Worship should be the pattern of our daily lives, not just the time set aside for Bible reading and prayer. We are faced by opposition without and sin within and…
There are 2 key ideas in this psalm - (1) the LORD and (2) watches over. Christians are on a journey. They should be pilgrims and not spiritual tourists. The…
When we pray the psalms we pray as Jesus did. This is the first psalm to express trust. Our "foundations"" are our moral and spiritual underpinnings
A prayer on behalf of the northern kingdom, said by those in the southern one. In 722 BC, Israel had fallen. 1. The prayer starts with a focus on God.…
This is a Royal Psalm with references to the reign of Solomon, the future reign of Jesus and God's plan for good government.
We experience many losses in life and it is common to ask "does God care?" Psalm 3 shows us David's way of dealing with such thoughts by reminding himself of…
This is an oracle uttered by a king about the Messaih. The Messiah is pictured as ruler, judge and priest. There are New Testament parallels of the ideas in this…
This psalm gives us guidance on our behaviour. There are many resonances in the New Testament such as Jesus' summry fo the law and James' comments on our tongues. Only…
The psalmist urges us to pray and worship because God is our Creator and Redeemer. We are in danger of forgetting this lesson.