Most of Proverbs 10 expounds upon the benefits of wise speech and the costs of foolish speech. Verses 18-22 and 31-32 explain the differences between foolish and wise speech, while the verses they surround (including this verse) unpack the consequences […]

Psalm 27 is a Psalm of lament with an interesting structure. While most of the second half consists of a cry to God for Him to hear and provide his presence, this cry is grounded in the statement of confidence […]

Psalm 18 is a Psalm of thanksgiving attributed to David. The Psalm’s title says that David wrote it to give thanks to the Lord for saving him from Saul, and the entire Psalm also appears in Samuel 22 in the […]

Psalm 28 is a psalm of lament. It opens with David’s cry to God in the midst of his enemies, moves secondly to a call for justice, and finally concludes with praise. David confidently believes that God will hear him […]

The book of Zephaniah is structured according to two prophecies of judgment, each one followed by a call to hope in the Lord. This verse comes towards the climax of the second call to hope, and it emphasizes the reality […]

Much of the first two-thirds of the book of Isaiah consists of a series of prophecies of judgment, and chapter 29 itself is situated in the midst of a series of “woes.” Not very good news! And yet verses 17-24 […]