Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.Behold, children are a heritageContinue reading “Psalm 127: 1-5….Western families are too small or so think the government!”
Category Archives: Psalms
Creation: ….Evolution or God!
Comment: It doesn’t matter much whether we believe it, if in fact He made it! Our belief doesn’t alter the fact! Well, on the other hand, it matters a lot if, as Creator, God holds us responsible for our reaction to Him. The Bible gives us two basic reasons to worship Jehovah God. He isContinue reading “Creation: ….Evolution or God!”
Integrity….Is it only an OT concept?
Comment: Beginning in Genesis and mentioned in the historical books the word ‘integrity’ is frequently mentioned in the wisdom books. It is mentioned at least sixteen times. However, it is not found in the NT books, although it would be worth checking if the concept is there. In the Old Testament we have – GenContinue reading “Integrity….Is it only an OT concept?”
Selected verses : Fools can mean different things….
Ps 14 1c The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” – There is a period in the life of many people when they hassle with issues of eternity and they may doubt who is, or if there is, a Supreme Being. This passage isn’t referring to them but to those who afterContinue reading “Selected verses : Fools can mean different things….”
Psalms 2….Messianic Psalms
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” Comment:This first portion of Ps 2 sounds like a report on the worldContinue reading “Psalms 2….Messianic Psalms”
Psalms 75: 1-10….From where does real help come?
We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.“At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity. When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah I say to the boastful, ‘Do notContinue reading “Psalms 75: 1-10….From where does real help come?”
Psalms 74: 18-23….Opposites – Scoffers and the Needy
Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs,and a foolish people reviles your name.Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts;do not forget the life of your poor forever. Have regard for the covenant,for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.Let not the downtrodden turnContinue reading “Psalms 74: 18-23….Opposites – Scoffers and the Needy”
Psalms 74: 12-19….Asaph continues….
12 Yet God my King is from of old,working salvation in the midst of the earth.13 You divided the sea by your might;you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.15 You split open springs and brooks;youContinue reading “Psalms 74: 12-19….Asaph continues….”
Psalms 74: 1-11….Pleading for an excellent reason!
1 O God, why do you cast us off forever?Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyedContinue reading “Psalms 74: 1-11….Pleading for an excellent reason!”
Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. Summary: Following on what I have pictured as Asaph’s leading of the congregationContinue reading “Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!”
As I read it! 