1 Kings 7-9 - The Ark Brought into the House of Yahweh

Solomon Builds His Own House

1Ki 7:1 LSB - [1] Now Solomon built his own house thirteen years, and he completed all his house.

Hiram’s Work in the House of Yahweh

1Ki 7:13-14 LSB - [13] Then King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. [14] He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

1Ki 7:51 LSB - [51] Thus all the work that King Solomon did [in] the house of Yahweh was finished. And Solomon brought in the things set apart as holy by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, [and] he put [them] in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

The Ark Brought into the House of Yahweh

1Ki 8:6 LSB - [6] Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

1Ki 8:9 LSB - [9] There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses laid there at Horeb, where Yahweh cut a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Solomon Blesses the People

1Ki 8:14-15 LSB - [14] Then the king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. [15] And he said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled [it] by His hand, saying,

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

1Ki 8:41-43 LSB - [41] "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your name's sake [42] (for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand, and of Your outstretched arm); so if he comes and prays toward this house, [43] listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name to fear You, as [do] Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.

1Ki 8:46-49 LSB - [46] "When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; [47] and if they cause [these things] to return to their heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and return and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; [48] and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; [49] then listen in heaven Your dwelling place to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice for them,

Solomon Blesses Yahweh

1Ki 8:58 LSB - [58] that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

1Ki 8:61 LSB - [61] "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

The Offering for the House of Yahweh

1Ki 8:66 LSB - [66] On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents with gladness and goodness of heart because of all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people.

Yahweh Appears to Solomon

1Ki 9:2 LSB - [2] that Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

“Brethren, we want renewed appearances, fresh manifestations, new visitations from on high; and I commend to those of you who are getting on in life, that while you thank God for the past, and look back with joy to his visits to you in your early days, you now seek and ask for a second visitation of the Most High.” (Spurgeon)

“We do not need to be converted again; yet we do want that again over our heads the windows of heaven should be opened, that again a Pentecost should be given, and that we should renew our youth like the eagles, to run without weariness, and walk without fainting. The Lord fulfill to everyone of his people tonight his blessing upon Solomon!” (Spurgeon)

1Ki 9:3 LSB - [3] And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have set apart as holy this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

“Have you never known what it is to leave off prayer when you are in the middle of it, and say, “I am heard: I am heard”? Have you not felt that you needed not to cry any longer, for you had gained your suit, and must rather begin to praise than continue to pray? When a man goes to a bank with a cheque, and he gets the money, he does not stand loafing about the counter: he goes off about his business. And oftentimes before God, he that is prepared to be a long time in prayer if it should be necessary, feels that he must be brief in petition and long in thanksgiving.” (Spurgeon)

 

Solomon’s Other Acts

 

1 King 4-6 - Solomon Builds the Temple

Solomon’s Officials

1Ki 4:5 LSB - [5] and Azariah the son of Nathan [was] over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, [was] the king's friend;

Solomon’s Wealth and Wisdom

1Ki 4:20 LSB - [20] Judah and Israel [were] as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; [they] were eating and drinking and being glad.

1Ki 4:28 ESV - [28] Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

“In Solomon’s court all his officers had a service to carry out, ‘every man according to his charge.’ It is exactly so in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. If we are truly his, he has called us to some work and office, and he wills us to discharge that office diligently. We are not to be gentlemen-at-ease, but men-at-arms; not loiterers, but laborers; not glittering spangles, but burning and shining lights.” (Spurgeon)

“Many a servant girl gives her fourpenny-piece to the offering, and if the same proportion were carried out among those who are wealthy, gold would not be so rare a metal in the LORD’s treasury. A tithe may be too much for some, but a half might not be enough for another. Let it be, ‘Every man according to his charge,’ as to measure as well as to matter.” (Spurgeon)

Spurgeon concluded the message on a high note: “Everything for Jesus, the glorious Solomon of our hearts, the Beloved of our souls! Life for Jesus! Death for Jesus! Time for Jesus! Eternity for Jesus! Hand and heart for Jesus! Brain and tongue for Jesus! Night and day for Jesus! Sickness or health for Jesus! Honor or dishonor for Jesus! Shame or glory for Jesus! Everything for Jesus, ‘Every man according to his charge.’ So may it be! Amen.”

1Ki 4:29 LSB - [29] And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of [understanding] in [his] heart, like the sand that is on the seashore.

1Ki 4:32 LSB - [32] He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

1Ki 4:34 LSB - [34] And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.

Covenant with Hiram King of Tyre

1Ki 5:15-17 LSB - [15] And Solomon had 70,000 who carried loads, and 80,000 hewers [of stone] in the mountains, [16] besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who [were] over the project [and] who ruled over the people who were doing the work. [17] Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.

This speaks to the way we should work for God. We don’t work for appearance only, but also to excel in the deep and hidden things. “I want, dear friends, to urge that all our work for God should be done thoroughly, and especially that part of it which lies lowest, and is least observed of men” (Spurgeon).

This speaks to the way God works in us. He works in the deep and hidden things when others are concerned with mere appearances. “We have been the subjects of a great deal of secret, unseen, underground work. The LORD has spent upon us a world of care. My brother, you would not like to unveil those great searchings of heart of which you have been the subject. You have been honored in public; and, if so, you have had many a whipping behind the door lest you should glory in your flesh… All those chastenings, humblings, and searchings of heart have been a private laying of foundations for higher things” (Spurgeon).

This speaks to the way God builds the church. He wants to do a work of deep, strong foundations instead of a work a mile wide but an inch deep. “To maintain solid truth you need solid people. Vital godliness is therefore to be aimed at. Twenty thousand people, all merely professing faith, but having no energetic life, may not have grace enough among them to make twenty solid believers. Poor, sickly believers turn the church into an hospital, rather than a camp” (Spurgeon).

Solomon Builds the Temple

1Ki 6:7 LSB - [7] The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.

1Ki 6:11-13 LSB - [11] And the word of Yahweh came to Solomon saying, [12] "[Concerning] this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and do My judgments and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will establish My word with you which I spoke to David your father. [13] "And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel."

1 King 1-3 - A Listening Heart

David in Old Age

1Ki 1:5-6 LSB - [5] Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." So he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men as runners before him. [6] But his father had never grieved him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was also a very handsome man in form, and he was born after Absalom.

Nathan Speaks to Bathsheba

Solomon Anointed King

David’s Command to Solomon

1Ki 2:2 LSB - [2] "I am going the way of all the earth. So you shall be strong, and be a man.

The Death of David

Solomon’s Reign Established

1Ki 2:27 LSB - [27] So Solomon drove Abiathar away from being priest to Yahweh, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

1Ki 3:5 LSB - [5] In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, "Ask what I should give to you."

1Ki 3:9 LSB - [9] "So give Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this glorious people of Yours?"

Pro 20:12 LSB - [12] The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made both of them.

Solomon Wisely Judges

1Ki 3:28 LSB - [28] Then all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

Psalm 31-33

Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit

Psa 31:1 LSB - [1] For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 

In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; 

Let me never be ashamed; 

In Your righteousness protect me.

Rom 1:17 LSB - 

[17] For in it [the] righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH."

Psa 31:5 LSB - [5] Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Yahweh, God of truth.

Psa 31:5 ESV - [5] Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

Luk 23:46 LSB - [46] And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last.

“These were the last words of Polycarp, of Bernard, of Huss, of Jerome of Prague, of Luther, of Melancthon, and many others.” (Perowne, cited in Spurgeon)

“Redemption is a solid basis for confidence. David had not known Calvary as we have done, but temporal redemption cheered him; and shall not eternal redemption yet more sweetly console us? Past deliverances are strong pleas for present assistance.” (Spurgeon)

Psa 31:19-20 LSB -
[19] How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have worked for those who take refuge in You,
Before the sons of men!
[20] You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.

You Forgave the Iniquity of My Sin

 

 

 

 

Psalm 27-30 - You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing

Yahweh Is My Light and My Salvation

Psa 27:1 LSB - [1] Of David. 

Yahweh is my light and my salvation; 

Whom shall I fear? 

Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; 

Whom shall I dread?

Psa 27:4 LSB - 

[4] One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek: 

That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, 

To behold the beauty of Yahweh And to inquire in His temple.

Luk 10:42 LSB - [42] but [only] one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

Phl 3:13 LSB - [13] Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of [it] yet, but one thing [I do]: forgetting what [lies] behind and reaching forward to what [lies] ahead,

Psa 23:6 LSB - [6] Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever.

Psa 84:10 LSB - [10] For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

 

Yahweh Is My Strength and My Shield

Psa 28:6-7 LSB - 

[6] Blessed be Yahweh, 

Because He has heard the voice of my supplications. 

[7] Yahweh is my strength and my shield; 

My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; 

Therefore my heart exults, 

And with my song I shall thank Him.

The Voice of Yahweh

Psa 29:1-2 LSB - [1] A Psalm of David. 

Ascribe to Yahweh, O sons of the mighty, 

Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. 

[2] Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; 

Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.

Psa 29:4 LSB - [4] The voice of Yahweh is powerful, The voice of Yahweh is [full of] splendor.

Psa 29:9 LSB - [9] The voice of Yahweh makes the deer to calve And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, "Glory!"

Job 39:1 LSB - [1] "Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you keep watch over the calving of the deer?

 

You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing

Psa 30:1-3 LSB - [1] A Psalm. A Song at the Dedication of the House. Of David. 

I will exalt You, 

O Yahweh, for You have lifted me up, 

And have not let my enemies be glad over me. 

[2] O Yahweh my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. 

[3] O Yahweh, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; 

You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

Psa 30:5 LSB - 

[5] For His anger is but for a moment, 

His favor is for a lifetime; 

Weeping may last for the night, 

But a shout of joy [comes] in the morning.

Psa 30:11-12 LSB - 

[11] You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; 

You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, 

[12] That [my] glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. 

O Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to You forever. 

Psalm 23-26 - Yahweh Is My Shepherd

Yahweh Is My Shepherd

Psa 23:1-6 LSB - [1] A Psalm of David. 

Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want. 

Isa 40:11 LSB - [11] Like a shepherd He will shepherd His flock; 

In His arm He will gather the lambs 

And carry [them] in His bosom; 

He will gently lead the nursing [ewes].

[2] He makes me lie down in green pastures; 

He leads me beside quiet waters. 

Rev 7:17 LSB - [17] for the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them and will guide them to springs of the water of life. And God WILL WIPE EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES."

[3] He restores my soul; 

He guides me in the paths of righteousness 

For His name's sake. 

[4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; 

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 

“It has an inexpressibly delightful application to the dying; but it is for the living, too…. The words are not in the future tense, and therefore are not reserved for a distant moment.” (Spurgeon)

[5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; 

You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. 

“When a soldier is in the presence of his enemies, if he eats at all he snatches a hasty meal, and away he hastens to the fight. But observe: ‘Thou preparest a table,’ just as a servant does when she unfolds the damask cloth and displays the ornaments of the feast on an ordinary peaceful occasion. Nothing is hurried, there is no confusion, no disturbance, the enemy is at the door and yet God prepares a table, and the Christian sits down and eats as if everything were in perfect peace.” (Spurgeon)

[6] Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, 

And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever.

“These twin guardian angels will always be with me at my back and my beck. Just as when great princes go abroad they must not go unattended, so it is with the believer.” (Spurgeon)

“While I am here I will be a child at home with my God; the whole world shall be his house to me; and when I ascend into the upper chamber I shall not change my company, nor even change the house; I shall only go to dwell in the upper story of the house of the Lord for ever.” (Spurgeon)

The King of Glory

Psa 24:1-2 LSB - [1] Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Yahweh's, as well as its fullness, The world, and those who dwell in it. [2] For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers.

Psa 24:3-5 LSB - [3] Who may ascend into the mountain of Yahweh? And who may rise in His holy place? [4] He who has innocent hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to worthlessness And has not sworn deceitfully. [5] He shall lift up a blessing from Yahweh And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Lead Me in Your Truth

Psa 25:4-5 LSB - [4] DALETH 

Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh; 

Teach me Your paths. 

[5] HE / VAV 

Lead me in Your truth and teach me, 

For You are the God of my salvation; 

In You I hope all the day.

Psa 25:7 LSB - [7] HETH 

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; 

According to Your lovingkindness remember me, 

For the sake of Your goodness, O Yahweh.

Psa 25:11 LSB - [11] LAMEDH 

For Your name's sake, O Yahweh, 

Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Give Justice to Me, O Yahweh

Psa 26:1 LSB - [1] Of David. Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in Yahweh; I will not waver.

Psa 26:2-3 LSB - [2] Test me, O Yahweh, and try me; Refine my mind and my heart. [3] For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

Psa 26:8 LSB - [8] O Yahweh, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 19-22 - Why Have You Forsaken Me?

The Law of Yahweh Is Perfect

Psa 19:1-2 LSB - [1] For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 

The heavens are telling of the glory of God; 

And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands. 

[2] Day to day pours forth speech, 

And night to night reveals knowledge.

Psa 19:3 ESV - [3] There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

Rom 1:20 ESV - [20] For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Psa 19:7-8 LSB - 

[7] The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul; 

The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. 

[8] The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; 

The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.

One reason the word is a greater revelation than creation is that it tells us much more about God. It reveals Him as the covenant God of love, as reflected in the structure of this psalm. In Psalm 19:1-6, God is referred to as El — the most generic word for God in the Hebrew language (even more generic than the commonly used Elohim). Yet here at Psalm 19:7-9, God is referred to as Yahweh (the LORD), the God of covenant love and faithfulness to His people.

“He is wisest who reads both the world-book and the Word-book as two volumes of the same work, and feels concerning them, ‘My Father wrote them both.’” (Spurgeon)

Psa 19:9-11 LSB - [9] The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of Yahweh are true; they are righteous altogether. [10] [They are] more desirable than gold, even more than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. [11] Moreover, by them Your slave is warned; In keeping them there is great reward.

Psa 19:12-13 LSB - [12] Who can discern [his] errors? Acquit me of hidden [faults]. [13] Also keep back Your slave from presumptuous [sins]; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

All along this continuum the Holy Spirit — and hopefully our conscience — say, “No — stop!” All along this continuum, we are given the way of escape by God (1 Corinthians 10:13), if we will only take it. Yet if we do not, and we end up in slavery to sin, it legitimately questions the state of our soul (1 John 3:6-9).

Because of this great danger, David prayed keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins. “Will you just note, that this prayer was the prayer of a saint, the prayer of a holy man of God? Did David need to pray thus? Did the ‘man after God’s own heart’ need to cry, ‘Keep back thy servant?’ Yes, he did.” (Spurgeon)

 

We Will Boast in the Name of Yahweh

Psa 20:4 ESV - [4] May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!

Psa 20:7 LSB - [7] Some [boast] in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of Yahweh, our God. 

The King Trusts in Yahweh

Psa 21:1-2 LSB - [1] For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, in Your strength the king will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice! [2] You have given him his heart's desire, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

Psa 21:13 LSB - [13] Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your might.

Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Psa 22:1 LSB - [1] For the choir director. According to Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David. 

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? 

Far from my salvation are the words of my groaning.

Mat 27:46 LSB - [46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

On the cross, a holy transaction took place. God the Father regarded God the Son as if He were a sinner. As the Apostle Paul would later write, God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Yet Jesus not only endured the withdrawal of the Father’s fellowship, but also the actual outpouring of the Father’s wrath upon Him as a substitute for sinful humanity. “This was the blackness and darkness of his horror; then it was that he penetrated the depths of the caverns of suffering.” (Spurgeon)

 “It was necessary that he should feel the loss of his Father’s smile, — for the condemned in hell must have tasted of that bitterness — and therefore the Father closed the eye of his love, put the hand of justice before the smile of his face, and left his Son to cry, ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’” (Spurgeon)

Psa 22:18 LSB - [18] They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots.

Jhn 19:23-24 LSB - [23] Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, a part to each soldier and [also] His tunic; now that tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from the top. [24] So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, [to decide] whose it shall be;" [this was] in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled: "THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."

Psalm 16-18 - I love You, O Yahweh

You Will Not Forsake My Soul

Psa 16:8 LSB - [8] I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Psa 16:9-10 LSB - 

[9] Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely. 

[10] For You will not forsake my soul to Sheol; You will not give Your Holy One over to see corruption.

Act 13:32-35 LSB - 

[32] "And we proclaim to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, 

[33] that God has fulfilled this [promise] to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, 'YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.' 

[34] "[But] that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY [and] FAITHFUL [lovingkindnesses] OF DAVID.' 

[35] "Therefore He also says in another [Psalm], 'YOU WILL NOT GIVE YOUR HOLY ONE OVER TO SEE CORRUPTION.'

In the Shadow of Your Wings

Psa 17:1 LSB - [1] A Prayer of David. 

Hear a righteous cause, O Yahweh, give heed to my cry of lamentation; 

Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

Psa 17:2-3 LSB - 

[2] May my judgment come from Your presence; 

May Your eyes behold what is upright. 

[3] You have tested my heart; 

You have visited [me] by night; 

You have tried me and You find nothing; 

I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

Psa 17:8 LSB - [8] Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings.

Deu 32:10 LSB - [10] "He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him; He cared for him; He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

 

Yahweh Is My Rock and My Fortress

Psa 18:1-2 LSB - [1] For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 

He said, "I love You, O Yahweh, my strength." 

[2] Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, 

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; 

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psa 18:6 LSB - 

[6] In my distress I called upon Yahweh, 

And cried to my God for help; 

He heard my voice out of His temple, 

And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. 

Psalm 11-15 - There Is No One Who Does Good

Yahweh Is in His Holy Temple

Psa 11:7 ESV - [7] For Yahweh is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

Yahweh Will Set the Needy in Safety

Psa 12:5 LSB - [5] "Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs."

How Long, O Yahweh?

Psa 13:2 LSB - [2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [Having] sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Psa 13:2 NLT - [2] How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

Psa 13:3 LSB - [3] Look [and] answer me, O Yahweh my God; Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death,

Psa 13:5-6 LSB -
[5] But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
[6] I will sing to Yahweh,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

There Is No One Who Does Good

Psa 14:1 LSB - [1] For the choir director. Of David. 

The wicked fool says in his heart, "There is no God." 

They act corruptly, they commit abominable deeds; 

There is no one who does good.

Psa 14:2-3 LSB - 

[2] Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the sons of men 

To see if there is anyone who has insight, Anyone who seeks after God. 

[3] They have all turned aside, altogether they have become worthless; 

There is no one who does good, not even one.

Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?

Psa 15:1-2 LSB - [1] A Psalm of David.
O Yahweh, who may sojourn in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
[2] He who walks blamelessly, and works righteousness,
And speaks truth in his heart.