“Getting it off my chest” – that’s what we call coming clean about something we need to confess. And it points to the way that keeping such a secret often feels – like a weight pressing down on us. So, when we finally do confess something that makes us feel…

We can relate to David’s prayer, can’t we? Don’t we know what it’s like to have people tell lies about us (verses 13 and 18)? Haven’t we all been worn out with grief (verse 9)? Aren’t we all too familiar with sorrow and sighing (verse 10)? Haven’t we all made…

“I will never be moved” (verse 6). It’s easy to think that way in times of “prosperity,” when everything seems to be going the way we want. Of course, it’s just as easy to become “dismayed” (verse 7) in difficult times, to imagine that God has forgotten us, or that…

During springtime in Mississippi, we don’t have to be reminded about the power of a thunderstorm, do we? When cold fronts from the plains collide with the warm, moist air off of the Gulf of Mexico, hailstones as big as golf balls fall from the sky, while trees and limbs…

There are lots of problems all around us, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the sickness in our own families. And David was no stranger to such difficulties, being literally surrounded by his enemies on numerous occasions (verses 2, 3 and 12). So it is only natural for him…

If Psalm 25 teaches us the importance of humility in prayer, Psalm 26 points to the need for integrity, the need for a life in which our thoughts, desires, and deeds line up with our profession of faith. Now, this is not to say that we somehow earn God’s favor…

It’s easy for us to place the blame on those who hurt us, especially when they really are our enemies, when they really do take their hatred out on us by afflicting us in treacherous ways (verses 2 and 19). But even if our critics may be wrong about their…

David was no stranger to military victories. He and his army had conquered the city of Jerusalem and made it his capital (II Samuel 5:7). He defeated the Moabites, and stationed his troops as far away as Damascus (II Samuel 8:2, 6). And when his armies defeated the Ammonites, he…

“The Lord is my shepherd” – why does that phrase bring us so much comfort? Because we are confident that the Lord will provide for us, just as shepherds make sure their sheep have enough food to eat and water to drink (verse 2). But in the days that David…

Anyone who thinks the Bible doesn’t have anything to say about the real problems of the real world hasn’t read the Psalms. For let’s face it – David knew a lot about abandonment, betrayal, and disappointment. And he wasn’t afraid to be honest about such things, even in his prayers….