Today, I am reading and commenting on Psalms 1-9.

I always struggle with this passage because it is so different in tone rom the Book of Job.  Both the Book of Job and the Psalms are very poetic, but the Psalms start off with what feels like quick hits after Job’s ponderous repetition in order to pound its point home.  Of course the other thing that makes Psalms hard is that when I read Psalm 1, I want to make that what I write about, then  read a little further and think, “Maybe I should write about this instead.”  The Psalms start by telling us that those who delight in the law of God and meditate upon it are solid and unmoving, practically unmovable, like a tree planted near a plentiful water source.  Not so the wicked, they are blown around by the slightest breeze, they change direction with the mildest of impulse.  Then in Psalm 4 he writes that we should tremble before God and not sin.  He follows that up by saying that many, instead of seeking God because He is righteous, seek Him because they think He will make them prosperous.  Rather than taking joy in doing what God commands because He commands it, they do it, if they do it, in order to gain wealth.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.