Our author tells of the BEST house possible; the House of the Lord! Not even the highest palaces compare to the glory of being in the House of the Lord! Better is one day in Your courts, better is one day in Your house than THOUSANDS elsewhere! This is a song that my heart FULLY […]
Asaph prays that God will strike back at the enemies of Israel who are gathered against them. There is precedent for his request and he sites it. This is the last psalm by Asaph included in the book of Psalm. I was just thinking that it sounds wrong to say the “book of Psalm” instead […]
God is again speaking through Asaph’s psalms. He is telling them to stop showing partiality to the wicked and to give justice to those who need it most. The first verse of this psalm grabbed my attention when it says that “God has taken His place in the divine council; in the midst of the […]
God is speaking through Asaph’s psalm to His people. I would do SO MUCH for you but you won’t listen! So now you are reaping the consequences of your actions. Our psalm starts out joyous. “Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!” (verse 1). One would expect this […]
Asaph is lamenting the state of Israel and Judah. He is crying out to God to restore them as a nation, as a people of His planting. “Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!” (verse 19a). This is another psalm that may be prophetic. Most of Asaph’s psalms sound as if he is living in […]
