angela hormberg

Tag: God’s Protection

  • Psalm Singing: Psalm 3

    Psalm Singing: Psalm 3

    From The Psalms of David in Metre

    “O Lord, how are my foes increas’d? against me many rise.

    May say of my soul, For him in God no succour lies.

    Yet thou my shield and glory art, th’ uplifter of mine head.

    I cry’d, and, from his holy hill, the Lord me answer made.

    I laid me down and slept; I wak’d for God sustained me.

    I will not fear though thousands ten set round against me be.

    Arise, O Lord; save me, my God; for thou my foes hast stroke

    All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth of wicked men hast broke.

    Salvation doth appertain unto the Lord alone:

    Thy blessing, Lord, for evermore thy people is upon” (3).

    Works Cited

    “Psalm 3.” The Psalms of David in Metre. Trinitartian Bible Society, 1998.

  • Psalm 141

    Psalm 141

    Commonplace –

    “Let my prayer be set before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice” (Psalm 141:2).

    In this psalm, David begins with a plea, begging the Lord to hear his voice. First, David asks that his prayers permeate the air with a sweet aroma and his hands be seen as a living sacrifice for the Lord’s work. Then, he entreats God to guard his mouth and his heart from wickedness. He welcomes the reproach of the righteous as a kindness, an excellent oil. Even though David is in the midst of struggle, he pledges his allegiance and devotion to God. He asks for protection from evil and prays for justice to be served to the wicked, while he escapes their traps.

    Psalm 141 is a good example of what to do in times of struggle. Keep focused on God and seek his protection from temptation. It’s a reaffirming of the good, which is right at all times, but it becomes most important during times of temptation and struggle. It is both our best shield and weapon, our protection and defense.

    In regard to this, Matthew Henry comments,

    “Is any distressed? Let him pray; David did so, and had the comfort of it” (624).

    Likewise, let prayer be our comfort in times of hardship.

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 141.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3 and Volume 6, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg

  • Psalm 125

    Psalm 125

    Commonplace –

    As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

    What a beautiful picture the psalmist paints here of the landscape surrounding Jerusalem. As the pilgrims made their way to Jerusalem, they would have been singing this psalm as they moved up the very same mountains about which they were singing. Of Jerusalem’s situation, Matthew Henry notes, “Jerusalem had a natural fastness and fortification in the mountains that were round about it, v.2. Those mountains not only sheltered it from winds and tempests, and broke the force of them, but made it also very difficult of access for an enemy, such a defence is God’s providence to his people” (599).

    “…God’s covenant with his people cannot be broken” (599).

    May we all stand on that promise.

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 125.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3 and Volume 6, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg

  • Psalm 109

    Psalm 109

    Commonplace –

    “Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, has done it” (Psalm 109:26-27).

    Henry suggests we take on the following mindset as we sing/pray this psalm.

    “In singing this psalm we must comfort ourselves with the believing foresight of the certain destruction of all the enemies of Christ and his church, and the certain salvation of all those that trust in God and keep close to him” (Henry 534).

    In particular, Henry notes,

    “God was David’s protector in his sufferings, and was present also with the Lord Jesus in his, stood at his right hand, so that he was not moved, saved his soul from those that pretended to be the judges of it, and received it into his own hands. Let all those that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him (Henry 537).

    Works Cited

    Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 109.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.

    Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.

    © 2025 Angela Hormberg