Jul 19, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord: Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. (Psalm 102:1) As we begin, let us first take note of the heading given to this particular psalm, which tradition says was...
Jul 18, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. (Psalm 101:7-8) In the words of one Jewish...
Jul 17, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; the one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, him I will not endure. (Psalm 101:5) In the previous devotion, David declared that he had no interest in following in the ways of the wicked lest their...
Jul 16, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. (Psalm 101:3) At some point during their sojourn in Egypt, the people of Israel began to stray away from the faith of their fathers and embrace the ways of the...
Jul 15, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. (Psalm 101:2) When the patriarch Abraham was ninety-nine years old, God appeared to him and changed his name from Abram to Abraham. It was on this...
Jul 14, 2026 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I will sing of mercy and justice; to You, O Lord, I will sing praises. (Psalm 101:1) It is said that David, flawed as he was, loved justice and despised evil. As one who had suffered much at the hands of evil men, it is not surprising in the least that David would...
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