HTML edition for divineprinciplebible.com, continuing Psalms with chapters 21 through 25. Commentary is included only where the passages are especially significant for kingly joy in God’s strength, the cry of abandonment and vindication, shepherding care, entry of the King of glory, and prayer for guidance, forgiveness, and covenant mercy. Divine Principle and True Father are named where the connection is clearly in view.
Comment on 21:1: Psalm 21 is royal joy centered in God’s strength and salvation. This matters because true kingship is shown as dependent on Heaven, not self-generated power.
Comment on 21:3 and 21:5: The king’s crown, honor, and majesty are described as gifts from God. Divine Principle strongly resonates with this because central position is legitimate only as something bestowed and sustained by Heaven.
Comment on 21:7: Stability comes through trust and mercy. This is a key providential principle: the central figure stands securely not by force alone, but by trust in God and Heaven’s mercy.
Comment on 22:1: This is one of the deepest cries in all Scripture. It gives voice to the agony of felt abandonment while still addressing God as “my God.” Divine Principle strongly recognizes the sorrow of the righteous course, where Heaven may feel hidden even in the midst of providential centrality.
Comment on 22:3: Even in abandonment, the psalmist affirms God’s holiness. This is important. The cry of suffering does not erase the truth of Heaven’s character.
Comment on 22:16 and 22:18: The suffering is bodily, public, and humiliating. The psalm reaches far beyond ordinary distress into the pattern of the righteous one exposed before enemies. Divine Principle strongly recognizes that central figures often bear visible humiliation in the providential course.
Comment on 22:22 and 22:24: The psalm turns from abandonment to testimony and praise. This is crucial. Heaven had not finally despised the afflicted one. The righteous suffering course moves toward vindication and declaration of God’s name.
Comment on 22:27: The psalm expands from individual suffering to worldwide remembrance and return. This is a remarkable providential pattern: a central suffering course opens toward universal restoration and worship.
Psalm 22 is a psalm of abandonment, humiliation, and eventual vindication. It strongly reflects Divine Principle themes of the hidden sorrow of the righteous central course, Heaven’s ultimate refusal to abandon the afflicted, and the widening of that course toward worldwide remembrance of God.
Comment on 23:1: Psalm 23 is one of the most beloved pictures of God’s care. Heaven is not only king and judge, but shepherd. True Father often emphasized God’s parental and shepherding heart for His children.
Comment on 23:2–3: Rest, restoration, and righteous guidance all come from the shepherding LORD. Divine Principle strongly resonates with this because God’s original ideal is not restless ruin, but restored soul, proper direction, and life under His name.
Comment on 23:4: This is a major verse of providential courage. The valley is real, but the decisive fact is divine presence. The righteous course may pass through shadow, yet Heaven’s companionship changes the meaning of the path.
Comment on 23:5–6: The psalm ends not in survival alone, but in abundance, mercy, and dwelling in the house of the LORD. This is a beautiful image of Heaven’s final intention: not merely rescue from evil, but lasting communion.
Psalm 23 is a psalm of shepherding care and fearless trust. It strongly reflects Divine Principle themes of God’s parental guidance, restoration of the soul, courage in the valley of death, and the final goal of abiding with Heaven in goodness and mercy.
Comment on 24:1: Psalm 24 begins with total divine ownership. This is fundamental. Divine Principle strongly affirms that the world belongs to God by creation, even though fallen history has obscured that rightful order.
Comment on 24:3–4: Entrance to God’s hill depends on purity of hand and heart. This echoes the moral center of Psalm 15. The true sanctuary is approached not by outward claim alone, but by inner and outer righteousness.
Comment on 24:7–8: This is one of the great enthronement passages in the Psalms. The gates are summoned to open for the King of glory. Divine Principle strongly resonates with this because history’s true restoration requires the receiving of Heaven’s kingship and the opening of the world to God’s rightful Lordship.
Comment on 24:10: The psalm ends with the full affirmation of God’s kingship. The true restoration of the world means the return of glory to the One who truly owns and rules it.
Psalm 24 is a psalm of divine ownership, holy ascent, and the coming of the King of glory. It strongly reflects Divine Principle themes of God’s rightful sovereignty over creation, the moral qualification for standing in His presence, and the opening of the gates for Heaven’s kingship to enter history.
Comment on 25:1–2: Psalm 25 begins with lifted soul and trust. This is a beautiful posture of prayer: the inner life rises toward God in dependence.
Comment on 25:4–5: This is a major guidance prayer. Divine Principle strongly resonates with the request not merely for blessing, but for God’s way, truth, and path. Restoration depends on learning Heaven’s way, not insisting on one’s own.
Comment on 25:7: The psalm includes repentance and memory. The speaker asks God to remember mercy instead of youthful sin. This is a beautiful fallen-man prayer for restoration through divine compassion.
Comment on 25:10: Mercy and truth are joined in God’s paths. True Father often emphasized that Heaven’s way is not sentiment without principle, nor truth without love, but the union of both.
Comment on 25:12 and 25:14: Fear of the LORD opens the way to divine teaching and secret counsel. This is a profound providential principle: heavenly guidance is not random, but connected to reverence and covenant relationship.
Comment on 25:18 and 25:21: The psalm joins pain, forgiveness, integrity, and waiting. This is a beautiful summary of the righteous path in the fallen world: afflicted, repentant, upright, and waiting on Heaven.
Psalm 25 is a psalm of guidance, mercy, and covenant instruction. It strongly reflects Divine Principle themes of learning God’s path, receiving forgiveness for past sin, walking in mercy and truth, and waiting in integrity for Heaven’s direction and redemption.
God of Original Ideal Commentary
Psalm 21 is a psalm of royal joy and stability through God’s strength. It strongly reflects Divine Principle themes of Heaven-bestowed kingship, trust in the LORD as the true foundation of rule, and the understanding that central glory must come from God’s salvation rather than self-exaltation.