Category: Daily Devotion

  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.…

  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,…