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...

For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.” (Psalm 38:15-16) As was discussed in the previous devotion, more often than not, it is far better...

Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and plan deception all the day long. But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; and I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no response. (Psalm 38:12-14) It is...

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my relatives stand afar off. (Psalm 38:11) It is interesting that, through the ages, the attitudes and habits of people, both good and bad, have been pretty consistent. As we read the Bible, story after...

Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart pants, my strength fails me. (Psalm 38:9-10) There comes a point in our lives when it serves no true purpose to suppress our thoughts and feelings from the Lord; He already knows our...