Some read verses 21-25 and say: Well this must be David writing before he had Uriah killed and stolen his wife. Others would say – rightly – that it’s not necessarily a claim to sinless perfection, but it’s just a claim not to be guilty of what he’s being accused of. And yet is this language that any of us […]

We have this hugely dramatic description in verses 8-16 of what God has done. And yes we know there is rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents. But is this description not a bit over the top as a description of God intervening to save us – or even to save David? There are two ways to answer that. […]

We have here language that we can take and make our own, both in prayer and praise. Can you say of God, as David does here: ‘The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my […]