Psalm 21
1O LORD, in Your strength the king will be glad,
And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
2You have given him his heart's desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3For You meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
4He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
Length of days forever and ever.
5His glory is great through Your salvation,
Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
6For You make him most blessed forever;
You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.
7For the king trusts in the LORD,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.
8Your hand will find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger;
The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath,
And fire will devour them.
10Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from among the sons of men.
11Though they intended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12For You will make them turn their back;
You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.
13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength;
We will sing and praise Your power.
1O LORD, in Your strength the king will be glad,
And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
2You have given him his heart's desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3For You meet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
4He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
Length of days forever and ever.
5His glory is great through Your salvation,
Splendor and majesty You place upon him.
6For You make him most blessed forever;
You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.
7For the king trusts in the LORD,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.
8Your hand will find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger;
The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath,
And fire will devour them.
10Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from among the sons of men.
11Though they intended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12For You will make them turn their back;
You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.
13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength;
We will sing and praise Your power.
heard from two of you today about rides. the past couple of days went by really fast. can't believe that in two days school starts up again. sad that some of you haven't been posting, but i know that my time in the Word hasn't been that consistent. sometimes i gorge and sometimes i starve, but never feed and enjoy constantly.
i realize that reading the Word requires a lot of thinking. i do a lot of thinking in general, especially when it comes to observing people, but when it comes to the Word...i turn off my brain for a large part of the time...as if just by dragging my eyes over these words that somehow i will magically absorb what is in them. how we will communicate in heaven? sometimes i feel like the words that we use are so limited. strength, salvation, glory, splendor, majesty, lovingkindness, exalted, praise. i'm familiar with these words but when it comes to the truth of God...i'm lost. one thing i do know is that these all belong to God. i have still been thinking about what it means to live in joy of the gospel and salvation. but maybe i should start wrestling.
for the last day that you are with your families...rejoice in the lives that you have been given. this break opened my eyes to the wonderful, God-given blessing i have in my family. there are a lot of other blessings that i have also becoming aware to again. even in seeing more deep-rooted sin in my life...what a blessing that is. that God would never leave us to drown in such hopeless, terminal despair. all that we see around us belongs to Him. that we would long to see the one whom all this belongs to. and say with David "we will sing and praise Your power." not just tonight but always. what foolish, helpless people are we. how great our God.
i realize that reading the Word requires a lot of thinking. i do a lot of thinking in general, especially when it comes to observing people, but when it comes to the Word...i turn off my brain for a large part of the time...as if just by dragging my eyes over these words that somehow i will magically absorb what is in them. how we will communicate in heaven? sometimes i feel like the words that we use are so limited. strength, salvation, glory, splendor, majesty, lovingkindness, exalted, praise. i'm familiar with these words but when it comes to the truth of God...i'm lost. one thing i do know is that these all belong to God. i have still been thinking about what it means to live in joy of the gospel and salvation. but maybe i should start wrestling.
for the last day that you are with your families...rejoice in the lives that you have been given. this break opened my eyes to the wonderful, God-given blessing i have in my family. there are a lot of other blessings that i have also becoming aware to again. even in seeing more deep-rooted sin in my life...what a blessing that is. that God would never leave us to drown in such hopeless, terminal despair. all that we see around us belongs to Him. that we would long to see the one whom all this belongs to. and say with David "we will sing and praise Your power." not just tonight but always. what foolish, helpless people are we. how great our God.
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