I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. -Psalm 9:1-2 (our psalm reading for today) Charles H. Spurgeon writes in The Treasury of David: It is our duty … More Whole-hearted praise!
January 9 Psalm 9 (ESV) Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds [1] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. [2] A Psalm of David. 9:1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3 When … More January 9 Psalm 9
C. H Spurgeon on our passage for today, Psalm 8 at The Treasury of David: We may style this Psalm the Song of the Astronomer: let us go abroad and sing it beneath the starry heavens at eventide, for it is very probable that in such a position, it first occurred to the poet’s mind. … More See the God of nature in all His wisdom and majesty
January 8 Psalm 8 (ESV) How Majestic Is Your Name To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. [1] A Psalm of David. 8:1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your … More January 8 Psalm 8
I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. —Psalm 7:17 ESV From The Treasury of David: To bless God for mercies is the way to increase them; to bless him for miseries is the way to remove … More Thankfulness for both mercies and miseries
Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love. (Psalm 6:4, in our Bible reading plan today) C. H. Spurgeon comments in The Treasury of David: “Return, O Lord; deliver my soul.” As God’s absence was the main cause of his misery, so his return would be enough to deliver … More An appeal to God’s mercies
January 6 Psalm 6 (ESV) Lord, Deliver My Life To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. [1] A Psalm of David. 6:1 O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is … More January 6 Psalm 6
Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. As we read Psalm 5 today, here is C. … More Spurgeon: Two sorts of prayer
January 5 Psalm 5 (ESV) Lead Me in Your Righteousness To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 5:1 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 … More January 5 Psalm 5
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. —Psalm 4:7 (Psalm 4 is our passage for today.) Spurgeon, in the Treasury of David: Christ in the heart is better than corn in the barn, or wine in the vat. Corn and wine are … More Christ in the heart is better
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