For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory in the heavens.2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, (strength for the sake of your enemies) to silence the foe and theContinue reading “Psalm 8: Praise”
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Psalm 7: Righteous God
A shiggaion[b] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.3 Lord my God, if I have doneContinue reading “Psalm 7: Righteous God”
Psalm 6: Weeping
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?Turn, O Lord, deliverContinue reading “Psalm 6: Weeping”
Psalm 5: Watch
Psalms 5 To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.1 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.3 O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepareContinue reading “Psalm 5: Watch”
Psalm 4: Security – and Sleep
The next Psalm is also a psalm of David, and this time centres around the idea of security. Psalms 4 To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!You have given me relief when I was in distress.Be gracious to me and hearContinue reading “Psalm 4: Security – and Sleep”
Psalm 3: Sustaining God
A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. 1 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” – Selah 3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.4 I call out to the LORD, and he answersContinue reading “Psalm 3: Sustaining God”
Psalm 2: Refuge
In Psalm 2 the mood changes from Psalm 1. Psalm 2 is a Psalm of national and international uproar. The focus is not on the individual, but on God and the world, and God’s anointed King. I’m not going to comment verse by verse, but rather to focus in on a verse that caught myContinue reading “Psalm 2: Refuge”
Psalm 1: Rooted
I want in this series to read the Psalms one by one, hopefully one each week, slowly, with attention to the words, and I hope that as I do that they will be a guide to a rooted and real spirituality. The Psalms have a lot to say to us – both to teach usContinue reading “Psalm 1: Rooted”
How Can I Know?
How can I know is the question asked by Zechariah in the next part of his interaction with Gabriel in the temple. 18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” 19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel.Continue reading “How Can I Know?”
God shows up
The scene has been set for the next stage. Zechariah is in the temple, offering the incense, and the people are outside, praying. It is a scene that must have occurred before, and a scene that was likely occurring without any great expectation that anything in particular will happen at this point. And yet itContinue reading “God shows up”
Joshua's Tree Rooted 