Psalm 110 The first verse has always been confusing to me. In a post from years past (which I cannot find) I attempted to shed some light on it, mostly to help my own understanding, but it still remains confusing. The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your …
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October 6 / Psalm 109:21-31
Psalm 109:21-31 John is correct in his comment yesterday that we don’t throw out Scripture simply because we don’t like (or don’t understand) what it says. Thankfully, for the most part we tend to embrace Scripture because it does reveal Truth to us. But for those difficult passages I simply claim “blessed ignorance” and move …
October 5 / Psalm 109:1-20
Psalm 109:1-20 I wonder if David had a particular person in mind in today’s Psalm, for whom he has nothing good to say. He goes back and forth between “he” and “they”. However, strangely, as he is attacking this person (or these people), most of today’s verses have to do with the evil that David …
October 4 / Psalm 108
Psalm 108 For the first time in almost two weeks we are reading a short Psalm in its entirety instead of having the Psalm broken down into readings over a few days. Surprisingly, however, today’s Psalm could easily be split into two parts, 1-5 and 6-13. Those first few verses, in particular, constitute a song …
October 3 / Psalm 107:33-43
Psalm 107:33-43 Continuing in Psalm 107… Whatever the Lord wills to do, He does. Rivers into desert (v. 33) and desert into pools of water (v. 35); fruitful land into a salty waste (v. 34) and parched land into springs of water (v. 35) – He is the Creator of the Universe, all has come …
October 2 / Psalm 107:17-32
Psalm 107:17-32 Continuing in Psalm 107… The psalmist continues his narrative of people in various situations living in terror, distress, difficulties, then reaching out to the Lord and His delivering them. Yesterday we had desert wanderers and prisoners. Today we have sailors on ships and “fools through their sinful ways” (v. 17). I’ve never sailed …
October 1 / Psalm 107:1-16
Psalm 107:1-16 The calendar has turned over into a new month, which means that I am back to “first comments”. Thank you, John, for your efforts on our behalf – in opening the Psalms to us the past few days, shedding light on verses and passages that we had not considered. Well done! So now, …
October 2022 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Oct Psalm 107:1-16 16 02-Oct Psalm 107:17-32 16 03-Oct Psalm 107:33-43 11 04-Oct Psalm 108 13 05-Oct Psalm 109:1-20 20 06-Oct Psalm 109:21-31 11 07-Oct Psalm 110 7 08-Oct Psalm 111 10 09-Oct Psalm 112 10 10-Oct Psalm 113 9 11-Oct Psalm 114 8 12-Oct Psalm 115 18 13-Oct Psalms 116-117 21 …
September 2022 Readings
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 …
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 …