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I love the Psalms

~ Connecting daily with God through the Psalms

I love the Psalms

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Glory in Your Praise

10 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by davidkitz in Psalm 106, Psalms

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give thanks, glory, praise the LORD

I will praise the LORD!

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From my window Icy winter glory — photo by David Kitz

Save us, LORD our God,
    and gather us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name
    and glory in your praise.

Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the LORD.

(Psalm 106:47-48, NIV)*

* New International Version, Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

I Will Sing to the LORD

20 Sunday Dec 2020

Posted by davidkitz in Psalm 104, Psalms

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glory, meditation, praise the LORD, praising God

I will praise the LORD!

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The light of your presence, LORD — photo by David Kitz

May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
    may the LORD rejoice in his works—
he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,
    who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

I will sing to the LORD all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,

    as I rejoice in the LORD.
But may sinners vanish from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.

Praise the LORD, my soul.

Praise the LORD.

(Psalm 104:31-35, NIV)*

* New International Version, Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

The LORD Will Rebuild Zion

07 Saturday Nov 2020

Posted by davidkitz in Psalm 102, Psalms

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glory, Prayer, rebuild, Zion

I will praise the LORD!

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The art of God’s creation — photo by David Kitz

The nations will fear the name of the LORD,
    all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Zion
    and appear in his glory.
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

(Psalm 102:14-17, NIV)*

* New International Version, Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

Your Love Is Better than Life

17 Thursday Sep 2020

Posted by davidkitz in Psalm 63

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glory, love, love of God

Today’s verse from the Psalms.

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Lord, thank you for the beauty of creation. I praise you for your unfailing love.

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Make His Praise Glorious

16 Sunday Aug 2020

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glory, praise, sing

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Posted by davidkitz | Filed under Bible, Psalm 66, Psalms

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Psalm 19:1

30 Monday Mar 2020

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How Majestic is Your Name in all the Earth

20 Friday Mar 2020

Posted by davidkitz in Devotions, Psalm 8, Psalms

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Reading: Psalm 8
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory in the heavens.
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth
(NIV).*

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Beyond the moon, Landestreu Church, SK — photo courtesy of Donald Adam.

Reflection
There’s something exquisitely beautiful about this psalm. Yes, in it we see the glory of the heavens, the sun, moon and stars—the vast array of heavenly bodies. But there’s more to it than that. This psalm is more than a pretty poetic picture of the heavens.

It’s about perspective. In the grand scheme of things David grasps his true size—his insignificance. Beneath a canopy of stars, he has a transcendent moment—a God moment. He realizes the immensity of God. In the material realm you and I are just a transitory flicker across the face of time. That’s why David asks, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (v. 3-4)

In the vastness of the universe, what am I but a speck. Why would God even consider me? But He does! That’s the wonder of this psalm, and the wonder of our God. He is mindful of you and your concerns. God has crowned human beings—you and I—with glory and honor (v. 5). What an awesome privilege; what an enormous responsibility! When did that happen you might ask?

Well, it happened at creation. God placed humankind as the rulers of all creation. That’s a huge responsibility, a responsibility we have often failed to fulfill. But God reaffirmed His love and commitment to us at the cross. Jesus considered you so significant that he bled and died for you. Now that’s significance—eternal significance in the face of God’s own Son.

Response: Heavenly Father, Creator of the universe, thank you for considering me. Thank you for being mindful of my daily concerns. I bring them to you, my majestic, all-encompassing Lord. Amen.

Your Turn: Have you had a transcendent moment—a God moment? How did that happen?

*New International Version, Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.

This post by award-winning author David Kitz will be published in book format later in 2020 by Elk Lake Publishing under the title 365 Days through the Psalms.

Let us Exalt His Name Together

11 Saturday Jan 2020

Posted by davidkitz in Bible, Psalm 34, Psalms

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I will praise the LORD!

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Rose & Poinsettia — photo by David Kitz

I will extol the LORD at all times;
    his praise will always be on my lips.
I will glory in the LORD;
    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the LORD with me;
    let us exalt his name together.

  (Psalm 34:1-3, NIV)

The Place Where Your Glory Dwells

13 Sunday Oct 2019

Posted by davidkitz in Bible, Psalm 26, Psalms

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I will praise Him!

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Quiet beauty, Round Lake, Ontario — photo courtesy of Liz Kranz

LORD, I love the house where you live,
    the place where your glory dwells.
Do not take away my soul along with sinners,

    my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
in whose hands are wicked schemes,
    whose right hands are full of bribes.
I lead a blameless life;
    deliver me and be merciful to me.

My feet stand on level ground;
    in the great congregation I will praise the LORD.

  (Psalm 26:8-12, NIV)

This King of Glory

22 Sunday Sep 2019

Posted by davidkitz in Bible, Psalm 24, Psalms

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glory, king, Lord Almighty, praise the LORD

I will praise Him!

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The Ruins, Mackenzie King Estate, Gatineau Park, QC — photo by David Kitz

Lift up your heads, you gates;
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
    The LORD strong and mighty,
    the LORD mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
Who is he, this King of glory?
    The LORD Almighty—
    he is the King of glory.

  (Psalm 25:1-5, NIV)

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