Category: Daily Devotion

For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭54‬:‭3‬ – We learn from the header of this psalm that is was written concerning the time David’s whereabouts were told by the Ziphites to King Saul so he could find and kill David. The…

There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Psalm 53:5 – This psalm is almost a repeat of Psalm 14. In both psalms we see the fool, not someone who is mentally…

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. Psalm 52:8 – We learn from the header that this was a psalm written concerning the events of David, Doeg, and King Saul. While on the run from King Saul David visited…

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar. Psalm 51:18-19 – We learn from the header of this psalm that it was written by David concerning the time when…

  These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. Psalm 50:21 – In this portion of the psalm, the Lord is directing His words toward the wicked among His people. For a time they had found themselves…

  Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, that he should live on forever and never see the pit. Psalm 49:7-9 – Our psalm today is one of practical, yet eternally important, wisdom. The main message is money and wealth…

  As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah Psalm 48:8 – This psalm is such a beautiful psalm of reflection on God’s greatness. In past studies of this psalm, I learned about the word “perambulate.” It means to walk…

He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah. Psalm‬ ‭47‬:‭4‬ ‭- As you read this psalm, your translation may say “inheritance” instead of heritage, but both are conveying the same idea. This amazing, praiseworthy God being spoken about within this psalm is choosing our inheritance that we’ll be receiving…

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭46‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭- Take note of the contrast in these verses compared to the first few in…

  In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth. 17 I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore nations will praise you forever and ever. Psalm 45:16-17 – This psalm is unique in its structure from some of the previous psalms we have…