Psalm 24

Psalm 24

Psalm 24:1[1] The land and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to Yahveh;

Psalm 24:2 because he built its foundation on the seas and established it on the rivers.[2]

Psalm 24:3 Who may climb up the mountain of Yahveh? Who may stand in his holy place?

Psalm 24:4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted his throat to what is trivial, and who has not sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 24:5 He will receive blessing from Yahveh, and righteousness from the God of his rescue.

Psalm 24:6 This is what the lifetime of those who inquire of him looks like, those who seek the face of the God of Jacob. (Selah).

Psalm 24:7 Lift your heads, you gates! Rise, permanent doors! Then the King of glory will come in.

Psalm 24:8 Who is this King of glory? Yahveh, strong and mighty, Yahveh, mighty in battle.

Psalm 24:9 Lift your heads, you gates! Rise up, permanent doors! Then the King of glory will come in.

Psalm 24:10 Who is he, this King of glory? Yahveh of Armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah).


[1]superscription: A Psalm of David.

[2]נָהָר = river. Psalm 24:2; 46:4; 60:1; 66:6; 72:8; 74:15; 78:16; 80:11; 89:25; 93:3; 98:8; 105:41; 107:33; 137:1.

links:

Maranatha Daily Devotional – Sunday, November 24, 2024
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, May 3, 2018
Paul’s ‘sky and land’ references
permission to climb
preparing for his presence
The coming King of glory
the real King of glory

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 23

Psalm 23

Psalm 23:1[1] Yahveh is my tender;[2] I have no lack.

Psalm 23:2 He lets me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside untroubled waters.

Psalm 23:3 He brings my throat back to life; he leads me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

Psalm 23:4 Even when I walk [3]through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, because you are with me; your rod and your staff – they comfort me.

Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Psalm 23:6 Only goodness and covenant faithfulness will chase after me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of Yahveh for the length of my days.


[1]superscription: A Psalm of David.

[2]רָעָה = tend. Psalm 23:1; 28:8; 37:3; 49:13; 78:71, 72; 80:1, 13.

[3]הלך = walk, walk up, walk around, walk off (die).(Hif. = let go into exile).(Hith.= lead). Psalm 23:4; 26:11; 32:8; 34:1, 11; 39:13; 42:9; 46:8; 66:5, 16; 78:10; 80:2; 81:12; 83:4; 84:7; 89:30; 95:1; 97:3; 106:9; 107:7; 122:1; 125:5; 126:6; 136:16; 138:7; 139:7; 143:8.

links:

his rod and his staff
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, February 26, 2021
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Reading Psalm 39
reading Psalm 39-
the LORD, my tender
what the tender allows

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 22

Psalm 22

Psalm 22:1[1] My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my rescue and from my words of groaning?

Psalm 22:2 My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, and there is no quiet for me.

Psalm 22:3 But you are holy, enthroned on the praise songs of Israel.

Psalm 22:4 Our fathers trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them.

Psalm 22:5 They cried to you and were set free; they trusted in you and were not disgraced.

Psalm 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by Adam and despised by people.

Psalm 22:7 Everyone who sees me ridicules me; they sneer and shake their heads:

Psalm 22:8 “He relies on Yahveh; let him save him; let Yahveh rescue him, since he treasures him.”

Psalm 22:9 It was you who brought me out of the uterus, making me secure at my mother’s breast.

Psalm 22:10 I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s uterus.

Psalm 22:11 Don’t be far from me, because distress is near and there’s no one to help.

Psalm 22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

Psalm 22:13 They open their mouths against me – lions, mauling and roaring.

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting inside me.

Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like baked clay; my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You put me into the dust of death

Psalm 22:16 because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has closed in on me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 22:17 I can count all my bones; people gaze and stare at me.

Psalm 22:18 They divided my garments among themselves, and they gambled for my clothing.

Psalm 22:19 But you, Yahveh, don’t be far away. My strength, come quickly to help me.

Psalm 22:20 Rescue my throat from the sword, my abandoned throat from this dog’s hand.

Psalm 22:21 Save me from the lion’s mouth, from the horns of wild oxen. You answered me!

Psalm 22:22 I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters; I will praise you in the assembly.

Psalm 22:23 You who fear Yahveh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! All you descendants of Israel, revere him!

Psalm 22:24 Because he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help.

Psalm 22:25 I will give praise in the great assembly because of you; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear you.

Psalm 22:26 The humble will eat and be satisfied; those who seek Yahveh will praise him. May your hearts live continually!

Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the land will remember and turn to Yahveh. All the families of the nations will bow down before you,

Psalm 22:28 because kingship belongs to Yahveh; he rules the nations.

Psalm 22:29 All who prosper on land will eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust will go to their knees before him – even the one who cannot preserve his neck.

Psalm 22:30 Their descendants will serve him; the next generation will be told about the master.

Psalm 22:31 They will come and declare his righteousness; to a people yet to be born they will declare what he has done.


[1]superscription: A Psalm of David.

links:

ACST 61- The Advents
formed from the dust – Snips and snails
He will remember
his worm time
in the great assembly
Life is…
Limited to the visible
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Monday, February 27, 2023
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Thursday, February 8, 2018
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, February 26, 2019
no one to help
not a wondrous cross
reduced to nothing
snips and snails
The Advents
What is Life – Life is…

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 21

Psalm 21 

Psalm 21:1[1] Yahveh, the king is made happy by your strength. How greatly he celebrates in your rescue!

Psalm 21:2 You have given him his heart’s desire and have not denied the request of his lips. (Selah).

Psalm 21:3 Because you meet him with rich blessings; you place a crown of pure gold on his head.

Psalm 21:4 He asked you for life, and you gave it to him– length of days permanently and continually.

Psalm 21:5 His reputation is excellent because of your rescue; you confer majesty and splendor on him.

Psalm 21:6 You give him blessings continually; you cheer him with joy in your presence.

Psalm 21:7 Because the king relies on Yahveh; by means of the covenant faithfulness of the Most High, he is not shaken.

Psalm 21:8 Your hand will capture all your enemies; your right hand will capture those who hate you.

Psalm 21:9 You will make them burn like a fiery furnace when you appear; Yahveh will engulf them in his wrath, and fire will devour them.

Psalm 21:10 You will wipe their progeny from the land and their offspring from the children of Adam.

Psalm 21:11 Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not be able.

Psalm 21:12 Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.

Psalm 21:13 Be exalted, Yahveh, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.[2]


[1]superscription: A Psalm of David.

[2]subscription: For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.”

links:

beyond rescue
confidence in the king
HISHE Canaan
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Wednesday, February 7, 2018

The PSALMS shelf in my library

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

Psalm 20:1[1] May Yahveh answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God make you safe.

Psalm 20:2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and reinforce you from Zion.

Psalm 20:3 May he remember all your tribute offerings and accept your ascending offering. (Selah).

Psalm 20:4 May he give you what your heart wants and fulfill your whole purpose.

Psalm 20:5 Let us give a ringing cry at your rescue and raise the flag in the name of our God. May Yahveh fulfill all your requests.

Psalm 20:6 Now I know that Yahveh gives victory to his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with mighty rescue from his right hand.

Psalm 20:7 Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of Yahveh our God.

Psalm 20:8 They collapse and fall to their knees, but we rise and stand firm.

Psalm 20:9 Yahveh, give victory to the king! May he answer us on the day that we call.[2]


[1]superscription: A Psalm of David.

[2]subscription: For the choir director.

links:

A TRIUMPHAL VICTORY
call waiting
his victory
lost souls and other insights from the First Book of Psalms
Maranatha Daily Devotional – Tuesday, February 6, 2018
save the king

The PSALMS shelf in my library