Sep 28, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; save me from all those who persecute me; and deliver me, lest they tear me like a lion, rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. (Psalm 7:1-2) Reading through the psalms ascribed to David, it doesn’t take long...
Sep 27, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. (Psalm 6:6-8) According to Jewish...
Sep 26, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! For in death there is no remembrance of You; in the grave who will give You thanks? (Psalm 6:4-5) According to some commentators, when David wrote this he was very ill and under intense pressure due to...
Sep 25, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
My soul also is greatly troubled; but You, O Lord—how long? Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! (Psalm 6:3-4) At one time or another, I’m sure most of us have heard the phrase, “God will not put upon us any more than we can bear.”...
Sep 24, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. (Psalm 6:1-2) In the previous devotion, we raised the issue of why one beloved of the LORD, such as...
Sep 23, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. (Psalm 6:1-2) Though written by David to express his feelings in times of distress, it is applicable to...
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