NOVEMBER 9, 2024 Psalm 68:9-10 You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, when it was weary. Your congregation dwelt in it; You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor. Messiah said that, as God’s people, we are not to respond to our enemies as men typically do; in […]
NOVEMBER 8, 2024 Psalm 68:8 The earth shook; the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. When the people of Israel arrived at Mount Sinai, they were given instructions to prepare themselves for an audience with the Almighty. They were alerted to the fact […]
NOVEMBER 7, 2024 Psalm 68:7 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness, Selah. The Bible records that when God led Israel out of Egypt, rather than taking them on the most direct path to Canaan — a journey of days as opposed to years — He elected to take […]
NOVEMBER 6, 2024 Psalm 68:5-6 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity. In the previous devotion, we highlighted the fact that the Almighty, though He reigns as Sovereign of the Universe, He is […]
NOVEMBER 5, 2024 Psalm 68:5-6 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity. In Jewish thought, there is a scriptural “golden rule” of sorts that says, whenever Scripture mentions God’s might, it immediately speaks […]
NOVEMBER 4, 2024 Psalm 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name; extol Him who rides on the clouds, by His name Yah, and rejoice before Him. Before we move on to the rest of this psalm, let’s consider another inspirational thought conveyed through the words of David, specifically the Hebrew word aravot translated as “clouds.” The […]
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 Psalm 68:2-3 As the wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish in the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God; yes, let them rejoice exceedingly. I find it fascinating that what scatters one group unites another. By that, I mean that the […]
OCTOBER 31, 2024 Psalm 68:1-2 Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered. Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. Hitler once explained the reason for his intense hatred for Jews this […]
OCTOBER 30, 2024 Psalm 68:1-2 Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered. Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. The opening verse of this psalm is based on the passage in […]
