needy people will not be forgotten. The poor will not lose hope forever.
[18] For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.


O Lord, please arise. Please don't let unbelieving men win.  Please judge the unbelievers.
[19] Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
 

Make them afraid, O Lord, so the nations see they are not powerful like You.
[20] Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

 


Psalm 10
 

Bible scholars feel that David wrote Psalm 10.



 


The bad things that wicked people do.


Why do you stand far away, O Lord? Why can't I see You when there is trouble?

[1] Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?


The wicked people are arrogant, and they persecute poor people.  Please let them have the same trouble they have made for other people.
[2] The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.


Wicked people brag about what they want to do. They bless greedy people, and the Lord hates greedy people.

[3] For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.


Wicked people think they are too good to believe in God. They do not think about God at all.

[4] The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.


Wicked people are always doing bad things. They don't worry about God's judgment. They do not worry about their enemies.

[5] His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.


The wicked man says that no one can hurt him. He says nothing will cause him any trouble.
[6] He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.


The wicked man says bad things. He curses, lies, and cheats. Everything he says causes problems.
[7] His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.


The wicked man hides in dark places in his town. He murders innocent people. He takes advantage of poor people. He waits for his victim like a lion waits in his den. He waits to catch the poor people, then pulls them into his net of trouble.  He overpowers poor people.
[8] He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
[9] He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
[10] He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.


The wicked man thinks that God doesn't see the bad things he does.
[11] He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.


O Lord, please arise and do not forget the humble people.
[12] Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.


Why do the wicked people talk bad about God? They say that God won't punish them.
[13] Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.


But You, God, have seen this. You have seen the bad things they do. You will punish them. The poor people believe in You. You will help the orphans who have no fathers.
[14] Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Please, God, break the arm of the wicked and evil men until they don't do bad things anymore.
[15] Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.


The Lord is King forever and ever. The people who don't believe in Him will die out of His land.

[16] The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.


Lord, You have heard the prayers of the humble people.  You will prepare their hearts. You will hear them. You will help the orphans and people who have a hard time so that no one on earth can oppress them again.
[17] LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
[18] To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

 

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