December 2021
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At first glance, Psalm 45 appears to be a wedding song for a king and his bride. It is! That King is Jesus and the bride is His church! If it were just for an earthly wedding, why would it be given to the director of music (worship leader) to be sung in the sanctuary
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If God helped earlier generations that followed Him, would He also help those who are currently following Him? This is the assumption, but also question of those who wrote Psalm 44. In verses 1-4, they recall how God helped their forefathers. His mighty hand (vv. 2, 4) gave them protection, victory, and love (v. 3).
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Psalm 43 is one of the shortest psalms in the Bible. Five verses. Sometimes you don’t need many words to convey your heart. Recently I had someone say my writings were way too long, even saying to another person in front of me, “Have you ever seen how they go on and on”. The tone
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The writer of Psalm 42 is most likely the same one of Psalm 43 as most scholars believe these psalms used to be combined as one. Verse 5 in both psalms is the same and even 42:9 and 43:2 are similar. While Psalm 42 is attributed to the sons (plural) of Korah, it is written
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Sin, sickness, and enemies – sounds like a recurring theme in the life of David. Psalm 41 marks the end of Book 1 in Psalms. It is divided into five books (1-41, 42-72, 73-89, 90-106, 107-150 with some believing they correspond to the first five books of the Bible). In the first four verses, David
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How do you respond during tough times of life? David shows us in Psalm 40. He begins by giving praise and testimony of how the Lord had helped him in times past. David was still facing more problems than he could count (v. 12a): the consequences of his own sin (v. 12b) and enemies out
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A good father disciplines his child not just to correct the action in the moment but to correct character for a lifetime. That’s what the Lord does to us as well. Hebrews 12:6 says, “The Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son”. A child sometimes does not
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Have you ever been experienced physical, mental, and relational anguish and anxiety because of your sin? That’s where we find David in Psalm 38. He is extremely troubled by his sin, mentioning that in verses 3-4 and 18. He has confessed his sin (v. 18) and is still undergoing guilt, remorse, and the overwhelming burden
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Do you ever wonder why bad people prosper and good people suffer? Well, at least it seems that way sometimes. How do they get away with evil? Why do those who do the right thing get punished? David wondered the same thing in Psalm 37. In forty verses, he refers to the wicked/evil person and
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Psalm 36 is the tale of three hearts: the wicked (vv. 1-4), the Lord (vv. 5-9), and the righteous (10-12). One could say, this psalm shows us what separates a wicked and righteous heart. It is the Lord! David begins this psalm by explaining the sinful wicked heart. It does not fear God (v. 1),
stephen R Harrison 