d.For He is good, for His mercy endures forever: This familiar refrain is connected withPsalm 136andPsalm 118, and with2 Chronicles 5:13. Seeing all they could of God’s great works, they could not help having this strong emphasis on the goodness and mercy of God. ...
i. Thelightmentioned here isn’t the normal ancient Greek word for light. It is a word used in the Septuagint inPsalm 44:3forthelightof Your countenanceand inPsalm 78:14forIn the daytime also He led them with the cloud, and all the night with alightof fire. Hodge observes, “The wor...
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Forsake me not! I trust Thy Word.” Bible Passage: “I love you, O Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1 ENCOURAGEMENT Inside Message: Peace be with you, full and free, now and through eternity. Inside Left: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. ...
A Psalm of David. 138 I will praise You with my whole heart;Before the gods I will sing praises to You.2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,And praise Your nameFor Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.3 In the day when I cried...
i.Psalm 138:2reminds us that God honors His word even above His name. We never have to doubt any promise of God. Instead we shouldlet God be true but every man a liar(Romans 3:4). ii. For these reasons, God’s promises are bothexceedingly great(in the sense of being large and ...
Then a very simple man got up and began to recite the same Psalm. He wasn’t very eloquent, so at first people thought it was a little funny. But his presentation was straight from his heart, so when he finished the group sat in respectful silence. It was obvious that the simple man...
i. By nature, our lips are full of flattery and false intent:With flattering lips and a double heart they speak(Psalm 12:2). By nature, our lips lie and are proud:Let the lying lips be put to silence, which speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous(Psalm 31...
Or one can visit the murky catacombs and read glorious inscriptions. One of the most common Christian epitaphs from the catacombs was IN PEACE, quotingPsalm 4:8:I will both lie down in peace and sleep; for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. We should look at death the same...
· Since the ark of the covenant represented the presence of God among Israel, Yahweh was sometimes called Hewho dwells between the cherubim(1 Samuel 4:4,2 Samuel 6:2;1 Chronicles 13:6;Psalm 80:1,99:1;Isaiah 37:16). This was an earthly artistic expression of a heavenly reality (Hebre...