FEBRUARY 20, 2024 Psalm 29:8-9 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth, and strips the forests bare; and in His temple everyone says, “Glory!” In these verses, David continues describing the might and majesty of God’s voice. In the previous devotion, we shared that the […]
FEBRUARY 19, 2024 Psalm 29:5-6 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. There is a forest in northern Israel where many tall cedars grow very lofty. Several times […]
FEBRUARY 17, 2024 Psalm 29:3-4 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is over many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. Throughout this psalm, David mentions the voice of the LORD; in fact, he mentions it seven times. Understandably, that particular number of mentions has prompted Bible […]
FEBRUARY 18, 2024 Psalm 29:5-6 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon. He makes them also skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire. As we were sharing in the previous devotions, David calls on all people, great and small, […]
FEBRUARY 16, 2024 Psalm 29:1-2 Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. There is reason to believe that this is the psalm David delivered “into the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the Lord” (1 Chronicles 16:7) when […]
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 Psalm 28:6-7 Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications! The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him. As was mentioned in the previous devotion, the gods of the nations are nothing […]
FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Psalm 28:1 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock. As is so often the case, interesting and provocative tidbits that would have been otherwise overlooked when reading Scripture in English, are brought to light when looking at the text in Hebrew. In this instance, let’s look at the Hebrew word translated as […]
FEBRUARY 12, 2024 Psalm 27:13-14 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord! Let me share something with you that you already know — […]
FEBRUARY 11, 2024 Psalm 27:13-14 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord! As was related in the previous devotion, it is important that […]
FEBRUARY 10, 2024 Psalm 27:11-12 Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence. It occurs to me that there are a couple of ways we […]
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 Psalm 27:9-10 Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take care of me. There is a hint of sadness in David’s words in that he conveyed a sense of feeling totally alone were it not for the […]
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 Psalm 27:8-9 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help. We live in a day when communication has become extremely convenient, and at the same […]
