Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 62

"Psalm 62:

Whether Absalom’s rebellion is the setting or not David writes this psalm while facing treason from someone.
David faces the problem of his adversaries forthrightly, but his thoughts focus primarily on God.

I. Affirming God’s Covenant Relationship (62:1-2, 5-6).
II. Confronting One’s Treasonous Adversaries (62:3-4).
III. Trusting God’s Sovereignty (62:7-10).
IV.  Praising God’s Power and Mercy (62:11-12).

Title:
“According to Jeduthun”:
An official temple musician.

Psalm 62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from Him [cometh]

my salvation.
Psalm 62:2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [He is] my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalm 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from Him.
Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before Him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalm 62:9 

Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, 

[and] men of high degree [are] a lie: 

to be laid in the balance, 

they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.

Men of low degree are only vanity, nothing more.
To be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Take a true estimate of them; judge them neither by quantity nor by appearance, but by weight, and they will no longer deceive you."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon

Buddhism's 3 progned influence of the West [ATHEISTS / NEW-AGE / PSYCHOLOGY]

Wherefore come out from among them,

and be ye separate, saith the Lord,

and touch not the unclean thing;

2 Corinthians 6:17

"Buddhism provides staunch ATHEISTS– those who do not believe in

the existence of any god – with a religious experience that does not require belief in supernatural beings. 

Conversely, it also provides NEW-AGE spiritualists with a connection to a deeper reality beyond the bounds of everyday observation and scientific knowledge.

With its non-judgmental exploration of emotions and physical sensations, Buddhist MINDFULNESS has influenced many schools of contemporary PSYCHOLOGY. " 

TheConversation

Creation Moment 4/10/2026 - If there is no cause.....

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. Romans 1:20 AMP 

"If there is no cause, 

--there is no explanation why this particular universe appeared at a particular time, nor why it was a universe and not, say, a banana or a cat which appeared. 

This universe can’t have any properties to explain

 its preferential coming into existence, 

because it would not have had any properties

 until it actually came into existence." 

CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 61

"Psalm 61:
David once again demonstrates a godly response to overwhelming and depressing developments in life.

I. The Cry for Help (61:1-2).
II. The Confidence in God (61:3-7).
III. The Commitment to Loyalty (61:8).

Psalm 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.

This Rock of course, is Jesus Christ our Lord.

This is the Rock that cannot be moved.

This Rock is higher than us all.

Psalm 61:4 I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings. Selah." 

BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 4/9/2026 - Creator of time

"The universe (including time itself) can be shown to have had a 

beginning. 

 It is unreasonable to believe something could begin to exist without a cause. 

 The universe therefore requires a cause, just as Genesis 1:1(In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.) and Romans 1:20 (For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.) teach. 

God, as Creator of time, is outside of time. 

Therefore, He had no beginning in time, has always existed, and so does not need a cause."
CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 60

"Psalm 60:
David ultimately prevailed in victory. The psalm expresses the feelings of a people shocked and confused by a tragedy which suggested that God had abandoned them.

I. The People’s Contemplation of Abandonment (60:1-5).
II. The LORD’s Control over the Nations (60:6-8).
III.The People’s Confidence in God (60:9-12).

Title: “Joab … smote twelve thousand”.

Psalm 60:1 O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast scattered us, Thou hast been displeased; O turn Thyself to us again.
Psalm 60:3 Thou hast showed Thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalm 60:7 Gilead [is] Mine, and Manasseh [is] Mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of Mine head; Judah [is] My lawgiver;
“Gilead … Ephraim”:
All of these key geographical locations in Israel ultimately belonged to God, who was more interested in their welfare than anyone else.
“Strength”:
Ephraim was the primary source of defense to the north of Israel.
“Lawgiver”:
Judah was the tribe which was to govern Israel, from which David and his descendants came. This is speaking of the different separations.
All belongs to God and whoever He desires to give it to. “Judah is My lawgiver”.
We know that Jesus was the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

Psalm 60:8 Moab [is] My washpot; over Edom will I cast out My shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of Me.
“Moab … Edom … Philistia”:
The Moab is my washpot,.... To wash hands and feet in: and so the

Syriac version, "and Moab the washing of my feet"; a vessel for low and mean service, and so denotes the servile subjection of the Moabites. Edom will I cast out My shoe; as a token of possessing their land, so some; or of subduing them; 
Philistia, triumph thou because of Me: some take this to be an ironic expression.

Psalm 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for He [it is that] shall tread down our enemies."
BooksOfTheBible/John Gill

Creation Moment 4/8/2026 - Does Earth Have a Twin?

"A possible Earth-like planet 146 light-years away has recently been discovered by citizen scientists. The evolutionary community is cautiously optimistic that this planet could host life. 

Q: What are the chances that this could very well be Earth 2.0?

Astronomers are excited about this potential find because, as NASA chief scientist Thomas Zurbuchen said back in 2017, “The discovery gives us a hint that finding a second Earth is not just a matter of if, but when.”

At that time, he was speaking of the TRAPPIST-1 (Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope - 1) system that is 40 light-years
away and contains seven planets orbiting an extremely active red

dwarf star, or M dwarf. 

Researchers have since found that the first three rocky planets of this system show nothing significant or exciting. Interest in this aggregate of planets has tapered off since the first indications (“glimmers”) “were likely misleading.” 

Q: How are life-supporting conditions looking for this new possible planet?
This current planet has been given the sterile name HD 137010 b and is about 6% larger than Earth. Whether it has an atmosphere or water is unknown. The star that this possible mystery planet orbits is an orange dwarf that is 70% the size of our sun and cooler by 1,000° Kelvin. HD 137010 b receives 30% less light from the orange dwarf compared to the sunlight Earth receives. This places the possible planet “near the outer edge of the HZ [habitable zone], or potentially even beyond,” according to scientists writing in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Indeed, according to an article posted on ScienceDaily, it “could be even colder than the permanently frozen surface of Mars,” and Mars can reach lows of about -195°F near its poles in the winter.

So far, all that can be said is, “This is the first planet candidate with Earth-like radius and orbital properties transiting a Sun-like star bright enough for substantial follow-up observations.” But astronomers do not know its exact orbit or if it really exists!

Clearly, the discovery of HD 137010 b is still a very big mystery. 

Q: If the planet does exist, will there be liquid water within the

circumstellar habitable zone? 

Q: Will it have a moon like ours that will help stabilize the possible planet’s rotational axis? 

Q: If so, would the moon cause tides that are just right for the mixing of water? 

Q: Will this planet have just the right rotational velocity with a spin that’s not too fast or too slow? 

There are dozens of other detailed habitability questions left to answer. The authors of The Astrophysical Journal Letters article stated, “If past Kepler results provide a comparable benchmark, the detection of planets with Earth-like orbital periods will require several years of observations.”

Q: With all these difficulties and such limited data, why are conventional scientists so excited and optimistic about this potential planet? 

Evolutionary naturalists desperately want to find life—intelligent or otherwise—somewhere in the universe. This requires a huge step between inorganic nonlife and organic life that cannot be bridged by chance and time. Regardless, billions have been spent on this endeavor that has so far been fruitless. The discovery of life somewhere, either in our solar system or beyond, would validate the materialistic philosophy that Earth is not unique. It would finally give much-needed justification for the worthless field of astrobiology, which is founded on the premise that life may exist beyond Earth.

But to have life as we know it anywhere in the universe requires a suite of parameters that must be

 exquisitely and independently balanced. 

This latest candidate is not even close to meeting these requirements. The complexity of life—regardless of location—requires the Life Giver, the Lord Jesus. As He said in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” This same Creator and Sustainer of life is coming back to restore all things. Soon." 

CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 59

"Psalm 59:
Though written when David was king of Israel, the psalm recalls an

earlier time of anguish when Saul sought to kill David.
Ultimately David’s strong confidence in God’s sovereignty transforms the lament into a song of assurance as he:

I. Pleas for God’s Deliverance (59:1-15).
II .Praise for God’s Defense (59:16-17).

Psalm 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

Psalm 59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalm 59:8 But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Psalm 59:12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak." 

BooksOfTheBible

IN the NEWS - WHY am I NOT Surprised they would say that?

Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums 

or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. 

Leviticus 19:31 NLT

"A psychic who claims she has communicated with the dead since childhood said many spirits confess the same haunting regret about their lives on Earth.

Jill M. .Jackson, a medium from Mississippi, told the Daily Mail 

that those in the spirit world often share their remorse of having followed strict interpretations of religious teachings and commandments while they were alive.

She claimed that these spirits, now existing on a higher dimensional plane we call heaven or the afterlife, feel modern religion limited their worldview and caused them to judge others of different faiths.

'They wish they had taken the positive parts of that message in understanding that, yes, there is a Creator God, yes, that there is a higher consciousness, but it's not about control - that it is not fear-based,' Jackson revealed.

'It's very different than what Hollywood portrays it to be,' Jackson explained. 'We have been programmed to think about heaven being up in the sky, way away from us. But in reality, our loved ones are [just] in a higher dimension than where we are. It's truly inches away from where we are, and that's why mediums are able to tap into that realm at various times, because the veil has thinned in that moment.'" msn

Creation Moment 4/7/2026 - Meteorological Evidence for God

For He maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. Job 36:27-28

"For meteorological forecasts to be even possible, it presupposes that certain precise conditions exist that govern the fluid mechanics of earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Among these conditions include:

Uniform Physical Laws: For meteorological predictability to be possible, one must assume that the laws of physics (thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, radiation transfer) apply consistently everywhere. Without this, equations used to model weather would not hold

universally.

Predictable Energy Transfer: Meteorological forecasts also rely on the assumption that solar radiation, conduction, convection, and latent heat follow consistent rules. It is based on these assumptions that forecasts of temperature changes, storm development, and climate patterns may yield accurate results.

Stable Reference Frames: Meteorological predication also relies on the stability of earth’s rotation, gravity, and atmospheric composition to enable modeling.

Statistical Regularity: Meteorologists also assume that while weather is chaotic, it exhibits patterns that can be captured through probability and statistics.

The existence of such orderly conditions directly challenges any framework of origins that presuppose randomness and chaos. 

Q: In a world without God, how would physical laws arise without a Mind that codes and sustains processes throughout millennia? 

In a framework without God, there would be no guarantee of uniform laws, as Physics might vary unpredictably across space and time, making equations meaningless. 

*If earth’s gravity, rotation or atmospheric composition fluctuated randomly, predictability would be destroyed and statistical models would be rendered useless." 

CEH

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 58

"Psalm 58:
The psalm may best be described as a prayer against unjust judges.

As a lament against tyranny, the first half of the psalm rehearses a series of charges against wicked leaders and judges; and the second half is an imprecatory prayer (imprecatory psalms are those psalms that contain curses or prayers for the punishment of the psalmist's enemies), that they be obliterated in the end, the psalmist is certain that God will act with ultimate justice.

I. The Indictment of Unjust Leaders (58:1-5)
II. The Imprecation Against Unjust Leaders (58:6-11)

Psalm 58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
“O congregation”:
The leaders were silent when they should have spoken up for righteousness.

Psalm 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the

violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalm 58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Psalm 58:8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
Psalm 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Colossians 3:24 

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward 

of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."

BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 4/6/2026 - Copying the CREATOR's High Tech DESIGN of Life

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee,... Isaiah 43:1

"Scientists have built atom-sized pores that act like living ion channels, opening the door to next-generation nanotech.
Ion channels are extremely narrow pathways that are essential for many processes in living systems.
In living cells, ions pass through protein channels embedded in the

cell membrane. This flow of ions creates electrical signals, including nerve impulses that control muscle movement. These protein channels contain extremely narrow regions and can switch between open and closed states. External signals trigger changes in the protein structure, which in turn regulate the flow of ions.
Inspired by these natural mechanisms, the research team created a solid-state system capable of forming pores close in size to biological ion channels. They started by forming a nanopore in a silicon nitride membrane. This nanopore then acted as a tiny reaction chamber where even smaller pores could be generated.
The researchers tracked the flow of ions through the membrane and observed sudden spikes in current. Similar patterns are seen in natural ion channels. Their analysis indicates that these signals likely arise from the formation of many subnanometer pores within the original nanopore.
They also found that the system could be adjusted to change how the pores behave. By modifying the composition and pH of the reactant solutions, they were able to control the size and properties of the ultrasmall pores.
The chemically driven membrane system could also support emerging technologies such as single-molecule sensing (e.g., using nanopores to sequence DNA), neuromorphic computing (using electrical spikes to mimic the behavior of biological neurons), and nanoreactors (creating unique reaction conditions through confinement)." 

SciTechDaily

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 57

"Psalm 57:

Though David finds himself hiding from Saul (see Title), he knows that his real refuge is not in the walls of the cave, but in the shadow of God’s wings.

I. The Plea for Protection (57:1-6).
II. The Proffering of Praise (57:7-11).

Title:
“Altaschith”:
Possibly the opening words of a known song, implying that this psalm should be sung to the same tune.

Psalm 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in Thee: yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be over past.
David knew that he was not going against Saul to do him any harm.
He would not even defend himself against Saul, because Saul was anointed of God. If David could not protect himself, his only chance is that God would protect him.

Psalm 57:4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among]

them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 57:5 Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] Thy glory [be] above all the earth.
Psalm 57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth." 

BooksOfTheBible

"mythical hare " - Blending with their Pagan Ancestors Beliefs

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;... 2 Corinthians 6:17

"As Christians probably already know, the Bible makes no mention of a mythical hare that produces eggs for children on the day of Jesus Christ's resurrection. 

Q: So, why exactly has a rabbit become a prominent part of one of

Christianity's most important celebrations of rebirth and renewal? One theory is that the symbol of the rabbit stems from the ancient pagan tradition on which many of our Easter traditions are based — the festival of Eostre, which honored the goddess of fertility and spring. The goddess's animal symbol was a rabbit, which has long been associated with fertility due to its high reproductive rate.

As for how the character of the Easter Bunny made its way to America, History.com reports that it was first introduced in the 1700s by German immigrants to Pennsylvania, who reportedly brought over their tradition of an egg-laying hare named "Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws" from the Old Country. Legend has it that the rabbit would lay colorful eggs as gifts to children who were good, so kids would make nests in which the bunny could leave his eggs and even sometimes set out carrots in case the hare got hungry.

According to History.com, the tradition of decorating eggs for Easter may date back to the 13th century, when eggs were traditionally considered a forbidden food during the Lent season. That's why people decorated them as the fasting period came to an end, making them an even more celebratory way to feast on Easter Sunday." GoodHouseKeeping

IN the NEWS - European Union Urges Car-Free Sundays

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Revelation 18:3

"Dan Jørgensen—who serves in the European Commission as the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, overseeing the EU’s energy and housing strategies—called on EU nations on March 31, 2026, to take measures such as implementing car-free Sundays to reduce the impact of oil shortages.

Euronews reported the following regarding the global energy crisis:
• “Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen urged EU countries on Tuesday to take aligned, coordinated action to curb oil and gas

consumption and optimize storage reserves, warning that the crisis’s impact will not be short-lived.”
• “Jørgensen spoke on the sidelines of an emergency meeting of European energy ministers … The ministers were urged to take coordinated measures to curb soaring oil and natural gas prices, as the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz threaten prolonged price increases and possible supply disruptions.”
• “EU countries may consider fuel rationing, remote work, and even ‘car-free Sundays’—a measure from the 1970s energy crisis—to curb oil and gas demand, as prices have surged 70% and 50%, respectively.”

The Roman Catholic Church and Evangelical Christianity will certainly welcome measures like “car-free Sundays” because they closely align with their long-standing calls to make Sunday a universal day of rest for society. 

Even when presented in secular terms—such as conserving energy or protecting the environment—these policies reinforce the idea of a shared weekly day of rest centered on Sunday." 

AdventMessenger

Creation Moment 4/5/2026 - They admit they've been WRONG

"A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed almost entirely from nearby material rather than distant sources.
Planetary scientists have long debated the origin of the material that
formed Earth. Although our planet sits in the inner Solar System, many researchers have estimated that between 6 and 40 percent of its

building material came from beyond Jupiter in the outer Solar System.
Using a new analytical approach, the team reached an unexpected conclusion. Earth appears to have formed entirely from material that originated in the inner Solar System.
Material from beyond Jupiter likely makes up less than 2 percent of Earth’s mass, and may not have contributed at all. The findings were published in Nature Astronomy.
Bower adds: “We were truly astonished to find that the Earth is composed entirely of material from the inner Solar System distinct from any combination of existing meteorites.”
It also indicates that volatile elements such as water were likely already present in the inner Solar System." 

SciTechDaily

In other words the inner planets were CREATED with the same substance. 

As for "water" on the solar system - And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 56

"Psalm 56:
This superscription relating of the psalm to David’s first stay in Gath under Achish.
This psalm, apparently written when David had been endangered by

the Philistines (1 Sam. 21:10-15), expresses the kind of confidence in the LORD that believers should exude when they find themselves in terrifying circumstance.
David’s natural reaction was to panic (verses 3, 4, 11).
But he demonstrates in the psalm that the believer can replace potential terror with the composure of trust.

I. Fear and Faith (56:1-4).
II. Destroyer and Deliverer (56:5-9).
III. Trust and Thanksgiving (56:10-13).

Title:
“According to Jonath-elem-rechokim”:
Possibly a tune name.

Psalm 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalm 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Psalm 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Psalm 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: 

put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: 

[are they] not in Thy book?

Psalm 56:13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt]

not [Thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 4/4/2026 - The choreography of Life and Time

... Thou art my God from my mother's belly. Psalm 22:10

"A recent essay in Aeon, “The clock in our genes: The biologist Victoria Foe discovered a timing device in ‘junk’ DNA that could unlock the evolution of complex life,” 24 March 2026, tells the story (and it is well worth reading) of developmental biologist Victoria Foe, whose work presses against one of the most persistent assumptions in modern biology: that DNA is primarily information, a code to be read with lots of “useless stuff” all around it. Foe’s work suggests something far more physical, and far more interesting:

"… the recognition that genes operate within complex regulatory networks did little to dislodge the deeper assumption that biological meaning resides primarily in information coded in DNA sequences. Foe’s work presses against that assumption. Genes are not only messages but material entities embedded in time, subject to interruption, constraint and decay."

Genes are not just messages.
RNA’s are not just messengers.
If a short gene takes five minutes to be copied, its RNA will appear on the scene swiftly and in copious amounts.… A longer gene unit … will be finished only by the very end. If a gene is extra-long, its transcription will be halted midway…. Once the cell has split in two, the clock resets.

In her studies of embryonic development, Foe observed that gene

length directly affects when proteins are produced. The result is not merely variation in output, but variation in time.
Gene length, she argues, functions as a molecular clock, regulating when developmental processes occur. As the Aeon essay notes:

"A gene’s length determines its transcription time. This means that a cell’s genes are not just a collection of instructions; they are a collection of timers."

The choreography of life, from cell division to tissue formation, depends not just on what genes say,

 but on how long they take to say it.

Transcription is not the transmission of a signal; it is the physical traversing of a distance. Length is duration. In Foe’s world, the cell doesn’t ‘calculate’ time; it ‘endures’ it.

Time is not something the organism observes.

It is something the organism obeys.

And here, a curious tension emerges.

As Jo Marchant recently put it:

"Time is elusive in other ways, too. We have no sensory organs for detecting it, nor any dedicated brain areas for tracking it. Our experience of time can vary hugely… we can easily be fooled about how much time has elapsed."

Time is not localized because it is not a signal.
Time is an objective condition.
Reality Check: These arguments miss the point entirely. We do not have a ‘time organ’ for the same reason a fish does not have a ‘wetness organ.’ We don’t sense time as an external arrival; we inhabit it as an internal necessity. To the embryo, time isn’t a ‘bookkeeping device’ – it is the narrow gate through which every protein must pass or perish.
Vision can be assigned to an eye because light arrives. Sound can be assigned to an ear because vibrations propagate. But time does not arrive.
It orders.
Transcription requires duration.
Cell division interrupts processes in a sequence.
Development unfolds in ordered stages that cannot be rearranged without consequence.
Remove time from the world, and biological systems aren’t “misinterpreted.”
They simply fail.
And so we arrive at an unexpected irony.

*While some areas of physics and philosophy suggest that time may be a feature of consciousness, 

*biology continues to operate as though time is a real structuring feature of the world, one that organisms must measure, accommodate, and survive within." 

CEH

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 55

"Psalm 55:
The psalm is a prayer by one who is being unjustly harassed and someone who has also been betrayed by a friend.
Though despairing, David expresses ultimate confidence in God.

I. The Prayer of Distress (55:1-8).
II. The Prayer for Justice (55:9-15).
III. The Prayer of Assurance (55:16-23).

Psalm 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
This is the language of earnestness.
The psalmist was in deep affliction, and he pleaded, therefore, that God would not turn away from him in his troubles.
Psalm 55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

Psalm 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalm 55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalm 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
Psalm 55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.

Psalm 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
"And divide their tongues":
As at the confusion of languages at Babel, to which the allusion is.
As in the confusion of Babylon when the wicked conspired against God. Jewish Sanhedrin in Christ's time, and in the witnesses they produced against Him (Luke 23:51).

Psalm 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 4/3/2026 - The QUESTION

Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex! 

Psalm 139:14

"Perhaps in no other area of modern biology is the challenge posed by the extreme complexity and ingenuity of biological adaptations more apparent than in the fascinating new molecular world of the cell.

Q: Is it really credible that random processes could have constructed

a reality, the smallest element of which—a functional protein or gene—is complex beyond our own creative capacities, a reality which is the very antithesis of chance, which excels in every sense anything produced by the intelligence of man? 

---Alongside the level of ingenuity and complexity exhibited by the molecular machinery of life, even our most advanced artifacts appear clumsy … ." 

CMI

Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 54

"Psalm 54:
The superscription indicates that the psalm records David’s reaction

to the Ziphites’ betrayal of him to Saul.
In the wake of this emotional devastation, David prayed to God for vindication. The psalm proves encouragement to any believer who has been maligned.

I. The Prayer for Deliverance (54:1-3).
II. The Anticipation of Deliverance (54:4-5).
III. The Thanksgiving for Deliverance (54:6-7).

Psalm 54:1 Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength.
Psalm 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of My

mouth.
Psalm 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalm 54:4 Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
Psalm 54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto Thee: I will praise Thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good.
Hebrews 13:15 By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to His name."
BooksOfTheBible

Creation Moment 4/2/2026 - Why Crystals are not "life"

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7

"To elaborate, a crystal is a repetitive arrangement of atoms, so is ordered. 

*Such ordered structures usually have the lowest energy, so will form

spontaneously at low enough temperatures. 

*And the information of the crystals is already present in their building blocks; for example, directional forces between atoms. 

But proteins and DNA, the most important large molecules of life, are not ordered (in the sense of repetitive), but have high specified complexity. 

Without specification external to the system, i.e., the programmed machinery of living things or the intelligent direction of an organic chemist, there is no natural tendency to form such complex specified arrangements at all. 

When their building blocks are combined (and even this requires special conditions), a random sequence is the result. The difference between a crystal and DNA is like the difference between a book containing nothing but ABCD repeated and a book of Shakespeare. However, this doesn’t stop many evolutionists (ignorant of Orgel’s distinction) claiming that crystals prove that specified complexity can arise naturally—they merely prove that order can arise naturally, which no creationist contests." 

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Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 53

"Psalm 53: This psalm (is a copy of Psalm 14), slightly revised.
Apparently Psalm 14 is here rephrased to apply to a specified war

event, earning it a distinct place in the canon.

I. The Description of Those Who Reject God and His People (53:1-4).
II. The Danger to Those Who Reject God and His People (53:5).
III. The Deliverance of His People (53:6).

“Title”:
“Mahalath”:
The name of a tune or an instrument.

Psalm 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
Psalm 53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek

God.
Psalm 53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalm 53:5 There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] Thee: Thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."
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