Psalm 32:7
7 Thou art my hiding place [cether]; thou shalt preserve [natsar] me from trouble [tsar]; thou shalt
compass [cabab] me about with songs [ron] of deliverance [pallet].
Selah [celah].
KJV-Interlinear
7 Thou
art my hiding place; Thou dost preserve me from trouble; Thou dost surround me
with songs of deliverance. NASB
The context of this psalm
is sin and confession, and what that does for the believer in Christ. Sin creates a separation between a person and
God.
For the unbeliever, sin
is not the primary issue, whereas faith in Christ is what they need to contend
with in order to be saved and begin a relationship with God. Sin, for the unbeliever, has a tendency to
drive a much greater barrier between them and their salvation decision.
For the believer in
Christ, sin is an issue of functionality in their spiritual life. Sin separates the believer from Gods
presence, and from the function of their spiritual life.
Sin as a transgression,
has already been paid for in full, by Christ when He went to the Cross. But sin remains with us as long as we are
living in this world, and it becomes a barrier and preventer, keeping us from
growing up, and completing ourselves, spiritually.
Confession, places us in
fellowship, which is the symbolic safe haven or refuge, protecting us from the
corrupting influences of sin and this world.
This is a spiritual concept and principle, not a physical place.
We are still in this
world and thus, subject to any and all of the problems that are in the world.
But remember that our
spiritual life is not of this world, it is the activity of Gods Word, within
our soul, while we are living within the safety of the fellowship sphere, that
God has defined.
Therefore, the sphere of fellowship,
is a hiding place, a place of safety and protection, from the negative
influences and effects of sin, that sin has or can have, on the soul.
In Exodus, we saw how God
surrounds us with a wall of fire, that symbolically represents Gods awesome
power.
And here, we see that
fellowship is a place that is surrounded by the beauty of the songs of the
spiritual life. Those songs or music are
driven by Bible doctrine.
But of course you have to
know doctrine, having it in your soul, because you have learned it, before you
can enjoy that supernatural music of comfort.
The music is the relaxed
mental attitude and poise and contentment, that is acquired through spiritual
growth toward spiritual maturity.
Selah, is a word for
grace, Gods grace. As in, the music
plays on.
Gods grace is infused throughout
all of creation, and especially in the spiritually advancing and growing
believer’s life.
For the believer who
sticks with their daily study and begins to learn these principles and begins
to put them together and understand how life is put together and what life is
all about, then life, regardless of your circumstances, will become more and
more tolerable.
And, you will begin to look
more and more toward heaven, and less and less toward your problems.
