1. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm
Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 42:1-6a, 9-11.
Psalm 42:1-6a, 9-11
Book Two
Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.
42Â As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.
2Â My soul thirsts for God,
    for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?[b]
3Â My tears have been my food
    day and night,
while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
4Â These things I remember,
    as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    a multitude keeping festival.
5Â Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation[c] 6 and my God.
9Â I say to God, my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10Â As with a deadly wound in my bones,
    my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
11Â Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.
Footnotes:
- Psalm 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God
- Psalm 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face; also verse 11 and 43:5
2. Meditation on Proverbs
Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on Proverbs 7:6-27.
Proverbs 7:6-27
6Â For at the window of my house
    I have looked out through my lattice,
7Â and I have seen among the simple,
    I have perceived among the youths,
    a young man lacking sense,
8Â passing along the street near her corner,
    taking the road to her house
9Â in the twilight, in the evening,
    at the time of night and darkness.
10Â And behold, the woman meets him,
    dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.[a]
11Â She is loud and wayward;
    her feet do not stay at home;
12Â now in the street, now in the market,
    and at every corner she lies in wait.
13Â She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with bold face she says to him,
14 “I had to offer sacrifices,[b]
    and today I have paid my vows;
15Â so now I have come out to meet you,
    to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16Â I have spread my couch with coverings,
    colored linens from Egyptian linen;
17Â I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
    aloes, and cinnamon.
18Â Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
    let us delight ourselves with love.
19Â For my husband is not at home;
    he has gone on a long journey;
20Â he took a bag of money with him;
    at full moon he will come home.”
21Â With much seductive speech she persuades him;
    with her smooth talk she compels him.
22Â All at once he follows her,
    as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast[c]
23Â Â Â Â Â till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
    he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24Â And now, O sons, listen to me,
    and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25Â Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
    do not stray into her paths,
26Â for many a victim has she laid low,
    and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27Â Her house is the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.
Footnotes:
- Proverbs 7:10 Hebrew guarded in heart
- Proverbs 7:14 Hebrew peace offerings
- Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as a chain to discipline a fool
3. Meditation on The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology
Rev. Jonathan Fisk reads a selection of The Conservative Reformation and Its Theology by Charles Porterfield Krauth and gives explanation for this selection. Purchase your print copy at cph.org or find it as a free pdf online here or as a Google e-book here.
4. Old Testament Faith
Rev. Jonathan Fisk talks about faith in the Old Testament and whether people in the Old Testament had “real” faith.
