As we read through the Psalms you are invited to do some highlighting or marking in your Bible if you’d like.
We are going to keep track of just a couple major themes and see them repeated and reinforced:
- The righteous versus the wicked
- The importance of relying on God and his Word.
- God’s sovereignty and rule over all people and nations.
- The interplay between divine and human kingship.
- God as a place of refuge for all.
Be creative for yourself, or use the following options as they seem useful:
- Lightly draw a large ‘R’ where righteousness is in the text
- Lightly draw a large ‘W’ where wickedness is in the text
- Draw a lightbulb or pick a certain color to underline those passages about God’s word and our reliance on it.
- Draw a ruler in the places it mentions God’s rule and sovereignty.
- Draw a crown with either a large ‘G’ or ‘H’ inside to represent God’s kingship or human kingship.
- Draw a wing for references to God being our refuge or shelter.
You can also just choose several colors to mark the themes!
Read each Psalm through twice slowly – listening for words or phrases that pop out.
Monday Morning
Read Psalm 1
What would you say is the theme of this Psalm?
What speaks to your heart?
Monday Midday
Read Psalm 2
What would you say is the theme or something you like?
Do you sense the Holy Spirit saying anything to you?
Monday Evening
Read Psalm 3
Do you see a theme in these verses? What is it?
Who is God/ Lord according to these verses?