Extenuating circumstances have prevented the author of Ps 42 from experiencing the consolation, blessing, and privilege of corporate worship (the gathered assembly) at the temple/tabernacle rendezvous of divine favor. Psalms…
Psalm 41 is a fitting song to follow Plasm 40. The preceding psalm's last verse “..as for me, I am poor and needy...” presents an appropriate introduction for the next…
David's writing gloriously and miraculously transcends his experience as we listen to the epic themes of redemption soaring above temporal constraints in music composed first in heaven and echoed through…
This Psalm finds its surprising historic and musical situation in the hymnal of Jeduthun. I Chron 16:41-43 & II Chron 5:12 remind us of the worship leading commission represented in…
Inspired by this Psalm Spurgeon observes: “What a horrible creature man appears to be to his own consciousness when his depravity and vileness are fully opened up by the Law…
A Subtitle for this message could be: “Christianity is in our National Interest”. In the dated American tradition of 'election sermons', Jedediah Morse is quoted as saying: “To the kindly…
One measure of commitment to themes of the Psalms is to take note of how often the wicked appear in today's worship songs. This observation should prompt us to consider…
David appeals to the ultimate Judge and Advocate utterly incapable of error as he pleads his cause. This court case looks forward to a verdict served through Christ alone that…
Psalm 34 surprises us in its historical context considering its title and parallel account in 1 Sam 21:10-15. Here David regroups from feigned madness to sophisticated artistry. This, the second…
Psalm 33 definitively outlines actual worship. The context and descriptions are devoid of modern compartmentalizing notions of religion. Worship in truth circumscribes all of our experience and consciousness. By this…