Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me…… I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed … More Who gives victory to kings?
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! (Psalm 143:8, 11) John Piper, in a sermon, … More When you come to God, fill your mouth with arguments
Sam Storms, with some insights on Psalm 142: Just when I think I might have God ever so slightly figured out, he pulls a surprise on me that shatters and confuses and discombobulates what little understanding I have of him. I’m a theologian by trade, so its my responsibility and calling (and joy) in life … More Finding God in the Cave (Psalm 142)
Psalm 141:1 O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you! Charles H. Spurgeon on prayer: This is my last resort: prayer never fails me. My prayer is painful and feeble, and worthy only to be called a cry; but it is a cry unto Jehovah, and this ennobles … More Spurgeon: “This is my last resort”
I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD! O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. —Psalm 140:6-7 ESV Spurgeon, in the Treasury of David: … More The Lord was David’s own by deliberate choice
Dr. Sam Storms writes on Psalm 139, in our read-through 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
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
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
Psalm 136 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 of his bounty—For his … More Spurgeon: God does all things from this motive
John Piper on Psalm 135: 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 example, “Praise the Lord, for the … More God has pleasure in all that he does.
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