All this has come upon us,though we have not forgotten you,and we have not been false to your covenant.Our heart has not turned back,nor have our steps departed from your way;yet you have broken us in the place of jackalsand covered us with the shadow of death.If we had forgotten the name of our GodorContinue reading “Psalm 44: 17-26….What do you think?”
Author Archives: Barry Hicks
Psalm 44: 9-17…..Is this self deception?
But you have rejected us and disgraced usand have not gone out with our armies.You have made us turn back from the foe,and those who hate us have gotten spoil.You have made us like sheep for slaughterand have scattered us among the nations.You have sold your people for a trifle,demanding no high price for them.YouContinue reading “Psalm 44: 9-17…..Is this self deception?”
Psalm 44: 1-8….A true History!
O God, we have heard with our ears,our fathers have told us,what deeds you performed in their days,in the days of old:you with your own hand drove out the nations,but them you planted;you afflicted the peoples,but them you set free;for not by their own sword did they win the land,nor did their own arm saveContinue reading “Psalm 44: 1-8….A true History!”
Psalm 43: 1-5……Triumphant hope in God.
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my causeagainst an ungodly people,from the deceitful and unjust mandeliver me!For you are the God in whom I take refuge;why have you rejected me?Why do I go about mourningbecause of the oppression of the enemy?Send out your light and your truth;let them lead me;let them bring me to yourContinue reading “Psalm 43: 1-5……Triumphant hope in God.”
Psalm 42: 9-11…..The fickle me!
I say to God, my rock:“Why have you forgotten me?Why do I go mourningbecause of the oppression of the enemy?”As with a deadly wound in my bones,my adversaries taunt me,while they say to me all the day long,“Where is your God?”Why are you cast down, O my soul,and why are you in turmoil within me?HopeContinue reading “Psalm 42: 9-11…..The fickle me!”
Psalm 42: 1-8…Commences the second book of Psalms.
As a deer pants for flowing streams,so pants my soul for you, O God.My soul thirsts for God,for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God?My tears have been my foodday and night,while they say to me all the day long,“Where is your God?”These things I remember,as I pour out my soul:how IContinue reading “Psalm 42: 1-8…Commences the second book of Psalms.”
Genesis 41: 1-8….Two Whole Years.
After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the otherContinue reading “Genesis 41: 1-8….Two Whole Years.”
Genesis 40: 16-23…..The bad news.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head.” AndContinue reading “Genesis 40: 16-23…..The bad news.”
Genesis 40: 6-15….. The Good News first.
When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, “Why are your faces downcast today?” They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said toContinue reading “Genesis 40: 6-15….. The Good News first.”
Genesis 39: 21-ch40:5…..Joseph no-longer alone!
But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. TheContinue reading “Genesis 39: 21-ch40:5…..Joseph no-longer alone!”
As I read it! 