It is very interesting to have the exact situation of the writing of this psalm, The 2 verses which directly refer to Doeg’s betrayal are – 1 Sam22: 9-10 – Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the sonContinue reading “Psalm 52: 1-9….The Truth, the Whole Truth and nothing but the Truth!”
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Psalm 51: 13-19….David has been forgiven!
Comment: If you didn’t read yesterday’s devotional, then maybe it would be a good idea to read it first as it was the first half of Psalm 51 and David has been honest with God and their healthy relationship restored! 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,and sinners will return to you. – WhyContinue reading “Psalm 51: 13-19….David has been forgiven!”
Psalm 51: 1-12….David repents.
Background to this Psalm: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. – You’ll remember, probably, that his action involved lust, adultery, unfaithfulness, deceit, murder! Every phrase below is full of meaning! 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to yourContinue reading “Psalm 51: 1-12….David repents.”
Isaiah 10: 12-19: Judgement of the tool (Assyria) that thinks it is the master!
The charging Bull! When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. The Thieving Hand! For he says: “By the strength of my hand I have done it, andContinue reading “Isaiah 10: 12-19: Judgement of the tool (Assyria) that thinks it is the master!”
Isaiah 10: 5-11….You can’t go behind God’s back!
5 Woe to, Assyria, the rod of my anger;the staff in their hands is my fury!6 Against a godless nation I send him,and against the people of my wrath I command him,to take spoil and seize plunder,and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Comment: Here the first word is ‘woe’. AlthoughContinue reading “Isaiah 10: 5-11….You can’t go behind God’s back!”
Isaiah 10: 1-4….Woe- am I expected to respond?
1 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,and the writers who keep writing oppression,2 to turn aside the needy from justiceand to rob the poor of my people of their right,that widows may be their spoil,and that they may make the fatherless their prey! Comment: Who makes the decrees or who are the writers writingContinue reading “Isaiah 10: 1-4….Woe- am I expected to respond?”
Isaiah 9: 8-21….Serious stuff!
8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall on Israel;9 and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart: Comment: How often are we all prone to arrogance and pride! This was written nearly 3,000 years ago butContinue reading “Isaiah 9: 8-21….Serious stuff!”
Isaiah 9: 1-7….A famous Passage!
1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. Comment: RememberContinue reading “Isaiah 9: 1-7….A famous Passage!”
Isaiah 8: 11-22….The prophet suffers opposition!
For the LORD spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. Comment: It is so important to follow whatContinue reading “Isaiah 8: 11-22….The prophet suffers opposition!”
Isaiah 8: 1-10….What a name! – poor kid!
Comment: ‘The spoil speeds, the prey hastens’ was the name which Isaiah was told by God to call his soon to be born son. I wonder how the family shortened it. The word translated ‘spoil’ could be translated ‘spoiler’, which helps me to understand the meaning. Assyria is soon to come and the tribes ofContinue reading “Isaiah 8: 1-10….What a name! – poor kid!”
As I read it! 