A devotional text appears every day. As a rule, with a different theme each month. Look in the archives for the last 50 devotionals. There you will also find the theme series.
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READ: Ps. 39:1–14: … how frail I am … my hope is in You … I will not open my mouth, because You have done it … Hear my prayer, O LORD … for I am a stranger with You … David looks back on his life. In distress and sorrow he preferred to remain […]
JUNE 8, 2026 – HOPE Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 38:1–23: … O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath … there is no soundness … But for You, O LORD, I hope … I am troubled because of my sin … Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation … David undergoes a serious illness and expresses three complaints. The
JUNE 7, 2026 – DO NOT FORSAKE ME Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 37:1–40: … Trust in the LORD, and do good … do not fret because of him who prospers in his way … those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth … a little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked … the LORD knows
JUNE 6, 2026 – COMMIT YOUR WAY TO THE LORD Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 36:1–13: … the wicked … flatters himself in his own eyes … iniquity and deceit … How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! … For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light … This Psalm can be divided into three parts. In verses 2–5 it concerns the
JUNE 5, 2026 – LOVINGKINDNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 35:1–28: … Fierce witnesses … hypocritical mockers … vindicate me, O LORD, according to Your righteousness … peace This Psalm of David consists of three parts. In verses 1–9 David prays for God’s judgment upon his enemies, who oppose the LORD Himself. In verses 10–18 these enemies are described in their deceitful and
JUNE 4, 2026 – JUSTICE Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 34:1–23: … He delivers them out of all their troubles … The background of this Psalm is that David, in his flight from Saul, has been seized by the Philistines and the hostile Philistine king Achish. He then pretends to be insane, whereupon Achish (with the title Abimelech, or king) lets him go
JUNE 3, 2026 – FEAR THE LORD! Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 33:1–22: … Sing to Him a new song … This Psalm sings of the omnipotence, faithfulness, and government of the LORD with respect to all His creation. Psalm 32 ends with the call: rejoice in the LORD, be glad, all you upright. Thus Psalm 33 also begins with the same call: “praise is
JUNE 2, 2026 – POSSESSION Lees verder »
READ: Ps. 32:1–10: … Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered … I kept silent … I will confess my transgressions … I will instruct you and teach you … be glad and rejoice … In this Psalm, instruction is heard concerning the covenant of the LORD with David and the
JUNE 1, 2026 – BLESSED Lees verder »
READ: 2 Kin. 25:1–30: … Nebuchadnezzar … and all his army … besieged the city … famine … they captured the king … slaughtered … burned the house of the LORD … over the people who remained … he appointed Gedaliah … Ishmael … struck down Gedaliah … they went to Egypt … Jehoiachin … was
MAY 31, 2026 – DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Lees verder »
READ: 2 Kin. 23:31–24:20: Jehoahaz … did what was evil … Pharaoh put him in prison … Jehoiakim … did what was evil … Nebuchadnezzar … bands of the Chaldeans … Jehoiachin … did what was evil … Nebuchadnezzar … took him captive … to Babylon … Zedekiah … did what was evil … the wrath
MAY 30, 2026 – EXILE Lees verder »