Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. (Psalm 109:21-22) After several verses in which David pleads with God to deny the wicked the opportunity to oppress the righteous -- to remove the wicked from power and...

In return for my love they are my accusers, but I give myself to prayer. Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. (Psalm 109:4-5) From the time that Jacob obtained the blessing of his father, Esau determined to hate his brother and...

Do not keep silent, O God of my praise! For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. (Psalm 109:1-2) This is another of the many psalms said to have been composed by David as...

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me to Edom? Is it not You, O God, who cast us off? And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies? Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless. Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who...

God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth. Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head … Moab is My washpot; over Edom I will...

I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to You among the nations. For Your mercy is great above the heavens, and Your truth reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and Your glory above all the earth. (Psalm...

Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to You among the nations. (Psalm 108:2-3) Imagine you have been betrayed by those who were, at one time, very close to you -- family no less....

O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. (Psalm 108:1) In the opening verse of this psalm, David pledged to be committed to the Lord even when he faced the greatest of difficulties — and as we know, David faced many....

The righteous see and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth. Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. (Psalm 107:42-43) As this psalm concludes, the writer states his reason for detailing the works of...

He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs. There He makes the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city for a dwelling place. (Psalm 107:35-36) As addressed in the previous devotion, God is able to transform the natural...

He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the water springs into dry ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. (Psalm 107:33-34) In the first part of this psalm, the composer elaborated on how God could and does transform...

Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters, they see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep. (Psalm 107:23-24) For several verses, the psalmist describes the perils faced by those who sail the seas, which inspires them...