Day 130—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 130 – Psalms 50, 53, 60, 75. – (Psalms of Asaph and David)

In Psalm 50, Asaph writes about “The Mighty One, God, the LORD, as an all-sufficient judge. 

Around our God is “a devouring fire and a mighty tempest.”   He does not NEED  offerings and sacrifices because “every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.”  God says of Himself, “I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.”

So what does God desire of His people?  “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High.”  IF his people will praise and obey Him, He says to them, “call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Psalm 53 is almost a repeat of Psalm 14 except verse 5, in which David celebrates a battle won.

In Psalm 60 David praises God for victory over Edom “in the Valley of Salt” which we read about yesterday in 2 Samuel 8 and 1 Chronicles 18.  David closes his song with, “Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man! With God , we shall do valiantly; it is He who will tread down out foes.”

Again in Psalm 75, Asaph sings about God judging with equity. “At the set time that I appoint, I will judge with equity.” Asaph warns, “I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn; do not lift up your horn or high or speak with haughty neck.”

“But I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.”

NOTE: A “horn” symbolizes an animal’s or human’s strength and majesty. Lifting up the horn describes a stubborn animal who kept itself from entering a yoke by holding its head up as high as possible. Here, it portrays insolence or rebellion.