When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him? (Psalm 8:3 CSB) This Psalm celebrates the wonder of God’s creation. It begins...
If anyone does not repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has strung his bow and made it ready (Psalm 7:12 CSB). ...
Turn, Lord! Rescue me; save me because of your faithful love (Psalm 6:4 CSB). David, the author of Psalm 6, once again calls our attention to God's steadfast love. David asks God to deliver him from his troubles for the sake of God's steadfast love. We always want to be...
But I enter your house by the abundance of your faithful love; I bow down toward your holy temple in reverential awe of you (Psalm 5:7 CSB). This verse reminds us that it is only through the abundance of God’s steadfast love that we are able to come into His...
Answer me when I call, God, who vindicates me. You freed me from affliction; be gracious to me and hear my prayer. (Psalm 4:1 CSB) At first glance, the beginning of this Psalm may seem almost too bold. David is bold because he understands his position, his standing, with God. The...
I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me (Psalm 3:4-5 CSB). The Psalms teach us that we can be honest with God when we pray. King David cried out to the...
The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and against his Anointed One: “Let’s tear off their chains and throw their ropes off of us." (Psalm 2:2-3 CSB) In our culture today, it can be difficult to stand up for Jesus. In the...
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night (Psalm 1:2 CSB). What do you delight in? We can take delight in many things, from a well-executed play on the football field to a well-planned party. Psalm 1 tells...
I know that you can do anything and no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?” Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to know. You said, “Listen now, and I will speak....
No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against me? (Job 41:10 CSB) What’s a Leviathan? Most scholars believe a Leviathan is a crocodile or perhaps a sea creature that has become extinct. For me, I imagine Godzilla with his skin of armor-like substance. Whichever it...