Psalm 19:12-13

Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.

How can I discern my errors? Only as they are revealed by Your word; there is no other tertium quid to serve as a reliable and complete guide to my errors. The law, which once served to reveal to me the need for a savior, now serves to lead me in being obedient to that Savior and to living in a way that brings glory and honor to His name.

Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Lord, guide me into acceptable words and condition of my heart. Help me to meditate upon You so that my heart will be transformed into a place where You are welcome and where Your Holy Spirit finds joy and love; a place where You are the Primacy; a place where "my Lord and my Master" is a complete and fulfilled acknowledgment of Your dominion.

Psalm 20:1-4

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!

Lord, my problem is not that You are not present for me in times of distress and troubles, but it is that I am so wrapped up in resolving whatever it is that is troubling me, that I do not turn to You, wait for You, rely on You. I need to accept that You are ever present, always, always, always at my side and a cover over me. What a precious promise in John 14:2, that if it were not so, You would not have told me that it was. Your promises are yes and amen!

Psalm 119:50

This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.

Word is to hope as comfort is to affliction and as promise is to life. Each pairing is composed of a gift from You that results in a blessing to me. Your word provides the hope of glory both realized now and to come; Your comfort brings release from affliction in the here and now and in the yet to come; and Your promise is for life everlasting in Your presence.

Psalm 20:5

May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

Lord, the joy is from being in Your presence, that sense of completion that comes from know You. A pervasive sense of wellbeing, that You are in control, that I have nothing to fear, and that Your love pours over me. This is joy, pure joy, unalloyed joy, ever present joy, joy without end, Your peace that passes all understanding. Praise You and lift up Your name among the congregation.

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Psalm 20:6-9

Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright. O LORD, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. (4) For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. (5) We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

I am armed, equipped and trained as one of Your soldiers. I am sent to do your calling. I have Your battle plan before me. I have Your saints at my side. I cannot be defeated so long as I seek You and Your righteousness before all other goals and considerations. I trust in Your name, the LORD God Almighty. Praise You, my Lord and my Master.

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Psalm 21:1-2 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults! You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

You, O Lord, You are answering my prayers to draw nearer and nearer to you. You do not withhold my pleas to know You and to become one with You. You not only are answering my heart's desire, You are the one who placed that desire within my heart. Praise You and thank You, my Lord and my Master.

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Psalm 21:3-7

For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head. He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever. His glory is great through your salvation; splendor and majesty you bestow on him. For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence. For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

 Lord, You are delivering me from my enemies. From lust, greed, pride, self-will, stubbornness, sloth, and others. One at a time, slowly putting me through tests and trials to mature my faith and to make me into an example of Your transforming power. Praise You, my Lord and my Master.

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Psalm 21:8-12

Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you. You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them. You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man. Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed. For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.

Your word provides a clear delineation between those who love You and those who hate You. It is a clearly marked path of obedience to Your Word, with either side being lives of misery and suffering but the path is one of light and love. Lord, I lift up each one known to me who is not on that path, praying that the eyes of their heart will be opened to the beauty of Your Word.

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Psalm 21:13

Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.

You are the Lord of Glory, the Mighty One, the Lord of Heaven and earth, You are from everlasting to everlasting, without beginning and without end, without equal, LORD God Almighty.

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Psalm 119:59

When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies;

When I think on my ways -- I need to examine the direction in which I am going in the light of Your testimonies. Am I walking according to the Word of the Lord? Am I honoring You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength? Am I loving my neighbor? Your testimonies will tell me. Your Holy Spirit will convict me and lead me onto that Way which is according to Your Word.

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Psalm 22:1-2

To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? (2) O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.

Lord, I cannot comprehend the depth and agony of Your separation from the Father. There is nothing in my life that gives me any clue to understanding this. I can accept it, I can believe it, I can act upon the truth of it but I cannot understand it. And while You love me, it was obedience to Your Father's will that brought You here. Cost was not a consideration.

And so for me, lesson 1 is that I must be obedient to the Father's will and to Yours. Cost is not a consideration. I must dedicate my all to You.