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In Psalms, chapter forty, verse six, the psalmist understood that the sacrifices and symbolic rituals required by God in His law were inadequate by themselves and were no substitute for genuine commitment and obedience from the heart, as in First Samuel fifteen, verse twenty-two, Isaiah one, verses eleven through seventeen, Jeremiah seven, verses twenty-two through […]

In Psalms, chapter thirty-nine, verses four through six, David prays that the Lord will help him realize the brief span of his life here on earth, as in verse eleven, Psalms sixty-two, verse nine, Psalms hundred and forty-four, and Job seven, verse seven. The request should be the prayerful concern of every believer. However, God

In Psalms, chapter thirty-nine, verses one through thirteen, the psalm continues the theme of chapter thirty-eight, for the psalmist is still under the severe chastisement of God. This psalm of David made him realize that it is the Lord who is causing the suffering, “I am consumed by the blow of thine hand,” as in

In Psalms, chapter thirty-eight, verse twenty-one, the one terrible consequence of wilful sin is the loss of God’s fellowship and the sense of His presence, as in Psalms twenty-two, verse nineteen, Psalms thirty-five, verse twenty-two, and Psalms seventy-one, verse twelve, respectively. It is a grievous and bitter experience to commit wilful sin after knowing the

In Psalms, chapter thirty-eight, verse three, the psalmist emphasizes two consequences of sinning after knowing the Lord and receiving His mercy of Divine anger and judgment. Teaching that God always forgives and forgets sin without ever chastening the repentant believer is not Biblical teaching. A repentant sinner, experiencing God’s forgiveness, may experience the temporal consequences

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

In Psalms, chapter thirty-seven, verse seven, this psalm reveals how the righteous must react when the unrighteous prosper despite their evil and immoral ways. We must steadfastly persevere in the faith while waiting for God to bring about justice and vindicate us, as in Psalms thirty-seven, verse one, Psalms seventy-three, Proverbs three, verse thirty-one, Proverbs

In Psalms, chapter thirty-seven, verse six, the righteous oppressed by sin in the world are promised answers to their prayers, as in verses four to five, a vindication of their righteous standards, as in verse six, a heavenly inheritance, as in verses nine, eleven, and thirty-four. The Lord’s sustaining help, as in verses seventeen through

In Psalms, chapter thirty-seven, verse four, to delight thyself in the Lord is to desire and enjoy the nearness of His presence and the truth and righteousness of His Word, as in Job twenty-two, verse six, Job twenty-seven, verse ten, and Isaiah fifty-eight, verse fourteen. To those who delight themselves in the Lord, God gives

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