You know my reproach, and my shame and my dishonor;my foes are all known to you.Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair.I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine toContinue reading “Psalms 69: 19-28….Perfect Justice sought.”
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Psalms 69: 9-18….Despair turns to Humble Pleading.
For zeal for your house has consumed me,and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.When I wept and humbled my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkardsContinue reading “Psalms 69: 9-18….Despair turns to Humble Pleading.”
Psalms 69: 1-8…..It’s just too much for me!
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me. I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched.My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. More in numberContinue reading “Psalms 69: 1-8…..It’s just too much for me!”
Psalms 68:28-35….Poetic licence freely expressed!
28 Summon your power, O God,the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.29 Because of your temple at Jerusalemkings shall bear gifts to you.30 Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;scatter the peoples who delight inContinue reading “Psalms 68:28-35….Poetic licence freely expressed!”
Psalms 68: 17-26….The Psalmist’s eyes and thoughts wander!
17 The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,thousands upon thousands;the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. Comment: God is a powerful God, don’t underestimate Him!18 You ascended on high,leading a host of captives in your trainand receiving gifts among men,even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.Continue reading “Psalms 68: 17-26….The Psalmist’s eyes and thoughts wander!”
Psalms 68:7-16….Looking Backwards and Forwards.
7 O God, when you went out before your people,when you marched through the wilderness, Selah8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,before God, the One of Sinai,before God, the God of Israel.9 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;you restored your inheritance as it languished;10 your flock found a dwelling in it;inContinue reading “Psalms 68:7-16….Looking Backwards and Forwards.”
Psalms 68:1-6….It’s easy to be skeptical!
1 God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;and those who hate him shall flee before him!2 As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;as wax melts before fire,so the wicked shall perish before God!3 But the righteous shall be glad;they shall exult before God;they shall be jubilant with joy!4 Sing toContinue reading “Psalms 68:1-6….It’s easy to be skeptical!”
Psalms 67: 1-7….True or Wishful Thinking?
1 May God be gracious to us and bless usand make his face to shine upon us, Selah2 that your way may be known on earth,your saving power among all nations.3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;let all the peoples praise you!4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,for you judge theContinue reading “Psalms 67: 1-7….True or Wishful Thinking?”
2 Samuel 24:18-25….A costly sacrifice.
And Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” So David went up at Gad’s word, as the LORD commanded. And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. AndContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:18-25….A costly sacrifice.”
2 Samuel 24:15-17…..It sounds a bit harsh!
So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destructionContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:15-17…..It sounds a bit harsh!”
As I read it! 