the watcher

Psalm 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. King David was a man who encountered a lot of challenges, he had enemies around him. Those from outside understandably, however those from inside were the greater pain. For those who oppose you and come out as enemies you could be cautious of, however what of those within your circle, who eat with you, plan with you even go to the house of the Lord with you, your own siblings and maybe even parents! Psalms 55:12-14 It is not an enemy who taunts me— I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me— I could have hidden from them. Instead, it is you—my equal, my companion and close friend. What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God. This is the real betrayal when those of your own household or kindred rise against you or look at you or treat you with disdain. Psalms 55:20-21,23 As for my companion, he betrayed his friend...

Psalm 54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good. For me, each morning I wake I give God thanks for life. For I know that everything else would only matter when I am alive. Selah Beyond every excuse you could give, GIVE THANKS. For the evidence of your faith is not just when everything seems okay, but when the storms are raging. It could be easy to praise and worship when there is no challenge or struggle but the real test of your faith is praising Him when people expect you to be down. Beyond all the prayer requests and scare of enemies, David understood that we give thanks for it is good and God is good. He made the declaration of thanksgiving even in the midst of threats and danger to his life: Psalms 54:1-3 Come with great power, O God, and rescue me! Defend me with your might. Listen to my prayer, O God. Pay attention to my plea. For strangers are attacking me; violent people are trying to kill me. They care nothing for God. Yet He end...

Psalms 53:1 Only fools say in their hearts,  “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good! We could easily say that those who will say that there is no God are athiests. We are partially right for athiests say that there is no God! Nonetheless, what do we call people who claim to believe and yet act and live as if they don't! Yes, Psalm 53 is the Psalm Paul was referring to when he talked about all men counted as sinners that we can then be saved under grace. Romans 3:10-12 As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” The wretchedness of man was revealed, God now redeems man by his faith: Romans 3:30-31 There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? O...

Psalm 52:8 But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. Saul was after David's life, what was David's offence? He was anointed as king. This Psalm was written by David when Doeg the Edomite informed  Saul that David went to see the High Priest Ahimelech this led Saul to order his men to kill Ahimelech and the other Levites with him. They refused, Ahimelech was the high priest of God. It was this same Doeg the Edomite that went ahead to kill the priest and eighty-four other priests. 1 Samuel 22:9-10,17-19 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub. Ahimelech consulted the lord for him. Then he gave him food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.” And he ordered his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of the lord, for they are allies and conspirators with David! They knew he was running away from...

Psalms 51:12 Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! Listen, no matter what it is: GOD WILL RESTORE YOU! Every believer who is conversant with the scriptures can recount the story of David and his err in going into another man's wife and the evils he did to cover up. This of course was the reason for the psalm 51. However we recall that these psalms as we have said in earlier studies were divinely inspired and thus were rich in prophecies and revelations, which one can see when looking and reading without the veil. 2Timothy 3:16 & 17  All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. We see him speaking of forgiveness just as someone who had not been saved. Psalms 51:1-2,5,7 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my...

Psalm 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. This is a Psalm attributed to Asaph, he was a Levite, a psalmist and also a recorder. He lived in the time of David. For David appointed him to minister before the ark of the Lord. 1Chronicles 16:4-6 And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. Nehemiah 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. They did not just write the Psalms, the also received it from David as inspired of the Lord. It was ...