Psalm 89:1-18
We will be reading Psalm 89 for the next four days. The break for each day is intentional, although the third and fourth day could have been combined. Actually though, as you read the entire psalm you can see that Ps 89:1-18 and Ps 89:19-37 almost stand alone as their own psalms. Then in Ps 89:38 the other shoe drops. But that’s for Saturday’s reading.
But today’s reading is full of joy and praise – God, the Creator, the life sustainer, the unsurpassed wonder-worker from the beginning of time (vv. 5-14), Who made David his servant-king and established his offspring forever (vv. 3-4). The psalmist closes today’s reading with a recognition of the life that he and his fellow Israelites have in serving that great God (vv. 15-18): Blessed are the people … who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your face… (v. 15). For You are the glory of their strength… (v. 17a) We are those people, folks, David’s grafted descendants. Rejoice!!