Psalm 25-45

I'm fallen off the horse a little bit this week. Monday I did my reading but finished it in bed. Therefore I figured I'd post on Tuesday morning. Well Tuesday ended up with me in bed with a fever. Ugh! I hate getting sick. I think my wife hates it even more than I do. It just makes her "on" all the time as she feels the need to keep her and Audrey at least 10 feet away from me at all times. Nevertheless I hope to catch up tonight as I'm feeling a little better.

I think my routine for the psalms will simply be quoting specific ones that I think draw believers closer to God in worship. Today's quotation comes from a portion of Psalm 42. If it weren't for a semi-cheezy version of this song in the early '90s I think people would enjoy the Psalm even more.

As the deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God.
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?
3 Day and night I have only tears for food,
while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
"Where is this God of yours?"

4 My heart is breaking
as I remember how it used to be:
I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
leading a great procession to the house of God,
singing for joy and giving thanks
amid the sound of a great celebration!

5 Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and6 my God!

Now I am deeply discouraged,
but I will remember you—
even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan,
from the land of Mount Mizar.
7 I hear the tumult of the raging seas
as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
8 But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,
and through each night I sing his songs,
praying to God who gives me life.