October 2024

Rebuke me not

In Psalms, chapter thirty-eight, verses one through twenty-two, the psalm is an anguished prayer for God to withdraw chastisement for sin. David is preoccupied with God’s displeasure, as in verses one to two. His body is racked by disease and failing strength from verses three through ten, and he knows that his suffering is the …

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Fret not thyself

In Psalms, chapter thirty-seven, verses one through forty, is a psalm that is not a prayer but a series of proverbial expressions or instructions about godly wisdom. The theme concerns the believer’s attitude toward the success of the wicked and the hardship of righteous people. It teaches that the ungodly will eventually be cast down …

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Many are the afflictions of the rigtheous

In Psalms, chapter thirty-four, verse nineteen, in the Old Testament, God promised blessing and prosperity for those who obeyed His law. Yet alongside this promise is the reality that “many are the affliction of the righteous.” In Hebrews eleven, verses thirty-three through thirty-five, “Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths …

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