His Time – Meditatio: Psalm 9, Proverbs 12, Confession of Sins

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In today’s Meditatio Hour, Rev. Jonathan Fisk meditates on:

1. Psalm 9:1-8

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

[a] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.[b] A Psalm of David.

9 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before[c] your presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause;
you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5 You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.

7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
8 and he judges the world with righteousness;
he judges the peoples with uprightness.

Footnotes:

Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm

Psalm 9:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 9:3 Or because of

2. Proverbs 12:8

8 A man is commended according to his good sense,
but one of twisted mind is despised.

3. Confession of Sins – Article 25 in the Augsburg Confession

Find Article 25 of the Augsburg Confession online at bookofconcord.org or purchase your copy of the Book of Concord at cph.org.