by Timothy Shorey | Dec 12, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Today’s Reading: Psalm 20 Spurgeon Comment “If David had not been vexed with wars, we might never have been favored with such psalms as this. [Sometimes] there is a need for the trials of one saint, that he may yield consolation to others. A happy people here plead...
by Timothy Shorey | Dec 5, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Today’s Reading: Psalm 19 Spurgeon Comment “In his earliest days the psalmist, while keeping his father’s flock, had devoted himself to the study of God’s two great books—nature and Scripture; and he had so thoroughly [studied] these two volumes in his...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 28, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Devotional Psalm 18, which has moved from confidence in God to cries for justice now ends on a high note; a celebration of victory and deliverance by the sovereign hand of God. It also ends with a distinctly Messianic crescendo, as the final verses anticipate the...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 21, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Reading: Psalm 18:31-42 Cardiphonia:* Having expressed his simple faith in Psalm 18:1-6, God’s powerful response in Psalm 18:7-19, and then again his confidence in God’s vindicating deliverance in Psalm 18:20-29, David (who represents his future son, Jesus) now...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 14, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
Reading: Psalm 18:20-30 (suggested to review 1-19) (No Spurgeon quote) Cardiphonia:* In this third section of Psalm 18, the mood changes again as the sacred hymn-writer expounds the final thought of the previous section: the Lord’s delight in his children. In Psalm...
by Timothy Shorey | Nov 7, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
(no Spurgeon quote) Cardiphonia* There is a sudden change of mood in this second section of Psalm 18. The tender tone of verses 1-6 gives way to a resounding, even thunderous sound in verses 7-19. When the psalmist cries out to God for his help and deliverance, God...
