God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,though its waters roar and foam,though the mountains tremble at its swelling. SelahThere is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,the holy habitationContinue reading “Psalm 46: 1-5….A faith statement.”
Category Archives: Psalms
Psalm 45: 9-17….The people of His Kingdom.
Comments are included as yesterday…. ….daughters of kings are among your ladies of honour;at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:forget your people and your father’s house,and the king will desire your beauty.Since he is your lord, bow to him. In the Bible theContinue reading “Psalm 45: 9-17….The people of His Kingdom.”
Psalm 45: 1-8….A picture of Jesus. King of Kings.
Comment: I imagine the writer of this psalm sitting and in wonder trying to pull together all the things that piece by piece have been revealed in the scriptures as to what the coming Messiah would be like. The character of the Messiah is shouted out, and I am just going to intersperse through theContinue reading “Psalm 45: 1-8….A picture of Jesus. King of Kings.”
Psalm 44: 17-26….What do you think?
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?”
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 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.”
Acts 13: 34b-41….David could not have been talking about himself!
‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’Therefore he says also in another psalm,“‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, but he whom God raised upContinue reading “Acts 13: 34b-41….David could not have been talking about himself!”
Psalm 41: 7-13….Trust in the midst of problems.
All who hate me whisper together about me;they imagine the worst for me.They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him;he will not rise again from where he lies.”Even my close friend in whom I trusted,who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.But you, O LORD, be gracious to me,and raise meContinue reading “Psalm 41: 7-13….Trust in the midst of problems.”
As I read it! 