Category: Psalm Meditations

The psalmist calls the atheist a fool because he is ignorant, does nothing good, and is corrupt. I have heard others call the atheist a fool because he lives a morally repugnant life. But I think there is another reason to call them fools: they declare the absolute non-existence of God. In philosophy this is… Continue reading Psalm 14: Who is the Fool?

I don’t know about other people, but when I eat breakfast I need something to read. Don’t worry, I’m not being anti-social because all that is at my table is a bowl of Grape-nuts (yes, I said Grape-nuts!), a glass of juice, and my two dogs, Boethius and Erasmus laying under the table. Currently I’m… Continue reading Psalm 13: Human or Teaspoon?

There are many benefits to living in the modern technological world that we do, but every benefit usually has a problem to counter-balance it. One of these benefit-problem balances, as I see it, is the ability to have our voices heard. Never before has anyone been able to enter the global conversation as easily as… Continue reading Psalm 12: Silencing the Corrupted Voices

I have long thought verse 3’s question, “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” was a righteous one. But as I study this psalm I don’t think it comes from a believing heart, but from a heart that has not placed its trust in God. Furthermore, I think the question actually… Continue reading Psalm 11: How Can You Say to Me?

Has it ever seemed that God wasn’t involved in life anymore? Have you ever looked beyond yourself and wondered why there doesn’t seem to be an advocate for the helpless? No justice for the down-trodden? No refuge for the persecuted? Has it ever seemed as though evil people always triumph? That they never get caught?… Continue reading Psalm 10: The Most Difficult Thing

I don’t know about you, but for me God’s works often seem trapped on paper and bound in leather. On the pages of Genesis 1 we find the creation of the universe, and in Genesis 8 we find the flood of judgement. The important Abrahamic covenant is found in Genesis 12, and the exodus from… Continue reading Psalm 9: In Praise of What?

As I look back at Psalm 3 through 7 I find them all to be about the psalmist’s problems. Psalm 3 poses the question whether God will protect the psalmist from his enemies. The writer of Psalm 4 wonders when God will bring him comfort. Psalm 5 is a record of requests being brought to… Continue reading Psalm 8: A Moment of Majesty

When I read the word “refuge,” a picture comes to mind of a strong stone castle standing on a massive rock island. The island is surrounded by a deep dark moat and can only be crossed by means of a drawbridge, which is currently pulled up against the only door of the castle. The lone… Continue reading Psalm 7: My Refuge

It doesn’t matter where I am or what I am doing, when I look at the people around me I wonder which version of the psalmist’s question they are asking. I saw an elderly lady in the part of town people might call “the other side of the tracks” leaning against a retaining wall in… Continue reading Psalm 6: How long…?

There have been many times when I felt that a great injustice has occurred, either to myself or to someone else. Often times, however, the “great injustice” is really just me being a soft and selfish person. But there are times when something truly painful and unjust occurs. Nonetheless, in either situation a desire arises… Continue reading Psalm 5: In Praise of Being Heard