Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:21-24 Praise be to the Lord, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city. In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. Love the Lord, all […]

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:16-20 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave. Let their lying lips be silenced, for […]

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:11-15 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends — those who see me on the street flee from me. I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. For I hear […]

Psalm 31 Continued… Psalm 31:6-10 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a […]

Psalm 31 This Psalm is a prayerful petition of lament and trust. Over and over David is laying out his life in this prayer remembering God’s faithfulness to him but also remembering times of great desperation. The zenith moment in this Psalm of 24 verses is in verse 5 where David declares, “Into your hands […]

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me; O Lord, be my help. This is a prayer all of us have prayed at one time or another. David asks the Lord to shine the light of his countenance upon him again, and to manifest and apply his pardoning grace to […]

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:7 O Lord, when you favored me, you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed. David begins to explain why he felt so secure. The Lord “favored” him. (Literally, David was “in the Lord’s favor”) That phrase, “You made my mountain stand firm,” is […]

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:4 Sing to the Lord, you saints of his; praise his holy name. The NIV translates the verbs “sing” and “praise” as “Sing to the Lord” and “praise his holy name” but the Hebrew clearly states to “Make music” and “give thanks.” These verbs occur again at the end of this […]

Psalm 30 Continued… Psalm 30:1 I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. I will exalt you…The verb “exalt” comes from the Hebrew verb “RUM” which means “to be high.” While human beings cannot raise God any higher than he […]

Psalm 30 Psalm 30 I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. O Lord, you brought me up from the grave; you spared me from going […]