As the psalmist closes this psalm, he finishes with a simple prayer of “Hear me” and “Help me.” What was his confidence that this prayer would be heard? The word…
Through this Psalm, the psalmist recalls the persecution he faced. After all the psalmist has gone through, a choice develops, does he let the people afflicting him get the victory…
In the middle of all the persecutions, afflictions, and brokenheartedness, the psalmist retreated to the one source of certainty in the universe, the Word of God. He cast his anchor…
The psalmist here is crying with his whole heart. He is putting his passions into his prayer. God will not ignore a cry like this. This is the type of…
God is always right. God is a perfect God. Because God is always right and perfect, God’s Word is also right. The Bible is tied directly to the character of…
The word “wonderful” is a powerful word. It refers to things unusual and beyond human ability to produce. Often, that root word is translated as “too difficult” in the Bible…
The psalmist continued to be surrounded by enemies and afflictions. However, at this point, a bit of impatience begins to creep into the song’s tone. He tells the Lord it…
Hope is a necessary component of human life. People can live a while without food or water, but people cannot live without hope. Hope is not a wistful, wishful thing.…
There is so much to love about God’s law! First of all, a great reason to love the Bible is for its purpose. The grand purpose of the Bible is…
The permanence and stability of God’s Word gave the Psalmist something to cling to in the middle of affliction. It was something to anchor to when everything else was falling…
This entire Psalm points to the fact the Psalmist is in trouble. He was under extreme affliction. Ancient people made containers for wine and water out of the skins of…
In Hebrew, each verse of this section begins with the letter “Jod.” This is the same letter Jesus referred to in Matthew 5:18 “For verily I say unto you, Till…
Isaiah 45:1-3 gives a principle of “Treasures of Darkness.” This principle states that the worst things that happen to us can become the greatest things that happen to us if…
Verse 61 makes it seems likely that the Psalmist has suffered a material loss, but not the loss of his joy. The Psalmist accepted joyfully the ruin of his goods.…