Sep 20, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased. Oh, restore us again! (Psalm 60:1) The tradition connected to this psalm says that David’s lament at the outset was in response to a military incursion launched by Hadadezer of Syria...
Sep 19, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. (Psalm 60) When is it appropriate to make war...
Sep 18, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. (Psalm 60) As the opening says, this psalm was...
Sep 17, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will wait for You, O You his Strength; for God is my defense. My God of mercy shall come to meet me. (Psalm 59:9-10) Waiting on God — it’s not always very easy to do. For us, time is always staring at us in the face, prompting consternation which, in...
Sep 16, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Awake to help me, and behold! You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations. (Psalm 59:5) There is an interesting midrash (commentary) connected to this verse that looks to the future. However, it begins with this thought: when...
Sep 15, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men. (Psalm 59:1) Throughout the Bible we see that when wicked men feel threatened by God’s people, they...
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