February 17 Psalm 39 (ESV) What Is the Measure of My Days? To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 39:1 I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.” 2 I was mute … More February 17 Psalm 39
From our reading in Psalm 38 today: But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. C. H. Spurgeon on Psalm 38:15 Hope in God’s intervention, and belief in the power of prayer, are two most blessed stays to the soul in time of adversity. Turning … More Wait and hope in God
February 16 Psalm 38 (ESV) Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. 38:1 O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! 2 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of … More February 16 Psalm 38
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. —Psalm 37:23-24, as we finish reading Psalm 37 today C. H. Spurgeon comments in “The Treasury of David,”: Condescendingly, with his own … More Spurgeon: Even in our falls the Lord gives a measure of sustaining.
February 15 Psalm 37: 23-40 (ESV) 23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; 24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for … More February 15 Psalm 37: 23-40
Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Psalm 37:3 [Read verses 1-22 today] C.H. Spurgeon: Trust in the Lord. Faith cures fretting. Sight is cross-eyed, and views things only as they seem, hence her envy: faith has clearer optics to behold things as they really … More Spurgeon: Faith has clearer optics to behold things as they really are
He Will Not Forsake His Saints…. Of David. Psalm 37:1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! 2 For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. [2] 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will … More February 14 Psalm 37:1-22
Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm … More Boundless Mercy
February 13 Psalm 36 (ESV) How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord. 36:1 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; [1] there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. … More February 13 Psalm 36
Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation. All my bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” Psalm 35:9-10 Charles H. Spurgeon writes in the Treasury of David: As the tongue … More Even if worn to skin and bone, yet my very skeleton shall magnify the Lord
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