JUNE 13, 2026 Psalm 139:1-3 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. In the previous psalm, David took note of the fact that, though the Lord is exalted, […]
JUNE 12, 2026 Psalm 139:1-3 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. It is observed in Jewish commentary that no other psalm is quite like this one in […]
JUNE 11, 2026 Psalm 138:6 Though the Lord is on high, yet He regards the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar. Among men, it is typical for the high and mighty to pay attention to the comings and goings of the high and mighty. On the flip side of the social coin, it is just as typical […]
JUNE 10, 2026 Psalm 138:4-5 All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Lord, when they hear the words of Your mouth. Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord. Considering that these words were penned by David, let us consider the journey that resulted in David becoming […]
JUNE 9, 2026 Psalm 138:1-2 I will praise You with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to You. I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all Your name. The God of Israel is defined for us, […]
JUNE 8, 2026 Psalm 138:1-2 I will praise You with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to You. I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all Your name. This psalm, written by David, begins as most […]
JUNE 7, 2026 Psalm 137:5-6 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth— if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief In the previous devotion, we addressed the idea that to forget Jerusalem is akin […]
JUNE 6, 2026 Psalm 137:5-6 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth— if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy. Since the destruction of the Second Temple (also referred to as Herod’s Temple), […]
JUNE 5, 2026 Psalm 137:3-4 Those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, and those who plundered us requested mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? There’s a different tradition associated with these verses that reveal just how the Jews in Babylon were taunted by […]
JUNE 4, 2026 Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. This psalm begins with a deep sense of sadness for it obviously describes those who were sent into exile after the destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple. After a long journey during which […]
JUNE 3, 2026 Psalm 136:23-25 Who remembered us in our lowly state… and rescued us from our enemies (and) who gives food to all flesh, for His mercy endures forever. After providing a long list of examples describing God’s kindness and mercy to His people, the psalmist concludes this song with a miracle that, on the surface, doesn’t seem […]
JUNE 2, 2026 Psalm 136:5-6 To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, for His mercy endures forever. To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, for His mercy endures forever. Continuing with the theme of this psalm — God’s mastery of His creation — the author acknowledges that only God has the intelligence and wisdom to […]
