(See Gill on Psalms 27:14); by this instance of God's wonderful kindness to the psalmist, he would have the saints take heart, and be of good cheer, even in the greatest distresses, since their case cannot be worse than his was; and yet he had deliverance out of it; all ye tha...
The psalmist acknowledges God's supreme nature and His acts of salvation and deliverance.2. The PsalmistTraditionally attributed to David, the psalmist is expressing a deep trust and reverence for God, reflecting on His righteousness and incomparable nature.3. HeavensSymbolic of the vastness and ...
The psalmist's assurance of God's salvation underscores the faithfulness of God to His promises and His desire for a relationship with His people, culminating in the redemptive work of Christ. Persons / Places / Events1. GodThe speaker in this Psalm, emphasizing His desire for genuine worship...
Then Daniel did what Moses and the psalmist often did but many of us often don’t do. Danielappealed to God’s reputationas the reason for restoring His people to His city of Jerusalem: “Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act!For your sake, my God,do not delay, because your city andyou...
Dark days come to dampen our enthusiasm; certainties seem to fail us. We’ve all been there. Yet the Psalmist recognizes this when he writes, “You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day.” Indeed, throughout the Psalms, there is a thread of hope in...
But here’s the real reason I thought that the formula worked. Because I could beat my body and will into submission and keep myself from at least major sin. You see, while I would say it was the Holy Spirit at work in me, the truth was it was MY effort and MY strength and MY...
For example in Ps 109:2, when the Psalmist complains that the wicked have opened (Hebrew perfect of פָּתַח, patakh) their mouth with deceit, he does not mean that they told only one lie. The opened mouth pictures talking, in contrast to the closed mouth which pictures ...
The Syriac interpreter calls it a prayer in the person of the church, when it went in the morning to the house of the Lord. The occasion of it seems to be the same with that of the two former: and certain it is that the psalmist was in distress by reason of wicked men when he ...
that God will be given glory.8Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews[b]to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.9He also came so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he ...
Oh how I yearn to sing to the Lord again, and crown Him with praises and thanksgiving with a joyful heart! However, I was struggling like the psalmist, yet I know if I meditate on His Word day and night, my thoughts and my heart will be shaped by God, regardless it be a crest ...