Psalm 81 An unusual psalm… I don’t recall many (any?) psalms where we see a prophet, possibly a Levite, quoting the Lord as He speaks directly to His people (vv. 6-16). Carol and I were part of a church back in Northern Virginia where we would occasionally hear someone speak up in a prophetic voice …
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August 2 / Psalm 80
Psalm 80 First, a few clarifications. We should have no problem following the vine metaphor that the psalmist uses in verses 8 to 16 – Israel being transplanted from Egypt to the Promised Land and taking control of that entire area during David’s and Solomon’s reigns. So within that metaphor, the sea refers to the …
August 1 / Psalm 79
Happy August, y’all!! August??!! Already?? Yeah… Psalm 79 The temple has been destroyed and Jerusalem is in ruins. The Israelites were taken into exile to Babylon in 587 BC; this psalm could very possibly have been written from Babylon during that exile. A couple of items to note. There are a number of verses in …
August 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Aug Psalm 79 13 02-Aug Psalm 80 19 03-Aug Psalm 81 16 04-Aug Psalm 82 8 05-Aug Psalm 83 18 06-Aug Psalm 84 12 07-Aug Psalm 85 13 08-Aug Psalm 86 17 09-Aug Psalm 87 7 10-Aug Psalm 88 18 11-Aug Psalm 89:1-18 18 12-Aug Psalm 89:19-37 19 13-Aug Psalm 89:38-45 8 …
July 31 / Psalm 78:56-72
Psalm 78:56-72 Our third and final day in Psalm 78… The psalmist continues his discussion of Israel’s rebelliousness, but brings it closer to his present time – probably sometime after Solomon’s reign as king. His primary focus in today’s reading is showing God’s favor for Judah (David, Mt. Zion in vv. 68, 70, the Southern …
July 30 / Psalm 78:32-55
Psalm 78:32-55 Today we continue the retelling of Israel’s history in Psalm 78, with the psalmist focusing on Israel’s rebelliousness, even in the wilderness soon after their deliverance from Egypt, and God’s faithfulness through it all. There were a few verses that stuck out for me. First, But they flattered Him with their mouths; they …
July 29 / Psalm 78:1-31
Psalm 78:1-31 We have three days in Psalm 78, much of it a retelling of Israel’s history. The psalmist wants to impress upon the people two things – their history and God’s commandments given to them at Sinai. So much of Psalm 78 is history, from Exodus and Numbers, fully interspersed with calls to obedience …
July 28 / Psalm 77
Psalm 77 Coffee. Bible. The quiet of the morning. Can’t beat it!! So, Psalm 77… One of my Study Bibles introduces today’s first few verses as “The psalmist’s miserable situation.” And when you consider the first four verses, then again verses 7-9, it certainly looks like a real down-time for the psalmist: My soul refused …
July 27 / Psalm 76
Psalm 76 Today we move again from Proverbs back to the Psalms. And in so doing we move from John’s leading, back to my leading. I have thoroughly enjoyed John’s comments on Proverbs (and on Psalms beginning back on June 23 when I was first laid up) and we considered his staying with Psalms. But …
July 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jul Proverbs 10:1-16 16 02-Jul Proverbs 10:17-32 16 03-Jul Proverbs 11:1-15 15 04-Jul Proverbs 11:16-31 16 05-Jul Proverbs 12:1-14 14 06-Jul Proverbs 12:15-28 14 07-Jul Proverbs 13:1-13 13 08-Jul Proverbs 13:14-25 12 09-Jul Proverbs 14:1-17 17 10-Jul Proverbs 14:18-35 18 11-Jul Proverbs 15:1-17 17 12-Jul Proverbs 15:18-33 16 13-Jul Proverbs 16:1-16 16 …