Then people will say, “Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!” (Psalm 58:11 CSB) Watch the news on any given day and you will see stories of death, war, and destruction. To make matters worse, it seems like a lot of...

I call to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me (Psalm 57:2 CSB). Isn’t it comforting to know that God fulfills His purpose for you? We’re not left alone to fight through this life to figure out our purpose. Our God Most High is working amidst the issues...

You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me (Psalm 56:8-9 CSB).  How can you show someone you care about them? You can...

My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me. Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me. But I will trust in you. (Psalm 55:4-5, 23b CSB)  This isn’t exactly an upbeat Psalm. The fear and anxiety that David is feeling is palpable, yet before he gets...

God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my life (Psalm 54:4 CSB).  David wrote this Psalm when everything seemed hopeless. He was betrayed and likely scared of what would happen next. But David didn’t panic. Instead, he turned to God because he recognized that God was not...

God looks down from heaven on the human race to see if there is one who is wise, one who seeks God.  All have turned away, all alike have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one (Psalm 53:2-3 CSB).  According to this passage, we are all wretched,...

But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever (Psalm 52:8 CSB).  Trusting God is often easier said than done. There are times when we think we can handle things on our own, or that we have...

Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. (Psalm 51:12 CSB).  Joy is not always an easy emotion to maintain, especially when sin creeps in and fills us with guilt and shame. Sin, it seems, always draws us away from joy....

Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God (Psalm 50:23 CSB).  Our covenant with God no longer requires animal sacrifice to atone for our sins. Jesus completed that work on the cross, but that doesn’t mean we don’t...

But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will take me (Psalm 49:15 CSB).  Perhaps the greatest fear in life is death itself, and that’s what Sheol is. It is a place of darkness, cut off from God, where the Hebrew people believed we would...