Psalm 34

Psalm 34:1[1] I will bless Yahveh at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

Psalm 34:2 My throat will boast in Yahveh; the humble will hear and be happy.

Psalm 34:3 Proclaim Yahveh’s greatness with me; let us exalt his name together.

Psalm 34:4 I sought Yahveh, and he answered me and rescued me from all my fears.

Psalm 34:5 Those who look to him are radiant with joy; their faces will never be ashamed.

Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and Yahveh heard him and saved him from all his troubles.

Psalm 34:7 The agent[2] of Yahveh encamps around those who fear him, and rescues them.

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that Yahveh is good. How fortunate is the person who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 34:9 You who are his holy ones, fear Yahveh, because those who fear him lack nothing.

Psalm 34:10 Young lions lack food and go hungry, but those who seek Yahveh will not lack any good thing.

Psalm 34:11 Let us walk, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of Yahveh.

Psalm 34:12 Who is someone who treasures life, loving a long life to enjoy what is good?

Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitfully speaking against someone.

Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is good; seek peace and chase after it.

Psalm 34:15 The eyes of Yahveh are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry for help.

Psalm 34:16 The face of Yahveh is set against those who do what is evil, to remove all memory of them from the land.

Psalm 34:17 The righteous cry out, and Yahveh hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.

Psalm 34:18 Yahveh is near the brokenhearted; he saves those who are breathing dust.

Psalm 34:19 One who is righteous has many adversities, but Yahveh rescues him from them all.

Psalm 34:20 He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Psalm 34:21 Evil brings death to the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be punished.

Psalm 34:22 Yahveh redeems the throat of his servants, and all who take refuge in him will not be punished.

---

[1]superscription: Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed.

[2]מַלְאָךְ = agent. Psalm 34:7; 35:5, 6; 78:49; 91:11; 103:20; 104:4; 148:2.

links:

a faithful fear
common denominator
fear class objectives
fear lessons
learning from the young lions
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – August 9, 2015
Maranatha Daily Devotional – December 4, 2015
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, March 1, 2019
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, March 4, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, November 6, 2024
refuge
scholastic attitude

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 33

Psalm 33:1 Give a ringing cry, you righteous ones in Yahveh; praise from the upright is beautiful.

Psalm 33:2 Praise Yahveh with the lyre; make music to him with a ten-stringed harp.

Psalm 33:3 Sing a new song to him; play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

Psalm 33:4 Because the word of Yahveh is correct, and all his work is done with reliability.[1]

Psalm 33:5 He loves righteousness and justice; the land is full of Yahveh’s covenant faithfulness.

Psalm 33:6 The skies were made by the word of Yahveh, and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 33:7 He gathers the water of the sea into a heap; he puts the depths into storehouses.

Psalm 33:8 Let the whole land fear Yahveh; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him

Psalm 33:9 because he spoke, and it came into being; he commanded, and it came into existence.

Psalm 33:10 Yahveh frustrates the advice of the nations; he thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 33:11 The advice of Yahveh stands permanently, the plans of his heart from generation to generation.

Psalm 33:12 Fortunate is the nation whose God is Yahveh – the people he has chosen to be his own possession!

Psalm 33:13 Yahveh looks down from the sky; he sees all children of Adam.

Psalm 33:14 He looks in on[2] all the inhabitants of the land from his dwelling place.

Psalm 33:15 He forms the hearts of them all; he perceives all their works.

Psalm 33:16 A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.

Psalm 33:17 The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.

Psalm 33:18 But notice, Yahveh keeps his eye on those who fear him– those who depend on his covenant faithfulness

Psalm 33:19 to rescue their throat from death and to keep them alive during famine.

Psalm 33:20 Our throat waits for Yahveh; he is our help and shield.

Psalm 33:21 Our hearts are happy in him because we trust in his holy name.

Psalm 33:22 May your covenant faithfulness rest on us, Yahveh, because we put our hope in you.

---

[1]אֱמוּנָה = reliability. Psalm 33:4; 36:5; 37:3; 40:10; 88:11; 89:1, 2, 5, 8, 24, 33, 49; 92:2; 96:13; 98:3; 100:5; 119:30, 75, 86, 90, 138; 143:1.

[2]שָׁגַח = look in on.

links:

a word for good citizens
ex nihilo
for invisible people
happy hearts
horse sense
how to worship
Limited to the visible
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, May 14, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Sunday, May 13, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, March 2, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, March 3, 2021
no ghosts within us
war horse
worship God because he is right

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 32

Psalm 32:1[1] How fortunate is the one whose crime is forgiven, whose failure[2] is covered!

Psalm 32:2 How fortunate is a person whom Yahveh does not charge with violation and in whose breath is no deceit!

Psalm 32:3 When I kept silent, my bones wore thin from my groaning all day long

Psalm 32:4 because your hand was heavy on me day and night; my strength was drained as by the summer’s heat. (Selah).

Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my violation. I said, “I will confess my crime to Yahveh,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. (Selah).

Psalm 32:6 This is why everyone faithful should pray to you immediately. When great floodwaters come, they will not capture him.

Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance. (Selah).

Psalm 32:8 I will give you insight and show you the road to walk on; with my eye on you, I will consult with you.

Psalm 32:9 Do not be like a horse or mule, without perception, that must be controlled with bit and bridle or else it will not come near you.

Psalm 32:10 Many times of anguish[3] will come to the wicked, but the one who trusts in Yahveh has covenant faithfulness surrounding him.

Psalm 32:11 Be happy in Yahveh and celebrate, you righteous ones; give a ringing cry, all you upright in heart.

---

[1]superscription: Of David. A Maskil.

[2]חֲטָאָה = failure. Psalm 32:1; 40:6.

[3]מַכְאֹב = anguish. Psalm 32:10; 38:17.

links:

from silence to shouting
he wants to show us the road
keeping God on speed-dial
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – August 8, 2015
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Saturday, May 12, 2018
the heavy hand
the shield of covenant faithfulness
when you may be found

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 31

Psalm 31:1[1] Yahveh, I seek refuge in you; let me not be disgraced permanently. Save me by your righteousness.

Psalm 31:2 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a boulder of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me

Psalm 31:3 because you are my boulder and my fortress; you lead and guide me for your name’s sake.

Psalm 31:4 You will free me from the net that is secretly set for me, because you are my refuge.

Psalm 31:5 Into your hand I entrust my breath; you have redeemed me, Yahveh, God of truth.

Psalm 31:6 I hate those who worship temporary and trivial things, but I trust in Yahveh.

Psalm 31:7 I will celebrate and be happy in your covenant faithfulness because you have seen my affliction. You know the troubles of my throat

Psalm 31:8 and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

Psalm 31:9 Be gracious to me, Yahveh, because I am in distress; my eyes, my throat, and my belly are worn out from frustration.

Psalm 31:10 Indeed, my life finishes with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my violation, and my bones waste away.

Psalm 31:11 I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. My acquaintances dread me; those who see me in the street run from me.

Psalm 31:12 I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person– like broken pottery.

Psalm 31:13 I have heard the gossip of many; terror is on every side. When they conspired against me, they plotted to take my throat.

Psalm 31:14 But I trust in you, Yahveh; I say, “You are my God.”

Psalm 31:15 The course of my life is in your power; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from those who chase after me.

Psalm 31:16 Make your face shine on your servant; save me by your covenant faithfulness.

Psalm 31:17 Yahveh, do not let me be disgraced when I call on you. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them be quiet in Sheol.

Psalm 31:18 Let lying lips that arrogantly speak against the righteous in proud contempt be silenced.

Psalm 31:19 How great is your goodness that you have stored up for those who fear you and accomplished in the sight of children of Adam for those who take refuge in you.

Psalm 31:20 You hide them in the protection of your presence; you conceal them in a shelter from human schemes, from disputing tongues.

Psalm 31:21 Blessed be Yahveh, because he has wondrously shown his covenant faithfulness to me in a city under siege.

Psalm 31:22 In my alarm, I said, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the sound of my pleading when I cried to you for help.

Psalm 31:23 Love Yahveh, all his faithful ones. Yahveh protects the loyal, but fully repays the arrogant.

Psalm 31:24 Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in Yahveh.

---

[1]superscription: A psalm of David.

links:

a spacious place
boulder of refuge
bring us through
Calvin on Psalm 31-5
intimidation
like broken pottery
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, May 11, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, May 10, 2018
no ghosts within us
Psalm 31-5
shut them up, Lord
the shelter of his presence
three Solomons

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 30

Psalm 30:1[1] I will exalt you, Yahveh, because you have lifted me up and have not made my enemies happy over me.

Psalm 30:2 Yahveh my God, I cried to you for help, and you healed me.

Psalm 30:3 Yahveh, you brought my throat up from Sheol; you spared me from among those going down to the Hole.

Psalm 30:4 Sing to Yahveh, you his faithful ones, and praise his holy name

Psalm 30:5 because his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor, a lifetime. Weeping may stay overnight, but there is joy in the morning.

Psalm 30:6 When I was secure, I said, “I will not be shaken permanently.”

Psalm 30:7 Yahveh , when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified.

Psalm 30:8 Yahveh, I called to you; I sought favor from my master:

Psalm 30:9 “What gain would there be in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your truth?

Psalm 30:10 Yahveh, listen and be gracious to me; Yahveh , be my helper.”

Psalm 30:11 You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and decked me out with gladness,

Psalm 30:12 so that I can sing to you and not be silent. Yahveh my God, I will praise you permanently.[2]

---

[1]superscription: A psalm; a dedication song for the house. Of David.

[2]subscription: For the choir director.

links:

Annihilationism – Hell is Permanent
Excursus- Hell is Permanent
Excursus- Sheol- The Old Testament Consensus
lament interrupted
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, February 28, 2019
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, May 9, 2018
morning is coming
morning is coming-
Sheol in the Bible- The Old Testament Consensus
silent glory

The PSALMS shelf in my library