NOVEMBER 24, 2023 Psalm 18:7-9 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, because He was angry. Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness under His feet. […]
NOVEMBER 23, 2023 Psalm 18:4-6 The pangs of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon the Lord and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before […]
NOVEMBER 22, 2023 Psalm 18:2-3 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. When we see the word “horn” in Scripture […]
NOVEMBER 21, 2023 Psalm 18:1-2 A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; […]
NOVEMBER 20, 2023 Psalm 18:1-2 A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; […]
NOVEMBER 18, 2023 Psalm 18:1-2 A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; […]
NOVEMBER 17, 2023 Psalm 17:13-15 Deliver my life from the wicked … O Lord, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their possession for their babes. As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be […]
NOVEMBER 16, 2023 Psalm 17:7-9 Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You from those who rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings, from the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me. As God […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2023 Psalm 17:4-5 Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer. Uphold my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps may not slip. When we think of a path, I would suggest that we typically imagine some long and winding foot […]
NOVEMBER 14, 2023 Psalm 17:3 You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. As was stated in the previous devotion, God never chooses a perfect person but He always perfects those He chooses which is to say, He puts […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2023 Psalm 17:1-2 Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from Your presence; let Your eyes look on the things that are upright. The more we look at David’s prayers and petitions, the more we realize that, in […]
NOVEMBVER 12, 2023 Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. In the previous devotion, we mentioned that Peter referred to David and this particular psalm as speaking prophetically of the Messiah. Addressing those assembled in Jerusalem for Pentecost, he quoted Psalm 16 extensively […]