Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. One undeniable spiritual reality is that you cannot have joy in your walk with the Lord when you are doing things that are in disobedience to him. It is impossible. Many people begin […]

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:5-6 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. David plainly saw his own human nature. Do you think like God? God desires truth in the inward parts—just as […]

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:1-2 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. David begins by calling out for mercy. Why? Because he recognizes that God’s revealed character is one of love […]

Psalm 51 Continued… Psalm 51:3-4 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. In our day and age we have recklessly accepted […]

Psalm 51 Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and […]

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:13 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. This verse is a simple doxology to close out David’s plea before the Lord. The Hebrew word for “Praise be” is the word “baruk” (often translated as “blessed”). David opens this Psalm with another […]

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:10-12 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them. I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. David opened Psalm 41 sharing […]

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:4-9 I said, “O Lord, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die and his name perish?” Whenever one comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and […]

Psalm 41 Continued… Psalm 41:1-3 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. The Lord will sustain him on his […]

Psalm 41 Psalm 41 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes. The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed […]