Category: Psalms (Page 2 of 4)

Psalm 52 is a course study in trusting God amidst the difficulty that comes with suffering at the hands of an enemy. Where Psalm 51 is a course study of walking in repentance after finding out that you are the abuser, Psalm 52 is a course study of trusting God when you have been horribly abused.

Psalm 51 is a song of repentance. The superscription at the beginning of the Psalm sets the context in the immediate aftermath of David’s sin against Bathsheba and her husband Uriah, where the prophet Nathan courageously confronts David for his sin.

When I read Psalm 50, I imagine it as a courtroom drama. I do not know how many of us have ever stood in a courtroom in front of a judge for some crime we committed. But I am pretty sure we have all witnessed a courtroom drama on TV.

Psalm 45 is a love song – according to the superscription which reads: “To the choirmaster: According to Lilies. A maskil of the Sons of Korah; A love song”. Think about what a good love song does for your heart.

I remember meeting a young lady early on in my walk with the Lord. She had lived a very hard life far from the Lord but was beginning to show some early signs of interest in the things of the Lord.

When was the last time you longed for or desired to be vindicated or declared innocent? When was the last time you longed for protection from something or someone? When was the last time you longed for full deliverance from something that was afflicting you? When was the last time you found yourself seeking shelter from all that is unholy in this world or all that is unholy within you?

The forty second Psalm is the song of a heart that is full of conflict. As you study this Psalm you may notice how our Psalmist wavers back and forth between high confessions of theological truth and sobering cries of depression, fear, and loneliness. His heart is conflicted within him.

Our Summer in the Psalms series is the series I look forward to the most every year. This will be the fifth year we have devoted our summer series to studying through the Psalms and I am anticipating it to be one of the richest times yet!

Psalm 36 is a confession of sin and faith with a prayer for God to continue pouring out his love on his people.² In our culture, it is common to downplay the reality of our sin as we reconstruct God into a being who isn’t bothered by our rebellion. But David knows better. God is bothered by our sin and he calls us to trust in his steadfast love as we confess our sin to him.

Psalm 35 is typically referred to as an imprecatory Psalm or a cursing Psalm.² In this Psalm, King David literally curses his enemies, complains about his enemies, prays for God to annihilate his enemies, and then, he praises God for his promises of justice and judgment against wickedness and evil.³