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.”
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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!”
Genesis 39: 14-21….The Scream!
……she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and criedContinue reading “Genesis 39: 14-21….The Scream!”
Genesis 39: 6b-14…..Liar, liar…..
Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that heContinue reading “Genesis 39: 6b-14…..Liar, liar…..”
Genesis 39: 1-6….Elevated but still a slave!
Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master. HisContinue reading “Genesis 39: 1-6….Elevated but still a slave!”
As I read it! 