Contemplative Bible Reading

Psalm 34:5-9 (New Living Translation) 5 Why should I fear when trouble comes,when enemies surround me?6 They trust in their wealthand boast of great riches.7 Yet they cannot redeem themselves from deathby paying a ransom to God.8 Redemption does not come so easily,for no one can ever pay enough9 to live foreverand never see the […]

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2 Samuel 13:3 (New Living Translation) 3 But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David’s brother Shimea. This is part of the story of King David and his children who seemed to have too much time and luxury on their hands to stay out of trouble. One of […]

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Psalm 84:4 (New Living Translation) 4 What joy for those who can live in your house,always singing your praises. What joy it is to be near God. The first verse of this Psalm tells us, 1 How lovely is your dwelling place,O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Where God dwells is lovely. It doesn’t matter if […]

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Psalm 130:7 (New Living Translation) 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord;for with the Lord there is unfailing love.His redemption overflows. Tired? Lonely? Distraught? Just having a bad day? There is unfailing love with the Lord God. Boy, that sure is simple. There must be something more to this? Well, of course. There is always […]

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2 Samuel 13:14-15 (New Living Translation) 14 But Amnon wouldn’t listen to her, and since he was stronger than she was, he raped her. 15 Then suddenly Amnon’s love turned to hate, and he hated her even more than he had loved her. “Get out of here!” he snarled at her. This is a travesty that sets […]

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Proverbs 30:8 (New Living Translation) 8 First, help me never to tell a lie.Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. This is a saying of Agur son of Jakeh. He begs two favors of God and he desires to have them before he dies. What two things do […]

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Psalm 38:4 (King James Version) 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Let’s go with an older translation here. Those who study these things attribute these words to King David. David was a righteous person who was held as the standard for all […]

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Psalm 31:4 (King James Version) 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. In this Psalm, King David declares his trust in God. He asks God for help in many common situations. This verse (the poetic rendition from the King James Version) asks God […]

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Job 19:6 New Living Translation 6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net. There is an old saying about “the patience of Job.” Job could withstand anything and everything and remain patience while waiting for God and for some relief to his Satan-inflicted woes. Yet here is Job, blaming […]

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Job 28:28 (New Living Translation) 28 And this is what he (God) says to all humanity:‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;to forsake evil is real understanding.’ Let’s have a grasp of the situation. Let’s have real understanding of our lives. How do we achieve that? Forsake evil. Hmmm. There must be something more […]

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