Psalms 87 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson  The outline is easily discerned by noticing the ‘Selah’ after verse 3 and verse 6.  The careful reader will see the natural breaks. …

Psalm 86 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence            This is the only psalm of David in Book III of the Psalter, and it too is a psalm of lament.  These psalms…

Psalms 84 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson  John R. W. Stott lays out an easy-to-follow outline of this Psalm in his small book Favorite Psalms.  Verses 1-7 is the blessedness…

Psalm 83 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence             In this psalm of complaint against Israel’s persecutors who have joined together in a confederated league of many nations, Asaph is pleading with…

Psalm 82 by Pastor David Groendyk This is something of a bizarre psalm. As the ESV Study Bible explains, this psalm is something of a mix between a lament that…

Psalm 81 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson             Robert Godfrey in Learning to Love the Psalms writes, “In a sense, it (Psalm 81) is the central psalm in the book…

Psalm 80 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence This psalm is another psalm of lament.  After an initial invocation by the psalmist calling for God’s help, in vv. 4-6, Asaph voices his…

Psalm 79 by Pastor David Groendyk It’s clear that this psalm was written during some great disaster that fell upon Israel. The sheer brutality of this event stands out. The…

Psalms 78 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson             This long Psalm (72 verses) is called a parable which a flexible term in the Bible.  This use is more of a…

Psalm 76 Devotional by Pastor David Groendyk One common literary device in Hebrew poetry is called ‘parallelism’ where an author describes one thought in two different ways in back-to-back lines.…