OCTOBER 19, 2025 Psalm 109:1-2 Do not keep silent, O God of my praise! For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. This is another of the many psalms said to have been composed by David as he was being […]
OCTOBER 18, 2025 Psalm 108:10-13 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me to Edom? Is it not You, O God, who cast us off? And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies? Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless. Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies. For […]
OCTOBER 17, 2025 Psalm 108:7-9 God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth. Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head … Moab is My washpot; over Edom I will cast My shoe; over Philistia I will triumph.” It is well substantiated in Scripture that anything […]
OCTOBER 16, 2025 Psalm 108:3-5 I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to You among the nations. For Your mercy is great above the heavens, and Your truth reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and Your glory above all the earth. In spite of his many difficulties and various […]
OCTOBER 15, 2025 Psalm 108:2-3 Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to You among the nations. Imagine you have been betrayed by those who were, at one time, very close to you — family no less. Not only betrayed […]
OCTOBER 13, 2025 Psalm 107:42-43 The righteous see and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth. Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. As this psalm concludes, the writer states his reason for detailing the works of God’s deliverance — that the wise may observe, understand and be glad. Only those who […]
OCTOBER 12, 2025 Psalm 107:35-36 He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs. There He makes the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city for a dwelling place. As addressed in the previous devotion, God is able to transform the natural landscape in accordance with His will. If […]
OCTOBER 11, 2025 Psalm 107:33-34 He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. In the first part of this psalm, the composer elaborated on how God could and does transform a dangerous and trying situation into one of rejoicing […]
OCTOBER 10, 2025 Psalm 107:23-24 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters, they see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. For several verses, the psalmist describes the perils faced by those who sail the seas, which inspires them to observe the “works of […]
OCTOBER 9, 2025 Psalm 107:19-20 They cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. The Bible tells us that, during the time that the Assyrians were threatening the people Judah, King Hezekiah became sick unto death. In fact, the prophet Isaiah […]
OCTOBER 8, 2025 Psalm 107:8-9 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. Through the centuries there have been those kings and potentates who bestowed favor upon their subjects, not out of genuine kindness, but as […]
OCTOBER 7, 2025 Psalm 107:4-6 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. Imagine having to traverse a vast, dusty wilderness and having no idea […]
