psalm
David’s Victories Are Due to The Power of God
It has been said that righteous living begins with knowledge of what is righteous, and backsliding begins with a dusty Bible. David gives a principle, an example of that principle and a promise to those who live by it (vv. 25-28). The principle is “with the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful.†…
His Mercy Endures Forever
Let’s continue where we left off yesterday with 6 more reasons we need to praise the Lord: 4. For what He did with the first born in Egypt (vv. 10- 12).
Advice For The Bride of The King
We now switch to the bride’s side of the wedding. The bride received two basic instructions. First, she must leave her family (v. 10) and secondly she must cleave to her new a relationship that separates her forever from all that she has known since birth and cling only to her …
David’s Anticipation of Victory
This is known as a michtam psalm. It speaks of that which is substantial, or enduring, or fixed. Michtam literally means “engraven” or “permanent.” This word pictures that which is unmoveable, steadfast, stable and enduring. When David says, “My heart is …
Prisoners Are Delivered From Bondage
In this passage the psalmist describes Israel’s condition. They were like a people who sit in prison. This confinement may be a result of the actual treatment of captives by the Babylonian and Assyrian soldiers. The cell is dark and the threat of execution hangs over them. They a …
Jerusalem – The City of God
Most commentators agree this psalm belongs to the time when God overthrew Sennacherib’s hosts before the gates of Jerusalem. Like Psalm 75 it is a hymn of praise. We are told how God is great (v. 1) and His fame is known in (Zion) Jerusalem (v. 2). He is known because of His defe …
Confidence Amid Deception
This psalm expresses David’s confidence in the words of God for deliverance amid men who are full of deception. Some think he wrote it during those days when his duties kept him in Saul’s courtroom while Saul was looking for ways to kill him. Others think he wrote it during those days …
The Blessing of Answered Prayer
David may have written this psalm after the purchase of the threshing floor of Araunah (II Sam. 24) and the erection of the alter there to the Lord. Prosperity had caused David to become self-confident and proud. As a result of this God sent a great plague upon Israel which killed 70,000 …
A Prayer For Help
Psalm 120 is the first of a series of fifteen “Pilgrim Psalms†which were sung by those journeying to the Jewish Temple for the annual feasts (Passover, Pentecost, etc.). Each of these psalms is a “step†along the journey. Psalm 120 is not a happy song, beginning with distress and ending with …
The Confident Prayer For Deliverance
Have you ever been betrayed by someone greatly loved and fully trusted by you? In this Psalm is the son of a man who was betrayed. It is dedicated to the chief musician, or choir director and is to be played on stringed instruments.The author is David, and the occasion is w …