by Stuart Chase | 14 Aug 2020 | Articles
“Praise God!” What has happened just before someone utters those words? I’m not asking for specifics but, generally speaking, when do we praise God? Is praise not generally our response to favourable providences? Perhaps you have prayed for a long time for children...
by Doug Van Meter | 11 Sep 2016 | Psalms
You’ve perhaps heard of, or possibly have seen, the animated movie Happy Feet. Well, this psalm comes from the heart and hands and harp of someone with happy faith. He is happy because of his faith in the God who helps and who therefore gives him hope. Whoever wrote...
by Doug Van Meter | 28 Feb 2016 | Psalms
It is said that Psalm 118 was Luther’s favourite. He said of it, “This Psalm has been of special service to me. It has helped me out of many great troubles, when neither Emperor nor kings nor wise men nor saints could help.”1 The more I have read and reflected on this...
by Doug Van Meter | 21 Feb 2016 | Psalms
We might call Psalm 117 the Baby Jake1 Psalm: It’s small but it packs a punch! As Derek Kidner notes, “This tiny psalm is great in faith, and its reach is enormous.”2 It is the shortest of the psalms and the shortest chapter in the Bible. It is also, by some...
by Doug Van Meter | 24 Jan 2016 | Psalms
The ESV Study Bible well summarises this psalm: “This short hymn of praise celebrates the way in which the great and majestic God who rules over all takes notice of the lowly. Such a God is indeed worthy to be praised by all mankind.” I would add that He is worthy to...
by Doug Van Meter | 17 Jan 2016 | Psalms
Like Psalm 111, Psalm 112 is in acrostic form. It has the same number of verses as Psalm 111 and there are several obvious parallels, both in structure and subject matter. It is clear that these two psalms were written to be sung together. Psalm 111 exhorts and...
