God’s Word For Today

God’s Word for Today 19 Oct 2023 -Psa 88:1-18 ESV A PLEA FOR ESCAPE FROM DESPAIR Obviously, the writer is overcome with trials and sees no way out of the situation. Thus in desperation, he prays to God (v.1-2).  O LORD, God of my salvation,     I cry out day and night before you. 2 Let my prayer come before you;     incline your ear to my cry! Seeing himself at the brink of death, he expressed his...

God’s Word for Today 18 Oct 2023 1On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 2     the LORD loves the gates of Zion     more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. 3 Glorious things of you are spoken,     O city of God. Selah 4 Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;     behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush—     “This one was born there,” they say. 5 And of Zion it shall be said,...

Text: Psalm 86:1-17 (ESV)   1 Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God. 3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day. 4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to a...

Text: Psalm 85:1-13 ESV   1 LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah 3 You withdrew all your wrath; you turned from your hot anger. 4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us! 5 Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all g...

Text: Psalm 84:1-12 ESV 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your...

Text: Psalm 83:1-18 ESV 1 O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! 2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. 3 They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones. 4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more!” 5 For they conspire...

God’s Word for Today 12 Oct 2023 God has taken his place in the divine council;     in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2 “How long will you judge unjustly     and show partiality to the wicked? Selah 3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;     maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy;     deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” 5 The...

God’s Word for Today 11 Oct 2023 -Psa 81:1-16 ESV OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDE, AND I WILL FILL IT.  This song is sung annually at the Feast of Tabernacles as their tradition. (see Lev 23:33-36;39-43) This begins with a reminder of God’s command to keep this as a joyous festival. [v.1-3] Sing aloud to God our strength;     shout for joy to the God of Jacob! 2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine,     the sw...

Text: Psalm 80:1-19 (ESV)   RESTORE US, O GOD   Both Psalms, 79 and 80, are cries to God for salvation after Israel has suffered defeat and desolation. Its historical background is uncertain though. Yet, once again, the people plead with God for His decisive action that will save them from their present plight (v.1-3). Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are e...

Text: Psalm 79:1-13 (ESV)   1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. 3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. 4 We...

Text: Psalm 78:1-72 ESV 1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, 3 things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders tha...

Text: Psalm 77:1-20 1 I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. 2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. 3 When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah 4 You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I consider the days of old, the years long ago. 6...

God’s Word for Today 5 Oct 2023 1 In Judah God is known;     his name is great in Israel. 2 His abode has been established in Salem,     his dwelling place in Zion. 3 There he broke the flashing arrows,     the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah 4 Glorious are you, more majestic     than the mountains full of prey. 5 The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;     they sank into s...

God’s Word for Today 4 Oct 2023 We give thanks to you, O God;     we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds. 2 “At the set time that I appoint     I will judge with equity. 3 When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,     it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah 4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’     and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn; 5 do not l...

Text: Psa 74:1-23 (ESV)   O GOD, WHY DO YOU CAST US OFF FOREVER?   In this teaching psalm, Asaph is recollecting the ruining of Jerusalem and the damage of the sanctuary. [v.3-11] God’s people were captured and exiled into foreign lands. The temple in Jerusalem was destroyed (2 Kings 25:8-12). Now, with the center of their religious life gone, the people feel cut off from God. Worse than that, the...

Text: Psalm 73:1-28 (ESV)   1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicaked. 4 For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. 5 They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankin...

Text: Psalm 72:1-20 GIVE THE KING YOUR JUSTICE, O GOD! Either, this psalm is written or David’s writing collected by King Solomon. According to Barnes notes, “Supposing the psalm to have been composed by David in view of the inauguration of his son and successor Solomon, this is a prayer that God would bestow on him the qualifications which would tend to secure a just, a protracted and a peaceful...

Text: Psalm 71:1-24 1 In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame! 2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me! 3 Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and crue...

God’s Word for Today 28 Sep 2023 Make haste, O God, to deliver me!     O LORD, make haste to help me! 2 Let them be put to shame and confusion     who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor     who delight in my hurt! 3 Let them turn back because of their shame     who say, “Aha, Aha!” 4 May all who seek you     rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation  ...

God’s Word for Today 27 Sep 2023 Text: Psa 69:1-36 -Psa 69:1-12 ESV SAVE ME O GOD Many sections are quoted in the New Testament, such as, . v. 4 with John 15:25;  v. 9 with John 2:17, Rom 15:3;  v. 21 with Mat 27:34, Mat 27:38; v. 22-23 with Rom 11:9-10;  v. 24 with Rev 16:1; v. 25 with Acts 1:20;  and v. 28 with Rev 20:15. David was using some circumstances in his own life to describe or make all...

Text: Psa 68:1-35   GOD SHALL ARISE   Most commentators believe this psalm is about the coming of the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem (see 2 Samuel 6). It was a celebration not only for that event but also for God’s faithfulness to give Israel victory over her enemies, making Jerusalem secure enough to bring the ark into the city.   Thus, the psalmist began by imploring God to scatter the enemi...

Text: Psalm 67:1-7 (ESV)   1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah 2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. 3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah 5 Let the peoples prais...

Text: Psalm 66:1-20 1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth; 2 sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! 3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you. 4 All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.” Selah 5 Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children o...

Text: Psalm 65:1-13 1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed. 2 O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. 3 When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions. 4 Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple! 5 By awesome deeds yo...

Text: Psalm 64:1-10 (ESV)   1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, 3 who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, 4 shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear. 5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of lay...