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Psalm Chapter 18

Season 7 Episode 18

Psalm 18: The God Who Comes Down

What happens when a single human being, cornered by death, cries out to God? According to this psalm, the entire cosm…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 17

Season 7 Episode 17

Psalm 17: Satisfied at Waking

David begins this psalm like a man walking into a courtroom, but the judge he addresses is God, and the evidence he subm…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 16

Season 7 Episode 16

Psalm 16: The Lines in Pleasant Places

Here is a man who has found the secret that most of us spend our lives circling without quite landing upon: tha…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 15

Season 7 Episode 15

Psalm 15: The Question at the Gate

David asks the most direct question a soul can ask: Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy…

5 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 14

Season 7 Episode 14

Psalm 14: The Fool's Creed

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Notice that he says it in his heart, not in his head. This is not the con…

5 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 13

Season 7 Episode 13

Psalm 13: The Longest Question

Four times in two verses David asks the same question — how long? — and the repetition is not poetic ornamentation. It …

5 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 12

Season 7 Episode 12

Psalm 12: The Words That Do Not Lie

We live in a world awash in words — flattering words, vain words, words spoken with a double heart. David sees thi…

5 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 11

Season 7 Episode 11

Psalm 11: The Refuge That Does Not Run

Everyone around David is giving him sensible advice: flee. The wicked have bent their bows, the arrows are on t…

5 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 10

Season 7 Episode 10

Psalm 10: The God Who Sees the Lurking Places

This is a psalm about the world as it so often appears — a place where the wicked prosper and the poor a…

5 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 9

Season 7 Episode 9

Psalm 9: The Refuge That Remembers

Praise, in this psalm, is not a vague feeling of warmth toward the divine. It is specific, particular, rooted in th…

5 months ago

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