July 15 Psalm 140 (ESV) Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 140:1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, 2 who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. 3 They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the … More July 15 Psalm 140
Dr. Sam Storms writes on Psalm 139, in our read-through-the-Bible plan for today: Psalm 139 is all about God, simply and solely. If that doesn’t interest you, I doubt that you’ll find it of much help in life. That it might not interest you is, of course, tragic. That it ought to interest you goes without saying. But let … More A subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity
July 14 Psalm 139 (ESV) Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart 139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even … More July 14 Psalm 139
I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; —Psalm 138:1 ESV We need a broken heart to mourn our own sins, but a whole heart to praise the Lord’s perfections. If ever our heart is whole and wholly occupied with one thing, it should … More Spurgeon: We need a whole heart to praise the Lord’s perfections
July 13 Psalm 138 (ESV) Give Thanks to the Lord Of David. 138:1 I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; 2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your … More July 13 Psalm 138
Psalm 137:1-3 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” The Christian cannot sing in captivity. So it was … More Every heart that has been made new is turned into a harp of praise
July 12 Psalm 137 (ESV) How Shall We Sing the Lord‘s Song? 137:1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows [1] there we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” … More July 12 Psalm 137
Psalm 136, our reading for today, opens with “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love [mercy] endures forever.” Each of the following 26 verses of this Psalm declare “for for his steadfast love [mercy] endures forever.” Charles Spurgeon comments at The Treasury of David: Mark the one sole cause … More Spurgeon: God does all things from this motive
July 11 Psalm 136 (ESV) His Steadfast Love Endures Forever 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; 4 to him who alone … More July 11 Psalm 136
John Piper on Psalm 135, in our reading plan for today: The psalm begins by calling us to praise the Lord: “Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord.” Then, starting in verse 3 the psalmist gives us reasons for why we should feel praise rising in our hearts toward God. It says, for … More God has pleasure in all that he does.
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