ב Beth How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees.With my lips I recount all the […]
Author: John Scott
Meditation Psalm 119a
א Aleph Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart –they do no wrong but follow his ways.You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!Then I would not be […]
Meditation Psalm 118b
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever. Let Israel say: ‘His love endures for ever.’Let the house of Aaron say: ‘His love endures for ever.’Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love endures for ever.’ When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.The Lord is with me; I will not be […]
Meditation Psalm 118
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures for ever. Let Israel say: ‘His love endures for ever.’Let the house of Aaron say: ‘His love endures for ever.’Let those who fear the Lord say: ‘His love endures for ever.’ When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.The Lord is with me; I will not be […]
Meditation Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.For great is his love towards us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever. Praise the Lord. (Ps. 117:1-2 NIV) This shortest Psalm could be thought of as a missionary Psalm. The Psalm appears to answer three questions. Who do we declare the message of the Gospel to? Who […]
Meditation Psalm 116
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.Then I called on the name of the Lord: ‘Lord, save […]
Meditation Psalm 115
Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. Why do the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, […]
Meditation Psalm 114
When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion. The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;the mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, sea, that you fled? Why, Jordan, did you turn back?Why, mountains, did you leap like rams, you hills, like lambs? Tremble, earth, […]
Meditation Psalm 113
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord.Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and for evermore.From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned […]
Meditation Psalm 112
Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures for ever.Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.Good […]