Dec 4, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth. By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You. (Psalm 71:5-6) Jewish commentators say that, in order to truly appreciate the...
Dec 3, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
In You, O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape; Incline Your ear to me, and save me. Be my strong refuge, to which I may resort continually; You have given the commandment to save me, for...
Dec 2, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!” (Psalm 70:4) Here is a fundamental truth: whatever we choose to focus upon, we will fear and/or revere. For instance, as long as Peter...
Dec 1, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek my life; let them be turned back and confused who desire my hurt. (Psalm 70:2) You may recall that we pointed out this psalm is believed to have been written by David when he was fleeing from Absalom. That is interesting...
Nov 30, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord! (Psalm 70:1) In recent devotions, I have mentioned that rabbinical commentators consider the previous psalm to be prophetic in nature. Specifically, David’s prayer is interpreted as being both a...
Nov 29, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord! (Psalm 70:1) There is a belief among some commentators that this psalm is connected to another of David’s compositions, Psalm 40. The latter is believed to have been written when David was young...
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