PSALM 92.

Monday 29 June 2015.

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Psalm 91:11,12]

11. For He will give His angels (especially) charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you, in all your ways of (obedience and service.)

12. They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

PSALM 92.  

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version.)

[Psalm 92:1-2; 4-9]

1. It is a good and delightful thing to sing praises (with musical accompaniment) to Your Name, O Most High.  

2. To show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness by night. 

4. For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works; at the deeds of Your hands, I joyfully sing. 

5. How great are Your doings, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.  

6. A man in his rude and uncultivated state knows not, neither does a (self-confident) fool understand this: 

7. That though the wicked spring up like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to be destroyed forever. 

8.  But You Lord, are on high forever. 

9. For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord, for behold, Your enemies shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered. 

Maandag 29 Junie 2015.

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 91:11,12]

11. Want Hy sal Sy engele aangaande jou bevel gee, om jou te bewaar op al jou weë. 

12. Hulle sal jou op die hande dra, sodat jy jou voet teen geen klip stamp nie. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

PSALM 92.

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Psalm 92:1-3; 5-10]

1. 'n Psalm. 'n Lied vir die Sabbatdag. 

2. Dit is goed om die Here te loof en tot eer van U Naam te psalmsing, O Allerhoogste. 

3. Om in die môre U goedertierenheid te verkondig en U getrouheid in die nagte;

5. Want U het my bly gemaak, Here, deur U dade; ek jubel oor die werke van U hande. 

6. Hoe groot is U werke , O Here; baie diep is U gedagtes! 

7. 'n Dom mens weet nie, en 'n dwaas verstaan dit nie: 

8. As die goddelose mense groei soos die plante, en al die werkers van ongeregtigheid bloei, is dit om hulle vir ewig te verdelg. 

9. Maar U is hoog verhewe tot in ewigheid, Here!

10. Want kyk U vyande, O Here, want kyk, U vyande sal vergaan; al die werkers van ongeregtigheid sal verstrooi word. 

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en gunsteling gedeeltes uit die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan. 

PSALM 91, Second section. / Tweede gedeelte.

Sunday 28 June 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Psalm 90:4]

For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

PSALM 91, Second section...

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version.)

[Psalm 91:9-16]

9. "Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High Your dwelling place,

10. "There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent (house.)

11. "For He will give His angels (especially) charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways (of obedience and service.)

12. "They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 

13. "You shall tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot."

14. 'Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My Name (has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness - trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never.)

15. 'He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. 

16. 'With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.'"

Sondag 28 Junie 2015.

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 90:4]

Want duisend jaar is in U oë soos die dag van gister as dit verbyskiet, en soos 'n nagwaak.  

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

PSALM 91, Tweede gedeelte...

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling.)

[Psalm 91:9-16]

9. "Want U, Here, is my toevlug. Die Allerhoogste het jy jou beskutting gemaak. 

10. "Geen onheil sal jou tref, en geen plaag naby jou tent kom nie;

11. "Want Hy sal Sy engele aangaande jou bevel gee, om jou te bewaar op al jou weë. 

12. "Hulle sal jou op die hande dra, sodat jy jou voet teen geen klip stamp nie. 

13. "Op die leeu en die adder sal jy trap, die jong leeu en die slang vertrap."

14. 'Omdat hy My liefhet' sê God, 'Daarom sal Ek hom red; Ek sal hom beskerm omdat hy My Naam ken. 

15. 'Hy sal My aanroep, en Ek sal hom verhoor; in die nood sal Ek by hom wees; Ek sal hom uitred en eer aan hom gee. 

16. 'Met lengte van dae sal Ek hom versadig, en Ek sal hom My heil laat sien.'"

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en gunsteling gedeeltes uit die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

PSALM 91.

Saturday 27 June 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Psalm 90:2]

Before the mountains were born, or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. 

 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

PSALM 91.

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version)

[Psalm 91:1-8]

1. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty, (Whose power no foe can withstand).

2. I will say of the Lord: "He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust!

3. "For (then) He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. 

4. "(Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.  

5. "You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

6.  "Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday. 

7. "A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. 

8. "Only a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward [punishment] of the wicked. 

Saterdagq 27 Junie 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 90:2]

Voordat die berge gebore was, en die aarde en die wêreld voortgebring het, ja, van ewigheid tot ewigheid is U God. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

PSALM 91.

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Psalm 91:1-8]

1. Hy wat in die skuilplek van die Allerhoogste sit, sal vernag in die skaduwee van die Almagtige. 

2. Ek sal tot die Here sê: "My toevlug en my Bergvesting, my God op wie ek vertrou. 

3. "Want Hy is dit wat jou sal red uit die net van die voëlvanger, van die verderflike pes. 

4. "Hy sal jou dek met Sy vlerke, en onder Sy vleuels sal jy skuil; Sy trou is 'n skild en 'n pantser. 

5. "Jy hoef nie te vrees vir die skrik van die nag, vir die pyl wat bedags vlieg nie,

6. "Vir die pes wat in die donker wandel, vir die siekte wat in die middag verwoes nie!

7. "Al val daar duisend aan jou sy, en tienduisend aan jou regterhand - na jou sal dit nie aankom nie. 

8. "Net met jou oë sal jy dit aanskou, en die vergelding van die goddelose sien."

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en gunsteling gedeeltes uit die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

Cell phone photo taken in our garden. 

PSALM 89, third section... / derde gedeelte...

Friday 26 June 2015.

WORD OF THE DAY:

(Psalm 128:1,2)

1. Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways. 

2. You will eat the fruit of your labour; blessings and prosperity will be yours!

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

PSALM 89.

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version).

[Psalm 89:28-40]

28. "My mercy and loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast and be faithful with him. 

29. "His offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 

30. "If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances,

31. "If they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments,

32. "Then will I punish their transgression with the rod (of chastisement), and their iniquity with stripes.   

33. "Nevertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail (to lie and be false to him.)

34. "My covenant will I not break or profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips. 

35. "Once (for all) have I sworn by My holiness, which cannot be violated; I will not lie to David:

36. "His Offspring shall endure forever, and his throne (shall continue) as the sun before Me. 

37. "It shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah (pause and calmly think of that!)"

38. 'But (in apparent contradiction to all this), You - (even the faithful Lord) have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. 

39. 'You have despised and loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 

40. 'You have broken down all his hedges and his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.'"

 

Vrydag 26 Junie 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

(Psalm 128:1,2)

1. Welgeluksalig is elkeen wat die Here vrees, wat in Sy weë wandel!

2. Die opbrings van jou hande sal jy sekerlik eet; gelukkig is jy, en dit gaan met jou goed!

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

PSALM 89.

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Psalm 89:29-41]

29. "Vir ewig sal Ek My goedertierenheid vir hom bewaar, en My verbond bly vir hom vas. 

30. "En Ek sal sy nageslag vir ewig laat duur en sy troon soos die dae van die hemel. 

31. "As sy kinders My wet verlaat, en in My regte nie wandel nie;

32. "As hulle My insettinge ontheilig, en My gebooie nie hou nie,

33. "Dan sal Ek hulle oortreding met die roede besoek, en met plae hulle ongeregtigheid. 

34. "Maar My goedertierenheid sal Ek van hom nie wegneem en My trou nie verbreek nie. 

35. "Ek sal My verbond nie ontheilig nie, en wat oor My lippe gegaan het, sal Ek nie verander nie. 

36. "Een maal het Ek gesweer by My heiligheid: Waarlik, Ek sal vir Dawid nie lieg nie!

37. "Sy nageslag sal vir ewig wees en sy troon soos die son voor My. 

38. "Soos die maan sal hy vir ewig vasstaan, en die getuie in die hemel is getrou. Sela."

39. 'Maar U het self verstoot en verag, U het toornig geword teen U gesalfde.  

40. 'U het die verbond van U kneg tot niet gemaak, U het sy kroon ontheilig teen die grond. 

41. 'U het al sy mure stukkend gebreek, sy vestings 'n puinhoop gemaak.'"

Many thanks to Greg Olsen for this beautiful illustration of Jesus' love and compassion. 

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en gunsteling gedeeltes uit die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.) 

PSALM 89. Second section... Tweede gedeelte

Tuesday 23 June 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Psalm 96:1-4]

1. O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2. Sing to the Lord, bless (affectionately praise) His Name; show forth His salvation from day to day. 

3. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among the peoples. 

4. For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be reverently feared and worshiped above all (so-called) gods. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY: 

PSALM 89. 

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version.) 

[Psalm 89:16-27]

16. In Your Name they rejoice all the day, and in your righteousness they are exalted.   

17. For You are the glory of their strength (their proud adornment,) and by Your favour our horn is exalted, and we walk with uplifted faces!

18. For our shield belongs to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.  

19. Once You spoke in a vision to Your devoted ones and said: "I have endowed one who is mighty (a hero, giving him the power to help - to be a champion for Israel); I have exalted one chosen from among the people. 

20. "I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him. 

21. "With whom My hand shall be established and ever abide; My arm also shall strengthen him. 

22. "The enemy shall not exact from him or do him violence or outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict and humble him. 

23. "I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him. 

24. "My faithfulness and My mercy and loving-kindness shall be with him, and in My Name shall his horn be exalted: (great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him.)

25. "I will set his hand in control also on the (Mediterranean) Sea, and his right hand on the rivers (Euphrates with its tributaries.)

26. "He shall cry to Me: 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!'

27. "Also I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth."

Dinsdag 23 Junie 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 96:1-4]

1. Sing tot eer van die Here 'n nuwe lied; sing voor die Here, O ganse aarde!

2. Sing tot eer van die Here, loof Sy Naam, verkondig Sy heil van dag tot dag. 

3. Vertel onder die nasies Sy eer, onder die volke Sy wonders. 

4. Want die Here is groot en baie lofwaardig; Hy is gedug bo al die gode. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

PSALM 89.

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling.)

[Psalm 89:17-28]

17. In U Naam juig hulle die hele dag, en deur U geregtigheid word hulle verhef. 

18. Want U is hulle Magtige Sieraad, en deur U welbehae word ons horing verhef. 

19. Want aan die Here behoort ons skild, en ons koning aan die heilige van Israel. 

20. Toe het U in 'n gesig gespreek met U gunsgenoot en gesê: "Ek het hulp verleen aan 'n held, 'n uitverkorene uit die volk verhef. 

21. "Ek het Dawid My kneg, gevind, met My heilge olie hom gesalf,

22. "Met wie My hand bestendig sal wees; ook sal My arm hom versterk. 

23. "Die vyand sal hom nie oorval en die kwaaddoener hom nie verdruk nie;

24. "Maar ek sal Sy teëstanders voor hom weg verpletter; en die wat hom haat, sal Ek verslaan. 

25. "En My trou en My goedertierenheid sal met hom wees, en deur My Naam sal sy horing verhef word. 

26. "En Ek sal sy hand lê op die see en sy regterhand oo die riviere. 

27. "Hy is dit wat My sal noem; 'U is my Vader, my God, en die Rots van my heil.'

28. "Ja, Ek sal hom 'n eersgeborene maak, die hoogste onder die konings van die aarde." 

 

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en gunsteling gedeeltes van die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

Many thanks to whoever used the candles to illustrate Psalm 119:34. "Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart." May you be blessed! May you cling to God's gift to understand the Word. Amen. 

PSALM 89.

Weekend 20 & 21 June 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the Name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

PSALM 89. 

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version)

[Psalm 89:1-15] 

A skillful song, or reflective poem, of Ethan the Ezrahite. 

1. I will sing of the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation. 

2. For I have said: "Mercy and loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens (unchangeable and perpetual.) 

3. "(You have said:) 'I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant. 

4. 'Your seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations.' Selah. (Pause and calmly think of that!)

5. "Let heaven, (the angels) praise Your wonders O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels.)

6. "For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty (heavenly beings) can be likened to the Lord? 

7. "A God greatly feared and revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared and worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him!

8. "O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You (an essential part of You at all times.) 

9. "You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them. 

10. "You have broken Rahab (Egypt) in pieces; with Your mighty arm You have scattered Your enemies. 

11. "The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them. 

12. "The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your Name. 

13. "You have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high. 

14. "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face.  

15. "Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound (who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts); they walk, O Lord, in the light and favour of Your countenance! 

Naweek 20 & 21 Junie 2015.

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 124:8]

Ons hulp is in die Naam van die Here, wat hemel en aarde gemaak het. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

PSALM 89.

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Psalm 89:1-16] 

1. 'n Onderwysing van Etan, die Esrahiet.

2. Die goedertierenhede van die Here wil ek vir ewig besing; ek wil U trou bekend maak met my mond, van geslag tot geslag. 

3. Want ek het gesê: "Goedertierenheid sal vir ewig gebou word; in die hemele - daar bevestig U, U trou."

4. "'Ek het 'n verbond gesluit met my uitverkorene, met 'n eed aan Dawid My kneg belowe:

5. 'Tot in ewigheid sal Ek jou nageslag bevestig, en jou troon opbou van geslag tot geslag.' Sela. 

6. "En die hemele loof U wondermag, O Here, ook U trou in die vergadering van die heiliges.

7. "Want wie kan in die hemel met die Here vergelyk word? Wie is soos die Here onder die hemelinge?

8. "'n God, grootliks gedug in die raad van die heiliges, en vreeslik bo almal wat rondom Hom is.  

9. "O Here, God van die leërskare, wie is soos U? Grootmagtig is U O Here, en U trou is rondom U!

10. "Ú heers oor die trotsheid van die see; as sy golwe hulle verhef, bring U hulle tot bedaring. 

11. "U het Rahab (Egipte) verbrysel soos een wat verslaan is, met U sterke arm U vyande verstrooi. 

12. "Aan U behoort die hemel, aan U ook die aarde; die wêreld en sy volheid - U het dit gegrond,

13. "Die noorde en die suide - U het dit geskape; Tabor en Hermon jubel in U Naam.

14. "U het 'n arm met mag; U hand is sterk, U regterhand verhewe. 

15. "Geregtigheid en reg is die grondslag van U troon; goedertierenheid en trou gaan voor U aangesig uit.

16. "Welgeluksalig is die volk wat die geklank ken; O Here; hulle wandel in die lig van U aangesig."

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en geliefde gedeeltes uit die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

Many thanks to John Hagee Ministries for this very relevant and powerful section of Scripture, taken from the Psalms, and that I am able to use it for my blog. 

PSALM 86 contd... / vervolg...

Friday 19June 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Psalm 91:15,16]

15. He shall call upon Me, and I will

 answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him. 

16. With long life will I satisfy him, and show him My salvation. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

PSALM 86, cont...

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version.)

[Psalm 86:11-17]

11. Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk and live in Your truth; direct and unite my heart, (solely, reverently) to fear and honour Your Name. 

12. I will confess and praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; I will glorify Your Name forevermore.  

13. For great is Your mercy and loving-kindness toward me; and You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol (from the exceeding depths of affliction.) 

14. O God, the proud and insolent are risen against me; a rabble of violent and ruthless men has sought and demanded my life, and they have not set You before them.  

15. But You O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness and truth. 

16. O turn to me and have mercy and be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden. 

17. Show me a sign of (Your evident) goodwill and favour, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because You Lord, (will show Your approval of me when You) help and comfort me. 

 

Vrydag 19 Junie 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 91:15,16]

15. Hy sal My aanroep, en Ek sal hom verhoor; in die nood sal Ek by hom wees; Ek sal hom uitred en eer aan hom gee. 

16. Met lengte van dae sal Ek hom versadig, en Ek sal hom My heil laat sien. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

[Psalm 86, vervolg...

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling.)

[Psalm 86:11-17]

11. Leer my Here, U weg: ek sal in U waarheid wandel; verenig my hart tot die vrees van U Naam. 

12. Here my God, ek wil U loof met my hele hart en U Naam vir ewig eer;

13. Want U goedertierenheid is groot oor my,  en U het my siel uit die doderyk diep daaronder gered. 

14. O God, vermeteles het teen my opgestaan, en 'n bende tiranne soek my lewe; en hulle stel U nie voor hul oë nie.  

15. Maar U Here, is 'n barmhartige en genadige God, lankmoedig en groot van goedertierenheid en trou.  

16. Wend U tot my en wees my genadig; gee U sterkte aan U kneg en verlos die seun van U diensmaagd. 

17. Doen aan my 'n teken ten goede; sodat my haters dit sien en beskaamd kan staan, omdat U O Here, my gehelp en getroos het. 

 

(DV. I will share some well-known and favourite sections of the Psalms with you, as often as I possibly can. / 

DV. Sal ek sommige welbekende en gunsteling gedeeltes uit die Psalms met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

Many thanks to John Hagee Ministries for being able to use this very powerful picture for my blog.