Post by Woody Williams on Jun 30, 2007 7:45:22 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Psalm 64
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Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from the dread enemy.
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,
who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.
They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, "Who can see us?
Who can search out our crimes?
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot."
For the human heart and mind are deep.
But God will shoot his arrow at them;
they will be wounded suddenly.
Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake with horror.
Then everyone will fear;
they will tell what God has brought about,
and ponder what he has done.
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him.
Let all the upright in heart glory.
Devotional
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David, the psalmist, uses the imagery of the tongue as a sword to
describe the attacks of others upon him with their evil words and
slander. But, God has an arrow, the arrow of truth, to shoot at them
and overcome them. The upright will triumph in God's righteousness.
Seek your justification in God's word of truth for you.
Prayer
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May I always look to you for vindication, O Lord. Amen
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Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from the dread enemy.
Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,
who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.
They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, "Who can see us?
Who can search out our crimes?
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot."
For the human heart and mind are deep.
But God will shoot his arrow at them;
they will be wounded suddenly.
Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;
all who see them will shake with horror.
Then everyone will fear;
they will tell what God has brought about,
and ponder what he has done.
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD
and take refuge in him.
Let all the upright in heart glory.
Devotional
----------
David, the psalmist, uses the imagery of the tongue as a sword to
describe the attacks of others upon him with their evil words and
slander. But, God has an arrow, the arrow of truth, to shoot at them
and overcome them. The upright will triumph in God's righteousness.
Seek your justification in God's word of truth for you.
Prayer
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May I always look to you for vindication, O Lord. Amen