Category: Daily Devotion

Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses. Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins. Psalm 25:16-18 – As with many of the psalms, we see David in a season of persecution,…

  Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Psalm 24:8 – The King is here. Imagine that being the words you heard from a family member as you are relaxing in your living room. The doorbell rang, they checked the door, and who’s at the door waiting to come…

  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Psalm 23:2 – The imagery in the psalm is beautiful to all who read it. God, as our Shepherd, is leading us to places of refreshment and rest, for in a sheep’s perspective, places of still waters and green pastures would…

  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 – Immediately beginning reading this psalm we see two things. First, we see David is in some intense trouble, pushing him to the…

  His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him. For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence. Psalm 21:5-6 – In the previous chapter we see God’s people praying for the king, asking for his blessing and protection. In our chapter today…

  Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. Psalm 20:6 – Psalm 20 has a uniqueness to it from many of the other psalms for it was written mostly from the viewpoint of a congregation speaking as one person. The…

  Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. Psalm 19:12-13 – In today’s psalm we find David reflecting on the majesty and wonder of the Lord. All of the heavens…

  In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. Psalm 18:6 – Something unique about this psalm is David himself sings it later in his life. In 2 Samuel 22 we see David find great…

  Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. Psalm 17:7 – This is the first time in Psalms where the Hebrew word “checed” is used. It’s the word we get steadfast love and lovingkindness from. Here in this psalm David is crying out to the…

  I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. Psalm 16:7 – We find David in this psalm in some season of difficulty that is not identified to us. Yet as we read this psalm, what we don’t find is a complaint from David about being placed in such a difficult season.…