Quotes about Psalm

Psalm 132 doesn't just keep our feet on the ground, it also gets them off the ground. Not only is it a solid foundation for the past, it is a daring leap into the future. For obedience is not a stodgy plodding in the ruts of religion, it is a hopeful race toward God's promises.

The prayer of David traditionally assigned to this story is Psalm 57. While there are lines in that psalm that convey David's fugitive state at the time, its overwhelming impression is of energetic and ebullient praise of God. This means that while Saul was the occasion for David's being in the wilderness, Saul neither defined nor dominated the wilderness. The wilderness was full of God, not Saul.

God. Psalm 25:14 says, The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. PSALM 23:6 NKJV

Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. PSALM 127:3—5

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him. (Ps. 42:5 NIV)4

Do art critics give awards to the canvas? Is there a Pulitzer for ink? Can you imagine a scalpel growing smug after a successful heart transplant? Of course not. They are only tools, so they get no credit for the accomplishments. And the message of the Twenty-third Psalm is that we have nothing to be proud about either.

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise. They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel. Psalm 106:12—13

LORD, Your name endures forever, Your reputation, LORD, through all generations. Psalm 135:13

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:3-5

My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life. Psalm 63:3

Do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. Psalm 74:19—20