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Day 197: Psalm 56: 8 – 13 Psalm 56:8 You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? 9When I cry out to you, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me. 10In God (I will praise His word), In the LORDContinue reading “You number my days”

Day 195: Psalm 56: 3 – 4 Psalm 56:3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. 4In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?             I both fear and do not fear. I must be honest enoughContinue reading “Even though I fear, I will trust in You”

Day 194: Psalm 56: 1 – 2 Psalm 56:1 To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me. 2My enemies would hound meContinue reading “God’s help against our Enemies”

Day 193 Psalm 55: 22 – 23             Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. 23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; ButContinue reading “God will deliver us from evil”

Day 192: Psalm 55: 19 – 21 Psalm 55:19 God will hear, and afflict them, Even He who abides from of old. Selah Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. 20He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has broken his covenant. 21The wordsContinue reading “Praying against God’s enemies”

Day 191 Psalm 55:16 – 18             [ESV] 16 But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.17 Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.18 He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.Continue reading “God navigates our battles”

Day 190:  Psalms 55:12-18             Psalm 55: 12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. 13 But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. 14 We used toContinue reading “When friends betray us”

Day 189: Psalm 55: 9 – 11             Psalm 55:9 [ESV] 9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.10 Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;11 ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not departContinue reading “Lord, Overcome those who would divide your people”

Day 188:  Psalm 55:4 [ESV] 4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.5 Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;7 yes, I would wander farContinue reading “Evil in all its forms to be overcome”

Day 187:  Psalms 55:1-3              [ESV] To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! 2 Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, 3 because of the noise of theContinue reading “Reassure me of Your strength over evil”