Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:5-6 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.  I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me. Although no spoken answer to David’s prayer is recorded, a real relief comes over this troubled soul. His trust is based on God’s loving […]

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:3-4 Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall. In the first two verses, David had been crying out, almost incoherently and certainly […]

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? At this point in his spiritual pilgrimage, David was no longer master of his emotions, his feelings had brought him low. In view of God’s apparent […]

Psalm 13 Continued… Psalms 13:1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? God had promised David the throne of Israel, yet that day of coronation seemed further and further away. Saul was doing evil things and God wasn’t judging him, and yet David was […]

Psalm 13 Psalms 13: “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, O Lord my God. […]

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:7-8 says, “O Lord, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever. The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.” David trusted in God’s words that He would keep them safe in the midst of proud people who strut about in smug […]

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:5-6 says, “’Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,’ says the Lord. ‘I will protect them from those who malign them.’ And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.” This […]

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:3-4 says, “May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue that says, ‘We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips — who is our master?’“ We are in Jerusalem in post exilic times. We are to picture a small colony of the Lord’s people in […]

Psalm 12 Continued… Psalms 12:1-2 says, “Help, Lord, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.” Society had become totally corrupt. Worthless and base men were in positions of influence and power, so that wickedness was openly approved of. […]

Psalm 12 The opening words suggest that this psalm is an appeal for help during bad times when evil men dominate. There are times when sin seems rampant, sweeping all before it like a tidal wave. The great and godly men are taken away one by one, and the ungodly reign supreme, and no help […]