Psalms

A Calm Soul Hopes in the Lord: Psalm 131

March 14, 2025

Life is full of stress and trouble.  Yet, Psalm 131 proclaims that God is enough to get us through.  And because that is true, we can be a people who resist anxious pride, cultivate humility, and hope in the Lord even when life is tough.  A calm soul hopes in the Lord.

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God is for Us: Psalm 46

March 6, 2025

Trials and sufferings convince us that God has abandoned us, but Psalm 46 reminds us that God is with us and for us, even when it feels like everything and everyone is against us.

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A Sojourner’s Long Psalm: Psalm 119

February 14, 2025

Psalm 119 provides an extended insight into the psalmist’s spiritual experience as a suffering sojourner looking ahead to God’s mysterious but sure deliverance.

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God Reveals the Faults of the Afflicted but Saves Them (Psalm 91)

December 3, 2024

This Psalm teaches us about life’s travails, and that Israel fails, but that Christ prevails.

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Double Trouble, Double Cure (Psalm 51)

November 14, 2024

David has two problems. There is David’s sin and there is David’s self. He faces his guilt as well as his guilty feelings. His repentance finds its voice, as does his faith, in the hope that God’s grace is sufficient for both his problems.

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Psalm 44

November 7, 2024

Many Psalms of Lament conclude with confidence in God despite suffering.  However, Psalm 44 begins with confidence, followed by a complaint, concluding with a call for God to act.

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The Purified Words of the Lord (Psalm 12)

October 31, 2024

When language devolves into lies and power-relations to drown out trustworthiness, we find divine rescue in the sevenfold pure words of the Lord.

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The Liberating Joy of Confession (Psalm 32)

October 24, 2024

Why do we conceal our sins rather than confess them, especially when they imprison and distance us from God’s presence and his people? We’ll consider the folly of this approach to the Christian life and the liberating joys of confession flowing from our faith in the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus.

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Out of the Depths I Cry (Psalm 130)

October 17, 2024

From deep waters we cry to an attentive Lord for deliverance and forgiveness. Our watchful hope looks to his word of promise and plentiful redemption.

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The Psalm for the Sabbath: Psalm 92

October 3, 2024

Even though our praise cannot actually make God greater or higher than He is, the Lord is pleased for our praise to exalt Him in our minds and hearts.

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The Suffering King (Psalm 31:1-8)

October 1, 2024

God Hears the Lament of His People and Preserves Them Unto Salvation.

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Psalm 8 | Dr. Joshua Van Ee

September 19, 2024

Psalm 8 contains the reflections of the psalmist upon the night sky. At the beginning and end, he speaks about the glory of God.

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A Reflection on Psalm 8

September 19, 2024

The Psalm is not a reflection focused on the pre-fall position of humanity in God’s creation but on God’s continued use of mankind in redemptive history.

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Psalm 2: Raging Kings, The Promise, and Warning

September 12, 2024

Dr. Clark commences the WSC Fall Faculty series on the Psalms with a devotional from Psalm 2.

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Abiding in the Almighty | Psalm 91

December 1, 2022

In times of distress, darkness, and hopelessness, the Psalmist exhorts believers to turn to the Lord and dwell in the shadow of the Almighty. God who is faithful will answer and will show his people His salvation.

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A Roadmap for Prayer | Psalm 61

October 25, 2022

Psalm 61 provides the believer a wonderful roadmap for prayer, bringing us back into the way of trusting God when we cry out for guidance, remember his faithfulness, and long for his presence.

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Peace for Our Time | Psalm 29

August 30, 2021

Psalm 29 reminds us of the incomparable power of God, and how he makes peace by defeating his enemies.

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