The Psalms are songs and prayers to and about God by people like you and me. They are filled with hope and angst. Praise, sadness, anger, joy, fear, gratitude, trust — the stuff of real life. They aren’t for “religious” types but for regular people who experience the ups and downs of living.
Everyone prays. Prayer is an impulse deep within us. The psalms show us how to be “real” when we pray. Not flowery. Not manicured. Not pretend. Not all cleaned up and shiny. Rather, vulnerable and honest – often broken and repentant – speaking to God from whatever condition and in whatever circumstance we find ourselves.
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I have found this Bible reading time to be a blessing for the whole family. Since I have been doing this schedule for a while, I have benefit of experience that I want to share. Our routine is to start the day with Bible reading. At first I was the only one reading quietly to myself, which was wonderful. Over time my wife came to the table and I began to read aloud, which was even better. Best of all, my kids one by one joined us. Before long they asked, “Dad will you wake us up for Bible study tomorrow?” Now we all read together. Typically, my 8 year old daughters (twins) will each read a chapter, my wife will read one, and I will read one. The littler ones listen when they are not attempting back flips off the bed swing… I like when others read because I can underline and make notes as we go. I find that the Psalms are easy for young readers to read, and that this is a great way to practice reading, gain confidence, as well as build a foundation on the Word of God. We literally taught my kids to read by reading the Bible!
I really feel like I can relate to (King) David because he so often is crying out to God in need. And yet he demonstrates belief over and over that God will come through. I think his steadfast faith that always seems to arrive by the Psalm’s end is due to prior affirmations. i.e. as David see’s God come through on his behalf, it strengthens his faith. David is bold speaking to God like he does, “Answer me when I call you” or “Give me relief” or “Be merciful” (Psa 4:1). He comes to God with such expectation! And we know what God says about David… a man after His heart (1 Sam 13:14).
Psalm 8:2 is a beautiful reminder of an example conveying how to handle persecution. Jesus in the face of his enemies in Matt 21 has just entered the temple on Palm Sunday to the children crying out “Hosanna to the Son of David” (Matt 21:9,15) when He is met by the “indignant” chief priests and teachers of the law. Jesus replies, “Have you not read?” which is deeply offensive to the experts of the Scriptures and Jesus quotes the first half of Psalm 8:2, “from the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise” which they know by heart and thus internally (we assume) recite the 2nd half of the verse which says “because of your enemies to silence the foe and the avenger.” Jesus does not say this aloud. He only recites the 1st half, yet in so doing he silences the foe and the avenger. The immediate verse that follows is “and they left” — oh, how shrewd and innocent…and how profound the use of Jesus weaponry, His Sword of Spirit (Eph 6:17), written through David a thousand years beforehand.