As you may have noticed from the reading schedule, tomorrow we’ll detour away from the Psalms for a bit and dive into the Book of Proverbs, perhaps the central book of Old Testament “wisdom literature”. The first verse is a bit misleading as it appears to attribute the entire book to King Solomon, but Solomon …
Monthly Archives: April 2022
May 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-May Proverbs 1:1-7 7 02-May Proverbs 1:8-19 12 03-May Proverbs 1:20-33 14 04-May Proverbs 2:1-8 8 05-May Proverbs 2:9-15 7 06-May Proverbs 2:16-22 7 07-May Proverbs 3:1-8 8 08-May Proverbs 3:9-12 4 09-May Proverbs 3:13-18 6 10-May Proverbs 3:19-26 8 11-May Proverbs 3:27-35 9 12-May Proverbs 4:1-9 9 13-May Proverbs 4:10-19 10 …
April 30 / Psalm 51:10-19
Today, verses that are so familiar to us from music and from their use in penitential services. I have a hard time simply reading verses 10-12 without singing them! Verse 15 is another verse that we recognize from liturgical use. Verses 16-17 spoke to me today: For You will not delight in sacrifice, or I …
April 29 / Psalm 51:1-9
Psalm 51:1-9 The header/title clearly places Psalm 51 in its historical setting. I’m sure you all know of David’s adultery with Bathsheba, but if you’ve never read the full account that includes Uriah’s death and Nathan’s prophetic encounter with David, you should read II Samuel 11-12:23 before you continue with today’s and tomorrow’s readings. It’s …
April 28 / Psalm 50:16-23
Psalm 50:16-23 Today, the wicked… (v. 16) In Job and in our reading of past Psalms it has seemed to me like “the wicked” were outsiders or other nations – certainly not participants in regular Jewish rituals. But in Psalm 50 God has made it clear through the psalmist that He is speaking to Israelites: …
April 27 / Psalm 50:7-15
Psalm 50:7-15 Yesterday I noted from my Study Bible that today’s reading would be words of correction for those of “honest intent” (vv. 7-15), with tomorrow’s reading a sharp rebuke of “the wicked” (vv. 16-23). And as I read today’s verses I can see that these authors are correct. The Israelites are offering their daily …
April 26 / Psalm 50:1-6
Psalm 50:1-6 Today’s six verses form a prelude to the rest of the Psalm. Today God is calling His people forth for judgment. See verse 5a (God speaking), “Gather to Me My faithful ones…” Over the next two days (according to my Study Bible) God will offer “words of correction for those of honest intent” …
April 25 / Psalm 49:10-20
Psalm 49:10-20 Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. (v. 11) Suppose we edit and rearrange this a bit: Though they called lands by their own names … their graves are their homes forever. That old line, “You can’t take it with …
April 24 / Psalm 49:1-9
Psalm 49:1-9 One verse stuck out today, immediately, at first read: …for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice. (v. 8) I’m sure the psalmist had no idea what that ransom of any one life would really cost. The ransom for any one life would be the same as the ransom …
April 23 / Psalm 48
Psalm 48 Another Psalm of praise and thanksgiving and confidence in the Lord watching over Jerusalem and His people. I connected with verses 12 and 13: Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation. I thought of how the …