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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...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,
Continue reading...God Has Listened – Psalm 66:16-20
If by “answered prayer” we mean a “Yes” from God, a granting of our request, then not all prayers are answered. There are conditions or requirements established by God that govern whether He
Continue reading...O You Who Hear Prayer – Psalm 65
On Thursday To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song. Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed. O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. When iniquities
Continue reading...The Secret Plots of the Wicked – Psalm 64
My granddaughter worked for a coffee shop and a group of employees who didn’t like the younger and recently elevated manager banded together to make accusations against her and got her fired. My
Continue reading...I Have Looked Upon You – Psalm 63
As you may have guessed by now, the editor of Psalms has bunched together several psalms of David that were inspired by his time fleeing Saul, before he became king. Much of this time was spent in the
Continue reading...For God Alone My Soul Waits in Silence – Psalm 62
This is the hardest thing for us to do, to put our trust in God alone, and even harder to do so in silence. To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. For God alone my soul waits in silence; from
Continue reading...Let Me Dwell in Your Tent Forever – Psalm 61
Poetry is all about metaphors. There are many in this psalm. “From the end of the earth,” meaning at the most extreme places of danger. “When my heart is faint,” meaning when
Continue reading...You Have Made Your People See Hard Things – Psalm 60
This psalm of David describes a situation the Scriptures do not otherwise give a full account of, referring, as it does, to David’s campaigns against the enemies of Israel after he first became king.
Continue reading...I Will Sing of Your Strength – Psalm 59:16,17
This is yet another psalm in which the header describes its situational origin as the time when king Saul was seeking to kill David and David had to flee for safety. This particular psalm refers to 1
Continue reading...The Blood of the Wicked – Psalm 58
It is easy in our modern world to recall rulers who embody evil and leave a path of destruction in their wakes. Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Leopold II, Kim Il-Sung, Saddam Hussein,
Continue reading...Be Exalted, O God – Psalm 57
Are we surprised that several of David’s psalms come out of his experience fleeing Saul. He’s been anointed by Samuel to be the next king, but he is running around Israel to avoid being assassinated
Continue reading...God Is For Me – Psalm 56:8-11
This is another psalm of David, a lament about the enemies he fears will take his life. David had sought freedom from king Saul’s constant looking for him to kill him (can you imagine the pressure)
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