Day 41 ~ Joy comes in the morning

• Psalms 14:1 - "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.' "
• 14:7 - 7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! - and it does!
• Ps 15 - description of integrity - I've failed within the first few descriptors
• Ps 18 - horn of salvation - referring to the horn on the altar? A place of safety? Remember someone we've read about escaped to the horn of the altar - yes, a couple of kings - Adonijah (1 Kings 1:50), Joab (2:28). This psalm also contains the song sung in rounds..."I will call upon the Lord...Who is worthy to be praised..."
• 19:14 - "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer."
• Ps 22 - parallels Jesus' death in at least three ways in verses 14-18: "I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And My tongue clings to My jaws; You have brought Me to the dust of death. 16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; 17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. 18 They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots."
• Of course we all know the 23rd Psalm.
• Ps 24:1 - The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.; 24:3-4 - more examples of integrity - "Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully."
• Ps 25 - "Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me" goes well with the passage from the sermon today from 1 John 3:18-22 "My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight."
• Ps 27:1 - this would be a good one to teach Grace to remember when she has those nightmares about Spiders and Snakes: "The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?"
• Ps 30:5 - "For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning."