MARCH 27, 2026 Psalm 120:6-7 My soul has dwelt too long with one who hates peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. One would think that any reasonable person would always desire peace over conflict — one would think. Unfortunately, there are people in this world — and always […]
MARCH 26, 2026 Psalm 120:2-3 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to you, or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? God’s people are subjected to many forms of suffering that induces the distress discussed in the previous devotion, but none so […]
MARCH 25, 2026 Psalm 120:1 In my distress I cried to the Lord, and He heard me. Everyone knows what it’s like to be stressed; most everyone knows what it’s like to be in distress, but not everyone has experienced the depths of tribulation. That is, in reality, what the psalmist describes — a situation […]
MARCH 22, 2026 Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. The psalmist, presumably David, began this psalm with the words, “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies.” Throughout the psalm, he continued to […]
MARCH 21, 2026 Psalm 119:169-170 Let my cry come before You, O Lord; give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word. These verses begin the last section of this very lengthy psalm, under the heading ת tav — the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. […]
MARCH 20, 2026 Psalm 119:165 Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble. Have you ever been in a dispute with someone who simply would not accept that they were wrong in spite of the facts that proved they were? In such a scenario, ןt has been my experience […]
MARCH 19, 2026 Psalm 119:163-164 I hate and abhor lying, but I love Your law … because of Your righteous judgments. I believe it is fair to say that most people, even most unbelievers, have a natural aversion to falsehood. That is not to say that most people wouldn’t tell a “little white lie” if […]
MARCH 18, 2026 Psalm 119:162 I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure. The Bible is a book filled with hidden treasures, but like any treasure, they must be sought out and uncovered. Messiah said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will […]
MARCH 17, 2026 Psalm 119:161 Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word. This verse begins the next-to-last section of this psalm, designated as ש shiyn — the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The word שין shiyn literally means “tooth,” a fact that rabbinical commentators see as […]
MARCH 16, 2026 Psalm 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. According to Jewish belief, the first of the ten commands is “I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt.” In other words, everything we believe, as servants of God, is predicated on the fact that He […]
