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For the needy shall not always be forgotten; Psalm 9:18a In your personal straits, when patience is exhausted; when the last handful is taken from the barrel; when complicated trials meet and hem you in; when the iron gate and the keepers before the door appear to render escape impossible— then look up, God is marching with reinforcements to your aid. F B Meyer, 1847-1929, English Baptist pastor and evangelist involved in inner city ministry

The hope of the afflicted shall not perish forever. Psalm 9:18b It’s Friday - But Sunday’s a coming. Dr. Tony…  ( Click for more )

For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted. Psalm 9:12

Every mournful cry and every humble prayer of the afflicted saints makes an impression on the heart of God—written there indelibly, fully to be answered in the appointed time. Henry Law, Exposition of Psalms, 1878

Have mercy on me, O Lord! Consider my trouble . lift me up . I will rejoice in Your salvation. Psalm 9:13,14 When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out by the sheer creative effort of God. Consequently…  ( Click for more )

He shall judge the world in righteousness; And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness. Psalm 9:8 Weaving throughout the fabric of life, camouflaged from the inattentive eye of man, God administers perfect justice with methodical and meticulous timing.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Psalm 9:9

As the ships when vexed with tempest make for harbour, so do the oppressed hasten to the wings of a just and gracious God. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92, British Reformed Baptist, highly influential amongst Christians…  ( Click for more )

My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before You. Psalm 9:3 Let no name but Jehovah be carved on the trophy reared on the battlefield. Alexander Maclaren, 1826-1910, British Baptist expository preacher

You have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously. Psalm 9:4

When God acts, it will be in just the right time, the right place, and the right way. Lifeway, Explore the Bible, Summer 2007

You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. Psalm 9:5 A person, family…  ( Click for more )

You are good and do good; Teach me Your statutes. Psalm 119:68 Let thy unexampled love constrain me into holy obedience, and render my duty my delight. The Valley of Vision, Puritan Prayers and Devotions, 1600/1700s

It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. Psalm 119:71 One learns by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to wet on the electric fence for themselves. Will Rogers, American, Actor

Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. Psalm 119:73 Man does…  ( Click for more )

I considered my ways And turned my feet to Your testimonies. Psalm 119:59 A turn involves two things: a turning from something and a turning toward something. William Barclay, 1907-78, Church of Scotland minister, Professor of Divinity, author

I hastened and did not delay To keep Your commandments. Psalm 119:60 Be expedient to fix and detain the motion of the Spirit now striving in your heart, for it may be the moment of present advantage for victory over difficulties hitherto found insuperable. Charles Bridges, 1794-1869, preacher, theologian Church…  ( Click for more )

I will meditate on Your statutes. Psalm 119:48b It is not hasty reading, but serious meditation on holy and heavenly truths that makes them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. Thomas Brooks, 1608-80, English Puritan preacher, author

Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope. Psalm 119:49 God will never disappoint an expectation which himself hath raised. George Horne D.D., 1730-92, English churchman, writer, university administrator

The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. Psalm 119:51 …  ( Click for more )

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And give me life in Your ways. Psalm 119:37 He that considers how he must close his life will find nothing of so much importance as to look with indifference upon whatever is useless. Samuel Johnson, English Poet, Critic and Writer, 1709-84

Confirm Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You. Psalm 119:38 Don’t be satisfied with putting on a happy face and saying that all is well between you and God when you’re doubting or embittered in your heart. Admit your heart-struggle…  ( Click for more )

You have made him to have dominion over . All sheep and oxen-- beasts of the field, birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas. Psalm 8:6-8

Man’s terrestrial position of superiority mandates not power but responsibility, not abuse but compassion, not greed but conservation.

O LORD (Y@hovah), our Lord ('Adonay), how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9 The highest and most intense worship takes place when we can do nothing but be amazed, when we are rendered helpless and speechless with wonder and gratitude,…  ( Click for more )

Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your law. Psalm 119:29 Lord, overcome my corruptions, and grant me grace to live above them. Valley Vision, Puritan Prayers and Devotions, 1600/1700s

I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart. Psalm 119:32 If thou make little spiritual progress, at least to be desiring to make more; to be praying and walking, and praying that thou mayest walk faster, and that in the end thou mayest run. Robert Leighton, 1611-84, Scottish Archbishop of Glasgow, Principal of University…  ( Click for more )

Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law. Psalm 119:18 The Holy Ghost enables men to recognize what is hid, to perceive beauty and to discover splendour where all before had appeared without form and comeliness. Henry Melvill, 1798-1871, clergyman Church of England, served as Canon St Paul's Cathedral

While powerful people maliciously gossip about me, I'm absorbed in pondering your wise counsel. (Message) Psalm 119:23 When difficult times and people come - and they will - we can decide to become bitter, angry, and brittle. Or, we can choose…  ( Click for more )

Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. Psalm 119:11 As long as you aren’t being confronted with the Word, you can hide from the truth, excuse your sin, and run from the issue. Tony Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas

Blessed are You, O Lord; Teach me Your statutes. Psalm 119:12 Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for. Cardinal John H. Newman, 1801-90

I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies,…  ( Click for more )