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...

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! (Psalm 38:1) As David begins this psalm, it should be noted that it was written as a remembrance, which in Hebrew thinking is to say, it was more than just something to recall to mind....

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them because they trust in Him. (Psalm 37:39-40) The words that David used...

Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; for the future of that man is peace. (Psalm 37:37) There is a Hebrew word that we have highlighted from time to time; the word is תם tam (or the plural form תמיםtamim) and is translated here as “blameless.” In other...

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. (Psalm 37:34) On several occasions and in multiple psalms, David encouraged God's people to “wait on the Lord.” We all understand what it...

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. (Psalm 37:30-31) Throughout this psalm, David expressed the attributes and characteristics of those called righteous and...

I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lends; and his descendants are blessed. (Psalm 37:25-26) At an aged point in life, David made the above observation; God will...