Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. - Psalm 122:6 KJV God requires all His people from every nation, every background, to be concerned about the peace of one particular city. That city is Jerusalem. Those words of [...]

Jerusalem is built as a city that is closely compacted together; to which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord – a testimony for Israel – to give thanks to the name of the LORD. - Psalm 122:3-4, NIV For there are set thrones of judgment, [...]

Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together; to which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD – a testimony for Israel – to give thanks to the name of the LORD. - Psalm 122:3-4, NIV That's the way that God intends [...]

Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. - Psalm 122:3, NIV That phrase there, "closely compacted together," gives us a revelation of how God's people are to be united. In the Hebrew language almost every [...]

The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forever. - Psalms 121:7-8 (NASB1995) The psalmist has a message of comfort. The Creator is also our [...]

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from whence shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. - Psalm 121:1-3, NASB The psalmist there looks [...]

Great peace have they, O LORD, who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. - Psalm 119:165 The Bible here promises not just peace, but great peace. In the world today we tend to have a very low view of peace. If two nations are not [...]

Your promises, o God, have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. - Psalm 119:140 What a beautiful truth, God’s promises have been thoroughly tested. They are not just theories, they are not just abstract theology, they are something [...]

Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold, and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path. - Psalms 119:127-128 (NIV) What’s your attitude towards God’s commands? Do you fear them? Do you resent them? [...]

If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have renewed my life. - Psalms 119:92-93 (NIV) One thing is certain in this world, we’re not going to escape affliction [...]

Your faithfulness [O Lord] continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you. - Psalms 119:89-91, NIV The power behind the universe is not something purely physical. [...]

Forever, oh Lord Thy word is settled in heaven. - Psalm 119:89-96 (KJV) God's word comes to us in the book that we call the Bible, and here in the book it tells us something about itself. It tells us three wonderful things about its own [...]

It’s a word about affliction and the purpose of affliction and why affliction comes in our lives and how we should respond to affliction. After all, there’s nobody who won’t encounter affliction at some time or another in his life. Listen to what [...]

I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts. - Psalm 119:63, NIV When you tell somebody you are a Christian, what's the first question they usually put to you? What denomination do you belong to? What church do you [...]

I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes. I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. - Psalm 119:59-60, NIV It's important that from time to time in the midst of life we pause and consider our ways. Many [...]

Remember the word to Thy servant, in which Thou hast made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that Thy word has revived me. - Psalm 119:49-50, NASB Has it ever occurred to you that there are times when we can remind God of something? The [...]

I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. - Psalms 119:32, NIV What does it mean to be free? Does it mean that you just do anything you please at any time? That you throw off all order and restraint, you're just [...]

I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me. My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times. - Psalms 119:18-20 (NIV) I suppose there comes a time in the life of every one of us when everything seems so impermanent, so [...]

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. - Psalms 119:9-11 (NIV) The psalmist there asks a very practical question. Is it possible for a young [...]

I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done. - Psalm 118:17 (NIV) It's so important that we have a positive attitude toward life – that we are not negative, that we are not pessimistic, that we are not death-oriented. [...]

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence, but as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord. - Psalms 115:17-18 (NASB) The Bible exhorts every area of creation and every kind of [...]

Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He seats them with princes, with the princes of their [...]

Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice. Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the [...]

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. - Psalm 111:10 (KJV) The psalmist there speaks about two wonderful qualities, qualities which are very rare amongst men and women today – the [...]

Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn your young men will come to you like the dew. - Psalm 110:3 Remember that God is a God of battles. He's a man of war; He's called [...]

O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory; awake psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. - Psalm 108:1-2 (KJV) There's a man who's made up his mind that no matter what happens he's going to [...]

Fools, because of their rebellious way, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted. Their soul abhorred all kinds of food; and they drew near to the gates of death. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their [...]

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. - Psalm 107:1-2 That's one of the conditions of redemption that so many of us [...]

They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. - Psalm 106:13-15, KJV That's a description [...]

He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert. - Psalms 105:41, NIV That's a picture of God's provision for His people, Israel. In the forty years of their wandering through the wilderness, a dry and [...]

He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. - Psalm 105:39, NIV This describes how the Lord guided and protected His people, Israel, on their forty-year journey through the wilderness of Sinai. He spread out a cloud as a [...]

Then He brought them out with silver and gold; and among His tribes there was not one who stumbled. - Psalm 105:37, NASB This is the psalmist's inspired description of the deliverance of Israel by the Lord out of Egypt and it focuses on two [...]

God sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They afflicted his feet with fetters; he himself was laid in irons, until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. - Psalms 105:17-19, NASB The life of Joseph [...]

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. - Psalms 103:11-12, KJV The psalmist David, there, is trying to [...]

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who [...]

When the Lord shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. This will be written for the generation to come, and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. [...]

My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time [...]

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. - Psalms 100:4-5, NIV How important it is [...]

Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he [...]

Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. - Psalm 96:1-2, NIV God exhorts us there to express our praise to Him in various ways. In particular, He says [...]

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is [...]

When I said, My foot is slipping, your love, O LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul. - Psalms 94:18-19, NIV One thing I’ve always loved about the picture of God that we find in the Bible is [...]

Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law; you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked. - Psalms 94:12-13, NIV God is the greatest of all teaching psychologists. For a number of [...]

Your throne was established long ago [O Lord]; you are from all eternity. The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves. Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier [...]

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, [...]

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. - Psalm 90:12, NIV What does that mean, to number our days aright? Well, let me ask you another question. If I were to ask you, What is the thing in your life that you find [...]

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by or like a watch in the night. - Psalms 90:2,4 (NIV) [...]

Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart. - Psalm 86:11-12, NIV The psalmist there focuses on one thing that is necessary if [...]

My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, [...]

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - Psalm 73:26, NIV You see, there’s a difference between the internal and the external. The external is fading, it’s temporary; but there’s something inside [...]