Psalms
Psalm 23: God Shepherds
So I have been holding out on releasing my thoughts on this psalm, mostly because 1)So much has been written on it by others, what do I have to say about it? 2)I have so much that I would like to say about it…. and 3)the word picture I have in my mind is more...
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Psalm 22: God Suffers
“For God’s sake, where is God?” And from within me, I heard a voice answer: “Where is He? This is where – hanging here from this gallows…” (from Elie Wiesel’s Night) See Tony Roberts book review for more (you really should read...
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Psalm 21: Praise for Victory
For the director of music, a psalm of David. This psalm is a psalm of praise for victories granted to the king. This is considered a Royal Psalm and thus there is a Messianic implication to it. In this likeness it is linked with Psalm 20. However Psalm 20 has the...
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Psalm 20: Prayer for Victory
A psalm of David, for the director of music. Psalms 20 and 21 are both written in the second person—this is somewhat rare in the Psalms. This pair of psalms are many times referred to royal psalms; psalms that pray for or are pertinent to a Davidic king. Most...
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Psalm 19: God’s Revelation
For the director of music, a Psalm of David. A psalm lifting up the glory of God as revealed in the starry heavens and the law of the Lord, which has been given to Israel. C. S. Lewis says, “I take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of...
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Psalm 18: A Praise for Protection
“God… my Shield.” Superscription: Historical, See notes on Psalm 3 For the director of music. Of David, the servant of the Lord.. David sang this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. This psalm is found...
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Psalm 17: A Prayer for Protection
This is a beautiful prayer of David. This is a prayer for the Lord's help for him. It is a map of the two paths of life (the wicked and the righteous) and the destination of each one. verse 1 - 2 introduces David's prayer with a plea to the Lord...
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Psalm 16: Confidence in God
The overall feel of this psalm is confident trust in God: 1) A prayer for protection. 2) A worshipful acknowledgment of God. 3)Contentment with God blessings. A miktam of David. Here and in Psalms 56-60 is where this musical term is used. The term "miktam" is...
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Psalm 15: A Blameless Walk
This psalm of David is a dramatic contrast of the previous psalm, but they go together very well. Psalm 14 describes the wicked. This psalm describes the righteous and the requirements of those who wish to have access to God at his temple. In verse 1 he begins...
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Psalm 14: The Wages of Sin
This psalm was composed by David, for the director of music-- This psalm is very similar to Psalm 53, in fact the first and last verses are the same word for word and both have that same idea throughout both psalms. Why are both of these psalms in the Bible...
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