His Time - Scripture Studies: Psalm 16, Proverbs 3 & 7

1. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 16:1, 4-6, 9-11.

Psalm 16:1, 4-6, 9-11

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A Miktam^[a] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[c] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
⁶The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being^[e] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.^[f]

¹¹You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes:

Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit

2. Meditation on Proverbs

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on Proverbs 3:11-12 and 7:1-5.

Proverbs 3:11-12

¹¹My son, do not despise the Lord‘s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
¹²for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 7:1-5

Warning Against the Adulteress

7 My son, keep my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you;
²keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
³bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call insight your intimate friend,
⁵to keep you from the forbidden^[a] woman,
    from the adulteress^[b] with her smooth words.