Scripture for Today | Psalm 132 (with Pastor Nick)

About this Episode

Opening Song: 

My Dwelling Place (Psalm 91) by Keith and Kristyn Getty

Lyrics:

My dwelling place is God Most High

My refuge and my fortress

When plague and pestilence draw nigh

I’m hidden in His presence

When terrors fall and arrows fly

His shield will be my safety

When stones across my pathway lie

On angels’ wings I’m carried

 

My dwelling place is God Most High

A present help in danger

I rest secure in Love’s pure light

Beneath My Master’s favor

He freed me from the fowler’s snare

Where sin and shame had bound me

Deceived I made my refuge there

Till fearless He came for me

 

Wonderful powerful my hope and my defender

Mighty God Emmanuel my dwelling place forever

 

My dwelling place is God Most High

I’ll never seek another

For I am His and He is mine

My heart He’ll keep forever

I know the Name on Whom I call

He promises to answer

With life he satisfies my soul

And crowns me with his pleasure

Passage: 

1   Remember, O LORD, in David’s favor,

all the hardships he endured,

2 how he swore to the LORD

and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

3 “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5 until I find a place for the LORD,

a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

 

6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

we found it in the fields of Jaar.

7 “Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us worship at his footstool!”

 

8 Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place,

you and the ark of your might.

9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,

and let your saints shout for joy.

10 For the sake of your servant David,

do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

 

11 The LORD swore to David a sure oath

from which he will not turn back:

“One of the sons of your body

I will set on your throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall sit on your throne.”

 

13 For the LORD has chosen Zion;

he has desired it for his dwelling place:

14 “This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless her provisions;

I will satisfy her poor with bread.

16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation,

and her saints will shout for joy.

17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

18 His enemies I will clothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”

(Psalm 132:1–18 ESV)

Musical Reflection: 

“Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us,” tune by William Bradbury

Reflection Notes: 

The tune BRADBURY is named for its composer, a New Englander from the first half of the nineteenth century. The sweet melody for the verses repeats, then is followed by a strong refrain. 

Prayer: 

Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look on our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth your right hand to help and defend us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Gregorian Sacramentary