Daily Devotional

READ: Ps. 88:1–18: … O LORD, God of my salvation … Incline Your ear … troubles … a man who has no strength … Why do You cast off my soul? … wrath … This psalm is the saddest psalm in the Bible. Yet it is sung especially in times of great hardship and distress.

READ: Ps. 87:1–7: … The LORD loves the gates of Zion … the city of God … This one and that one were born in her; And the Most High Himself shall establish her … The LORD will record, When He registers the peoples … Both the singers and the players on instruments say, ‘All

READ: Ps. 86:1–17: … Hear me … For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive … For You are great, and do wondrous things … I will walk in Your truth … But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth … Show me

READ: Ps. 85:1–13: … Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him … In this psalm we hear thanksgiving for undeserved deliverance and God’s forgiving grace. God has turned away His righteous wrath from His people, brought them back from exile into their own land, and taken away their sins. In the Old

READ: Ps. 84:1–12: … Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage … They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion … For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory … In this psalm we

READ: Ps. 83:1–8: … They have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.’ … Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD … That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD,

READ: Ps. 82:1–8: … Arise, O God, judge the earth … Just as kings and heads of state are to govern the land on behalf of the Lord God, serving Him in their office, so judges are also called to administer justice as God requires, according to His Word. Because of their office and calling

READ: Ps. 81:1–16: … Sing aloud to God our strength … You called in trouble, and I delivered you … Oh, that My people would listen to Me … But My people would not heed My voice … I would soon subdue their enemies … The psalmist calls Israel to praise the LORD God with

READ: Ps. 80:1–19: … Shepherd of Israel … Cause Your face to shine … O God of hosts … You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it … it filled the land … it is burned with fire, it is cut down … Restore us …

READ: Ps. 79:1–13: … O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps … reproach … scorn and derision … Help us, O God of our salvation … Deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name’s sake! … So we,