About Me

Name: R.P. Woitowitz Sr.
Biography
Loading...

Create Your Own Blog Find Other Townhall Blogs

Comments

Archives

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 85

Psalm 85

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

1 Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land:
thou hast brought again the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people,
and covered all their sins. Selah.
3 Thou hast withdrawn all thine anger, and hast
turned back from the fierceness of thy wrath. (a)
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and release
thine anger toward us.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us forever? and wilt thou
prolong thy wrath from one generation to another? (b)
6 Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us, that
thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy
salvation.
8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say:
for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his
Saints, that they turn not again to folly.
9 Surely his salvation is near to them that fear
him, that glory may dwell in our land.(c)
10 Mercy and truth shall meet, righteousness and
peace shall kiss one another.
11 Truth shall bud out of the earth, and righteousness
shall look down from heaven. (d)
12 Yea, the Lord shall give good things, and our
land shall give her increase. (e)
13 Righteousness shall go before him, and shall
set her steps in the way. (f)

Related scripture, notes or thoughts

(a) Verse 3

Editor’s thought - A precursor of the establishment of grace

Ezekiel 16:60 - 63
60 Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant
made with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will
confirm unto thee an everlasting Covenant.
61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be
ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, both
thy elder and thy younger, and I will give them unto
thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
62 And I will establish my covenant with thee,
and thou shalt know that I am the Lord,
63 That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed,
and never open thy mouth anymore: because of thy
shame when I am pacified toward thee, for all that
thou hast done, saith the Lord God.

Editor’s Note - The NKJ version has this verse reading;
“when I provide you an atonement”

Editor’s Thought - Even still, the concept of establishing grace as forgiveness seems to be the dominant thought.

Ephesians 2:8 - 9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith, and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast
himself.

Ephesians 3:9
And to make clear unto all men what the fellowship
of the mystery is, which from the beginning
of the world hath been hid in God, who hath created
all things by Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace according
to the measure of the gift of Christ.

John 1;16 -17
16 fAnd of his fullness have all we received, and
grace for grace.
17 For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and
truth came by Jesus Christ.

(b) Verse 5

Editor’s thought - Perhaps the Psalmist is referring to the Sins of the Father?

Daniel 9;16
O Lord, according to all thy 1righteousness, I
beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned
away from thy city Jerusalem thine holy Mountain:
because of our sins, and for the iniquities of our
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are a reproach to
all that are about us.

Nehemiah 1:6
I pray thee let thine ears be attent, and thine
eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which
I pray before thee daily, day and night for the children
of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of
the children of Israel, which we have sinned against
thee, both I and my father’s house have sinned:

Nehemiah 9:2
And they that were of the seed of Israel were
separated from all the strangers) and they stood and
confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

(c) Verses 7 - 9

Isaiah 46:13
I bring near my justice: it shall not be far
off, and my salvation shall not tarry: for I will give
salvation in Zion, and my glory unto Israel.

Haggai 2:7
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet a little
while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth,
and the sea, and the dry land:

Zechariah 2:5
For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall
of fire round about, and will be the glory in the
midst of her.

John 1:14
And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we saw the glory thereof, as the
glory of the only begotten Son of the Father) 6full
of grace and truth.

(d) Verses 10 - 11

Isaiah 32:16 - 18
16 And judgment shall dwell in the desert, and
justice shall remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of justice shall be peace, even
the work of justice and quietness, and assurance
forever.
18 And my people shall dwell in the tabernacle
of peace, and in sure dwellings, and in safe resting
places.

Romans 14:17
17 For the kingdom of God, is not meat nor drink, but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the holy Ghost.

James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace,
of them that make peace.


(e) Verse 12

James 1:17
Every good giving and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the 1Father of lights,
with whom is no variableness, neither 2shadow of
turning.

Numbers 23:19 - 20
19 God is not as man, that he should lie, neither
as the son of man, that he should repent: hath he
said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and
shall he not accomplish it?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless:
for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

John 3:27
John answered, and said, A man 1can receive
nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

(f) Verse 13

Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not hold my tongue,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the
righteousness thereof break forth as the light, and
salvation thereof as a burning lamp.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm - Psalm 84

Psalm 84

A Psalm committed to the sons of Korah.

1 O Lord of hosts, how amiable are thy Tabernacles?
2 My soul longeth, yea, and fainted for the courts
of the Lord: for my heart and my flesh rejoice in the
living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and
the swallow a nest for her, where she may lay her
young: even by thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my
king and my God. (a)
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thine house, they
will ever praise thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee,
and in whose heart are thy ways.
6 They going through the valley of Baca, make
wells therein: the rain also covereth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, till every
one appear before God in Zion. (b)
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer, hearken,
O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the
face of thine 1Anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand
other where: I had rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of my God, than to dwell in the tabernacles
of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is the sun and shield unto us:
the Lord will give grace and glory, and no good thing
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (c)
12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth
in thee.


Related Scripture, notes or thoughts

(a) Verse 3

Matthew 10:31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than
many sparrows.

(b) Verse 4 - 7

Jeremiah 16:19 - 21
19 O Lord, thou art my fortress, and my strength
and my refuge in the day of affliction: the Gentiles
shall come unto thee from the ends of the world, and
shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, and
vanity, wherein there was no profit.
20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they
are no gods?
21 Behold, therefore I will this once each them:
I will show them mine hand and my power, and they
shall know that my Name is the Lord.

Editors thought - It is my belief here that the prophet was showing a glimpse of God’s promises to the gentiles and to the coming Messiah whose mission it was to bring ALL mankind to reconciliation with God.

2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for
thee: for my power is made perfect through weakness.
Very gladly therefore will I rejoice rather in mine
infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in
me.

Power - 4599. sthenoo sthen-o'-o from sthenos (bodily vigor; probably akin to the base of 2476); to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and power):--strengthen. Source Strong’s Concordance (Greek)

Power - Divinity; a celestial or invisible being or agent having dominion over some part of creation. Source Webster’s Dictionary Edition circa 1828


Strength - 5797 `oz oze or (fully) rowz {oze}; from 5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise):--boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong. Source Strong’s Concordance (Hebrew)

Power - 1) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding;
2) One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.

Editor’s thought - There is a connection here, an implication that God imbues each of us with HIS spirit, which is the source of His power.

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that every man may receive the things
which are done in his body, according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or evil.

(c) Verse 11

Psalm 37:18 - 19,25 - 26
18 The Lord 1knoweth the days of upright men,
and their inheritance shall be perpetual.
19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time,
and in the days of famine they shall have enough.

25 I have been young, and am old: yet I saw never
the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 But he is ever merciful and lendeth, and his
seed enjoyeth the blessing.

Revelations 22:14
Blessed are they, that do his Commandments,
that their right may be in the tree of Life, and may
enter in through the gates into the City.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 83

Psalm 83

A song or Psalm committed to Asaph.

1 Keep not thou silence, O God: be not still,
and cease not, O God.
2 For lo, thine enemies make a tumult, and they
that hate thee, have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,
and have consulted against thy secret ones.
4 They have said, Come and let us cut them off
from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be
no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together in heart, and
have made a league against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagarites:
7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, the Philistines,
with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Assyria also is joined with them: they have
been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do thou to them as unto the Midianites: as
to Sisera and as to Jabin at the river of Kishon.
10 They perished at En Dor, and were dung for
the earth.
11 Make them, even their princes, like aOreb and
like Zeeb: yea, all their princes like Zebah and like
Zalmunna,
12 Which have said, Let us take for our possession
the habitations of God.
13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and
as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame
setteth the mountains on fire:
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make
them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek
thy Name, O Lord. (a)
17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever:
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish,
18 That they may know that thou, which art
calleth Jehovah, art alone, even the most High over
all the earth.
 
Related Scripture, notes or thougths
 
(a) Verse 16
 
Isaiah 11:10 - 16
10 And in that day the root of Jesse, which shall
stand up for a sign unto the 1people, the nations
shall seek unto it, and his 2rest shall be glorious.
11 And in the same day shall the Lord stretch out
his hand 1again the second time, to possess the remnant
of his people, (which shall be left) of Assyria,
and of Egypt, and of Pathros, and of Ethiopia, and
of Elam, and of Shinar, and of Hamath, and of the
isles of the sea.
12 And he shall set up a sign to the nations, and
assemble the dispersed of Israel, and gather the scattered
of Judah from the four corners of the world.
13 The hatred also of Ephraim shall depart, and the
adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall
not envy 1Judah, neither shall Judah vex Ephraim:
14 But they shall flee upon the shoulders of the
Philistines toward the West: they shall spoil them
of the East together: Edom and Moab shall be the
stretching out of their hands, and the children of
Ammon in their obedience.
15 The Lord also shall utterly destroy the tongue
of the Egyptian’s sea, and with his mighty wind shall
lift up his hand over the river, and shall smite him
in his seven streams, and cause men to walk therein
with shoes.
16 And there shall be a path to the remnant of his
people which are left of Assyria, like as it was unto
Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of
Egypt.
Tags: Psalm   pslams  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 82

Psalm 82

A Psalm committeth to Aspah.

1 God standeth in the assembly of gods: he
judgeth among gods. (a)
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked? Selah. (b)
3 Do right to the poor and fatherless: do justice
to the poor and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: save them from
the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not and understand nothing: they
walk in darkness, albeit all the foundations of the
earth be moved. (c)
6 I have said, Ye are gods, and ye all are children
of the most High. (d)
7 But ye shall die as a man, and ye princes shall
fall like others. (e)
8 O God, arise, therefore judge thou the earth:
for thou shalt inherit 1all nations.

Related Scriptures, notes or thoughts

(a) Verse 1

Gods - 430 'elohiym el-o-heem' plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Source - Strong’s Concordance

2Chronicles 19:5 - 6
5 And he set judges in the land throughout all
the strong cities of Judah, city by city,
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye
do: for ye execute not the judgments of man, but of
the Lord, and he will be 1with you in the cause and
judgment.

Ecclesiastes 5:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second,
which hath neither son nor brother, yet is there none
end of all his travail, neither can his eye be satisfied
with riches: neither doth he think, For whom do I
travail and defraud my soul of pleasures? this also
is vanity, this is an evil travail.

(b) Verse 2

Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to 1accept the person of the
wicked, to cause the righteous to fall in judgment.

Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that
condemneth the just, even they both are abomination
to the Lord.

Isaiah 5:21 - 23
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own
eyes, and prudent in their own sight.
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine,
and unto them that are strong to pour in strong
drink:
23 Which justify the wicked for a reward, and take
away the righteousness of the righteous from him.

Mighty - 1419 gadowl gaw-dole' or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}; from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:--+ aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Source Strong’s Concordance

Editor’s Note - I noticed the concept implied by the idea that the one who is mighty is also a “proud thing” would not one who would judge unfairly, be likewise proud, as in above wherein Isaiah says “wise in their own eyes”?

(c) Verse 5

Psalm 11:3
For the foundations are cast down, what hath
the righteous done?

Foundation 8356 shathah shaw-thaw' from 7896; a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support:--foundation, purpose.
Source - Strong’s Concordance

Foundation - 3. The basis or ground work, or any thing; that on which any thing stands, and by which it is supported. A free government has its foundation in the choice and consent of the people to be governed. Christ is the foundation of the church.
Source - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Edition circa 1828

Editor’s Note - The reference here is to the word foundation wherein if the basis of justice is removed then what recourse do those that need protection by justice have?
Matthew 15:8 -9,14
8 This people draweth near unto me with their
mouth, and honoreth me with the lips, but their
heart is far off from me.
9 But in vain they worship me, teaching for
doctrines, men’s precepts.
14 Let them alone, they be the gblind leaders of
the blind: and if the blind lead the blind, both shall
fall into the ditch.

Revelations 3:17
For thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not
how thou art wretched and miserable, and poor,
and blind, and naked.

Editor’s Note - What is being said above applies to those that would seek justice for themselves, but not do it likewise for others. Again they are wise in their own counsels, and lead others to walk astray as they themselves do.




(d) Verse 6

John 10:34 - 38
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your
Law, fI said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word
of God was given, and the Scripture cannot be
1broken,
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified,
and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because
I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me
not.
38 But if I do, then though ye believe not me, yet
believe the works, that ye may know and believe,
that the Father is in me, and I in him.


(e) Verse 7

Psalm 73:22
So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast
before thee.

Psalm 49:10 - 13, 20
10 For he seeth that wise men die: and also that
the ignorant and foolish perish, and leave their riches
for others.
11 Yet they think their houses and their habitations
shall continue forever, even from generation to
generation, and 1call 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 1delight in their talk. Selah.

20 Man is in honor; and 1understandeth not; he
is like to beasts that perish.

Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and are
vile in your sight?

Psalm 37:1 - 2
1 Fret not thyself because of the wicked men,
neither be envious for the evildoers.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like grass,
and shall wither as the green herb.

James 1:11
For as when the sun riseth with heat, then the
grass withereth, and his flower falleth away, and the
goodly shape of it perisheth: even so shall the rich
man wither away in all his 1ways.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 81

Psalm 81

To him that excelleth upon Gittith.
A Psalm committeth to Asaph.

1 Sing joyfully unto God our strength: sing loud
unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the
pleasant harp with the viol.
3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, even in
the time appointed at our feast day.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the
God of Jacob.
5 He set this in Joseph for a testimony, when
he came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a
language, that I understood not.
6 I have withdrawn his shoulder from the burden,
and his hands have left the pots. (a)
7 Thou calledst in affliction, and I delivered thee,
and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I
proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. (b)
8 Hear, O my people, and I will protest unto
thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me,
9 And wilt have no strange god in thee, neither
worship any strange god,
10 (For I am the Lord thy God, which brought
thee out of the land of Egypt:) open thy mouth
wide, and I will fill it.(c)
11 But my people would not hear my voice, and
Israel would none of me,
12 So I gave them up unto the hardness of their
heart, and they have walked in their own counsels. (d)
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
and Israel had walked in my ways! (e)
14 I would soon have humbled their enemies, and
turned mine hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should have been subject
unto him, and their time should have endured (f)
forever.
16 And God would have fed them with the fat of
wheat, and with honey out of the rock would I have

Related Scripture, thoughts or notes

sufficed thee.

(a) Verses 5 - 6

Editor’s Note - Keyword - burden

Psalm 55:22
Cast thy 1burden upon the Lord, and he shall
nourish thee: he will not suffer the righteous to fall
2forever.

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 1the anointing.

Matthew 11:28 - 30
28 Come unto me, all ye that are weary and laden,
and I will ease you.
29 Take my yoke on you, and learn of me that I
am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find krest
unto your souls.
30 lFor my yoke is 1easy, and my burden light.

Additional thought - God is removing the yoke/burden of this world and asking us to pick up his yoke to follow him

(b) Verse 7

Exodus 2:23 - 25
23 Then in process of time, the King of Egypt
died, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage
and 1cried: and their cry for the bondage came
up unto God.
24 Then God heard their moan, and God remembered
his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25 So God looked upon the children of Israel, and
God had respect unto them.

Job 36:8 - 9
8 And if they be bound in fetters and tied with
the cords of affliction,
9 Then will he show them their work and their
sins, because they have been proud.

(c) Verses 8 - 10

Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee,
saying, This is the way, 1walk ye in it, when thou
turnest to the right hand, and when thou turnest
to the left.

Exodus 4:10 - 16
10 ¶ But Moses said unto the Lord, Oh my Lord,
I am not eloquent, neither at any time have been,
nor yet since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but
I am 2slow of speech and slow of tongue.
11 Then the Lord said unto him, Who hath given
the mouth to man? or who hath made the dumb, or
the deaf, or him that seeth, or the blind? have not I
the Lord?
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 1hand of him, whom thou 2shouldest send.
14 Then the Lord was 1very 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
1put 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.

(d) Verse 12

Deuteronomy 28:62 - 65
62 And ye shall be left few in number, where ye
were as the jstars of heaven in multitude, because
thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy
God.
63 And as the Lord hath rejoiced over you, to do
you good, and to multiply you, so he will rejoice over
you, to destroy you, and bring you to naught, and ye
shall be rooted out of the land, whither thou goest
to possess it.
64 And the Lord shall 1scatter thee among all people
from the one end of the world unto the other, and
there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast
not known, nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
65 Also among these nations thou shalt find no
rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: for
the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart,
and looking to return till thine eyes fall out, and a
sorrowful mind.

Philippians 2:21
For all seek their own, and not that which is
Jesus Christ’s.

Romans 1:24 - 26
24 1Wherefore 2also God 3gave them up to their
hearts lusts, unto uncleanness, to defile their own
bodies between themselves:
25 Which turned the truth of God unto a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature, forsaking the
Creator which is blessed forever, Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up to vile affections:
for even their women did change the natural
use into that which is against nature.

(e)
Isaiah 48:18
18 Oh, that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments!
then had thy prosperity been as the flood,
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

Matthew 37:23
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the Prophets,
and stonest them which are sent to thee, how
often would I have gathered thy children together,
as the hen gathered her chickens under her wings,
and ye would not!

(f) Verse 15
Romans 1:28 - 30
28 For as they regarded not to acknowledge God,
even so God delivered them up unto a reprobate mind,
to do those things which are not convenient,
29 Being full of all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy,
of murder, of debate, of deceit, taking all things in
the evil part, whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong,
proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, such as can never be
appeased, merciless.

Tags: Psalms   pslam  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 80

PSALM 80

To him that excelleth on Shoshannim Eduth,
A Psalm committed to Asaph.

1 Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that
leadest Joseph like sheep: show thy brightness, thou
that sittest between the Cherubims.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh
stir up thy strength, and come to help us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to
shine that we may be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be
angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears,
and given them tears to drink with great measure. (a)
6 Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbors,
and our enemies laugh at us among themselves. (b)
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts: cause thy face
to shine, and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou
hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou madest room for it, and didst cause it to
take root, and it filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with the shadow
of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly
cedars.
11 She stretched out her branches unto the Sea,
and her boughs unto the 1river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so
that all they, which pass by the way, have plucked her?
13 The wild boar out of the wood hath destroyed
it, and the wild beasts of the field have eaten it up.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look
down from heaven and behold, and visit this vine,
15 And the vineyard, that thy right hand hath
planted, and the young vine, which thou madest
strong for thyself. (c)
16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down: and they
perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. (d)
17 Let thine hand be upon the man of thy right
hand, and upon the son of man, whom thou madest
strong for thine own self. (e)
18 So will not we go back from thee, revive thou
us, and we shall call upon thy Name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts: cause thy
face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Related Scripture, notes or thoughts


(a) Verse 5

Isaiah 30:30
And when the Lord hath given you the bread of
adversity, and the water of affliction, thy rain shall be
no more kept back, but thine eyes shall see thy rain.

Amos 8:11 - 12
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God,
that I will send a famine in the Land, not a famine
of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the
word of the Lord.
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and
from the North even unto the East shall they run
to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall
not find it.

(b) Verse 6

Job 16:20 - 21
20 My friends speak eloquently against me: but
mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 Oh that a man might plead with God, as man
with his neighbor!

Psalm 44:13 - 14
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors,
a jest and 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.

(c) Verses 14 - 15

Isaiah 63:15 - 17
15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the
dwelling place of thine holiness, and of thy glory.
Where is thy zeal and thy strength, the multitude
of thy mercies, and of thy compassion? they are
restrained from me.
16 Doubtless thou art our Father: though Abraham
be ignorant of us, and Israel know us not, yet
thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy
Name is forever.
17 O Lord, why hast 1thou made us to err from
thy ways? and hardened our heart from thy fear?
Return for thy servant’s sake, and for the tribes of
thine inheritance.


(d) Verse 16

Numbers 17:12 - 13
12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses,
saying, Behold, we are dead, we perish, we are all lost:
13 Whosoever cometh near or approacheth to
the Tabernacle of the Lord, shall die: shall we be
consumed and die?

2 Thessalonians 2:10 - 12
10 And in all deceivableness of unrighteousness,
among them that perish, because they received not
the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And therefore God shall send them 1strong
delusion, that they should believe lies,
12 That all they might be damned which believed
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

(e) Verses 17 - 18

Acts 13:22
And after he had taken him away, he raised
up David to be their King, of whom he witnessed,
saying, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man
after mine own heart, which will do all things that
I will.

Psalm 89:20 - 21,24 - 30
20 I have found David my servant: with mine holy
oil have I anointed him.
21 Therefore mine hand shall be established with
him, and mine arm shall strengthen him.
24 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him,
and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right
hand in the floods.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my
God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than
the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore,
and my Covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure forever,
and his throne as the days of heaven.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 79

Dear Reader:

I have continued to have problems with the website where I get my pslams. However, I have a CD disc with the edtiion of the Geneva Bible. By working along with my NKJ version that contains various cross scripture references, plus what I know and remember from reading I have been able to put together a daily post.

It is quite possible that this is what will be neccessary for some time, but it is indeed a labor of love. To be honest, it did not require anymore or any less time to do it in this manner.

RPW


Psalm 79

Psalm committed to Asaph.

1 O God, 1the heathen are come into thine
inheritance: thine holy Temple have they defiled,
and made Jerusalem heaps of stones.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they
given to be meat unto fowls of the heaven, and the
flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like waters, round
about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
4 We are a reproach to our neighbors, even a scorn
and derision unto them that are round about us.
5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry, forever?
shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that
have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that
have not called upon thy Name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob, and made his
dwelling place desolate.
8 Remember not against us the former iniquities, (a)
but make haste, and let thy tender mercies prevent
us: for we are in great misery.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory
of thy Name, and deliver us, and be merciful unto
our sins for thy Name’s sake.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is
their God?(b) let them be known among the heathen
in our sight by the vengeance of the blood of thy
servants that is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoners come before (c)
thee: according to thy mighty arm preserve the
children of death,
12 And render to our neighbors sevenfold into
their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have
reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people, and sheep of thy pasture (d)
shall praise thee forever: and from generation to
generation we will set forth thy praise.

(a) Verse 8
Editor’s note - Forgive our trespasses

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

2 Corinthians 5:19
19 For God was in Christ, and reconciled the world
to himself, not imputing their sins unto them, and
hath committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Colossians 2:13
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) Verse 10

Joel 2:17
17 Let the Priests, the ministers of the Lord,
weep between the porch and the altar, and let them
say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine
heritage into reproach, that the heathen should rule
over them. Wherefore should they say among the
people, Where is their God?

Luke 23:35
35 And the people stood, and beheld: and the rulers
mocked him with them, saying, He saved others: let
him save himself, if he be that Christ the Chosen
of God.

Matthew 27:39 - 43
39 And they that passed by, reviled him, wagging
their heads,
40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the Temple,
and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou be
the Son of God, come down from the cross.
4 Likewise also the high Priests mocking him,
with the Scribes, and Elders, and Pharisees, said,
42 He saved others, but he cannot save himself:
if he be the king of Israel, let him now come down
from the cross, and we will believe in him.
43 He trusted in God, let him deliver him now, if
he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

(c) Verse 11

Acts 12:5 - 7
5 So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer
was made of the Church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him out
unto the people, the same night slept Peter between
two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the keepers
before the door, kept the prison.
7 And behold the Angel of the Lord came upon
them, and a light shined in the 1house, and he smote
Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise
quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

(d) Verse 13

Matthew 25:33 - 40
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,
and the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the king say to them on his right
hand, Come ye blessed of my father: take the
inheritance of the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world.
35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat:
I thirsted, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me in unto you.
36 I was naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick,
and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto
me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee?
or athirst, and gave thee drink?
38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took
thee in unto us? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto thee?
40 And the king shall answer, and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have
done it to me.
Editor’s note - I am for some reason in vs. 37 of Matthew above, am reminded of Revelations 7:9 - 12

9 After these things I beheld, and lo, a great
multitude, which no man could number, of all nations
and kindreds, and people, and tongues stood
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with
long white robes, and palms in their hands.
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying,
Salvation cometh of our God, that sitteth upon the
throne, and of the Lamb.
11 And all the Angels stood round about the
throne, and about the Elders, and the four beasts,
and they fell before the throne on their faces, and
worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen, Praise and glory, and wisdom,
and thanks, and honor, and power, and might, be
unto our God for evermore, Amen.
Tags: Psalms   pslam  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 78

Psalm 78
 
Editor's note;
I seem to be having problems with the site from which I download.  I have no idea why this is coming out this way. Until the problem is resovled I will not be able to add comments.
 1 A Psalm to give instruction committed to Asaph. Hear my doctrine, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare high sentences of old. 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children but to the generation to come we will shew the praises of the Lord his power also, and his wonderful works that he hath done: 5 How he established a testimony in Jacob, and ordained a Law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should teach their children: 6 That the posterity might know it, and the children, which should be born, should stand up, and declare it to their children: 7 That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments: 8 And not to be as their fathers, a disobedient and rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful unto God. 9 The children of Ephraim being armed and shooting with the bow, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, but refused to walk in his Law, 11 And forgot his Acts, and his wonderful works that he had shewed them. 12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt: even in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the Sea, and led them through: he made also the waters to stand as an heap. 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as of the great depths.
16 He brought floods also out of the stony rock; so that he made the waters to descend like the rivers. 17 Yet they sinned still against him, and provoked the Highest in the wilderness, 18 And tempted God in their hearts in requiring meat for their lust. 19 They spake against God also, saying, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the water gushed out, and the streams overflowed: can he give bread also? or prepare flesh for his people? 21 Therefore the Lord heard and was angry, and the fire was kindled in Jacob, and also wrath came upon Israel, 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his help. 23 Yet he had commanded the clouds above, and had opened the doors of heaven, 24 And had rained down MAN upon them for to eat, and had given them of the wheat of heaven. 25 Man did eat the bread of Angels: he sent them meat enough. 26 He caused the Eastwind to pass in the heaven, and through his power he brought in the Southwind. 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowl as the sand of the sea. 28 And he made it fall in the midst of their camp even round about their habitations. 29 So they did eat and were well filled: for he gave them their desire. 30 They were not turned from their lust, but the meat was yet in their mouths, 31 When the wrath of God came even upon them, and slew the strongest of them, and smote down the chosen men in Israel. 32 For all this, they sinned still, and believed not his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years hastily.
34 And when he slew them, they sought him and they returned, and sought God early. 35 And they remembered that God was their strength, and the most high God their redeemer. 36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and dissembled with him with their tongue. 37 For their heart was not upright with him: neither were they faithful in his covenant. 38 Yet he being merciful forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not, but oft times called back his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39 For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a wind that passeth and cometh not again. 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness? and grieve him in the desert? 41 Yea, they returned, and tempted God, and limited the Holy one of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy, 43 Nor him that set his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan, 44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent a swarm of flies among them, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. 46 He gave also their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labor unto the grasshopper. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their wild fig trees with the hailstone. 48 He gave their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to the thunderbolts. 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, indignation and wrath, and vexation by the sending out of evil Angels. 50 He made a way to his anger: he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life to the pestilence,
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, even the beginning of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham. 52 But he made his people to go out like sheep, and led them in the wilderness like a flock. 53 Yea, he carried them out safely, and they feared not, and the Sea covered their enemies. 54 And he brought them unto the borders of his Sanctuary: even to this Mountain, which his right hand purchased. 55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and caused them to fall to the lot of his inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles. 56 Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies, 57 But turned back and dealt falsely like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow. 58 And they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to wrath with their graven images. 59 God heard this and was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel, 60 So that he forsook the habitation of Shiloh, even the Tabernacle where he dwelt among men, 61 And delivered his power into captivity, and his beauty into the enemies hand. 62 And he gave up his people to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance. 63 The fire devoured their chosen men, and their maids were not praised. 64 Their Priests fell by the sword, and their widows lamented not. 65 But the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and as a strong man that after his wine crieth out, 66 And smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetual shame. 67 Yet he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, and mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his Sanctuary as an high palace, like the earth, which he established forever. 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. 71 Even from behind the ewes with young brought he him to feed his people in Jacob, and his inheritance in Israel. 72 So he fed them according to the simplicity of his heart, and guided them by the discretion of his hands.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 77

Psalm 77

For the excellent musician Jeduthun. A Psalm committed to Asaph

1 My voice came to God, when I cried: my voice came to God, and he heard me. (a)
2 In the day of my trouble I sought ye Lord: my sore ran and ceased not in the night: my soul refused comfort.
3 I did think upon God, and was troubled: I prayed, and my spirit was full of anguish. Selah.
4 Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonied and could not speak.
5 Then I considered the days of old, and the years of ancient time.
6 I called to remembrance my song in the night: I communed with mine own heart, and my spirit searched diligently. (b)
7 Will the Lord absent himself forever? And will he shew no more favor?
8 Is his mercy clean gone forever? doeth his promise fail for evermore? (c)
9 Hath God forgotten to be merciful? hath he shut up his tender mercies in displeasure? Selah.
10 And I said, This is my death: yet I remembered the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I remembered the works of the Lord: certainly I remembered thy wonders of old.
12 I did also meditate all thy works, and did devise of thine acts, saying,
13 Thy way, O God, is in the Sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God! (d)
14 Thou art ye God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy power among the people.
15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with thine arm, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw thee, O God: the waters saw thee, and were afraid: yea, the depths trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water: the heavens gave a sound: yea, thine arrows went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was round about: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy way is in the Sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
20 Thou didst lead thy people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron

(a) Verses 1 - 5

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they have not been wrapped, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.

Job 2:7 - 9
7 So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils, from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took a potsherd to scrape him, and he sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Doest thou continue yet in thine uprightness? Blaspheme God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.



(b)Verses 6,12

Meditate - 7878 siyach see'-akh a primitive root; to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter:-- commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with). Source Strong’s Concordance

(c) Verse 8

2 Peter 2:8 - 10
8 (For he being righteous, and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds.)
9 The Lord knoweth to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment under punishment.
10 And chiefly them that walk after the flesh, in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government, which are presumptuous, and stand in their own conceit, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in dignity.

Verses 13 - 14
Isaiah 12:6
Cry out, and shout, O inhabitant of Zion: for great is ye holy one of Israel in the midst of thee.

Lamentations 3:18 - 23
18 And I said, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,
19 Remembering mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 I consider this in mine heart: therefore have I hope.
22 It is the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are renewed every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 76

Dear Readers;

We are now halfway through this study. It is my hope that you are enjoying these readings. More importantly it is my prayer that you are finding, solace, comfort, inspiration and much, much more from reading God’s Word daily.

Psalm 76

To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalm or song committed to Asaph

1 God is known in Judah: his Name is great in Israel.
2 For in Shalem is his Tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou art more bright and puissant, than the mountains of prey. (a)
5 The stouthearted are spoiled: they have slept their sleep, and all the men of strength have not found their hands. (b)
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast asleep.
7 Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who shall stand in thy sight, when thou art angry! (c)
8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven: therefore the earth feared and was still,
9 When thou, O God, arose to judgment, to help all the meek of the earth. Selah. (d)
10 Surely the rage of man shall turn to thy praise: the remnant of the rage shalt thou restrain.
11 Vow and perform unto the Lord your God, all ye that be round about him: let them bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the Kings of the earth.

(a) Verse 4
Ezekiel 38:12
Thinking to spoil the prey, and to take a bootie, to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people, that are gathered out of the nations which have gotten cattle and goods, and dwell in the midst of the land.

(b) Verse 5
Isaiah 10:12 - 13
12 But when the Lord hath accomplished all his work upon mount Zion and Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the King of Asshur, and his glorious and proud looks,
13 Because he said, By ye power of mine own hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, because I am wise: therefore I have removed the borders of the people, and have spoiled their treasures, and have pulled down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

Isaiah 46:12 - 13
12 Hear me, ye stubborn hearted, that are far from justice.
13 I bring near my justice: it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: for I will give salvation in Zion, and my glory unto Israel.

(c) Verses 7 - 8
Hebrews 10:31
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Luke 12:4 - 5
4 And I say unto you, my friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after
that are not able to do anymore.
5 But I will forewarn you, who ye shall fear; fear him which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, him fear.

Revelations 16:7,19
7 And I heard another out of the Sanctuary say, Even so, Lord God almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

Revelations 14:13
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which hereafter die in the Lord. Even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors, and their works follow them.

Verses 9 - 10
Revelations 19:5 - 8
5 Then a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard like a voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of strong thunderings, saying, Hallelujah! For the Lord God almighty hath reigned.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give glory to him, for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted, that she should be arrayed with pure fine linen and shining, for the fine linen is the righteousness of Saints.
9 Then he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the Lamb’s supper. And he said unto me, These words of God are true.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 75

Psalm 75

To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalm or song committed to Asaph.

1 We will praise thee, O God, we will praise thee, for thy Name is near: therefore they will declare thy wondrous works.
2 When I shall take a convenient time, I will judge righteously.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
5 Lift not up your horn on high, neither speak with a stiff neck.
6 For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,
7 But God is the judge: he maketh low and he maketh high.
8 For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drink the dregs thereof.
9 But I will declare forever, and sing praises unto the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I break: but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 74

Psalm 74

A Psalm to give instruction, committed to Asaph.

1 O God, why hast thou put us away forever? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Think upon thy Congregation, which thou hast possessed of old, and on the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, and on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy strokes, that thou mayest forever destroy every enemy that doeth evil to the Sanctuary.
4 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy Congregation, and set up their banners for signs.
5 He that lifted the axes upon the thick trees, was renowned, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast thy Sanctuary into the fire, and raised it to the ground, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them altogether: they have burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with us that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach thee? shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name forever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thine hand, even thy right hand? draw it out of thy bosom, and consume them.
12 Even God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the head of Leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat for the people in wilderness.
15 Thou brakest up the fountain and river: thou driest up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached the Lord, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.
19 Give not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the beast, and forget not the Congregation of thy poor forever.
20 Consider thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruel.
21 Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed, but let the poor and needy praise thy Name.
22 Arise, O God: maintain thine own cause: remember thy daily reproach by the foolish man.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, ascendeth continually.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 73

Dear Readers

I would first like to offer my apologies for just posting the last two days without providing some additional scripture for thought and consideration. I was involved in my town’s Tea Party over the last 48 hours, and as such did not give my full attention to this work.

I offer as my only excuse the quote from Sir John Astley before he charged at the battle of Edgehill: "O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me."

Respectfully yours in Christ;
R.P. Woitowitz Sr.

Psalm 73

A Psalm committed to Asaph

1 Yet God is good to Israel: even, to the pure in heart.
2 As for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well near slipped.
3 For I feared at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (a)
4 For there are no bands in their death, but they are lusty and strong.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.
6 Therefore pride is as a chain unto them, and cruelty covereth them as a garment. (b)
7 Their eyes stand out for fatness: they have more than heart can wish.
8 They are licentious, and speak wickedly of their oppression: they talk presumptuously.
9 They set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches.
13 Certainly I have cleansed mine heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency.
14 For daily have I been punished, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will judge thus, behold the generation of thy children: I have trespassed.
16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painful for me,
17 Until I went into the Sanctuary of God: then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou hast set them in slippery places, and castest them down into desolation.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,
20 As a dream when one awaketh! O Lord, when thou raisest us up, thou shalt make their image despised.
21 Certainly mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reins:
22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a beast before thee. (c)
23 Yet I was alway with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and I have desired none in the earth with thee.
26 My flesh faileth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my portion forever.
27 For lo, they that withdraw themselves from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that go a whoring from thee. (d)
28 As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: therefore I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.


(a) Versus 1 - 5
Psalm 37:1 - 2
Fret not thyself because of the wicked men, neither be envious for the evil doers.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like grass, and shall wither as the green herb.

Proverb 23:17 - 19
17 Let not thine heart be envious against sinners: but let it be in the fear of the Lord continually.
18 For surely there is an end, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
19 O thou my son, hear, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Proverb 24:19
Fret not thyself because of the malicious, neither be envious at the wicked.

(b) Versus 6 - 12

Editor’s thoughts - Evil always requires more and more desires of things that others have, coveting all things.

2 Peter 2:18 - 20
18 For in speaking swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped from them which are wrapped in error,
19 Promising unto them liberty, and are themselves the servants of corruption; for of whomsoever a man is overcome, even unto the same is he in bondage.
20 For if they, after they have escaped from the filthiness of the world, through the acknowledging of the Lord, and of the Saviour Jesus Christ, are yet tangled again therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

Jude 16,18
16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; whose mouth’s speak proud things, having men’s persons in admiration, because of advantage.
18 How that they told you that there should be mockers in the last time, which should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Revelations 13:6
6 And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his Name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

(c) Verse 22
Psalm 92:6
An unwise man knoweth it not, and a fool doeth not understand this

1 Timothy 1:13,15
13 When before I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an oppressor, but I was received to mercy, for I did it ignorantly through unbelief.
15 This is a true saying, and by all means worthy to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Jude 10
10 But these speak evil of those things, which they know not; and whatsoever things they know naturally, as beasts, which are without reason, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Romans 1:22 - 23
22 When they professed themselves to be wise, they became fools.
23 For they turned the glory of the incorruptible God to the similitude of the image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and four footed beasts, and of creeping things.

(d)Verse 27
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked, because they seek not thy statutes.

Psalm 14:1 - 3,5
1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God: they have corrupted, and done an abominable work: there is none that doeth good.
2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek God.
3 All are gone out of the way: they are all corrupt: there is none that doeth good, no not one.
5 There they shall be taken with fear, because God is in the generation of the just.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 71

Sorry everybody. I seemed to somehow skipped over this Psalm.

Psalm 71

1 In thee, O Lord, I trust: let me never be ashamed.
2 Rescue me and deliver me in thy righteousness: incline thine ear unto me and save me.
3 Be thou my strong rock, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast given commandment to save me: for thou art my rock, and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked: out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
5 For thou art mine hope, O Lord God, even my trust from my youth.
6 Upon thee have I been stayed from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be always of thee.
7 I am become as it were a monster unto many: but thou art my sure trust.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, and with thy glory every day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak of me, and they that lay wait for my soul, take their counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
12 Go not far from me, O God: my God, haste thee to help me.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are against my soul: let them be covered with reproof and confusion, that seek mine hurt.
14 But I will wait continually, and will praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall daily rehearse thy righteousness, and thy salvation: for I know not the number.
16 I will go forward in the strength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth even until now: therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works,
18 Yea, even unto mine old age and gray head, O God: forsake me not, until I have declared thine arm unto this generation, and thy power to all them, that shall come.
19 And thy righteousness, O God, I will exalt on high: for thou hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Which hast shewed me great troubles and adversities, but thou wilt return, and revive me, and wilt come again, and take me up from the depth of the earth.
21 Thou wilt increase mine honor, and return and comfort me.
22 Therefore will I praise thee for thy faithfulness, O God, upon instrument and viol: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O Holy one of Israel.
23 My lips will rejoice when I sing unto thee, and my soul, which thou hast delivered.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness daily: for they are confounded and brought unto shame, that seek mine hurt.
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive

Read One Psalm a Day - Psalm 72

Psalm 72
A Psalm of Solomon. Give thy judgments to the King,

1 O God, and thy righteousness to the King’s son.
2 Then shall he judge thy people in righteousness, and thy poor with equity.
3 The mountains and the hills shall bring peace to the people by justice.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people: he shall save the children of the needy, and shall subdue the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endureth, from generation to generation.
6 He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, and as the showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace shall be so long as the moon endureth.
8 His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the land.
9 They that dwell in ye wilderness, shall kneel before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The Kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring gifts.
11 Yea, all Kings shall worship him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth: the needy also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall be merciful to the poor and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor.
14 He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence, and dear shall their blood be in his sight.
15 Yea, he shall live, and unto him shall they give of the gold of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and daily bless him.
16 An handful of corn shall be sown in the earth, even in the top of the mountains, and the fruit thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall flourish out of the city like the grass of the earth.
17 His name shall be forever: his name shall endure as long as the sun: all nations shall bless him, and be blessed in him.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel, which only doeth wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious Name forever: and let all the earth be filled with his glory. So be it, even so be it. HERE END THE prayers of David, the son of Ishai.
Tags: Psalm   Psalms  
Email ItEmail It | Print ItPrint It | CommentsComments (0) | TrackbacksTrackbacks (0) | Flag as offensiveFlag as Offensive
« Previous12Next »