Surely I have soothed and I have stilled my soul like a weaned [child] upon his mother; like a weaned [child] upon me is my soul. The heading of Psalm 131 tells us that...
If the Lord does not build the house, those building labor on it in vain; if the Lord does not keep watch over the city, the watchman keeps watch in vain. Psalm 127 consists...
Teach [us] to number our days so we may obtain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90 is a sober reminder of our frailty and transience compared to the everlasting, almighty God who created all...
3 If, God, you keep in mind sins–O Lord, who can stand? 4 Yet with You [is] forgiveness in order that you may be held in honor. In Psalm 130, the psalmist pleads for...
I will hear what God says, for the Lord will speak peace to His people–even to His faithful ones, and they will not turn back to stupidity. Psalm 85 is a plea for restoration....
The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord; a good understanding belongs to all who do [His precepts]. His praise stands for ever. Psalm 111 is an acrostic psalm where each line of...
Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with rejoicing. Psalm 100 is a sort of sister-psalm to Psalm 95, which we looked at last week. It too is a call to worship, an...
6 Come, let us prostrate ourselves and bow; let us kneel in the presence of the Lord who made us. 7 For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture,...
1 It is good to give praise to the Lord and to make music to Your name, Most High; 2 To proclaim Your loving-kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness in the night. Psalm...
1 O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out by day, [and] in the night in Your presence. 2 Let my prayer go before You; incline Your ear to my cry. Psalm...