God Our Rock: Help When Our Troubles Are Too Big (Ps 18)
Read & Understand Psalm 18: I. God Our Refuge (vv. 1-3) David weaves together eight word pictures to describe Yahweh, his covenant God, as a refuge when troubles are big.…
Who or What is Your God? (Ps 18:1-3)
Read the verses and explanations given below for each of the metaphors describing God as your refuge. The purpose of this study is to reveal who or what has taken…
Behold Our God: Help for the Heavenly-Minded in a Fallen World (Ps 17)
Read Psalm 17: A Prayer of David. 1 Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! 2 From…
Immovable: Help for Imperfect People (Ps 15)
Read Psalm 15: A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does…
Taming Lions: Help When Enemies Slander and Accuse (Psalm 7)
Read Psalm 7: A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. 1 O LORD my God, in you do I take…
No Fooling Around: Help for the Believer Burdened by Evil (Psalm 14)
Read Psalm 14: To the choirmaster. Of David. 1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who…
The Power of Confession: Help for the Spiritually Depressed (Psalm 6)
Read Psalm 6: To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in…
Light for the Eyes: Help For the Despairing (Psalm 13)
Read Psalm 13: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2…
My King and My God: Help When You Fear the Wicked (Psalm 5)
Read Psalm 5: Psalm 5 is divided into five stanzas (called strophes in Hebrew poetry). In strophes 1, 3, and 5, the psalmist looks toward heaven and casts his eyes…
A Bedtime Prayer: Help When Anxiety Keeps You Awake (Psalm 4)
Her eyes rolled back to the top of her head as she lost consciousness. Just moments before, Madelyn had been crying in my wife’s arms, but now my baby girl…