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July 14, 2016

Natalya Cherry   |   Read Psalm 52:1-9

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Psalm 52:1-9

1 Hey, powerful person! Why do you brag about evil? God’s faithful love lasts all day long. 2 Your tongue devises destruction: it’s like a sharpened razor, causing deception. 3 You love evil more than good; you love lying more than speaking what is right. Selah 4 You love all destructive words; you love the deceiving tongue. 5 But God will take you down permanently; he will snatch you up, tear you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living! Selah 6 The righteous will see and be in awe; they will laugh at those people: 7 “Look at them! They didn’t make God their refuge. Instead, they trusted in their own great wealth. They sought refuge in it—to their own destruction!” 8 But I am like a green olive tree in God’s house; I trust in God’s faithful love forever and always. 9 I will give thanks to you, God, forever, because you have acted. In the presence of your faithful people, I will hope in your name because it’s so good.

Unless otherwise indicated, scripture quotations are from the Common English Bible. Copyright © 2011 Common English Bible. Used by permission.

Now we know that the better part involves hearing the words of the Lord. Even before Amos identified that component of the better part, David relied on its reality and revealed another key component: being rooted in God. Perhaps David composed this psalm as he “inquired of the Lord” multiple...

Steadily flow your streams of mercy, O God. Help us root in your rich soil and believe into you. Amen.


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