From Psalms 140-145 The Psalmist prays to the LORD and asks for mercy. His appeal is made on the basis of God’s covenant ‘faithfulness’ and ‘righteousness’. He exposes himself to the LORD’s judgment. Openly asking [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 133-139 The Hebrew word חֶסֶד Transliterated ‘chesed’ describes the special relationship God has with his covenant people. In the ESV it is translated ‘steadfast love’ and the NET ‘covenant faithfulness’. This word is [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 120-132 “You’ll never get a job in Christian ministry”. “You mustn’t be a Christian because you believe X,Y and Z”. “You need to rethink everything you believe about the bible”. “If you preach [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 119.89-176 Today we finish looking at Psalm 119. I have chosen the last two sections. Like many Psalms, the Psalmist at times is under threat from various enemies. But in the midst of [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 119.1-88 Today we start looking at the biggest psalm in the bible. It takes two normal daily readings to finish the whole thing as it is a massive 176 verses! It is Psalm [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 115-118 Today’s Psalm draws us into an interaction between a king of Israel and his people. It begins however with the Psalmist encouraging the people. This post is part of my bible in [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 108-114 The Psalm I have chosen today is quite famous because it anticipates a coming Christ who would rule over the whole world. This post is part of my bible in a year [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 106-107 Today we will look another long Psalm which retells Israel’s history. This one in particular gives a fairly sober picture of Israel and focuses on their disobedience and sin. It starts and [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 103-105 Today’s Psalm is long and I don’t know who wrote it, but it reminds us of a couple important themes running all through the bible. Story and Covenant. This post is part [ Read More … ]
From Psalms 96-102 Today’s Psalm has been made up into another popular song I’ve sung many times at church. Once again the author is unknown. So we don’t know who to give the credit for [ Read More … ]