Psalm 150
"Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!...
Psalm Prayers
"Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!...
"Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly! Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children...
In Psalm 148, all the heavens and all the earth, and every living creature and every elemental force alike are called to join the cosmic...
Psalm 147 sings God's praise in creation and providence. He fills the night sky with stars and names each one (v. 4). He causes the sun...
What an appropriate psalm to meditate upon as the 2020 US presidential election looms large on the horizon. The psalmist encourages us:...
"One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on...
In Psalm 144, David praises God's power (who uses lightning bolts as arrows), asks for God deliverance from his enemies (who threaten...
In Psalm 143, David again writes of his emotional turmoil as he flees from his enemies and hides from them in the dark of night, waiting...
The inscription for Psalm 142 informs us that David offered this prayer when he was in a cave, likely when he was hiding from Saul's...
In Psalm 141, David again finds himself in need of God's rescue. His path is fraught with traps and nets and snares as his enemies seek...
In Psalm 140, David prays for the Lord's deliverance from those who oppose him, whom he describes as having hearts bent toward evil and...
"O Lord, you...know me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.... Even before a word is on my...
"On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.... For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the...
"By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. For there our...
Psalm 136 reminds us to count our many blessings from the Lord. He made the earth to be a home for his people, and put the sun and the...
"Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps." Psalm 135:6 Father God, we are grateful that you...
Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord! Lift up your hands to the holy place and...
"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on...
King David once was struck by the fact that he had a palace, but the Lord had only a tent. In his zeal for the Lord, David promised to...
"O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for...