God’s people need to be uplifted. By nature, they carry many burdens. They lack the ability to rise on their own.

It is well with the righteous—this assurance comes from divine authority, validated by the mouth of God.

My soul, reflect deeply on the agony and the passion; go to the garden of the olive press and witness your great Redeemer rescuing you from your lost state

A Christian understands that sorrow is lighter than sin; they can endure the continuation of their troubles, but they cannot bear the burden of their transgressions.

If we fear the Lord, we can expect timely interventions when our situation seems most desperate.

David ascribes all his greatness to the condescending goodness of his Father in heaven. May this attitude be echoed in our hearts this evening as we cast our crowns at Jesus’ feet and cry, “Your gentleness made me great.”

Socrates once said, “Philosophers can be happy without music,” but Christians can find even greater happiness than philosophers when all outward sources of joy are stripped away.

It is God’s prerogative to forgive; it is His very nature and purpose to save those who seek Him. We are grateful that, while we approach Him through the blood of Jesus, we can rejoice in the God of our salvation.

Too often, we resemble chained eagles tethered to a perch, and even worse, unlike the eagle, we may come to love our chains and might hesitate to see them broken when necessary.

This passage expresses a collective confession of sin shared by all the elect people of God. They have all strayed, and so, in unison, from the first who entered heaven to the last who shall arrive, they declare, “All we like sheep have gone astray.”