Psalms Reading – 4.11.2022
Psalm 108
A song. A psalm of David.
1 My heart, O God, is steadfast;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
6 Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
Because David reveals his heart is strong in the Lord, he sings from his soul. He uses the instruments to joyfully announce a new day has come. He declares his praise to heaven before the nations so that God will be known around the world.
In particular, he praises God for His love that stretches higher than the heavens and His faithfulness that extends into the limitless skies. What would we do without God’s love and faithfulness? These are the foundational attributes from which all of God’s attributes flow.
They give us the proper footing in which we come before God in worship, prayer, service, and witness. Because Jesus, as the Son of God, fully embodied these attributes through His sacrificial work, we have been given the way to enter the Most Holy Place.
Hebrews 4:16, Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Memory Verse: Psalm 115:1, Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.
Question(s) to Consider: Because of God’s nature and what Christ Jesus has done on our behalf, do you approach God with confidence so you can find the help you need? If not, what do you need to do in order to make that happen?