Today, I am reading and commenting on  Psalms 143-150.

The psalmist cries out to the Lord.  He writes of how “the enemy” pursues him and crushes him.  A synonym for “enemy” is “adversary”, and the Hebrew word for “adversary” gives us the English word Satan.  So, we could read this passage as reading:
“Satan pursues me,
    he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
    like those long dead.”
When depression hits us, when we feel overwhelmed by the troubles which life brings us, let us recognize that it is the Adversary pushing us into darkness.  The psalmist gives us the answer to dealing with such a situation.  Remember what God has done in the past and spread out our hands before God.  Thirst for His presence like the parched ground thirsts for rain.  Praise God for being dependable and training our hands how to serve Him.  Each generation tells the next of God’s mighty acts so that we can meditate on the glorious things that He has done.  We learn not to trust in governments, in humans who hold power over others.  Instead, let us turn to God and place our hope in Him.  After all, He is the maker of all that is, heaven and earth, and all that is in them.   God does not take pleasure in our strength, nor in our wealth.  Instead, He takes pleasure in those who fear Him and who put their trust in His love.  He is faithful to defend the oppressed and to give food to the hungry.  Let everything that has breath praise the Lord for He created them.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.