Category: Daily Devotion

  You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters. Psalm 60:2 – As we read our final chapter in psalms for this year’s reading plan, David is once again in familiar place as he writes this psalm. He is in a state of trouble needing…

  But you, O Lord, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision. O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress. Psalm 59:8-9 – The season of David’s life that he is connecting this psalm to would have been a terrifying one for anyone in his position. In 1…

The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. Psalm 58:10 – This is not a verse that seems to connect with the overall message of scripture that we hear often in church that God’s loves the world and that we ought to love others.…

He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness! ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭57‬:‭3‬ ‭- Our psalm for today says it was written concerning the time David fled from Saul into the cave. Likely this was the cave…

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? Psalm 56:3-4 – We learn from the header that this psalm was written about the time when David was seized by the Philistines in 1 Samuel 21.…

And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah. ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭55‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭- We learn from the psalm that David is once again in a season of great distress. The reasoning for such…

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…