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06/01/201 minThe Psalm is written in the cave, referring to the time David was hiding from Saul and his soldiers. -
06/01/201 minDavid states a very bold accusation that God has rejected and abandoned him. The land is quaking, shaking and full of tragedy.
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05/30/201 minThis Psalm describes the wicked and the arrogant thoughts and scenes of wicked preying upon the poor.
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05/29/201 minA call for God to hear our cries, a call for the Good Shepherd to carry His people. Going down to the pit, a prayer that God rescue him, lest he end up stuck there forever.
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05/29/201 minIn Psalm 3, David is fleeing from Absalom, and many are saying there is no God that will save him.
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05/29/201 minAs this Psalm is set in the the time of the Babylonian exile, Chad Bird meditates on the types of exile we find in scripture and in our lives.
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05/29/201 minThere are times when we feel farther away from God than we used to be. This reminds us that even though we feel exiled, God is with us in our exile.
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05/29/201 minLook away from me, that I may smile again. Rather than putting on a happy face, it might be better to honestly grieve during seasons of heartbrokenness.
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02/23/201 minPsalm 13 is a story of sorrow and joy, confession and absolution, it declares that God has answered all our trouble.