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“The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted." Psalm 18 is a great song of praise and victory! David writes this Psalm after he has finally been delivered from King Saul and been exalted to the throne of Israel as king.  In this Psalm David is expressing his love to the LORD and is giving God the glory and praise for all that He has done in making him great! Thi...

“You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip." Psalm 18 is a great song and Psalm of praise and victory! David writes this Psalm after he has finally been delivered from King Saul and been exalted to the throne of Israel as king.  In the early years of his reign,...

Psalm 18 is a great song and Psalm of praise and victory! In verses 1-3, David begins this Psalm with an expression of his devotion and love for Jehovah. After expressing his devotion, David described his distress (vv. 4-6). Then in verses 7-19, David described how God delivered him from his distress! In verses 20-27, David wants us to know that God rewards and blesses us when we live a life of in...

Psalm 18 is a great song and Psalm of praise and victory! In verses 1-3, David begins this Psalm with an expression of his devotion and love for Jehovah. After expressing his devotion, David described his distress (vv. 4-6). Then in verses 7-19, David described how God delivered him from his distress! Now in verses 20-27, David wants us to know that God rewards and blesses us when we live a life o...

Psalm 18 is a wonderful Psalm of David. In verses 1-3, David begins this Psalm with an expression of his devotion and love for Jehovah!  In verse 1, David expressed his love “I will love you…”. In verse 2, he expressed his faith, “in whom I will trust”.  And in verse 3, he expressed his hope, “so shall I be saved…”. After expressing his devotion, David described his distress (vv. 4-6). H...

We know from the title that David wrote this Psalm and when he wrote it. The title reveals this: “To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD rescued him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:" At last, the outlaw years of fleeing from Saul were ended. The civil war between D...

For about ten years David had to flee from King Saul. During that time, he wrote many of his Psalms. This is one he wrote as he was hiding from Saul and he called it “A Prayer of David”. What do you do when everything is falling apart around you? My friend, you can pray!  David knew he could put his faith and trust in the faithfulness of God. We can also have faith and trust God’s faithfulnes...

“I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings, From the wicked who oppress me, From my deadly enemies who surround me. They have closed up their...

This is one of five Psalms identified as "prayers" (Psalms 17, 86, 90, 102, 142). The title is also used in Habakkuk 3:1 and Psalm 72:20. Since most of the Psalms contain prayers to the Lord, we can only wonder why these five were singled out for this special title. Except for 90, written by Moses, they describe the writer in dangerous situations and crying out to God for deliverance. Only 17, 86,...

Psalm 16 is also called a Messianic Psalm because it so clearly is speaking of Jesus, His life, His death and His resurrection. We know this especially from Peter’s message on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2:25-32. These verses begin with Peter quoting David from Psalm 16, “For David says concerning Him…”. Then in verse 29, Peter said: "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch...

Psalm 16 is also called the “Golden Psalm” because it prophetically proclaims the resurrection of Jesus Christ and assures us of life after death! To delight in the Lord and His goodness and then lose all these blessings at death would be a great tragedy. The Apostle Paul said that if there is no resurrection, we are of all men most miserable, and our faith is in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14-19). It...

“I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope.” Today, we want to think about how we have “good counsel” from the Lord as we fellowship and spend time with Him! As I was read...

Yesterday we learned that to enjoy and experience the goodness of God even in the bad times that we must have a “good relationship” with Him through Jesus Christ. But that is only the beginning. We also need to have a good companionship with the Lord (vv. 3-4). We don't live the Christian life alone, because we're part of a great spiritual family and need each other. As in previous psalms, two gro...

“Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the LORD, "You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You." As for the saints who are on the earth, "They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight." Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god; Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor take up their names on my lips." The stor...

“Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. O my soul, you have said to the LORD, "You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You." Psalm 16 begins with the title “A Michtam of David”. The word Michtam is of uncertain origin. Chapters 56-60 are Michtam psalms too. The word Michtam means "to engrave or sculptured writing." It comes from a noun meaning "gold." It is worthy of being writt...

Psalm 15 ends with a great promise and word of encouragement for those who are seeking the Lord and are willing to obey His principles and precepts. One translation says it this way: "He who does these things will never be shaken". This means that the godly described in this psalm have security and stability in life and don't have to be afraid of earthquakes or eviction notices. "Moved" comes from...

From the title we know that David is the writer of this Psalm. It is generally believed that he wrote it shortly after the ark of the covenant was brought back to Jerusalem, the Holy Hill of Zion. Remember the ark of the covenant was captured by the Philistines when Eli was the priest and judge over Israel (1 Samuel 4:11). When the Philistines sent it back, it eventually ended up in the house of A...

From the title we know that David is the writer of this Psalm. The dedication to the Chief Musician stands at the head of fifty-three of the Psalms, and clearly indicates that such psalms were intended, not merely for the private use of believers, but to be sung in the great assemblies by the appointed choir director. Not only did the ancient Church chant hallowed doctrine and offer prayer amid he...

“How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?" As the years pass and David is in exile, you can see why he might write a Psalm like this and wonder “how long” it will be till God fulfills His promise to put him on the throne of Israel. It...

“Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak." In Psalm 11, the foundations of society were shaking (v. 3), but here David cried out for help (salvation, deliverance) because the godly remnant of faithful believers was getting smaller and smaller. This was...

It's difficult to determine the historical background of this Psalm. Whatever the crisis, the psalm teaches us that we must choose between fear (walking by sight) or trust (walking by faith), listening to human counsel or obeying the wisdom that comes from the Lord ( James 1:5 ). One commentator said that the Lord allowed David to face every human crisis and emotion that we all face so that as he...

In Matthew 24:37-39, Jesus said, “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” What was it like in the days of Noah? G...

“Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD. The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts." Psalm 10 does not have a title before it that...

I want to thank everyone for your special prayers for my grandson Luke these past couple of days. As of this morning he is still in the NIC unit at the Roanoke hospital but if everything continues to check out ok, he should be able to go home again by this evening. It appears that there was an oxygen issue and that has been corrected and he is doing great! I had the wonderful privilege of holding...

“And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You." If you watched the video of the Pastor’s Chat today, you couldn’t help but notice that I was not in my office in Sneads Ferry NC. Yesterday afternoon we received an emergency call from our daughter Kimberly who was frantic because Luke had stopped breathing at the doctor’s office where...