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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 57

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:04:52 AM
Psalm 57

To him that excelleth A Psalm of David on Michtam. When he fled from Saul in the cave.

1Destroy not. Have mercy upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul trusteth in thee, and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust, till these afflictions overpass. (a)
2 I will call unto the most high God, even to the God, that performeth his promise toward me.
3 He will send from heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me. Selah. God will send his mercy, and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Exalt thyself, O God, above the heaven, and let thy glory be upon all the earth.
6 They have laid a net for my steps: my soul is pressed down: they have dug a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
7 Mine heart is prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared: I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake my tongue, awake viol and harp: I will awake early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
11 Exalt thyself, O God, above the heavens, and let thy glory be upon all the earth.

Related Scripture, notes, and thoughts

2 Samuel 22:3
3 God is my strength, in him will I trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower and my refuge: my Savior, thou hast saved me from violence.
2 Samuel22:31
31 The way of God is uncorrupt: the word of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.
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Read One Psalm a DaY - Psalm 56

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Monday, March 30, 2009 1:17:13 PM
Psalm 56
 
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David on Michtam, concerning the dumb dove in a far country, when the Philistines took him in Gath

1 Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up: he fighteth continually and vexeth§ me. (a)
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for many fight against me, O thou most High.
3 When I was afraid, I trusted in thee.
4 I will rejoice in God, because of his word, I trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Mine own words grieve me daily: all their thoughts are against me to do me hurt.
6 They gather together, and keep themselves close: they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
7 They think they shall escape by iniquity: O God, cast these people down in thine anger.
8 Thou hast counted my wanderings: put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy register?
9 When I cry, then mine enemies shall turn back: this I know, for God is with me.
10 I will rejoice in God because of his word: in the Lord will I rejoice because of his word.
11 In God do I trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and also my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. (b)

Related Scripture, notes, and thoughts

(a) Job 19:2-3
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and torment me with words?
3 Ye have now ten times reproached me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward me.
 
§ Vex - Source Stong’s Concordance
3013 yagah yaw-gaw' a primitive root; to grieve:--afflict, cause grief, grieve, sorrowful, vex.
3238 yanah yaw-naw' a primitive root; to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat:--destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.

(b)
Psalm 91:11-12 (see also Matthew 4:6)
11 For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 55

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:24:04 AM

Psalm 55
 
To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalm of David to give instruction.

1 Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication. (a)
2 Hearken unto me, and answer me: I mourn in my prayer, and make a noise,
3 For the voice of the enemy, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they have brought iniquity upon me, and furiously hate me.
4 Mine heart trembleth within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible fear hath covered me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove: then would I fly away and rest.
7 Behold, I would take my flight far off, and lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
8 He would make haste for my deliverance from the stormy wind and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen cruelty and strife in the city. (b)
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: both iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 Surely mine enemy did not defame me: for I could have born it: neither did mine adversary exalt himself against me: for I would have hid me from him.
13 But it was thou, O man, even my companion, my guide and my familiar:
14 Which delighted in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions. (c)
15 Let death sense upon them: let them go down quick into the grave: for wickedness is in their dwellings, even in the midst of them.
16 But I will call unto God, and the Lord will save me.
17 Evening and morning, and at noon will I pray, and make a noise, and he will hear my voice. (d)
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle, that was against me: for many were with me. (e)
19 God shall hear and afflict them, even he that reigneth of old, Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He laid his hand upon such, as be at peace with him, and he broke his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, yet war was in his heart: his words were more gentle than oil, yet they were swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee: he will not suffer the righteous to fall forever. (f)
23 And thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of corruption: the bloody, and deceitful men shall not live half their days: but I will trust in thee.

Related Scripture, notes, and thoughts

(a) 1 King 8:28-29
28 But have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord, my God, to hear the cry and prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth in this place.



Psalm 119:170
Let my supplication come before thee, and deliver me according to thy promise.

(b) Jeremiah 6:7
As the fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her malice: cruelty and spoil is continually heard in her before me with sorrow and strokes.


(c) Psalm 42:4
When I remembered these things, I poured out my very heart, because I had gone with the multitude, and led them into the House of God with the voice of singing, and praise, as a multitude that keepeth a feast.

Psalm 41:9
Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up the heel against me.

Psalm 5:3
Hear my voice in the morning, O Lord: for in the morning will I direct me unto thee, and I will wait.

Acts 10:30-31
30 Then Cornelius said, Four days ago, about this hour, I fasted, and at the ninth hour© I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

© note - the ninth hour is around 3pm in the afternoon

Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought ye Lord: my sore ran and ceased not in the night: my soul refused comfort.

(e)
Song of Solomon 3:7-8
7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s: threescore strong men are round about it, of the valiant men of Israel.
8 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war, everyone hath his sword upon his thigh for the fear by night.

(f) Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.

Isaiah 10:27
And at that day shall his burden be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck: and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 54

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:31:52 AM
Psalm 54
To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalm of David, to give instruction. When the Ziphims came and said unto Saul, Is not David hid among us?

1Save me, O God, by thy Name, and by thy power judge me.
2 O God, hear my prayer: hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against me, and tyrants seek my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: Oh cut them off in thy truth!
6 Then I will sacrifice freely unto thee: I will praise thy Name, O Lord, because it is good.
7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble, and mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 53

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Friday, March 27, 2009 8:31:06 AM
Psalm 53

To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalm of David to give instruction.

1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. they have corrupted and done abominable wickedness: there is none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek God.
3 Every one is gone back: they are altogether corrupt: there is none that doth good, no not one. (a)
4 Do not the workers of iniquity know that they eat up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God.
5 There they were afraid for fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that besieged thee: thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath cast them off. (b)
6 Oh give salvation unto Israel out of Zion: when God turneth the captivity of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. (c)

Related Sriptures, notes and thoughts

(a) Psalm 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God: they have corrupted, and done an abominable work: there is none that doeth good.

Romans 3:10-18
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one.
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God.
12 They have all gone out of the way, they have been made altogether unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulcher, they have used their tongues to deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips.
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 Destruction and calamity are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.
18 The fear of God is not before their eyes.

Luke 18:9-14
9 ¶He spake also this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they
were just, and despised others.
10 Two men went up into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, O God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that ever I possess.
13 But the Publican standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man departed to his house justified, rather than the other; for every man that exalteth himself, shall be brought low, and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

(b)
Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Job 34:22
There is no darkness nor shadow of death, that the workers of iniquity might be hid therein.
Luke 13;27
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

(c)
Isaiah 49:-5-9
5 And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring Jacob again to him (though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord: and my God shall be my strength)
6 And he said, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also give thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the world.
7 Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy one, to him that is despised in soul, to a nation that is abhorred, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see, and arise, and princes shall worship, because of the Lord, that is faithful: and ye Holy one of Israel, which hath chosen thee.
8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and will give thee for a covenant of ye people, that thou mayest raise up the earth, and obtain the inheritance of the desolate heritages:

Writers note
According to Genesis 12:3 God promised Abraham (at that time known as Abram), that;
I will also bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Therefore it behooves us to supportive of Israel and Jews throughout the world. In my own humble opinion, we have as a nation turned a blind eye on them, and have likewise forsaken our Heavenly Father in the seeking out of the temporal idols of this world.












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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 52

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:24:38 AM
Psalm 52
 
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David to give instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

1 Why boastest thou thyself in thy wickedness, O man of power? The loving kindness of God endureth daily. (a)
2 Thy tongue imagineth mischief, and is like a sharp razor, that cutteth deceitfully.
3 Thou doest love evil more than good, and lies more than to speak the truth. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all words that may destroy, O deceitful tongue! (b)
5 So shall God destroy thee forever: he shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy tabernacle, and root thee out of ye land of the living. Selah. (c)
6 The righteous also shall see it, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
7 Behold the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice. (d)
8 But I shall be like a green olive tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever. (e)
9 I will alway praise thee, for that thou hast done this, and I will hope in thy Name, because it is good before thy Saints.

Related scripture, notes and thoughts

(a)
Psalm 68:10
Thy Congregation dwelled therein: for thou, O God, hast of thy goodness prepared it for the poor.

Hosea 3:5
Afterward shall the children of Israel convert, and seek the Lord their God, and David their King, and shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days.

Romans 11:22
Behold therefore the bountifulness, and severity of God, toward them which have fallen, severity, but toward thee, bountifulness, if thou continue in his bountifulness; or else thou shalt also be cut off.

(b)
Job 15:5
For thy mouth declareth thine iniquity, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.

(c)
Acts 3:22-23
22 For Moses said unto the Fathers, The Lord your God shall raise up unto you a Prophet, even of your brethren, like unto me; ye shall hear him in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
23 For it shall be that every person which shall not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.

(d)
Psalm 37:35-36
35 I have seen the wicked strong, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be found.

(e)
Romans 11:17-24 
17 And though some of the branches be broken off, and thou being a wild Olive tree, wast grafted in for them, and made partaker of the root and fatness of the Olive tree;
18 Boast not thyself against the branches; and if thou boast thyself, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches are broken off, that I might be grafted in.
20 Well, through unbelief they are broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear.
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed, lest he also spare not thee. 
22 Behold therefore the bountifulness, and severity of God, toward them which have fallen, severity, but toward thee, bountifulness, if thou continue in his bountifulness; or else thou shalt also be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if thou wast cut out of the Olive tree, which was wild by nature, and wast grafted contrary to nature in a right Olive tree, how much more shall they that are by nature, be grafted in their own Olive tree?
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 51

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:19:40 AM
Psalm 51

To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba

1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according to the multitude of thy compassions put away mine iniquities. (a)
2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. (b)
3 For I know mine iniquities, and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, against thee only have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight, that thou mayest be just when thou speakest, and pure when thou judgest. (c)
5 Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. (d)
6 Behold, thou lovest truth in the inward affections: therefore hast thou taught me wisdom in the secret of mine heart.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones, which thou hast broken, may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and put away all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thine holy Spirit from me. (e)
12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and establish me with thy free Spirit. (f)
13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. (g)
14 Deliver me from blood, O God, which art the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing joyfully of thy righteousness.
15 Open thou my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, though I would give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (h)
18 Be favorable unto Zion for thy good pleasure: build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou accept ye sacrifices of righteousness, even the burnt offering and oblation: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar. (i)

Related Scripture, notes or thoughts

(a)
Matthew 6:12,14
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
14 For if ye do forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, that were dead in trespasses and sins,

Col 2:13
And you which were dead in sins, and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, forgiving you all your trespasses,

(b)
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ which through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

1 John 1:7,9
7 But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
9 If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

(c)
Romans 3:4
Then David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die.
God forbid; yea, let God be true, and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and overcome, when thou art judged.

(d)
Romans 5:12-15
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death went over all men, in whom all men have sinned.
13 For unto the time of the Law was sin in the world, but sin is not imputed, while there is no law.
14 But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them also that sinned not after the like manner of the transgression of Adam, which was the figure of him that was to come.
15 But yet the gift is not so as is the offence. For if through the offence of one, many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of filthiness? there is not one.

(e)
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

(f) 2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
 
(g)
Exodus 4:12-16
12 Therefore go now, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 But he said, Oh my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him, whom thou shouldest send.
14 Then the LORD was very angry with Moses, and said, Do not I know Aaron thy brother the Levite, that he himself shall speak? For lo, he cometh also forth to meet thee, and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15 Therefore thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye ought to do.
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and he shall be, even he shall be as thy mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
 
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the holy Ghost,
20 Teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you alway, until the end of the world, Amen.

(h)
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith he that is high and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternity, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble, and to give life to them that are of a contrite heart.
Isaiah 66:2
For all these things hath mine hand made, and all these things have been, saith the Lord: and to him will I look, even to him, that is poor, and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my words.

(i)
Deuteronomy 33:19
They shall call the people unto the mountain; There they shall offer the sacrifices of righteousness; For they shall suck of the abundance of the sea, and of the treasures hid in the sand.
Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and trust in the Lord.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 50

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:13:59 AM
Psalm 50

A Psalm of Asaph.
1The God of Gods, even the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, which is the perfection of beauty, hath God shined.
3 Our God shall come and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moved round about him.
4 He shall call the heaven above, and the earth to judge his people.
5 Gather my Saints together unto me, those that make a covenant with me with sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: hear, O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: for I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that have not been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thine house, nor goats out of thy folds.
10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and the beasts on a thousand mountains.
11 I know all the fowls on the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls? or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God praise, and pay thy vows unto the most High,
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked said God, What hast thou to do to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth,
17 Seeing thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?
18For when thou seest a thief, thou runnest with him, and thou art partaker with the adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.
20 Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mother’s son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thee.
22 Oh consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none that can deliver you.
23 He that offereth praise, shall glorify me: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I shew the salvation of God.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 49

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Monday, March 23, 2009 9:34:54 AM
Psalm 49

To him that excelleth. A Psalm committed to the sons of Korah.
 
1 Hear this, all ye people: give ear, all ye that dwell in the world,
2 As well low as high, both rich and poor.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge. (a)
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable, and utter my grave matter upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the evil days, when iniquity shall compass me about, as at mine heels?
6 They trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. (b)
7 Yet a man can by no means redeem his brother: he cannot give his ransom to God, (c)
8 (So precious is the redemption of their souls, and the continuance forever) (d)
9 That he may live still forever, and not see the grave.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, and leave their riches for others. (e)
11 Yet they think, their houses, and their habitations shall continue forever, even from generation to generation, and call their lands by their names.
12 But man shall not continue in honor: he is like the beasts that die.
13 This their way uttereth their foolishness: yet their posterity delight in their talk. Selah. (f)
14 Like sheep they lie in grave: death devoureth them, and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning: for their beauty shall consume, when they shall go from their house to grave. (g)
15 But God shall deliver my soul from the power of the grave: for he will receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, and when the glory of his house is increased.
17 For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shall his pomp descend after him.
18 For while he lived, he rejoiced himself: and men will praise thee, when thou makest much of thyself.
19 He shall enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not live forever.
20Man is in honor, and understandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish. (h)

Related scripture, notes and thoughts

(a) Proverbs 1:7-9
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear thy father’s instruction, and forsake not thy mother’s teaching.
9 For they shall be a comely ornament unto thine head, and as chains for thy neck

(b) Job 31:24-25
24 If I made gold mine hope, or have said to the wedge of gold, Thou art my confidence,
25 If I rejoiced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,

(c) John 14:6
Jesus said unto him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

(d) Matthew 16:26
For what shall it profit a man though he should win the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give for recompense of his soul?

(e) Ecclesiates 2:18-21
18 I hated also all my labor, wherein I had travailed under the sun, which I shall leave to the man that shall be after me.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be wise or foolish? Yet shall he have rule over all my labor, wherein I have travailed, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhor all the labor, wherein I had travailed under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose travail is in wisdom, and in knowledge and in equity: yet to a man that hath not travailed herein, shall he give his portion: this also is vanity and a great grief.

(f) Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, O fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul from thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

(g) 1 Corinthians 6:2
Do ye not know that the Saints shall judge the world? If the world then shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

(h) Ecclesiates 3:19
For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are even as one condition unto them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other: for they have all one breath, and there is no excellency of man above ye beast: for all is vanity.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 48

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Saturday, March 21, 2009 11:34:30 PM

Psalm 48

A song or Psalm committed to the sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the City of our God, even upon his holy Mountain.

2 Mount Zion, lying Northward, is fair in situation: it is the joy of the whole earth, and the City of the great King.

3 In the palaces thereof God is known for a refuge.

4 For lo, the Kings were gathered, and went together.

5 When they saw it, they marveled: they were astonied, and suddenly driven back.

6 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow, as upon a woman in travail.

7 As with an East wind thou breakest the ships of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the City of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah. (a)

9 We wait for thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy Temple.

10 O God, according unto thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world’s end: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

12 Compass about Zion, and go round about it, and tell the towers thereof.

13 Mark well the wall thereof: behold her towers, that ye may tell your posterity.

14 For this God is our God forever and ever: he shall be our guide unto the death. (b)
(a) Micah 4:1
 
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the House of the Lord shall be prepared in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and people shall flow unto it.

(b) Isaiah 58:11

And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 47

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Friday, March 20, 2009 6:10:28 AM

Psalm 47

To him that excelleth. A Psalm committed to the sons of Korah.

1 All people clap your hands: sing loud unto God with a joyful voice. (a) (b)

2 For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King over all the earth.

3 He hath subdued the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

4 He hath chosen our inheritance for us: even the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. (c)

5 God is gone up with triumph, even the Lord, with the sound of the trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing praises every one that hath understanding. (d)

8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon his holy throne.

9 The princes of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he is greatly to be exalted.

 

Related Scriptures, notes and thoughts
(a) Editor’s thought - In Psalms 40:6 the Psalmist writes that our Lord has no need of, nor requirements for burnt offerings or sin offerings, however we are instructed to bring forth the sacrifice of praise as proscribed in Hebrews 13:15

Hebrews 13:15
“Let us therefore by him offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of the lips, which confess his Name.”
Psalm 40:6
“Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire: (for mine ears hast thou prepared) burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.”
 
(b) Sacrifice (source - Strong’s Concordance)
8002 shelem sheh'-lem from ; properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks:--peace offering.
8426 towdah to-daw' from properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers:--confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks(-giving, offering).
 
(c)1 Peter 1:4
“To an inheritance immortal and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us,”
 
(d) 1 Corinthians 14:15
“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing with the understanding also.”
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Read One Psalm a Day Psalm 46

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:40:59 AM
Psalm 46
1 To him that excelleth upon Alamoth a song committed to the sons of Korah. God is our hope and strength, and help in troubles, ready to be found.

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be moved, and though the mountains fall into the midst of the sea.

3 Though the waters thereof rage and be troubled, and the mountains shake at the surges of the same. Selah, (a)

4 Yet there is a River, whose streams shall make glad the city of God: even the Sanctuary of the Tabernacles of the most High.(b)  (c)

5 God is in the midst of it: therefore shall it not be moved: God shall help it very early. (d)

6 When the nations raged, and the kingdoms were moved, God thundered, and the earth melted.

7 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

8 Come, and behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the world: he breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear, and burneth the chariots with fire.

10 Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. (e)

11 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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(a) Writer's thought - I shall not be moved or shaken in my belief of Him and all He represents.
 
(b) Writer's thought - The Living Water, the Water of Life
 
 Ezekiel 47:1 - 2,9
1 Afterward he brought me unto the door of the house: and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house Eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the East, and the waters ran down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of ye altar.
2 Then brought he me out toward the North gate, and led me about by the way without unto the utter gate, by the way that turneth Eastward: and behold, there came forth waters on ye right side
9 And everything that liveth, which moveth, wheresoever the rivers shall come, shall live, and there shall be a very great multitude of  fish,becausethese waters shall come thither: for they shall be wholesome, and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

Revelations 22:1
 
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lamb.

6944 qodesh ko'-desh from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:--consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary. (Source Stong's Concordance)
Hosea 2:11
9 I will not execute ye fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man, the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the city.

(e) Isaiah 2:11,17
11 The high look of man shall be humbled, and the loftiness of men shall be abased, and the Lord only shall be exalted in that day.
17 And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the loftiness of men shall be abased, and the Lord shall only be exalted in that day.
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 45

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:21:38 AM

Psalm 45

1 To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of love to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah. Mine heart will utter forth a good matter: I will entreat in my works of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee forever.

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, to wit, thy worship and thy glory,

4 And prosper with thy glory: ride upon the word of truth and of meekness and of righteousness: so thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp to pierce the heart of the King’s enemies: therefore the people shall fall under thee.

6 Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness, because God, even thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes, and cassia, when thou comest out of the ivory palaces, where they have made thee glad.

9 King’s daughters were among thine honorable wives: upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a vesture of gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear: forget also thine own people and thy father’s house.

11 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord, and reverence thou him.

12 And the daughter of Tyre with the rich of the people shall do homage before thy face with presents.

13 The King’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of broidered gold.

14 She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle work: the virgins that follow after her, and her companions shall be brought unto thee.

15 With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and shall enter into the King’s palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall thy children be: thou shalt make them princes through all the earth.

17 I will make thy Name to be remembered through all generations: therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee world without end.

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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 44

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:37:10 AM

Psalm 44

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalm to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God: our fathers have told us the works, that thou hast done in their days, in the old time:

2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thine hand, and planted them: how thou hast destroyed the people, and caused them to grow.

3 For they inherited not the land by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm and the light of thy countenance, because thou didst favor them.

4 Thou art my King, O God: send help unto Jacob.

5 Through thee have we thrust back our adversaries: by thy Name have we trodden down them that rose up against us.

6 For I do not trust in my bow, neither can my sword save me.

7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate us.

8 Therefore will we praise God continually, and will confess thy Name forever. Selah.

9 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary, and they, which hate us, spoil for themselves.

11 Thou givest us as sheep to be eaten, and doest scatter us among the nations.

12 Thou sellest thy people without gain, and doest not increase their price.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a jest and a laughing stock to them that are round about us.

14 Thou makest us a proverb among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.

15 My confusion is daily before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 For the voice of the slanderer and rebuker, for the enemy and avenger.

17 All this is come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, neither deal we falsely concerning thy covenant.

18 Our heart is not turned back: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,

19 Albeit thou hast smitten us down into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to a strange god,

21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 Surely for thy sake are we slain continually, and are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Up, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not far off forever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our misery and our affliction?

25 For our soul is beaten down unto the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

26 Rise up for our succor, and redeem us for thy mercies sake.

 
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Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 43

Posted by R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Monday, March 16, 2009 7:21:49 AM

Psalm 43

1 Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against the unmerciful people: deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man.

2 For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me away? why go I so mourning, when the enemy oppresseth me?

3 Send thy light and thy truth: let them lead me: let them bring me unto thine holy Mountain and to thy Tabernacles.

4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? wait on God: for I will yet give him thanks, he is my present help, and my God.

 
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