In The Word Read: Psalm 60 Lament over Defeat in Battle, and Prayer for Help. For the choir director; according to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. 60 O God, […]
Month: September 2020
What Is In Your Mouth?
In The Word Read: Psalms 58-59 Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked. For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David. 58 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? 2 No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of […]
In God I Trust
In The Word Read: Psalms 56-57 Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God. For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 56 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me. […]
Betrayed By a Friend
In The Word Read: Psalm 55 Prayer for the Destruction of the Treacherous. For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. 55 Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. 2 Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and […]
Betrayed
In The Word Read: Psalms 52-54 Futility of Boastful Wickedness. For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” 52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all […]
A Man After God’s Own Heart
In The Word Read: 2 Samuel 23 David’s Last Song 23 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, 2 “The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, […]
The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress
In The Word Read: 2 Samuel 22 David’s Psalm of Deliverance 22 And David spoke the words of this song to the Lord in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress […]
God’s Favor or People’s Approval?
In The Word Read: 2 Samuel 21 Gibeonite Revenge 21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lordsaid, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.” 2 So the […]
Avoid Negative Opinions
In The Word Read: 2 Samuel 19:40-20:26 40 Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah and also half the people of Israel accompanied the king. 41 And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why had […]
People Will Fail You, But God Never Will!
In The Word Read: 2 Samuel 19:9-39 9 All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. 10 However, Absalom, whom we […]