MAY 13, 2025 Psalm 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. In regard to its’ young, a bird can use its feathers to shelter the chicks or, in some cases, fly them to safety. Essentially the mother bird uses her wings […]
MAY 12, 2025 Psalm 91:2-3 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. There is a tradition that says, as Moses ascended Mount Sinai to meet with […]
MAY 11, 2025 Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” As was noted in a previous devotion, tradition says that Moses composed this psalm on […]
MAY 10, 2025 Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” There is a belief in Judaism that when God created the world, He determined to […]
MAY 9, 2025 Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.” According to Jewish tradition, Moses composed this psalm on the day the Sanctuary was completed […]
MAY 8, 2025 Psalm 90:17 Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands. When God instructed Israel to build “Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them,” the benefit was not intended to be for […]
MAY 7, 2025 Psalm 90:16-17 Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us. In the verses just before the above text, Moses appeals to Heaven for compassion, mercy and reprieve from the afflictions suffered by God’s people. In […]
MAY 6, 2025 Psalm 90:12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Before the flood of Noah, men lived for hundreds of years meaning that there was ample time and opportunity for God to be revealed to mankind. In that prediluvian period, men had much more time to […]
MAY 3, 2025 Psalm 90:3-4 You turn man to destruction, and say, “Return, O children of men.” For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. Before the flood of Noah, men lived to several hundred years old. Noah himself lived to be 950 years old; Adam […]
MAY 4, 2025 Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your countenance. How many conversations and interactions with people, strangers and loved ones alike, have we forgotten? I’m sure the count is innumerable — at least from our vantage point. Yes, key events in our life — things that […]
APRIL 30, 2025 Psalm 89:44-45 You have made his glory cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah In the previous devotion, we addressed how the House of David was likened to the sun and moon in terms of brightness but […]
MAY 5, 2025 Psalm 90:10 The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. All of our days have been determined — at least that is what I […]
