7 On God rests my salvation and my glory;my mighty rock, my refuge is God.8 Trust in him at all times, O people;pour out your heart before him;God is a refuge for us. Selah9 Those of low estate are but a breath;those of high estate are a delusion;in the balances they go up;they are togetherContinue reading “Psalm 62: 7-12….Trust in God!”
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Psalm 62: 1-7….In the midst of problems – turn to God!
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.3 How long will all of you attack a manto batter him,like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?4 They only plan to thrust him down from his highContinue reading “Psalm 62: 1-7….In the midst of problems – turn to God!”
Psalm 61: 1-8….A cry from the heart!
1 Hear my cry, O God,listen to my prayer;2 from the end of the earth I call to youwhen my heart is faint.Lead me to the rockthat is higher than I, Comment: why a rock? and why higher than himself? As a soldier of his day he could hide from his enemy behind such aContinue reading “Psalm 61: 1-8….A cry from the heart!”
Psalm 60: 8-12….Wandering thoughts!
8 Moab is my washbasin;upon Edom I cast my shoe;over Philistia I shout in triumph.”9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?Who will lead me to Edom?10 Have you not rejected us, O God?You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.11 Oh, grant us help against the foe,for vain is the salvationContinue reading “Psalm 60: 8-12….Wandering thoughts!”
Psalm 60: 1-7….Disciplined but Loved!
1 O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;you have been angry; oh, restore us.2 You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;repair its breaches, for it totters.3 You have made your people see hard things;you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.4 You have set upContinue reading “Psalm 60: 1-7….Disciplined but Loved!”
2Samuel 18: 31- 9: 5a….Stern words, but necessary!
31 And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king! For the LORD has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you.” 32 The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “MayContinue reading “2Samuel 18: 31- 9: 5a….Stern words, but necessary!”
2 Samuel 18: 19-30….Not the whole truth!
9 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and carry news to the king that the LORD has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.” 20 And Joab said to him, “You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news,Continue reading “2 Samuel 18: 19-30….Not the whole truth!”
2Samuel 18: 9-18….Dead – the end of the line!
9 And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on. 10 AndContinue reading “2Samuel 18: 9-18….Dead – the end of the line!”
2Samuel 18: 1-8….Ready for the end!
1 Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the command ofContinue reading “2Samuel 18: 1-8….Ready for the end!”
2Samuel 17: 23-29….Suicide and support!
23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with allContinue reading “2Samuel 17: 23-29….Suicide and support!”
As I read it! 