NOVEMBER 24, 2024 Psalm 69:20-21 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. As has been mentioned previously, not only was David […]
NOVEMBER 23, 2024 Psalm 69:17-18 Do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily. Draw near to my soul and redeem it; ransom me because of my enemies. In the previous devotion, we mentioned the fact that there have been times in Israel’s history when they found themselves in […]
NOVEMBER 22, 2024 Psalm 69:17-18 Do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily. Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; ransom me because of my enemies. It is written, “If one of your brethren becomes poor, and has sold some of his possession, then his near kinsman shall come to redeem […]
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 Psalm 68:32-33 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah. To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice. This psalm begins with the prayer, “Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered!” The enemies referred to […]
NOVEMBER 20, 2024 Psalm 69:1-2 Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. As we all know, David was more than just a king and a psalmist; he was also a prophet. This psalm, […]
NOVEMBER 17, 2024 Psalm 68:24-25 They have seen Your procession, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the maidens playing timbrels. To truly appreciate what David conveyed by these words, we must understand the context established in the previous verses. Before the […]
NOVEMBER 16, 2024 Psalm 68:19-20 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation! Selah. Our God is the God of salvation; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death. It has always been God’s intention to pour out blessing and life on mankind; this is certainly evident in the beginning before Adam made that fateful decision to disobey. In […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2024 Psalm 68:18 You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell there. Most of us are familiar with the wording David uses here, although most of us are more familiar with Paul’s paraphrase of this verse in his letter to […]
NOVEMBER 14, 2024 Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. When an earthly king goes out to war, he is accompanied by a great, and hopefully, superior army. Obviously, this is meant to intimidate his enemy and insure that his interests have the […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 Psalm 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. In Judaism, there is a very strong thematic connection between Mount Sinai and Mount Moriah — one that speaks of God’s desire to dwell among His people as their King. It was at […]
NOVEMBER 12, 2024 Psalm 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Zalmon. Before we begin discussing the intent of this verse, let me share an alternate rendering of this same verse provided by a Jewish translation of the Scripture: “When Shaddai prostrates kings, those in shadowy darkness shall be whitened.” […]
NOVEMBER 11, 2024 Psalm 68:13 Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, you will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. In the previous devotion, we proposed that David alluded to the fact God’s people are tasked with proclaiming the Word of God to the nations. This is […]