O God, break the teeth in their mouths;tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!Let them vanish like water that runs away;when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,like the stillborn child who never sees the sun.Sooner than your pots can feel theContinue reading “Psalm 58: 6-11…..the victory is won!”
Category Archives: Psalms
Psalm 58: 1-5…..How many ‘gods’ are there?
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?Do you judge the children of man uprightly?No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;your hands deal out violence on earth.The wicked are estranged from the womb;they go astray from birth, speaking lies.They have venom like the venom of a serpent,like the deaf adder that stops its ear,soContinue reading “Psalm 58: 1-5…..How many ‘gods’ are there?”
Psalm 57: 6-11…..next day!!!
They set a net for my steps;my soul was bowed down.They dug a pit in my way,but they have fallen into it themselves. SelahMy heart is steadfast, O God,my heart is steadfast!I will sing and make melody!Awake, my glory!Awake, O harp and lyre!I will awake the dawn!I will give thanks to you, O Lord, amongContinue reading “Psalm 57: 6-11…..next day!!!”
Psalm 57: 1-5….David was recently anointed king – Saul doesn’t accept the anointing!
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,for in you my soul takes refuge;in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,till the storms of destruction pass by.I cry out to God Most High,to God who fulfills his purpose for me.He will send from heaven and save me;he will put to shameContinue reading “Psalm 57: 1-5….David was recently anointed king – Saul doesn’t accept the anointing!”
Psalm 56: 8-13…..But God has been alert!
You have kept count of my tossings;put my tears in your bottle.Are they not in your book?Then my enemies will turn backin the day when I call.This I know, that God is for me.In God, whose word I praise,in the LORD, whose word I praise,in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.What can manContinue reading “Psalm 56: 8-13…..But God has been alert!”
Psalm 56: 1-7….Poor, poor me!
He starts off well! He at least pleads with God! Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;But then he centres on his woes – all day long an attacker oppresses me;my enemies trample on me all day long,for many attack me proudly.He returns to God and says that He trusts GodContinue reading “Psalm 56: 1-7….Poor, poor me!”
Psalm 55: 16-23…..You can depend on God!
But I call to God,and the LORD will save me.Evening and morning and at noonI utter my complaint and moan,and he hears my voice.He redeems my soul in safetyfrom the battle that I wage,for many are arrayed against me.God will give ear and humble them,he who is enthroned from of old, Selahbecause they do notContinue reading “Psalm 55: 16-23…..You can depend on God!”
Psalm 55: 9-15….A friend betrays.
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;for I see violence and strife in the city.Day and night they go around iton its walls,and iniquity and trouble are within it;ruin is in its midst;oppression and frauddo not depart from its marketplace.For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it;it is not an adversaryContinue reading “Psalm 55: 9-15….A friend betrays.”
Psalm 55: 1-8 An Opened Heart.
Give ear to my prayer, O God,and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!Attend to me, and answer me;I am restless in my complaint and I moan,because of the noise of the enemy,because of the oppression of the wicked.For they drop trouble upon me,and in anger they bear a grudge against me.My heart isContinue reading “Psalm 55: 1-8 An Opened Heart.”
Psalm 54: 1-7….Delivery needed.
O God, save me by your name,and vindicate me by your might.O God, hear my prayer;give ear to the words of my mouth.For strangers have risen against me;ruthless men seek my life;they do not set God before themselves. SelahBehold, God is my helper;the Lord is the upholder of my life.He will return the evil toContinue reading “Psalm 54: 1-7….Delivery needed.”
As I read it! 