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My People Did Not Listen to My Voice – Psalm 81
We are hosting an international exchange student in our home who is finishing his senior year of high school. He’s a great kid. But I noticed early on that he was having some difficulty getting
Continue reading...Restore Us – Psalm 80:4-18
I recently sodded my yard. Where once there was hard-scrabble dirt, there was now green grass, all the more green and luscious looking after many days of watering it. I’ve cared for my grass,
Continue reading...Why Should the Nations Say, “Where Is Their God?” – Psalm 79
Two nations conquered Israel and Judah, the two halves of the nation of Israel, God’s people, in the eighth and seventh centuries before Christ. Assyria and then Babylon were used by God to punish
Continue reading...Tell the Coming Generation – Psalm 78:1-8
Is teaching your children about God and His works really effective in helping your children come to faith? Asaph believed so. A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears
Continue reading...I Will Remember – Psalm 77
I read a fascinating article by Sarah Olsen on reminiscence therapy and its use with senior adults, even Alzheimer’s sufferers. The benefits of helping people remember their lives is stunning.
Continue reading...Feared by the Kings of the Earth – Psalm 76
It has been nearly impossible for any nation to avoid war with other nations. Survival as a people moves us to engage in the ugliest of human activities, the destruction of human lives in brutal combat.
Continue reading...Your Name Is Near – Psalm 75
What is wrong with us Christians of late? We have acted as if some political leader is the salvation of our nation. No political leader can bring the justice or peace we long for. Have we become
Continue reading...O God, Why – Psalm 74
The psalmist does not hesitate to question what God is doing when it makes no sense to him. He is wrong in the sense that God has not done something senseless, but he is not castigated or shamed for
Continue reading...It Is Good to Be Near God – Psalm 73
This is a wisdom psalm, dealing with the suffering of the righteous, much like the book of Job does. Asaph was David’s appointee to lead worship in Israel at the temple. But he was struggling
Continue reading...Of Solomon – Psalm 72
This note from the ESV Study Bible is excellent: The last psalm of Book 2 is a royal psalm, praying that the heirs of David’s line (beginning with Solomon) might have success in the task that God has
Continue reading...Old Age and Gray Hairs – Psalm 71:17-21
O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your
Continue reading...God Is Great – Psalm 70
David’s psalm is an urgent, quick prayer to Yahweh for deliverance. He wrote it to be used at a memorial offering he made to give honor to Yahweh for delivering him. The ESV Study Bible describes
Continue reading...Zeal for Your House – Psalm 69:4-12
When democratic Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter admitted in an interview with Playboy magazine that he had “looked on a lot of women with lust” and “committed adultery” in his
Continue reading...God Shall Arise – Psalm 68:1-3
The lyrics to John Lennon’s song, Imagine: Imagine there’s no heaven, It’s easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin’ for today Imagine
Continue reading...Shine Upon Us – Psalm 67
Take a listen to a priest in Israel today, at the wailing wall in Jerusalem, singing the Aaronic and priestly blessing over the people. This is the blessing incorporated by the psalmist in his psalm,
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