Psalms

Help and Hope

I am reminded, today, that psalms are actually songs. As we think about this as music, there is tendency, perhaps, to try to categorize the psalms generally but also this one specifically. One wouldn’t likely call it a ditty, maybe a lament instead. Would you expect this . . .

Ebullient Praise

Psalm 45: 1         God’s Word My heart is overflowing with good news. I will direct my song to the king. My tongue is a pen for a skillful writer. This psalm is written about Jesus and his bride, which is the church. The psalmist saw into the spiritual realm and was overwhelmed […]

Old is New Again

Proverb 4: 7 The beginning of wisdom is: acquire wisdom; and with all your acquiring, get understanding. I have a question for you today. Proverbs is a wisdom book, so is it primarily a book of the Old Testament or does it transcend the Old Testament? Is its advice pertinent to this generation? Okay, so […]

Selah

Psalm 32: 7 – 8       Amp You are my hiding place; You, Lord, protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance.     Selah. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My […]

Spiritual Wine

Ephesians 5: 18 – 19 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord. The Apostle Paul has a way of stretching one’s mind beyond its […]

Clean Hands

Psalm 18: 24 Therefore, the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. There are a few Old Testament prophets who have New Testament eyes and spirits. David and Isaiah are chief among these. David wrote most of the psalms and he wrote this one […]

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