We have here language that we can take and make our own, both in prayer and praise. Can you say of God, as David does here: ‘The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my […]

The passage that we’re going to be looking at this week is identical to Psalm 18. It makes it into the book of Psalms. Other songs don’t. And I think that helps us answer the question as to whether we should sing songs that are in the Bible, but aren’t in the book of Psalms. Because there are other songs […]

One of the reasons that Jesus is the true and better David is because he will not grow weary. Compare verse 15 here with Isaiah 40:28. Verse 15: ‘And David grew weary’ and Isaiah 40:28: ‘He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable’. We grow weary in our service of God at times. Sometimes simply physical weariness. […]