I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.I will be glad and exult in you;I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. This psalm is written as many of the psalms are with a thought repeated before moving on to the next stageContinue reading “Psalm 9: 1-10….A series of couplets.”
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Psalm 8 1-9….Look all around you!
O LORD, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens.Out of the mouth of babies and infants,you have established strength because of your foes,to still the enemy and the avenger.When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars, which youContinue reading “Psalm 8 1-9….Look all around you!”
Psalm 7: 14-17….Abnormal pregnancies!
Behold, the wicked man conceives eviland is pregnant with mischiefand gives birth to lies.He makes a pit, digging it out,and falls into the hole that he has made.His mischief returns upon his own head,and on his own skull his violence descends.I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness,and I will singContinue reading “Psalm 7: 14-17….Abnormal pregnancies!”
Psalm 7: 9-13….A plea for righteous judgement.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,and may you establish the righteous—you who test the minds and hearts,O righteous God!My shield is with God,who saves the upright in heart.God is a righteous judge,and a God who feels indignation every day.If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword;he hasContinue reading “Psalm 7: 9-13….A plea for righteous judgement.”
Psalm 7: 1-8….David is charged of evil doing.
O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge;save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.O LORD my God, if I have done this,if there is wrong in my hands,if I have repaid my friend with evilor plunderedContinue reading “Psalm 7: 1-8….David is charged of evil doing.”
Mark 8: 27-30….Clear sight at last.
And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say thatContinue reading “Mark 8: 27-30….Clear sight at last.”
Mark 8: 22-26….We need clear vision!
And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do youContinue reading “Mark 8: 22-26….We need clear vision!”
Mark 8: 14-21….One thing leads to another.
Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. And Jesus, aware ofContinue reading “Mark 8: 14-21….One thing leads to another.”
Mark 8: 11-13…An abridged account.
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” And he left them, got into theContinue reading “Mark 8: 11-13…An abridged account.”
Mark 8: 1-10….Another feast provided.
In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to theirContinue reading “Mark 8: 1-10….Another feast provided.”
As I read it! 