Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Exodus 1-2, Psalms 26-27

Both attributed to David, Psalm 26 stands in stark contrast with Psalm 51...

Psalm 26                                                                         Psalm 51
Vindicate me!                                                                 Have mercy on me!
I have walked in integrity...                                            Blot out my transgressions...
Prove me...I walk in faithfulness...                                 Wash me...My sin is ever before me...

Is David of Psalm 26 the same David of Psalm 51? Apparently so, yet the two writings are so different! Perhaps the one is written in a time of confident hope. Then the other is written in a time of shame and despair. One represents a view from the mountaintop of spiritual blessing. The other gives a look into the dark night of the soul.

God is the God of both!
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