OneYearBibleOnline Discussion

This is truly a magnificent picture of not only what the king of Israel should be on Earth for his subjects and the nations, but is a picture of the righteous rule of the true King of true Israel of God, the Messiah Jesus

I love this Psalm, and these particular verses really struck me this morning as such a concise description of what Jesus truly is to His people :

12For he delivers the needy when he calls,
the poor and him who has no helper.
13He has pity on the weak and the needy,
and saves the lives of the needy.
14From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
and precious is their blood in his sight.

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18 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous things.
19Blessed be his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory!

Amen and Amen!

yes, Amen

Frankly, in reading Psalms daily for the first time, my heart has fluctuated from being elevated to the mountain top to being in the valley, as Psalms contains a lot more poetry and dramatic words than I'm used to, or prefer. I've finally made it to the end of the prayers of David.

Today's Psalm 72, makes me consider:

Do WE ACTIVELY notice the needy, the poor, and him who has no helper?

Do we each genuinely have pity on the weak and the needy? Do we ACT with compassion? [I am shamed to say that I turned away from our front door step a young lady who looked and sounded totally lost yesterday. She appreared both weak and needy. On reflection I wish I had become more engaged and asked her more questions ~ ~ ~ or maybe not even have opened the door.]

Have we recently done anything ourselves that might lead to the reduction of oppression and violence of those precious in His sight? [I find myself going about my life not even thinking about these things that are probably happening within a stone's through of my everyday presence... like, at least one business is periodically picketed in my town because of its supposed "oppressive practices" or the foreign kid I tutor at the library who cowers away from me like I'm going to beat him when I simply raise a hand to pat him on the shoulder as a means of "positive" reinforcement.]

I pray that Psalms inspires and prepares us to actually make a difference in our families and in our communities through our love and that we do not simply treat them as feel good words.