Tag: Psalms

Psalms 12 – 16 Verse 7 of Psalm 12 is beautiful: “The words of the Lord are pore words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”

Psalms 9 – 11 Despite his faults, king David had one trait in his favor most of his life (both before and after his adultery and murder episode); it was that he looked to the Lord first and recognized the righteousness of the Lord above all. Unfortunately for David there were times when he looked…

Psalms 5 – 8 There is some sad irony to read David writing that the Lord hates all workers of iniquity and that He abhors bloody and deceitful men but that David himself will receive of His mercy. I don’t know if this was written before or after David had played the part of the…

Psalms 1 – 4 I have come to a greater appreciation for the Old Testament as I have been reading it. As I begin reading the psalms—which have little if any chronological or theological cohesiveness—I wonder if they will seem to have more value to me than they have in the past. There are some…