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Category Archives: David
sustaining grace
Psalm 62 This psalm celebrates the security that believers have in the LORD. That security is not found in any other. A man – even a good man – cannot be trusted the way God can be trusted. The LORD … Continue reading
saved to serve
Psalm 61 This psalm combines elements of an individual lament and a royal psalm. David can do this, because his need for God’s response and the preservation of God’s plans through the monarchy are the same purposes. It is helpful … Continue reading
fighting for the right reason
Psalm 60 Why are we fighting our battles? Is it for self-preservation? Wrong answer. We fight our battles because the territory we fight for belongs to our God. He owns not only our own lives, but also the lives of … Continue reading
wild dogs
Psalm 59 I heard their barking, and it was incessant. I knew I could not get any sleep with this pack of wild dogs howling and growling and fighting outside my house all night long. So, I decided to do … Continue reading
LORD, intervene
Psalm 58 The psalmist is not content leaving the people in the hands of the gods who seem to be ruling on earth. He asks God to step in and bring righteousness and justice. The gods are letting the wicked … Continue reading
the choice of faith
Psalm 57 The beauty of psalms like this is that they are worship in the midst of pleas for help. These are not the words of someone who lives above the dangers and trials of life. They are the words … Continue reading
our tears in his bottle
Psalm 56 David did not glide through life without challenges and troubles. He had numerous enemies, and his life was in danger constantly. He comforted himself not in the idea that God was going to help him overcome his problems … Continue reading
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oil and butter
Psalm 55 David used oil and butter as similes to describe the smoothness and softness of the speech of his former friend. Those soft words were swords. The former friend betrayed him, and sought his destruction. He now casts that … Continue reading
plan A
Psalm 54 David had thought that he was in a good hiding place – a place where he could stay alive and away from Saul. Then things got interesting. The Ziphites turned him in. Now David is forced to rely … Continue reading
foolish atheism
Psalm 53 The kind of atheism that the psalmist decries here is the practical (or impractical) atheism that outwardly admits God’s existence, but refuses to call on him when times get bad. The psalmist calls on his people to rejoice … Continue reading
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