Category: Daily Devotion

  He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart…Psalm‬ ‭15‬:‭2‬ ‭– This verse is the beginning of an answer to a question David proposed. David asked who was able to walk and stay with God in His holy place? For in David’s time, due to not being a…

  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. – Psalm 14:1 – Within this psalm we see David highlighting the depravity of many in his day. There were so many around him that boldly proclaimed there was no God. They had completely…

  Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death…Psalm 13:3 – While short in length, this psalm certainly gets to the point quickly of where David was at with the Lord. Of course the Lord hadn’t truly forgotten about David and hid Himself from him, but David…

  Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. Psalm 12:1-2 – We too can find ourselves in the lonely spot David felt he was in within this psalm. David was surrounded by…

  In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart…Psalm‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭- David here was getting some advice. People,…

  O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. Psalm‬ ‭10‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭– When we begin this psalm, we get a pretty hopeless…

  And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 – This psalm is filled with the contrasting future of those who oppose God and those who turn to God. For those that oppose the Lord, we learn that God will ultimately…

  O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9 – When we read this psalm, one way to walk away from this psalm is seeing the glory of man on this earth for it speaks highly of mankind. David looks into the heavens and sees the billions of stars…

  Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. Psalm 7:6 – We see within the intro of this psalm that David is in agony over the words being said about him by a man named Cush from the tribe of…

  O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Psalm 6:1 – We aren’t sure what wrongdoing of David is causing David to feel as if the Lord is discipling him, but what we find in this psalm is a man crying out to the Lord to lessen the lesson the Lord…