Author Archives: Jim Simoneau

Day 186: Psalms 54:3-7             Psalm 54: 3 [ESV] For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah              Lord, these are not my trials alone. Your Son received many such attacks of sinners against Him as He served You on earth. False witnesses roseContinue reading “The Lord Jesus will overcome His and our enemies”

Day 185: Psalms 54:1-2             Psalm 54:1 [ESV] To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?” O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.             O Lord, sometimes I feel abandoned, sought out and discoveredContinue reading “Save me from those who would hurt me.”

Day 184: Psalms 53:5-6             Psalm 53:5 There they are in great fear Where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; You have put them to shame, Because God has despised them.             With time they do become afraid of what they have set for themselves. TheyContinue reading “Wickedness Will End and We will be with the Lord”

Day 183: Psalms 53:4             Psalm 53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon God?             Lord, people go on in their sin and wickedness and turn their evil against Your righteous children who live by faith in Christ’s righteousness. RomansContinue reading “Wicked Unbelievers Attack the Godly”

Day 182: Psalms 53:1-3             Psalm 53:1 To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A Contemplation of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good. 2God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To seeContinue reading “Wickedness in the world and in me”

Day 181: Psalms 52:8-9             Psalm 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. 9I will praise You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for itContinue reading “Christ is our strength now and forever”

Day 180:  Psalms 52:5-7             Psalm 52: 5God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.             O God, You will deal with their evil. All of those who do not repent and seek YourContinue reading “There will come a day when the evil man will be no more”

Day 179: Psalms 52:1-4             Psalm 52:1 To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of David when Doge the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually. 2Your tongue devises destruction, LikeContinue reading “The wicked do not repent of their evil”

Day 178  Psalms 51:16-19             Psalm 51:16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise. 18Do good in Your good pleasure toContinue reading “It was never about works salvation”

Psalm 51:16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise. 18Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls ofContinue reading “Restore Your Church, O Lord!”