Psalm 53 begins with one of the bluntest diagnoses of the human heart in all of Scripture: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” This does not mean that every sinner becomes a formal atheist. It means something deeper . . . Continue reading →

Psalm 140 is not a prayer for a person experiencing a mild inconvenience. It is the cry of a man surrounded by violent and deceitful enemies. David is afflicted by men whose hearts devise evil, whose tongues carry venom, and whose hands . . . Continue reading →