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A column featuring meditations on all 150 Psalms. Began in 2002, concluded in 2019.

Counting the Days

November 01, 2010

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Psalm 90 Psalm Category: Song of Lament Central Thought: Ponder your short life, that the Lord might give you a wise heart. I’m counting the ...


A Merciful Ruler

October 01, 2010

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Psalm 89 Psalm Category: Song of the Covenant Central Thought: God’s mercies are for all His people forever in His Savior-King. God’s kingdom ...


Help of the Helpless

September 01, 2010

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Psalm 88 Psalm Category: Lament Central Thought: The Lord alone will be my help as I languish in the depths of my sorrows and struggles. If there ...


Where Were You Born?

August 01, 2010

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Psalm 87 Psalm Category: Song of Zion Central Thought: The true birthplace of every believer is the church. Your birthplace can be a hindrance in ...


Preserve My Life!

July 01, 2010

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Psalm 86 Psalm Category: Song of Lament Central Thought: When you are in trouble call upon the Lord, who is faithful to deliver His people. The ...


Revive Us Again

June 01, 2010

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Psalm 85 Psalm Category: Song of Lament Central thought: God is constant in His faithfulness and will surely revive His church again. Hard times ...


Tabernacles of Grace

May 01, 2010

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Psalm 84 Psalm Category: Song of Zion Central Thought: Loving God’s house and enjoying God’s presence on both sides of eternity. On Jan. 26, ...


A Vast Conspiracy

April 01, 2010

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Psalm 83 Psalm Category: Lament Central Thought: God is able to deliver us in the deepest of troubles and to save those who give us the most ...


A Vast Conspiracy

March 18, 2010

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Psalm Category: Lament Central Thought: God is able to deliver us in the deepest of troubles and to save those who give us the most trouble. Psalm ...


Any Hope for a Misgoverned World?

February 01, 2010

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It was Lord Acton who, in 1887, famously wrote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad ...


Open Your Mouth Wide!

January 01, 2010

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Psalm 81 Psalm Category: Song of Lament Central Thought: Public worship is for glorifying God and receiving His instruction—that is, praising His ...


Psalm 80: Turn Us Again

December 23, 2009

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Psalm Category: Lament Central Thought: God is the one who saves us from our troubled state and restores us When you look at the real state of the ...


Where is Our God?

November 28, 2009

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*Psalm Category:** Community Lament Central Thought: When circumstances bring us doubts and questions, looking ot God will bring us peace and ...


Messiah the Prophet

October 18, 2009

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Psalm Category: Historical psalm Central Thought: God has been a faithful Shepherd of His people throughout history. Those who cannot remember the ...


Complaining To God

September 29, 2009

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Psalm Category: Individual Lament Central Thought: God shows us how to cry out to Him—and how to receive consolation in those times. When bad ...


From Defeat to Victory

August 11, 2009

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*Psalm 76** Psalm Category: Song of Zion Central Thought: God will gloriously turn every defeat into victory, all the way to heaven. C.H. Spurgeon ...


Judge Over All

July 01, 2009

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Psalm 75 Psalm Category: Communal song of gratitude Central Thought: All people should remember that God is judge, and His judgment is a cause of ...


Why?

June 09, 2009

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Psalm Category: community lament Central Thought: God may have every right and reason to punish, but He will save His people for His own sake. Psalm ...


From Envy to Glory

May 05, 2009

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Psalm 73 Psalm Category: Wisdom poem Central Thought: Looking at life from God’s perspective shows that the prosperity of evil people is tenuous, ...


The King of Kings

March 09, 2009

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Psalm 72 Psalm Category: Royal Psalm Central Thought: Christ is the worldwide, gracious King, both now and forever. Solomon, the author of Psalm ...