Posts with the category “psalms”

Read: Psalm 52:8–9; Romans 8:38–39“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.” — Psalm 52:8The man who relied on his own power will be uprooted. David, though hunted and far from secure by ...  Read More

Read: Psalm 52:5–7; Romans 12:19–21; 1 Corinthians 15:26“The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” — 1 Corinthians 15:26God’s judgment in Psalm 52 tells us that cruelty will not have the final word. T...  Read More

Read: Psalm 52:5–7“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches.” — Psalm 52:7Psalm 52 pictures the boasting man as firmly established. He has a dwelling, ...  Read More

Read: Psalm 52:1–4; 1 Peter 2:21–25“The steadfast love of God endures all the day.” — Psalm 52:1David speaks of God’s steadfast love while remembering terrible evil at Nob. The priests were killed, th...  Read More

Read: Psalm 52:1–4; 1 Samuel 22:6–10“Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor.” — Psalm 52:2Doeg told Saul that Ahimelech had given David bread and a sword. Those details were true. But Ahime...  Read More

Read: Psalm 56:10–13“You have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.” — Psalm 56:13Psalm 56 begins with enemies pressing upon David a...  Read More

Read: Psalm 56:8–11; Romans 8:31–39“This I know, that God is for me.” — Psalm 56:9David did not say, “This I feel.” Nothing about Gath felt safe. Enemies surrounded him, his future was uncertain, and ...  Read More

Read: Psalm 56:5–9; Hebrews 5:7“You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?” — Psalm 56:8David’s danger did not disappear after his first confession of ...  Read More

Read: Psalm 56:3–4, 10–11“In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?” — Psalm 56:4David’s confidence was not rooted in positive thinking. He did not s...  Read More

Read: 1 Samuel 21:10–15; Psalm 56:1–4“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” — Psalm 56:3David had good reason to be afraid. He had fled from Saul, left his friend Jonathan, and entered Gath—the ho...  Read More

Read: Psalm 59:11–15“For the sin of their mouths…let them be trapped in their pride.” —Psalm 59:12Some of David’s prayers in Psalm 59 may make us uncomfortable. He asks God to confront, expose, and ju...  Read More

Read: Psalm 59:6–10“O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.” —Psalm 59:9David describes his enemies prowling around the city like snarling dogs. They were loud, violent, ...  Read More

Read: Psalm 59:1–5“Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me.” —Psalm 59:1David wrote Psalm 59 during one of the most frightening nights of his life. Saul had ...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 23:5–6; John 10:27–29; Revelation 7:17“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.” — Psalm 23:6Psalm 23 beg...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 23:3; 1 Peter 2:24–25“He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” — Psalm 23:3Sheep are prone to wander. They become distracted, leave the safe pa...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 23:1–2; Romans 8:31–32“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.” — Psalm 23:2When David says, “I shall not want,” he is not claiming that God will sati...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 23:1; John 10:11–14“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” — Psalm 23:1David had been a shepherd, but in Psalm 23 he takes the place of a sheep. Though he became Israel’s king, h...  Read More

Read: Psalm 1:3–6Psalm 1 presents two people, two paths, and two destinies. The righteous are like a fruitful tree, while the wicked are like chaff blown away by the wind. One path is known and guarde...  Read More

Read: Psalm 1:3; John 15:4–5Psalm 1 compares the righteous person to a tree planted beside streams of water. The tree bears fruit, its leaves do not wither, and it remains strong because it has a depe...  Read More

Read: Psalm 1:2Psalm 1 says that the blessed person meditates on God’s Word “day and night.” Biblical meditation is not emptying the mind. It is filling the mind with Scripture and allowing God’s trut...  Read More

Read: Psalm 1:2The blessed person does not merely avoid the wrong path. He has discovered something better: “his delight is in the law of the Lord.”For many Christians, Bible reading can feel more lik...  Read More

Read: Psalm 1:1Psalm 1 begins by describing a person who refuses to be shaped by the world’s rebellion against God. The progression is striking: walking, standing, and finally sitting. What begins as ...  Read More