Some thoughts on Scripture

Psalm 48:12-14--"Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers; Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following. For this is God, Our God forever and ever: He will be our guide Even to death." The loftiness of Zion stands out to me in this... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 47:1-2--"Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the L ORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth." Psalm 47 serves as a liturgical song. The opening phrase-- "clap your hands, all you peoples" carries a dual signification,... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 46:10a--"Be still, and know that I am God." Being still is so difficult for us in our modern culture. We value so much our diversions, be it television, the computer, or the radio. Conversely, we are uneasy about silence. We even prefer to keep the telivision on as background noise. Even... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 45:1--"My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer." The psalmist here, as I see it, is being inspired by the Holy Spirit. There is no better muse than that. Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 44:8, 22--"In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever.... Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long: We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." The above two verses seem to contradict each other. Why would one boast all the day long for God, only then to be allowed to be... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 42:1-3,11--"As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You O God, My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, ' Where is your God?'.... Why are you cast down,... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 41:9--"Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me." Throughout his life, to one degree or another, David experienced betrayal from those around him, from Saul to Absalom with others in between. These were people who had broken bread with... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 40:6-8--"Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Then I said, 'Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.' " Not only did... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 39:6-7--"Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them. And now. Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You." If in this life only center everything, then we live but shadows. This life will pass... Sign in to see full entry.

Psalm 38:4--"For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me." David in several of his psalms--including this one--expresses a contrite heart. He feels the full weight of his sin, but what he has going for him is that he repeatedly turns to the Lord--who alone... Sign in to see full entry.