Category: Psalming

I wait for Yahweh; I wait and put my hope in His word. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning.

To you, my king, I call – don’t ignore my cry lest I collapse in a heap. Hear my pleas for mercy, when I cry for help and turn, with eyes cast down, toward your Son, my saviour. Don’t lump me in with the baddies – they work toward evil while smiling & nodding their… Continue reading Psalm 28

When The Lord restored my fortunes, I was as surprised as anyone. My mouth formed a strange upward shape long unknown. Then my colleagues would say: “God has been kind to him.”

How To Psalm Like A Verb Step One Pick a range of, say, twenty Psalms. e.g. 40-59 Step Two Speed-read through the first three to five verses of each. You’re looking for the one that most closely describes how you feel now.

I can only hide behind the mighty frame of Jesus. Your advice to “flee while you can” is rubbish, because if you look closer you’ll see the wicked cocking their firearms and loading their mortars. They’re preparing a sneak attack on the righteous ones. And if their foundations are destroyed, who can stand? God, however,… Continue reading Psalm 11

Behold how pleasant that it be When brothers dwell in unity.

Unless God constructs my house, the builders labour in vain. Unless He watches over my property, the security system is useless. It is pointless to catch the earlybird train in to work and leave after dark, anxiously snatching unhealthy snacks between meetings. God gives sleep to the ones he loves. Kids are fantastic! They’re a… Continue reading Psalm 127

(Note to song-leader: good luck finding a metre for this one. A psalm of David repsalmed by Walter.) Lord Jesus, our King, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory beyond the southern cross. Out of the mouths of babies & toddlers your strength is established – their speech… Continue reading Psalm 8

Hey guys! Praise God for his glory & strength! Praise him for his character! Bask in his holiness. God’s voice thunders over the Indian ocean, it calms the Pacific, it covers the seas. God’s voice is powerful and majestic – it knocks down the Twelve Apostles & shatters Uluru. He makes the Olgas dance. God’s… Continue reading Psalm 29

Lord, battle against those arrayed against me! Stand up to them! Guide my shield and sword, and rise to my help! Draw your arms against those who chase me! Remind my soul “I am your salvation!” Dishonour those who are after my career! Turn them back; thwart their evil plans! Make them like chaff in… Continue reading Psalm 35