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Length of Days Forever – Psalm 21
Perhaps the biggest controversy about this psalm of trust is David’s declaration that Yahweh has given him “length of days forever and ever,” using the Hebrew word olam. The word cannot
Continue reading...God Save the King – Psalm 20
How do you pray for your nation’s leader? This prayer of David’s could be a good guide to prayer for our President, here in the U.S. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer
Continue reading...Acceptable Meditation – Psalm 19
This psalm of David’s is part wisdom psalm, part praise psalm. It is truly remarkable in its theological and spiritually applicable scope. It is a wonderful devotional prayer, combining honor
Continue reading...Your Gentleness Has Made Me Great – Psalm 18
This is David’s psalm of praise for how God fulfilled His promise to David to honor his kingship and defeat all his enemies. God did it by showing up in power (references to earthquakes and hailstorms
Continue reading...Keep Me as the Apple of Your Eye – Psalm 17
Just this week the president of Haiti was assassinated in his home. People in power are under constant threat of attack. David, the king of Israel, was no different. All believers are under constant
Continue reading...Fullness of Joy – Psalm 16
The apostle Peter refers to this psalm when he preaches on the day of Pentecost after receiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in languages he and the others did not know. In Acts 2:27 he quotes verse
Continue reading...Dwelling in God’s Tent – Psalm 15
Here is a wisdom psalm, like psalm 1 or psalm 73. You will find similar themes in Proverbs. David wants to (figuratively) live in Yahweh’s tent, to be in right relationship with Yahweh, and to
Continue reading...A Fool’s Belief – Psalm 14
I have occasionally thought it would just be easier to discount God altogether than to keep trying to explain how He could allow so much suffering or keep defending His seeming failure to come to the rescue
Continue reading...Will You Forget Me Forever? – Psalm 13
I was feeling like I had every right to ask God to take away my pain and heal me, but as the pain endured my confidence in God’s willingness to help me waned. I gave up asking God to help me and
Continue reading...Flee Like a Bird – Psalm 11
Crosby, Stills and Nash sang, in Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, “I’ve got an answer, I’m going to fly away. What have I got to lose?” Have you ever felt like simply getting away from
Continue reading...Forget Not the Afflicted – Psalm 10
This psalm feels like a companion to Psalm 73. We don’t know who wrote it, but like us, he had experienced God seeming to hide Himself away during the psalmist’s times of trouble. He saw
Continue reading...Throne of Justice – Psalm 9
This is a psalm of praise for deliverance from enemies, with a request for continued deliverances from enemies who never cease to afflict. Perhaps you have seen God deliver you from your enemies. Maybe
Continue reading...When I Look at the Heavens – Psalm 8
Thomas Manton, 17th century English Puritan clergyman best known for his skilled expository preaching, “points us to the great advantages for our faith in pondering God’s creation: David’s
Continue reading...Messianic Psalms
TYPES OF MESSIANIC PSALMS Most psalms are not Messianic in the sense that there is a direct reference or prediction to Messiah in them. Rather, they are an indirect prediction in that the immediate reference
Continue reading...Judge Me – Psalm 7:1-13
Celebrity Bill Cosby, convicted for rape and imprisoned in 2018, was released from prison on June 30, 2021, due to a technicality, something that created great consternation for the many women he was accused
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