Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Sep Proverbs 23:1-11 11 02-Sep Proverbs 23:12-21 10 03-Sep Proverbs 23:22-35 14 04-Sep Proverbs 24:1-12 12 05-Sep Proverbs 24:13-22 10 06-Sep Proverbs 24:23-34 12 07-Sep Proverbs 25:1-14 14 08-Sep Proverbs 25:15-28 14 09-Sep Proverbs 26:1-12 12 10-Sep Proverbs 26:13-28 16 11-Sep Proverbs 27:1-14 14 12-Sep Proverbs 27:15-27 13 13-Sep Proverbs 28:1-14 14 …
Monthly Archives: August 2022
August 31 / Psalm 103:11-22
Psalm 103:11-22 Yesterday I posted about God’s mercy (vv. 8, 10). Today it’s about His love: The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love … For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him … But the …
August 30 / Psalm 103:1-10
Psalm 103:1-10 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. … He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. (vv. 8, 10) David (the psalmist) says it better than I can add to it.
August 29 / Psalm 102:18-28
Psalm 102:18-28 I’m seldom certain of Biblical interpretation, but today I see verses 18-22 in the context of the Israelites in exile in Babylon. The psalmist first says that he is writing down some details (v. 18) so that future generations (a people yet to be created) can praise the Lord for His deliverance. That …
August 28 / Psalm 102:1-17
Psalm 102:1-17 A lament. The psalmist seems to be in personal, physical pain, calling on God to deliver him. There are a few things to note about the psalmist’s pain: Yet even after getting angry with God, the psalmist quickly repents and acknowledges the Lord’s greatness, His majesty, and His love. (v. 12) He even …
August 27 / Psalm 101
Psalm 101 A note from one of my study Bibles: “A perverse heart (v. 4) and a deceitful tongue (v.7) are root and fruit.” Cute. It’s easy to applaud David’s intent in this Psalm, but the reality of removing all evil from around him and his reign (or that of Solomon’s) is much more difficult. …
August 26 / Psalm 100
Psalm 100 This is the final psalm in the “God is king” set of psalms. For the LORD is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations. (v. 5) I’m seeing an echo here with “steadfast love” (lovingkindness in the NASB) and “faithfulness”. Those two words/phrases have been repeated in a …
August 25 / Psalm 99
Psalm 99 Beginning at Psalm 93 we have been reading psalms acknowledging and praising God’s kingship over all peoples, all places, and all things – on Earth and in the Heavens, over all creation. I don’t think any other Psalm reflects that praise as fully as today’s Psalm 99. Like Psalm 97 it begins, “The …
August 24 / Psalm 98
Psalm 98 I saw “steadfast love” (lovingkindness) and “faithfulness” in verse 3 and I remembered a few days back when one of the psalmists called us to consider God’s lovingkindness in the morning and His faithfulness in the evening. And I took a moment to think of God’s love for us, especially so early in …
August 23 / Psalm 97
Psalm 97 All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship Him, all you gods! (v. 7) For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been …