October 28, 2025
“Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3 ESV). Psalm 100 is a psalm of joyful praise calling all people to worship the LORD with gladness. At its center is this command: “Know that
October 22, 2025
“Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days” (Psalm 90:14 ESV). In Psalm 90, Moses contrasts the eternal nature of God with the frailty and brevity of human life. In verse 14, he pleads for what our souls most desperately need—God’s steadfast love (Hebrew:
September 11, 2025
“Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice” (Psalm 55:17 ESV). David’s psalm reveals a rhythm of life anchored by prayer. He speaks of calling upon the Lord evening, morning, and noon—a way of saying that prayer framed his entire day. The unusual order beginning with
September 8, 2025
“Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day” (Psalm 52:1 ESV). David composed this psalm as a Maskil, a teaching song, when Doeg the Edomite told Saul that he had gone to Ahimelech the priest (1 Sam. 21–22). Doeg’s report led to the horrific slaughter
September 6, 2025
“The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting” (Psalm 50:1 ESV). This psalm was attributed to Asaph, one of David’s chief musicians and a Levite who also bore the title of “seer” or prophet (2 Chr. 29:30). Asaph, along with his sons after
September 5, 2025
“Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life… But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.” (Psalm 49:7, 15 ESV). This psalm bears the inscription: “To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.” Its very heading tells a
August 16, 2025
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18 ESV). David wrote this psalm after the Lord delivered him from the Philistines at Gath. In it, he praised God for His faithfulness and exhorted others to taste and see that the Lord is good. This verse highlights God’s tender
August 5, 2025
“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” (Psalm 27:13–14 ESV). David concluded this psalm with a strong affirmation of faith. Even though he had previously expressed fear of
July 29, 2025
“Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.” (Psalm 22:30–31 ESV). This psalm of David began with a haunting cry of abandonment—“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”—words that
July 13, 2025
“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” (Psalm 10:1 ESV). Psalm 10 began with a cry of confusion and anguish. The psalmist felt abandoned by God in the midst of trouble. The wicked seemed to prosper while the righteous suffer, and God’s justice appeared delayed.