His Time - Scripture Studies: Psalm 131, Proverbs 8, Commemoration of St. Timothy

1. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 131.

Psalm 131

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
    my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
    too great and too marvelous for me.
²But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
    like a weaned child with its mother;
    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

³O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.

English Standard Version (ESV)

2. Meditation on Proverbs

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on Proverbs 8:12-21.

Proverbs 8:12-21

¹²“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
    and I find knowledge and discretion.
¹³The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and perverted speech I hate.
¹⁴I have counsel and sound wisdom;
    I have insight; I have strength.
¹⁵By me kings reign,
    and rulers decree what is just;
¹⁶by me princes rule,
    and nobles, all who govern justly.^[a]
¹⁷I love those who love me,
    and those who seek me diligently find me.
¹⁸Riches and honor are with me,
    enduring wealth and righteousness.
¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,
    and my yield than choice silver.
²⁰I walk in the way of righteousness,
    in the paths of justice,
²¹granting an inheritance to those who love me,
    and filling their treasuries.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 8:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint govern the earth

3. Meditation on Today’s Saint Commemoration & Daily Reading

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the saint commemoration, St. Timothy, via the reading from the Treasury of Daily Prayer by Valerius Herberger.