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The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and [...]

  “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in Whom I trust.'” ~ Psalm 91 Psalm 91 is my favourite [...]

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” ~ Psalm 90 One of the strange things about Covid19 is that it seems to have awakened many of our fellow citizens to the fact that we are mortal. When you [...]

To the Lord: But You have rejected, You have spurned, You have been very angry with Your anointed one. You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. ~ Psalm 89:38-39 This is a lengthy Psalm which wrestles [...]

You have taken from me friend and neighbour -- Darkness is my closest friend. ~ Psalm 88 This is such a despairing psalm. It seems almost without hope. Yet it begins with an acknowledgement of the God Who saves. It is a song that reminds [...]

6 The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” 7 As they make music they will sing, “All my fountains are in you.” ~ Psalm 87 Psalm 87 appears to be a song about places that are [...]

One of the great dangers we face is a divided heart. When we have such, we no longer trust God. To know Him is to love Him. To love Him is to trust Him. We need the Lord to teach and guide us when we [...]

6 “Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? 7 Show us Your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us Your salvation. ~ Psalm 85 This is a song from the Sons of Korah (the original ones -- not the Melbourne [...]

1 How lovely is Your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. ~ Psalm 84 I wonder if the greatest thing missing in much of [...]

O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. ~ Psalm 83:1 This is a psalm where the Psalmist (Asaph) fears overwhelming odds. God's people are under attack, surrounded by a multitude of enemies, and the [...]

3 “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. ~ Psalm 82:3-4 This is a psalm which sometimes confuses people. Is the Bible [...]

“If My people would only listen to Me, if Israel would only follow My ways.” ~ Psalm 81:13 This is another psalm which encourages us to sing to God for joy -- records the history of how He helps us, but laments our lack of [...]

“Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make Your face shine on us, that we may be saved.” ~ Psalm 80 This refrain is repeated three times in this psalm. It is a great prayer for us to pray today. The psalmist remembers what God has done [...]

  1 O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. 2 They have left the dead bodies of Your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of Your own [...]

5 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children, 6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. 7 [...]

5 I thought about the former days, the years of long ago; 6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked: 7 “Will the Lord reject forever? Will He never show His favour again? 8 Has His unfailing love [...]

8 From Heaven You pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet -- 9 when You, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land. 10 Surely Your wrath against mankind brings You praise, and the survivors of Your wrath [...]

1 We praise You, God, we praise You, for Your Name is near; people tell of Your wonderful deeds. 2 You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity. 3 When the earth and all its people quake, it is [...]

8 “Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over Him. 10 The death He died, He [...]

Rise up, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools mock You all day long. ~ Psalm 74:22 Psalm 74 is a song of believers in desperation. Jerusalem was taken over in 587 BC, and the temple is in ruins. The people feel neglected, [...]