JULY 27, 2026 Psalm 145:8-9 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. In these verses, the psalmist continues to applaud God’s many attributes. In consideration of His eternal and unlimited power, it is likely impossible to say one is greater […]
JULY 26, 2026 Psalm 145:6-7 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, and I will declare Your greatness. They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness. Over several verses, the psalmist makes a commitment to speak of God’s greatness and goodness to everyone he meets. In addressing […]
JULY 25, 2026 Psalm 145:3-4 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts. The greatness of any mortal king is limited but not so with the God of Israel — just as He has no beginning or end, His majesty and […]
JULY 24, 2026 Psalm 145:1-2 A Praise of David. I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. Of all the psalms within the Scripture, this particular psalm is the only one entitled […]
JULY 23, 2026 Psalm 144:14-15 That our oxen may be well laden; that there be no breaking in or going out that there be no outcry in our streets. Happy are the people who are in such a state; happy are the people whose God is the Lord! As we have addressed in the previous devotions, David’s prayer on his own behalf was also in consideration of future […]
JULY 22, 2026 Psalm 144:11-12 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners … that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as pillars, sculptured in palace style. If one looks closely, you will see that scattered throughout the Scripture are passages that liken men to trees. It is, in […]
JULY 21, 2026 Psalm 144:11-12 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners … that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as pillars, sculptured in palace style. Throughout the psalms, David pleaded with the Lord to deliver him from the hand of his enemies lest he be killed. In […]
JULY 20, 2026 Psalm 144:5-7 Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Flash forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. Stretch out Your hand from above. In these verses, David acknowledged the stark contrast between man’s brief and limited influence in the […]
JULY 19, 2026 Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Before we move on, I think it is beneficial to consider this final analogy David used to describe man’s existence — “a passing shadow.” To appreciate his words, let’s first consider a huge, stationary object such as a massive oak […]
JULY 18, 2026 Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. In the previous devotion, we focused on David’s query as to why God would concern Himself with man seeing that we are frail and finite flesh. In the verse above, he continued to address this issue, likening man to nothing […]
JULY 17, 2026 Psalm 144:3 Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? With these words, David reveals his innate humility. Having reached the pinnacle of success and notoriety, following a string of victories over his adversaries, he stood head and shoulders above his countrymen. […]
JULY 16, 2026 Psalm 144:1-2 Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle— my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me. There are many events in David’s life that may have inspired these words, but […]
