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, … Continue reading Blessed in the Wilderness

Psalm 132 A Song of Ascents.Remember, O Lord, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured,how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,until I find a place … Continue reading A Pilgrimage of Worship

Psalm 2:1-12 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them … Continue reading The Whole Package

Psalm 22:1-2, 6-8, 14-24 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?    Why are you so far from saving me,    so far from my cries of anguish?My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,    by night, but I find no rest.But I am a worm and not a man,    scorned by everyone, despised by the people.All who see me … Continue reading God Still Rules

Psalm 71:17-23 Since my youth, God, you have taught me,    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.Even when I am old and gray,    do not forsake me, my God,till I declare your power to the next generation,    your mighty acts to all who are to come.Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,    you who have done great things.    Who is … Continue reading Do It Again, God