August 5, 2017
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Reading along with us in the first 30 chapters of Psalm? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 25 (ESV)
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, in you I trust;
let me not be put to shame;
let not my enemies exult over me.
3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long.
6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
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Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
To you o Lord I lift up my soul
Who else could I lift it up to my soul belongs to Him
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust;
What a powerful Psalm….so much of the Christian life and human existence is found here: praise, troubles and fears, guilt, loneliness, a need for refuge and protection, blessing, covenant, the need for mercy and forgiveness, a request for guidance, and affirmation that David has done things right. And to recognize God has a solution and provision for all of it. No wonder he starts with “to you, o Lord, I lift up my soul”. (btw, who remembers the song based in this first verse?) I lift it in praise, in humility, in obedience, in need of all the things our existence shows that we need God. My whole being needs you, God!
I really like Psalm 25:7-9…..not that verse 1 didn’t jump out at me as well….