Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “I remember my offenses today. When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me and the chief baker in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own interpretation. AContinue reading “Genesis 41: 9-16….Joseph denies the power to be ‘his’.”
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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 43: 1-5……Triumphant hope in God.
Vindicate me, O God, and defend my causeagainst an ungodly people,from the deceitful and unjust mandeliver me!For you are the God in whom I take refuge;why have you rejected me?Why do I go about mourningbecause of the oppression of the enemy?Send out your light and your truth;let them lead me;let them bring me to yourContinue reading “Psalm 43: 1-5……Triumphant hope in God.”
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.”
Genesis 41: 1-8….Two Whole Years.
After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the otherContinue reading “Genesis 41: 1-8….Two Whole Years.”
As I read it! 