1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me!O LORD, make haste to help me!2 Let them be put to shame and confusionwho seek my life!Let them be turned back and brought to dishonourwho delight in my hurt!3 Let them turn back because of their shamewho say, “Aha, Aha!”4 May all who seek yourejoice and beContinue reading “Psalm 70: 1-5….Now! Now, Please!”
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Isaiah 32: 9-20….What is this all about?
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear my voice;you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.10 In little more than a yearyou will shudder, you complacent women;for the grape harvest fails,the fruit harvest will not come. – things are going to change! Are you concerned?11 Tremble, you women who are at ease,shudder,Continue reading “Isaiah 32: 9-20….What is this all about?”
Psalm 59: 1-10….David, ‘A man after God’s own heart’!
The Introduction written above the Psalm: TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO DO NOT DESTROY. A MIKTAM OF DAVID, WHEN SAUL SENT MEN TO WATCH HIS HOUSE IN ORDER TO KILL 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;protect me from those who rise up against me;2 deliver me from those who work evil,and saveContinue reading “Psalm 59: 1-10….David, ‘A man after God’s own heart’!”
Psalm 57: 1-11….Trapped in a cave!
1 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.2 I cry out to God Most High,to God who fulfills his purpose for me.3 He will send from heaven and save me;he willContinue reading “Psalm 57: 1-11….Trapped in a cave!”
Exodus 21: 18-32….Restitution for Injury.
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time,Continue reading “Exodus 21: 18-32….Restitution for Injury.”
Rev 12: 13-17….Preservation for Israel.
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she isContinue reading “Rev 12: 13-17….Preservation for Israel.”
Revelation 6: 9-17….What is going on?
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood onContinue reading “Revelation 6: 9-17….What is going on?”
Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!
So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” So the people were scattered throughout all the landContinue reading “Exodus 5: 10-18….The New Law is announced!”
Exodus 3: 10-22….A tough Assignment!
Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall beContinue reading “Exodus 3: 10-22….A tough Assignment!”
Psalm 64: 1-10….Daring to complain to God!
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;preserve my life from dread of the enemy.2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,from the throng of evildoers,3 who whet their tongues like swords,who aim bitter words like arrows,4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,shooting at him suddenly and without fear.5 They hold fastContinue reading “Psalm 64: 1-10….Daring to complain to God!”
As I read it! 