SHELTER John Calvin: And this is a genuine and an undoubted proof of our faith, when, being visited with adversity, we, notwithstanding, persevere in cherishing and exercising hope in God. From this passage, we also learn that the gate of mercy is shut against our prayers if the key of faith do not open it for … [Read More...] Psalm 7

WEEP John Donne: As God sees the water in the spring in the veins of the earth before in bubble in the face of the earth, so God sees tears in the heart of a man before they blubber his face. God hears the tears of that sorrowful soul, which for sorrow cannot shed tears. Psalm … [Read More...] Psalm 6

WATCH John Calvin: Nothing is more foolish, than for the ungodly to cast away the fear of God, and suffer the desire of doing mischief to be their ruling principle; yea, there is no madness worse than the contempt of God, under the influence of which men pervert all right. David sets this truth before … [Read More...] Psalm 5

TRUST Robert Leighton: Prayer soars above the violence and impiety of men, and with a swift wing commits itself to heaven, with happy omen, if I may allude to what the learned tell us of the augury of the ancients, which I shall not minutely discuss. Fervent prayers stretch forth a strong, wide extended wing, … [Read More...] Psalm 4

SLEEP Thomas Watson: The saints, though they are bruised, yet they are blessed. Not only they shall be blessed, but they are so.   Psalm 3 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah   But you, … [Read More...] Psalm 3

KISS Charles Spurgeon: However mad the resolution to revolt from God, it is one in which man has persevered ever since his creation, and he continues in it to this very day. Earth loves not her rightful monarch, but clings to the usurpers way. Psalm 2 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot … [Read More...] Psalm 2

DELIGHT F.B. Meyer: Do not see the face of man before you see the face of God. Before you enter on the day with its temptations, look up into His face and hide His Word in your heart.   Psalm 1:1-6 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor … [Read More...] Psalm 1