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Psalms 91

Psalm 91

Psalm 91 describes the safety of those who dwell under God's protection and trust him as refuge and fortress. Bryan and his son see the psalm fulfille...

Psalms 90

Psalm 90

Psalm 90 contrasts the everlasting God with brief human lives marked by sin, divine wrath, labor, sorrow, and death. Moses asks God to teach his peopl...

Psalms 89

My Covenant I will not break

Psalm 89 celebrates God's might, mercy, and covenant faithfulness while honestly lamenting the apparent collapse of David's throne. Bryan explains tha...

Psalms 89

Psalm 89

Psalm 89 praises God's covenant faithfulness to David, laments apparent rejection and shame, and points to Jesus as the true Son of David whose everla...

Psalms 88

Psalm 88

Psalm 88 gives words to someone overwhelmed by trouble, isolation, darkness, affliction, and the apparent distance of God. Bryan assures depressed and...

Psalms 87

Psalm 87

Psalm 87 celebrates Zion, the city God established and loved, and records people from many nations as belonging there. Bryan teaches his children that...

Psalms 86

Psalm 86

Psalm 86 is David's prayer for God to listen, preserve, forgive, strengthen, comfort, teach, and show mercy amid violent opposition. Bryan emphasizes ...

Psalms 85

Psalm 85

The sons of Korah remember God's forgiveness and the turning away of his anger, then ask him to restore and revive his people so they may rejoice. God...

Psalms 84

Psalm 84

The psalmist longs for God's courts, where his people worship, sacrifice, and pray in his presence. The temple pointed to God as Israel's King and sou...

Psalms 83

Psalm 83

Psalms 82

Psalm 82

God stands as judge over unjust rulers who favor the wicked rather than defending the poor, fatherless, afflicted, and needy. The psalm calls on God t...

Psalms 81

Psalm 81

Psalms 81

Stiff Necks and Wide Mouths

Psalm 81 recalls God's deliverance of Israel and urges his people to listen, reject foreign gods, and walk in his ways. Bryan and his guest trace Isra...

Psalms 80

Psalm 80

Israel asks the Shepherd of Israel to restore his afflicted people, shine his face upon them, and save them. The psalm remembers God's care for his vi...

Psalms 79

Psalm 79

Psalm 79 laments Jerusalem's destruction, the temple's defilement, and the slaughter of God's people after their rebellion and idolatry. The psalm ple...

Psalms 78

Remember!

Psalm 78 recounts God's mighty works, Israel's repeated forgetfulness and rebellion, and God's patient compassion. Bryan urges families to pass God's ...

Psalms 78

Psalm 78

Psalms 77

Psalm 77

The psalmist cries to God from sleepless, overwhelming anguish and honestly wonders whether divine mercy and promises have failed. He turns from despa...

Psalms 76

Psalm 76

God is known in Judah as the glorious King whose dwelling is in Zion. He destroys weapons and armies, inspires holy fear, speaks judgment from heaven,...

Psalms 75

Jesus Drank the Cup

Psalm 75 declares that God judges uprightly, humbles the boastful, exalts whom he chooses, and gives the wicked the cup of his wrath. Bryan explains t...

Psalms 75

Psalm 75

God alone judges uprightly, humbles the wicked, exalts the righteous, and holds the cup of wrath; Christ will return as King and Judge to make all thi...

Psalms 74

Psalm 74

Asaph laments enemies who have devastated God's sanctuary and meeting places, leaving his people without signs or prophets. Yet he remembers that God ...

Psalms 73

Psalm 73

Asaph nearly stumbles because he envies the ease, wealth, and apparent freedom from trouble enjoyed by arrogant wicked people. Entering God's sanctuar...

Psalms 72

Psalm 72

Solomon describes the righteous reign of the promised King: he judges with justice, rescues the poor and needy, defeats oppression, rules from sea to ...