Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.PSALM 26:1+What Eventually ComesThere is no other counsel or help in this matter than to look t...  Read More

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I enter in my innocence.PSALM 26:1 (according to Luther's translation)+Confidence to Continue On“To enter” means to have a station in the congregation, for instance, to preac...  Read More

For Your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.PSALM 25:11+Call Upon the Name of the LordSins are not forgiven because of application to works; they are forgiven when I call upon the n...  Read More

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.PSALM 23:6+To the Very EndBecause the devil never stops tormenting the believers—i...  Read More

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.PSALM 23:5+Retaining VictoryHow, then, does it happen that Christendom, which is so weak, can withstand the craft and the tyranny of the dev...  Read More

Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.PSALM 23:4+Word and SacramentHere the prophet also touches upon the office of preaching. For through the oral preaching of the Word, which enters the ears and ...  Read More

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.PSALM 23:4+Alive with GodJust as in . . . Christ, our Head, death and all the works of the devil ...  Read More

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.PSALM 23:3+His NameThe name of God is the preaching of God, by which He is glorified and made known as the gracious, merc...  Read More

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.PSALM 23:2+Richly Provided ForThe prophet . . . calls God's people and the Holy Christian Church a "green pasture," for it is Go...  Read More

I shall not want.PSALM 23:1+A Thousand Times MoreAs little as a natural sheep can feed, direct, guide itself, or guard and protect itself against danger and misfortune—for it is a weak and quite defen...  Read More

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.PSALM 23:1+An Ever Happy LifeWhenever God's Word is preached properly and purely, it creates as many good things and results as the prophet here gives it name...  Read More

The LORD is my shepherd.PSALM 23:1+The Voice of the GospelThe voice of this Shepherd, however, with which He speaks to His sheep and calls them, is the Holy Gospel. It teaches us how we may win grace,...  Read More