Dr Hannah A devotional of Psalm 119:65-96 ט Teth 65 Do good to your servant according to your word, Lord. 66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. Afflicted – anah – means to look down on literally and/or … Read more
A devotional of Psalm 119:33-64 ה He 33 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. We saw yesterday that being in the Word learning the way requires discipline and strength. To follow it to the end, we must also grow in endurance. This is not a … Read more
A devotional on Psalm 119:1-32 Fascinating facts about Psalm 119 according to rcg.com: This, the longest psalm, is divided into 22 sets of eight-verse strophes, or sections. Before each section, a word and sometimes a symbol appear. (These words are the English names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The symbols represent the Hebrew … Read more
A devotional on Psalm 118 1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; because his mercy endures forever! Give thanks – yadah – to the Lord. That means throw, shoot, or cast the hand out as to launch a weapon; worship with extended hands; give thanks and praise; to confess sin. Yad … Read more
A devo on Psalm 117 Guzik quotes Boice in stating that Martin Luther expounded this brief psalm into the following categories: (1) prophecy (the Gentiles will participate in gospel blessings), (2) revelation (the kingdom of Christ is not earthly and temporal but rather heavenly and eternal), (3) instruction (we are saved by faith alone and … Read more
A devotional on Psalm 116 This is a song that Jesus and his disciples sang on the night of his betrayal “And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.” Mt. 26:30. Read it with him in mind on that dreadful night. I love the Lord, because he has … Read more