Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:14-17 May all who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame. But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in […]

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:11-13 Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth always protect me. For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me. Be pleased, […]

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:6-10 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Then I said, “Here I am, I have come — it is written about me in the scroll.  I desire to do your will, O my God; your […]

Psalm 40 Continued… Psalm 40:1-5 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my […]

Psalm 40 Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, […]

Psalm 39 Continued… One of the paradoxical dilemmas believers face is living in an alien world, ever aware that it is not our home. Abraham, is the archetype “stranger” for us. He made his home in the alien society of Canaan, looking for a city “…with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:10) […]

Psalm 39 Continued… Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, listen to my cry for help; be not deaf to my weeping. For I dwell with you as an alien, a stranger, as all my fathers were. Another theme that David shares in this Psalm is that of being a foreigner in a strange land…an […]

Psalm 39 Continued… Psalm 39:4-6 Show me, O Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath. Man is a mere […]

Psalm 39 Continued… This Psalm shares a lot of resemblances to Psalm 38. There are a number of shared topics between these two Psalms. God’s discipline is a theme in both Psalms (Psalm 38:1; 39:10-11a). The tenuous nature of life (Psalm 38:17; 39:3-4, 11). Silence is a theme in both Psalms (Psalm 38:13; 39:1-2, 9). […]

Psalm 39 Psalm 39 I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.” But when I was silent and still, not even saying anything good, my anguish increased. My heart grew hot within me, […]