July 07 2013

Read One Psalm a Day

Psalm One Hundred Fifty

1 Praise ye God in his Sanctuary: praise ye him in the firmament of his power.

2 Praise ye him in his mighty Acts: praise ye him according to his excellent greatness.

3 Praise ye him in the sound of the trumpet: praise ye him upon the viol and the harp.

4 Praise ye him with timbrel and flute: praise ye him with virginals and organs.

5 Praise ye him with sounding cymbals: praise ye him with high sounding cymbals.

6 Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord

July 06 2013

Read One Psalm a Day

Psalm One Hundred Forty Nine

1 Sing ye unto the Lord a new song: let his praise be heard in the Congregation of Saints.

2 Let Israel rejoice in Him that made him, and let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. (a)

3 Let them praise his Name with the flute: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meek glorious by deliverance.

5 Let the Saints be joyful with glory: let them sing loud upon their beds.

6 Let the high Acts of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hands, (b)

7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and corrections among the people:

8 To bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,

9 That they may execute upon them the judgment that is written: this honor shall be to all his Saints. Praise ye the Lord.

(a) Editor’s thought - Let us take joy in our Creator and Savior

(b) Editor’s thought - The Word of God as spoken of in Hebrews 4:12

July 05 2013

Read One Psalm a Day

Psalm One Hundred Forty Eight

My friends, and brethren in Christ, our Creator is awesome. There is no place that one cannot see His handiwork exhibited. He gives rain in due season. His Spirit fills us with life, that we cannot do without. He feeds us with the bread from heaven.  It is His first command that we seek Him and love Him with all our hearts and minds. In all the aspects of our lives, let us give thanks, honor and praise to Him, that first loved us. 

1 Praise ye the Lord from the heaven: praise ye him in the high places.

2 Praise ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his army.

3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise ye him all bright stars.

4 Praise ye him heavens of heavens, and waters, that be above the heavens.

5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

6 And he hath established them forever and ever: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not pass.

7 Praise ye the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all depths:

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapors, stormy wind, which execute his word.

9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees, and all cedars:

10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and feathered fowls:

11 Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all judges of the world:

12 Young men and maidens, also old men and children:

13 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for his Name only is to be exalted, and his praise above the earth and the heavens.

14 For he hath exalted the horn of his people, which is a praise for all his Saints, even for the children of Israel, a people that is near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.

July 04 2013

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Psalm One Hundred Forty Seven

1 Praise ye the Lord, for it is good to sing unto our God: for it is a pleasant thing, and praise is comely. (a)

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem, and gather together the dispersed of Israel.

3 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and bindeth up their sores.

4 He counteth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: his wisdom is infinite.

6 The Lord relieveth the meek, and abaseth the wicked to the ground.

7 Sing unto the Lord with praise: sing upon the harp unto our God,

8 Which covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth, and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains:

9 Which giveth to beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.

10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse, neither delighteth he in the legs of man.

11 But the Lord delighteth in them that fear him, and attend upon his mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath made the bars of the gates strong, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 He setteth peace in thy borders, and satisfieth thee with the flour of wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth, and his word runneth very swiftly. (b)

16 He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoary frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can abide the cold thereof?

18 He sendeth his word and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with every nation, neither have they known his judgments. Praise ye the Lord.

(a) Editor’s thought - See attached link below

(b) Editor’s thought - The Word of God has the power to fulfill Itself, by the mere speaking of It. 

http://youtu.be/UqNdQdmUbWU

July 03 2012

Read One Psalm a Day

Psalm One Hundred Forty Six

1 Praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

2 I will praise the Lord during my life; as long as I have any being, I will sing unto my God.

3 Put not your trust in Princes, nor in the son of man, for there is no help in him. (a)

4 His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth; then his thoughts perish.

5 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth his fidelity forever,

7 Which executeth justice for the oppressed, which giveth bread to the hungry; the Lord looseth the prisoners.

8 The Lord giveth sight to the blind: the Lord raiseth up the crooked: the Lord loveth the righteous.

9 The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but he overthroweth the way of the wicked.

10 The Lord shall reign forever: O Zion, thy God endureth from generation to generation. Praise ye the Lord.

(a) Editor’s thought - Why put your trust in the created, instead of the Creator. To often we see people who think so highly of themselves and mock God. But the scriptures say that God’s ways are not man’s ways, and that His thoughts are higher than man’s. This is to say that His are honorable and noble, righteous, and just. While man, no matter how well intentioned are always self serving. 

July 02 2012

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Psalm One Hundred Forty Five

1 O my God and King, I will extol thee, and will bless thy Name forever and ever.

2 I will bless thee daily, and praise thy Name forever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and most worthy to be praised, and his greatness is incomprehensible.

4 Generation shall praise thy works unto generation, and declare thy power.

5 I will meditate of the beauty of thy glorious majesty, and thy wonderful works.

6 And they shall speak of the power of thy dreadful acts, and I will declare thy greatness.

7 They shall break out into the mention of thy great goodness, and shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great mercy.

9 The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. (a)

10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord, and thy Saints bless thee. 

11 They show the glory of thy kingdom, and speak of thy power, (b)

12 To cause his power to be known to the sons of men, and the glorious renown of his kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.

14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and lifteth up all that are ready to fall.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season.

16 Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things living of thy good pleasure.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

18 The Lord is near unto all that call upon him, yea, to all that call upon him in truth.

19 He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him; he will also hear their cry, and will save them.

20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him; but he will destroy the wicked.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh shall bless his holy Name forever and ever.

(a) Editor’s thought - Our God is merciful to all, whether we accept that mercy and grace is up to the individual. As the scripture says he brings rain upon the earth, so that ALL may benefit. This means both the believer and non-believer. 

(b) Editor’s thought - Re: vs 10-11 - There are evenings when I look up into the night skies, and see the majesty of God’s creation that I KNOW there is a Creator. Then I find myself wondering, why, such a Creator has such a love for man, and then realize that of all the things that God has put into place, we, His children are His greatest one. 

July 01 2013

Read One Psalm a Day

Psalm One Hundred Forty Four

1 Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth mine hands to fight, and my fingers to battle.

2 He is my goodness and my fortress, my tower and my deliverer, my shield and in him I trust, which subdueth my people under me.

3 Lord, what is man that thou regardest him! or the son of man that thou thinkest upon him?

4 Man is like to vanity; his days are like a shadow that vanisheth.

5 Bow thine heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth the lightning and scatter them; shoot out thine arrows and consume them.

7 Send thine hand from above: deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, and from the hand of strangers,

8 Whose mouth talketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God, and sing unto thee upon a viol, and an instrument of ten strings.

10 It is he that giveth deliverance unto kings, and rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

12 That our sons may be as the plants growing up in their youth, and our daughters as the corner stones, graven after the similitude of a palace: (a)

13 That our corners may be full and abounding with divers sorts, and that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousand in our streets.

14 That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be none invasion, nor going out, nor no crying in our streets.

15 Blessed are the people, that be so, yea blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

(a) Editor’s notation - Read Proverbs 22:6