OCTOBER 17, 2023 Psalm 10:1 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble? In Jewish tradition, it is believed that this psalm and the previous one is to be read together. At the end of Psalm 9, David — who had been persecuted and oppressed by his enemies — […]
OCTOBER 16, 2023 Psalm 9:19-20 Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your sight. Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. As this psalm concludes, David calls upon the LORD to arise, reminding us of what Moses said in the wilderness — “Arise O LORD and […]
OCTOBER 15, 2023 Psalm 9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid, their own foot is caught. In days of old, hunters used different methods to secure a kill; in addition to spear and arrow, they would often dig pits in which to ensnare their unwitting victim. The […]
OCTOBER 14, 2023 Psalm 9:13-14 Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, that I may tell of all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation. In antiquity, the gates of a city […]
OCTOBER 13, 2023 Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. Looking at the Scripture overall, it becomes clear that God doesn’t care for bullies which is why David […]
OCTOBER 12, 2023 Psalm 9:7-8 The Lord shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment. He shall judge the world in righteousness, and He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. David begins this verse with an obvious truth — the LORD is eternal; an important truth to retain in our mind and spirit […]
OCTOBER 10, 2023 Psalm 9:1-2 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. In the previous devotion, we addressed the circumstances that may have led to the composition of this Psalm. Assuming […]
OCTOBER 8, 2023 Psalm 8:6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet. The Bible records that when God created man, He said to him, “have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing […]
OCTOBER 7, 2023 Psalm 8:5 You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. I’ve often wondered just what David meant by these words seeing that, in all of Creation, only mankind was created in the image and likeness of God. That being said, angels and […]
OCTOBER 6, 2023 Psalm 8:3-4 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? We don’t know exactly what night it was that David stared up at the heavens and […]
OCTOBER 5, 2023 Psalm 8:3-4 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? Why does David not mention the sun along with the moon and stars? Presumably, it is […]
OCTOBER 4, 2023 Psalm 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger. Throughout history, the wicked of this world have demonstrated their displeasure at the overwhelming evidence of God throughout the Creation. For millennia so called scholars, scientists […]