“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soulContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 130”
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Bible Study: Psalm 129
“Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.Continue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 129”
Bible Study: Psalm 128
“Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Continue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 128”
Bible Study: Psalm 125
“They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lestContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 125”
Bible Study: Psalm 124
“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, theContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 124”
Bible Study: Psalm 123
“Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy uponContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 123”
Bible Study: Psalm 122
“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks untoContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 122”
Bible Study: Psalm 121
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thyContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 121”
Bible Study: Psalm 120
“In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Woe is me, that IContinue reading “Bible Study: Psalm 120”
The Psalms of Ascent
From Psalm 120 to 134 you may notice a heading that either reads, “A Song of Degrees,” or “A Song of Ascent.” This particular group of Psalms not only finds a special place in my life but they were also an important part of Jewish life. What we call the Psalms of Ascent/degrees in theContinue reading “The Psalms of Ascent”
