Psalm 4

As I read Psalm 4, I find myself trying to connect the dots. Whereas in Psalm 3 we are given the exact circumstances surrounding its composition, in Psalm 4 we are not privy to the details of the situation in which King David finds himself in this particular season of his life. We do know…

Psalm 3

There is a verse in Psalm 3 that has stuck with me since childhood. When my siblings and I were kids, my parents bought us a children’s coloring book called Psalms in Song. It came complete with a cassette tape, and, let’s just say that that little guy got a serious work out! I don’t…

Psalm 2

Let me start with a confession. After doing the meditation on Psalm 1, I was inspired to keep going. I thought, “Wait, wouldn’t it be so great to do a meditation on each of the Psalms? That would be so encouraging and uplifting!” So, as usual, I jumped in with both feet, and THEN I…

Psalm 1

I recall memorizing Psalm 1 in grade school. Back in the olden days we used the King James version of the Bible, and the words still reverberate in my mind a lifetime later. Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly… But his delight is in the law of the…