The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God (Psalm 14:2 CSB). This verse pictures God seated in His heavenly throne room, scanning the earth and searching for those who seek Him. Are you that person?...

How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? (Psalm 13:1-2 CSB)           "How long? How long, O Lord?"...

The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times (Psalm 12:6 CSB). Psalm 12 has a lot to say about words. There are those who speak lies, flatter, boast, or think they will gain power over others by the words they...

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3 CSB).      As we look at things happening in our culture -- moral decay, political tensions, crime, etc., we may feel as if the foundations of life are being destroyed. And when we experience difficulties in our...

Why has the wicked person despised God? He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.” (Psalm 10:13 CSB)  Why do people renounce God? Pride? Idolatry? Greed? Hurt? Any or all of these might be reasons people wall up their hearts and reject God. While those who renounce God might...

I will thank the Lord with all my heart; I will declare your wondrous works (Psalm 9:1 CSB).  What a great goal: start and end the day by recounting God’s wonderful deeds! How might our outlook on life change if we began each day by taking time to name ten things...

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...