Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. For innumerable evils have surrounded me. (Psalm 40:11-12) In the previous devotion, David was very adamant about his outspokenness in regard to his...

I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness in the great assembly; indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know. I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your...

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Then I said, “Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my...

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. Then I said, “Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my...

Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. (Psalm 40:5) Let us begin today's thoughts by considering...

He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth— praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord. (Psalm 40:2-3) I have long believed...

I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. (Psalm 40:1) Considering the anguish articulated in the previous psalm, this prayer composed by David strikes a much different tone -- one of joy and appreciation for the relief and deliverance...

Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am. Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. (Psalm 39:4-5) All of us have been...

I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred up. My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue. (Psalm 39:2-3) Seeing that we have addressed how important it is to guard our tongue...

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked are before me." (Psalm 39:1) David expressed a need and a determination to guard against his carnal inclinations lest he should sin with his tongue -- n...

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked are before me." (Psalm 39:1) There are people who feel that silence is something to be filled with words; and then there are those who consider silence...

Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! (Psalm 38:21-22) I realize that David prayed these words but the sentiment expressed could be appropriated to many of us, if not all. How many times have we felt that...