Psalm 9:1-2 To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you;I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. Before we begin our study of Psalm 9, […]

Psalm 8:1 and 8:9 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Oh, to consider all that this Psalm has in store for us. First, as we see in verse 1, His name is suddenly and abruptly proclaimed like the loud blast of a trumpet that calls into the dawning […]

Please consider this Read-Through-The-Bible-In-One-Year Bible reading plan for those choosing a resolution for this new year. My wife and I have done this for over two decades. Our hard copy is now preserved in a gallon Ziplock bag in our library on a bookshelf. With this reading plan, you will have an Old Testament reading, […]

The Law of the Lord Is Perfect ><> ><> PSALM 19 <>< <>< To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1 The heavens declare the glory of God,    and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.2 Day to day pours out speech,    and night to night reveals knowledge.3 There is no speech, nor are there words,    whose voice is not heard.4 Their voice goes out through all […]

The Downfall of Abimelech (Part 2 of 4) ><> ><> JUDGES 9:26-49 <>< <>< 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his relatives, and the leaders of Shechem put confidence in him. 27 And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; […]

The Downfall and Demise of Abimelech (Part 1 of 4) ><> ><> Judges 9:22-24 <>< <>< 22 Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. 23 And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, 24 that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their […]

Abimelech’s Conspiracy (Part 2 of 2) ><> ><> Judges 9:7-21 <>< <>< 7 When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim and cried aloud and said to them, “Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, that God may listen to you. 8 The trees once went out to anoint a king over […]

Abimelech’s Conspiracy (Part 1 of 2) ><> ><> Judges 9:1-21 <>< <>< 1 Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family, 2 “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the […]

Judges 8:29-35 The Death of Gideon 29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. 30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech. 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age and […]