AUGUST 17, 2024 Psalm 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. After several verses in which he described the fate of those who do evil, David professes confidence that God will sustain him just as surely as He preserves the […]
AUGUST 16, 2024 Psalm 52:1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually. What constitutes being mighty in the eyes of man? Is a man mighty because he is physically stronger than his brother, more influential than his brother, or simply more aggressive than another? One commentator asked the question […]
AUGUST 15, 2024 Psalm 52 To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Let’s explore one last vein of thought about Doeg and David before actually getting into the substance of the psalm. As we have already acknowledged, […]
AUGUST 14, 2024 Psalm 52 To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” I’d like to expound a bit more on the inspiration for this psalm of David: the events that transpired when he received provision from the […]
AUGUST 13, 2024 Psalm 52 To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” In our Bibles, this introduction precedes verse one. However, in the Hebrew Bible this is the first verse and provides important context to David’s words. […]
AUGUST 12, 2024 Psalm 51:18-19 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then they shall offer bulls on Your altar. Let’s consider what we have addressed in the two previous devotions; in summary, […]
AUGUST 11, 2024 Psalm 51:16-17 You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart— these, O God, You will not despise. In the very beginning of time we are told of two men, both raised […]
AUGUST 10, 2024 Psalm 51:16-17 You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart— these, O God, You will not despise. When you consider all the different sacrifices and offerings described in the Law of […]
AUGUST 9, 2024 Psalm 51:12-13 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You. In the physical world, death is final; there is no do over after we leave this world. However in the eternal world, a man’s soul […]
AUGUST 8, 2024 Psalm 51:10-11 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. These, along with the following verse, are some of the most heart-felt and heart wrenching words in all of […]
AUGUST 7, 2024 Psalm 51:8-9 Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. As was discussed in the previous devotion, David seems to hint that, in acknowledging his sin, he felt as if he were suffering the same affliction […]
AUGUST 5, 2024 Psalm 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. It is typical of us, as humans, to seek understanding and knowledge that resonates in our mind as being sensible and truthful. The problem with this scenario is that what and how […]