Psalm 37 (Part 1): Donโ€™t Fret About Wicked Ones

Ever since the first sentence of Psalm 37 stopped me short, I've been pondering King David's words. It has become my summer study. While David writes an acrostic poem that jumps back and forth between ideas, I separated it into four main themes. Therefore, this is the first of four meditations on the Psalm 37.

Isaiah Offers Hope in the Hard

In the middle of the โ€œweighty messages from Godโ€ (oracles) that Isaiah delivers to the nations surrounding Israel (Is 13โ€“24), he continues to give us glimpses of hopeโ€”Godโ€™s compassion, peace, justice, righteousness, deliverance, salvationโ€”on his people, his handiwork, his inheritance.

Hopeless

My devotional asks me, "What can I do to relieve the fears of others?" I am stopped short. I have been exacerbating fears, not relieving them.