You will let me hear gladness and joy; the bones you have crushed will rejoice. Psalms 51:10 NABRE This is a psalm of David, one of several where he has admitted his wrong doing with Bathsheba and sinfulness against Uriah the Hittite. David begins this psalm by asking God to…
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May the LORD increase your number, yours and your descendants. Psalms 115:14 NABRE Psalm 115 invites us to acknowledge the living God, Creator of heaven and earth, who brought Israel out of Egypt. The psalm begins with the community proclaiming their allegiance to the Lord and their disdain for idols.…
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A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Psalms 51:1-2 NABRE David a beloved and honored King of the people is confronted by Nathan a prophet of God about transgressions he committed. Nathan came from God and indicted King David…
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The righteous cry out, the LORD hears and he rescues them from all their afflictions. Psalms 34:18 NABRE Psalm 34 invites us to taste and see the goodness of the Lord. It begins with the resolve to praise the Lord and inviting the afflicted to unite themselves to God. The…
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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path. Psalms 119:105 NABRE Life is a journey, hopefully a journey home to the one who created and loves us. We need a lamp to light the journey. We read in the quoted verse that God’s word is…
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