Psalm 16: 1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” In this verse I think you can hear the absolute trust David had in the Lord. He seems to have reached a place in […]
Psalm 16: 8 I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. That is a good feeling, to know that God Almighty is at your right hand. King David, the author of this psalm, had practice walking with God. He had experience with Him. […]
Psalm 35: 11 – 16 NIV Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about. They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn. Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me […]
Psalm 25: 9 He leads the humble in justice, and He teaches the humble His way. You can hang out in the twenty-fifth psalm for a long time. There is much nourishment for the soul here. So how did I choose verse nine? I am often attracted to the verses that promise God will lead […]
Psalm 31: 22 As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Thine eyes”; nevertheless Thou didst hear the voice of my supplications when I cried to Thee. Here is a song of David which reflects a time of panic in his life. David said that it was a time […]
1 Chronicles 29: 9 Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly. What a beautiful passage of scripture. These people experienced much joy because their hearts were in their giving to the Lord. Did you […]
Psalm 13: 5 But I have trusted in Thy lovingkindness; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. This is a psalm of David described as a prayer for help in trouble. This part of the psalm certainly does not sound like he is praying for help though. The structure of this prayer is so insightful. […]
