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#2024GOAL – Reading Through The Bible Chronologically, days 138

May17

    Day 138—We are in our FIFTH month of Bible reading.   Are you loving God more each day? Are you reciting, praying, and singing the Psalms we’ve been reading?  Share in the comments section.

    Day 138 – Psalms 26, 40, 58, 61, 62, 64. – (Psalms of David during and after the calamity with Absalom)

Psalm 26. “Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.”

Psalm 40. “I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.”

“For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.  Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!”    “As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.”

Psalm 58. David proclaims judgment on the wicked but contrasts the righteous. “Mankind will say, ‘Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges the earth!”

Psalm 61.  “Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint.  Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.”

Psalm 62. “For God ALONE, my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. He ONLY is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, I shall not be greatly shaken.     “For God ALONE, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.”     “Trust in Him at ALL times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.”

Psalm 64.  “Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers…”     “Let the righteous one rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him! Let all the upright in heart exult!,,”

2024GOAL – Reading Through The Bible Chronologically, day 136

May15

    Day 136—We are in our FIFTH month of Bible reading.   Are you loving God more each day? Are you reciting, praying, and singing the Psalms we’ve been reading?  Share in the comments section.

    Day 136 – Psalms 3, 4, 12, 13, 28, 55.. – (Psalms of David in exile)

Psalm 3 specifically describes David’s anguish as he flees from Absalom. “O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God.”    

But as always, his heart turns to God. “But you, O LORD, are a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter of my head.”    “I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.  I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.”

Psalm 4. “Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress.”    “In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone O LORD make me dwell in safety.”

Psalm 12 (maybe speaking of how Absalom wooed the people from David with his “silver tongue.”  “Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart the speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts, those who say ‘With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us, who is master over us?'”    “The words of the LOD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.”

Psalm 13.  “How long, O Lord?  Will you forget me forever?

“How long will you hide your face from me?

“How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?

“How long shall my enemy be exalted?

“Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, I have prevailed over him,’ lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.”

“But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 28. “To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.”     “Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.”

“Blessed be the LORD! For He has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.”

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song, I give thanks to Him. The LORD is the strength of his people, He is the saving refuge of his anointed. O save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.”

Psalm 55 describes David’s anguished and grieving heart.  “…I am restless in my complaint, and I moan, because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.”  “Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

“And I say, ‘Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”   

“For it is not an enemy who taunts me–then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me–then I could hide from him. But it is YOU, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. We used to take sweet counsel together within God’s house we walked in the throng.”

“My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords!”

“But You, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days.”

“But I will trust in You.”