Posts with the category “psalms”

Psa. 125:0   A Song of Ascents.1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time on and forevermore.
3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
on the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous might not stretch out
their hands to do wrong.
4 Do good, O...  Read More

Psalm 126 — A Song of Ascents.1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,we were like those who dream.2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter,and our tongue with shouts of joy;then it was said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”3 The Lord has done great things for us,and we rejoiced. Psa. 126:4    Restore our fortunes, O Lord,like the watercourses in the Negeb.5 May t...  Read More

Psa. 131:0   A Song of Ascents. Of David.1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up,my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with thingstoo great and too marvelous for me.2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,like a weaned child with its mother;my soul is like the weaned child that is with me. Psa. 131:3    O Israel, hope in the Lordfrom this time on and forevermore.Once again, I find the...  Read More

In the late fall of 2017 and through the start of 2018 I wrote a series of blog-posts about the “Psalms of Ascent,”  a collection of Psalms which have traditionally been associated with pilgrimage to Jerusalem.  I will be recycling a few of those posts as devotions in the next few days.  I hope that these explorations of the Psalms will be a blessing to you.Psa. 133   A Song of Ascents. [altered s...  Read More