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

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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