JANUARY 10, 2025 Psalm 75:1 To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near. As the previous psalm concluded, the writer, Asaph, focused on the the rising threat that the nations posed to […]
JANUARY 9, 2025 Psalm 74:19 Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever. It has been said that the dove is the classic example of fidelity. Once a male dove mates with a female, he will never take a different mate. […]
JANUARY 8, 2025 Psalm 74:16-17 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun. You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter. In the very beginning of Creation, the Almighty set distinctions between things like day and night, the light and darkness. As it is […]
JANUARY 7, 2024 Psalm 74:16-17 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun. You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter. Over several verses in this psalm, Asaph acknowledged the seeming mastery of Israel’s enemies over the people of God but then returns to […]
JANUARY 6, 2024 Psalm 74:10-12 O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? For God is my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. As mentioned in a previous devotion, Asaph’s psalm deals […]
JANUARY 5, 2024 Psalm 74:1-2 O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed. As we continue to glean from the opening lines of this psalm, I feel it is important to point […]
JANUARY 4, 2024 Psalm 74:1-2 O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed. As we stated in the previous devotion, Asaph begins this psalm with questioning the strictness of God’s justice when […]
JANUARY 3, 2024 Psalm 74:1-2 O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed. In the previous psalm, Asaph addressed the issue of suffering God’s people must endure in contrast to the apparent […]
JANUARY 1, 2025 Psalm 73:21-24 I was vexed in my mind. I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel. Most of us can identify with what is stated above. When we allow the things of this world to conjure […]
DECEMBER 31, 2024 Psalm 73:17-19 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! I for one truly appreciate the sentiments expressed in this psalm because it’s real. Apparently, Asaph had contemplated […]
DECEMBER 30, 2024 Psalm 73:13-14 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. As the psalmist continues to describe how wicked men seem to prosper unabated by any moral boundaries, he expresses thoughts conjured in the mind of those who […]
DECEMBER 29, 2024 Psalm 73:5-6 They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride serves as their necklace; violence covers them like a garment. Speaking of those who do evil, the psalmist makes this observation — one I would recommend is shared by most people, righteous or not — which is: when bad things happen […]
