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 …
Category Archives: RTB 2022 – Psalms and Wisdom Literature
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 30 / Psalm 106:34-48
Psalm 106:34-48 Today we see one of the most consequential mistakes of ancient Israel: their disobedience in not completely driving out the Canaanites from the Promised Land. As with the incident at Peor, which we saw yesterday, the result was cultic syncretism with its attendant idolatry and abhorrent practices. I won’t bother giving specific references …
September 29 / Psalm 106:24-33
Psalm 106:24-33 Today we have three more instances of Israel’s failure to follow the LORD, three different scenarios representing three different temptations or challenges: Ps. 106:24-27: The refusal to enter the Promised Land (See Num. 13-14.) The people choose fear over faith, seeing “giants in the land” rather than the Lord of Hosts, and not …
September 28 / Psalm 106:13-23
Psalm 106:13-23 The psalmist cites a few instances of Israel’s faithlessness and rebellion. For details on these incidents see Exodus 16:2,3,9-13; Numbers 11:1-4,18-23,31-35; 16:1-35; Exodus 32; and Deuteronomy 9:16-21. So how about us? How have we forgotten God’s works? How have we failed to wait for His counsel? How have we indulged our cravings rather …