OCTOBER 30, 2023 Psalm 13:5-6 But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me. When God has allowed His people to suffer, even be expelled from the land due to sin, their enemies have looked down upon them […]
OCTOBER 29, 2023 Psalm 13:3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death. After questioning God four different times about “How long?” David petitions the LORD for three things in an attempt to assuage his loneliness and what he perceives to be an estrangement from God — Consider, Hear (respond) and […]
OCTOBER 28, 2023 Psalm 13:1-2 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? In the previous devotion, I spoke of exile and the […]
OCTOBER 27, 2023 Psalm 13:1-2 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? Few are they who have not heard of David and […]
OCTOBER 25, 2023 Psalm 12:2 They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things, who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?” Think of all the different organs located in the body and […]
OCTOBER 24, 2023 Psalm 12:1 Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. The word translated as “help” would be better rendered as “save.” The Hebrew word hoshia denotes the need to be rescued from certain peril, thus the use of the word save. Most of you are […]
OCTOBER 23, 2023 Psalm 11:7 The Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright. There is a famous quote ascribed to Oscar Wilde that says, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Unfortunately, some have used this as an excuse for blatantly copying others which, in the business world for example, can get you into serious […]
OCTOBER 22, 2023 Psalm 11:4 The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. If we were only to glance at this verse, something very interesting, even very important, might be overlooked. Specifically, let us consider that the temple David referred to may not have been the Heavenly […]
OCTOBER 21, 2023 Psalm 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? In the midst of his complaint about the wicked and their constant aggression toward the righteous, David asks the question above — “What will the righteous do if the foundations are destroyed?” Apparently, he was concerned that if evil men […]
OCTOBER 19, 2023 Psalm 10:5-6 His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he sneers at them. He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.” Assuming that David is the author of this psalm, as Judaism considers him to […]
OCTOBER 20, 2023 Psalm 11:1 In the Lord I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”? Jewish writers are of the opinion that David wrote this psalm as a result of being hunted by Saul. Once during his time as a fugitive, he was forced to leave Israel and seek […]
OCTOBER 18, 2023 Psalm 10:4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. There is an argument to be made that, when it seems that God is standing afar off, the wicked are seduced into thinking that their actions will prosper and bear no ill consequences for them. Excessive pride […]