OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 32

Psalm 32:1-11

32:1-2 This is a Psalm expressing the joy of forgiveness. We are so blessed to receive fresh starts when we require them.

32:3-5 David took responsibility for his mistakes, but dedicated himself to reformation. Because of that, he readied himself for restoration.  Self-awareness and ownership of our mistakes is not easy; it is, as David described: heavy. Yet God's forgiveness helps us to deal with that weight and ultimately reduce it as we enter into new seasons of life and spirit and character.

32:6 David anticipated that many people would seek God when they needed him most. Whenever we begin a relationship with God, no matter what precipitated it, we should cling to it. Grow it. We should remain with Him in joy and sorrow, confidence and doubt. 

32:7 David sought God all his life. His dwelling place was God. God surrounded David with deliverance and David surrounded God with praise. They were constantly connected. 

32:8-9 God invites us to be receptive to His instruction and leadership. To be productive and willing within it.  If we are, He will change our situation, our life and the elements of within us that need reconstruction. 

32:10-11 Proffered to a child of God is mercy, rather than sorrow. Redemption rather than shame. 

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 31

Psalm 31:1-24

31:1-2 So much of this Psalm is a profession of the love and trust David had for God. God: his fortress. Our fortress. Our safe place; the haven to which He delivers us when He rescues us. A place of peace and understanding. A place to regroup, rebuild. A place we are swiftly taken to when we call to Him, our refuge. 

31:3-5 Because he had so much trust in God, David asked the Lord to lead and guide him. It did not matter to David where God led him, only that he did. We can have complete confidence that God will always lead us to good places. Places that fill us, and places we are able to fulfill His greatest purposes for us. 

31:6-8 Like David, we must train ourselves to reject useless idols. Worldly materials, possessions and status actually drain us. Only what God provides fills our souls and gives us life. Actual life: strength and wisdom, peace and justice. Only His truths give and fulfill purpose.

31:9-13 From the lowest place in his life, in his heart, in his will, David called to God. He was broken, forgotten, weak, grieving, wasting,  scared, hated and sinful and yet still God heard. Still God cared. Still God helped.

31:14-18 From the depths, from the last dregs, God heard David's plea. Just as David knew, trusted He would. The weight of all his tribulation lifted, dissolved, at David's remembrance of God. David remembered that his life was held in God's hands, and was safe in them. He knew that God's mercy and light would restore him, protect him.

31:19-20 And David marveled at that, God's willingness and ability to breathe life back into him, and to arrange peace back into his life. Inside God's hands, David knew that he was hidden from death, from the wasting in the depths.

31:21-22 God was loved so deeply by David; David fell in love with His kindness. When David did not feel safe, when he did not feel like rescue or restoration were possible, he still believed that God would care, would act. And He did. God heard David's cries and He hears ours, too. 

31:23-24 David implored us to love the Lord.  He preserves us, restores us, provides justice and protection; therefore have strength of faith in Him. Hope in Him and be strengthened by Him.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 30

Psalm 30:1-12

30:1-3 When David felt defeated and spiritually dead, the Lord revived him. David marveled at the rescue. God is able to bring us from the brink, from the pit, and onto heights, life as we never experienced it before. Our God is a hearer and a healer. He does not just find empathy within Himself, He finds solutions around us. 

30:4-5 David encouraged us to remember God and to remember to be grateful to Him for all that He is and does. God's generous and productive character constantly saves and plans for us. Even in moments of discipline, our best interests are His goal. He is always working for the betterment of our lives and character.

30:6-7 God made David strong; He made the peace and joy in his life sturdy, strong, immovable. Without God, David knew it would all disappear. For God is a our peace and joy.

30:8-10 David prayed for mercy; he felt that the loss of his life would only be a loss because he would not be there anymore to praise God. The intention of David's heart was to express love, reverence and gratitude to God. Loving God was David's favorite thing to do.

30:11-12 God is able to arrange complete reversals of the difficulties in our lives; He did so for David. He turned impossible situations into possible and prosperous ones. For that reason, David proclaimed that he would not go silent; he would praise God forever. His voice would endlessly reverberate, abound, his love and awe for God.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 29

Psalm 29:1-11

29:1-2 Because He is deserving, David implored us to give God due worship. Many times in David's life, his most vehement pursuit was to stir proper love and worship for the Lord. It was so important to him that humanity recognized and appreciated God's love and mercy, justice and power. God dotes all of it on us,  and that generous, magnanimous decision makes Him so worthy of our devotion.

29:3-4 God is everywhere, glorious and strong, everywhere. Over all of humanity. He is powerful everywhere, full of majesty in every place.

29:5-7 God dismantles the fiercest of our enemies and fears.

29:8-9 His voice creates lives and souls and universes. He blesses His creations with His glory.

29:10-11 He gives His blessing and His strength to us; He was with us then, with us now and will be with us forever as eternal King. Praise with David.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 28

Psalm 28:1-9

28:1-2 David knew that the quality of his character and the survival of his soul was dependent on his relationship with God.  Not only did David listen for God's instruction, he was obedient to it.

28:3-5 David trusted God to administer justice; he did not seek his own vengeance or order. It was the will of God that David welcomed into his life and over the world he lived in. He knew that God's justice was perfect and impartial, fair and just. As we develop our faith, it becomes easier to relinquish control and allow God to operate.

28:6-7 We can rejoice with David because God is our strength and shield, our rescuer who hears our calls for help. We live with gratitude because God will never betray or fail our trust.

28:8-9 The Lord is our strength and refuge, our savior and Father and shepherd. His love covers us completely, the details of our lives comprehensively. Forever.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 27

Psalm 27:1-14

27:1-3 David understood that as a child of God, he had no reason to fear. He was confident in both God's strength and His promises. He could and would fulfill what was promised. The concept might seem abstract until we apply it to our own present situation; like David, we must learn to trust God fully with whatever battle we are waging. 

27:4-5 The most important prayer David had was that he would be welcomed into the Kingdom. Whenever David prays, it is for some manifestation of the Kingdom or God's character to appear in his life. We should ensure that we are also prayer for the right things, for one thing, for God's presence in our lives (and thus ours in His). For God and His kingdom, encompass peace and safety, justice and compassion.

27:6 Before his enemies, David chose to worship and to thank God. While his enemies were in sight, he never unfixed his eyes from God. That is faith. 

27:7-10 David reveals that God told him to "Seek His face." And David did. Above all else, David sought God and to serve Him. That decision resulted in a beautiful, purposeful life and relationship with God. For David, if he only ever had God, he considered himself a wealthy, blessed man.

This verse reminds of Matthew 6:33. We are told that to seek the kingdom is to seal our lives with God's love and provision, mercy and justice. Advice from God, reiterated by Jesus, cannot be ignored! We are encouraged to seek God. Exclusively. Consistently. Constantly.

27:11-13 David realized that without his relationship with God, he would have lost heart. He would have surrendered in every battle. Our relationship with God provides us not only the wisdom and opportunity to be victorious over our enemies and anxieties but also the strength. His reinforcement, His strength channeled into us through our relationship of faith perseveres us through all things.

27:14 Final advice from David: 

Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!

Our trust and patience in God transforms, saves, strengthens our souls and lives. Endeavor to trust Him more everyday; endeavor to trust His timing and His choices more every day. 

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 26

Psalm 26:1-12

12:1 David sought freedom, spiritual, physically, and emotional freedom in his life; he did so through his faith, and righteous life.  He chose to trust, and firmly, wholly, without any deviation. 

12:2-5 He asked God to examine him, to prove him, to try him as the righteous person he endeavored to be. David wanted to be genuine, if there was a place that needed correction within him, he asked God to correct it. A bold and brave request, because applying God's instruction to our life requires steadfast effort, self-awareness and long term commitment. 

12:6-7 David vowed to be clean, honest and sincere and with good intentions, as he approached God in life and spirit.  David's mission was to tell everyone, anyone, of his gratitude toward the God who had done wondrous works in his life.

12:8 David loved God's presence within him and his life, he loved being in the kingdom. From within the dwelling of the Lord we receive a peace unknown to the secular world. We are loved beyond the bounds we believe we deserve. 

12:9-10 He asked for separation from sin and violence and deception. He had learned a new way of life, the philosophy of God, and he wanted to adhere to it, unmarred by the fear, anxiety, and grime caused by evil and selfishness and mistrust. 

12:11-12 David trusted God to protect him and separate him from what might harm him, but for his own part, David promised to put in devoted effort as well. He promised walk in integrity, to live with peace and kindness and active faith. Knowing he would be flawed, he asked God to be merciful with him on his journey. Blessed are we that God chooses mercy and distributes it widely, abundantly!

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 25

Psalm 25:1-22

25:1-3 David gave his life and soul to God; that meant that David trusted God to exert His will over each. Yet even when we trust God, we are still human and prone, at times, to feelings of fear and vulnerability. So David trusted God, but to soothe himself through the strength such complete trust requires, he also asked God to help him against internal and external conflicts. David knew that tribulation would exist, it is God's will that right now, on earth, tribulation does. He accepted both God's will and it, but asked for help as he endured.

25:4-5 David's faith was leaps and bounds ahead and deeper than anyone around him, but he knew that he still had space for growth in his faith. Like David, we should always ask God for His instruction and leadership. We should be patient within His lessons.

25:6-7 David asked for forgiveness and mercy; he was self-aware enough to know that he needed those things. His faith was big but he was still imperfect. He constantly humbled himself before God as a student, servant and repentant child. It is when we remain those three things that we are least likely to become ignorant and workers of worldly things.

25:8-11 God is a good and just teacher and leader. His will is truth and mercy and steadfast loyalty. When David thought of himself juxtaposed God, he knew that he needed a lot of that mercy. When we think about God's characteristics, we see that we also need a lot of mercy. That self-awareness is crucial to the quality of our character and spirit.

25:12-15 The life of a person whose eyes are fixed on God is glorious, full and bursting with prosperity arranged by God's hands. We are both saved and led by Him. 

25:16-21 David needed rescue and forgiveness; he was wise enough to attain those things from God. The danger around him and the distress within him would have destroyed David if not for his faith. David acknowledged that his commitment to integrity and righteousness preserved him. His wait for God persevered him.

25:22 And David prayed for more than himself; he prayed for the land and the people around him. It's a huge prayer and one only God could ever answer. Only He has that ability and willingness to rescue one and all.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 24

Psalm 24:1-10

24:1-2 The earth and all that, all who, fill it belong to God. If we observe nature, we can see how precise and purposeful God is with His creations. That which bends to His will is cared for, arrayed in beauty and love.

24:3-6 Only a wholehearted pursuit will find God; but all wholehearted pursuits do. Intentional righteous behavior is able to receive blessing from God and perceive the understanding that He gives.

24:7-10 David, in this Psalm, called for us to open our gates... our hearts and lives to God. He encouraged us, emphatically, to open ourselves to His mighty precepts. He encouraged us to open up exclusively to God, our King of glory.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 23

Psalm 23:1-6

23:1 The Lord is our shepherd; He protects and leads His flock. His provision is so complete, when our trust is complete, that there is nothing we need that He does not provide. 

23:2 Because of His protection, we are able to rest peacefully and with wisdom. 

23:3 By Him our weary souls are restored, our life's path is corrected by its alignment with His. And He does all of this because He has claimed us; we are His.

23:4 And though the world is a difficult place, at times, children of God need not fear. His power and love is present with us wherever we go; He comforts us through the difficulties.

23:5 Our enemies may at times be fierce, but they match not the ferocity of our God. They cannot overpower His will. We are anointed by Him, chosen and blessed. Our life and soul are filled by Him abundantly, more comprehensively than anything or anyone else ever could.

23:6 We can be confident that His presence will be with us in every act, moment, thought, relationship and circumstance. Like David, we choose to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. He is our home.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 22

Psalm 22:1-31

22:1-2 This Psalm is special in that it is the Psalm of David Jesus chose to recite on the cross. This Psalm expresses the journey of faith: un-trust to trust; doubt to understanding; fear to peace; weakness to strength, independence to dependence, danger to safety; indifference to praise; irreverence to worship.

Jesus chose this Psalm because it is the journey all children of God are able to take when they choose Him. The journey reveals that we are not forsaken but chosen, not alone but advocated for, not unheard but answered. 

David learned patience and trust. Desperate situations, early in his faith, caused him to make desperate proclamations of doubt and accusation against God. He misinterpreted his impatience as God's silence. But over a lifetime of steadfast growth in faith, David began to understand God's quiet, timely movements. As His prayers were steadily answered, safety attained and provision received, he learned that God had been listening. More than that, God had been answering, "Yes," all along. 

We learn that Jesus spoke this Psalm in Matthew 27:46. We must not misinterpret these words as Jesus' own; indeed these were the words of David. Likely, Jesus recited this entire Psalm. The entire Psalm would have encouraged others in their journey of faith as it moved from fear to peace, and doubt to trust. By the end of the Psalm, all of God's goodness is revealed and therefore the fear at the beginning rendered moot. It is a Psalm that teaches us not to fear, not to feel unheard or unloved, even though we have desperate moments, perhaps confessions, just like David had.

22:3-5 While his faith and trust in God was still under development, David relied on scripture; he relied on God's history with His people. David trusted in the reputation God had earned. His ancestors had trusted in God and were saved because of Him. Like any relationship, our relationship with God is a process, and God understands that. He knows that we take steps, lifelong, into deeper trust. 

22:6-8 David was attacked and vulnerable; insecure and humbled by his enemies. They did not believe in him and he did not believe in himself; his internal mindset was fragile, desperate, weak. So many in scripture experienced emotions we still have today; their experience should bolster our fortitude in faith. God was able to rescue David from that despair. 

22:9-11 Steadily David came to the realization that God had been present in his life; God was the reason he existed at all. He realized that he could request God's help in his tribulation, and that only God's help would be enough. 

22:12-18 He felt surrounded, and nearly devoured. He knew he could not climb out of his situation on his own strength. His only hope was divine intervention, the compassion and intervention of God. It is fitting that Jesus would speak this Psalm on the cross; for often it is in our most desperate times that learn to put out hope and trust in God. 

22:19-21 David asked God to be near, to strengthen him, to rescue him and God answered. Our call to God results in an immediate change of course. Our life takes on new direction and higher quality. Just like David, God's can change us from trapped to free; weak to strong; lonely to comforted, directionless to purposeful. There are so many transformations God makes in our lives when we put our faith in him; this Psalm is David's personal account of that truth.

22:22-29 Rescued by God, David expressed gratitude. He boasted of God's goodness and strength and compassion. His relationship with God changed forever; he had learned that it was safe, and even prudent, to trust in God. David sought God and then praised him, because in finding God, he found life. David knew that one day, the whole world would marvel at God. All the earth would worship.

22:30-31 The relationship with God, continues, as David knew it would. For God is absolute, steadfast, omnipresent. David knew that new generations of people would continue to come and learn to love God. That their lives would be transformed and lighted by God when they put their trust in Him. He is worthy of perpetual worship. Jesus spoke this Psalm on the cross and wisely; for the event of God-With-Us was not a  merely moment, it began a forever.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 21

Psalm 21:1-13

21:1-2 David was filled with gratitude and joy for the strength, salvation and answer to blessing He provided him with. King David always ensured that his relationship with God went both ways. God was generous and gracious, David was obedient and thankful. It was God's strength that powered him through life and the joy of God's love that lighted his days.

21:3-4 God provides life: life that is full and purposeful, steady and progressive. The children of God who serve Him are loved by Him, cared for by Him, as royalty. Our provision from Him is abundant; we receive both what we need and the good things we wants us to have. 

21:5-6 God's own glory, honor, and majesty is placed upon the life of His children; for that reason, we live differently than does the rest of the world. We rest on God's peace; we benefit from His orchestration of both personal and universal details.

21:7 A relationship with God must have a relationship of trust. David received comfort and mercy from God because he trusted God to provide it. Fear and worry dissipated because of that deep trust; God's adept orchestration in difficult situations proved to David that God could be relied on. 

21:8-12 Moreover, we can trust, as David did, that God can handle His enemies. And God's enemies are the people who antagonize you. So we can trust that His light will pierce the darkness that tries to infiltrate our life. 

21:13 David exalted God, praised Him and sang of God's power and strength. He marveled at God's characteristics: supernatural mercy and grace, undefeated power and strength, abundant love and  impenetrable defense. 

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 20

Psalm 20:1-9

20:1-3 David makes several prayers for us:

May the Lord answer you.

May the Lord defend you.

May the Lord help you.

May the Lord remember you.

May the Lord accept you.

And truly it is a blessing at we can count on God to do each of those things: He listens and answers, watches and defends, supports, remembers and accepts. He has made us His priority; and as His children, we have access to that which so much of the world neglects. We do not rely on things or people or substances to ensure our happiness, or ability to endure. Our reliance is on our Provider, our Savior, our almighty God who knows our needs and fills them expertly, consistently, fully.

20:4 David's intercessory prayer for us continues:

May He grant according to your heart's desire

May He fulfill all your purpose.

When we commit ourselves and our life to God, our heart's desire and our purpose align. God ensures that both are fulfilled. When He is our treasure, our heart's desire and He is our purpose and destination, we can be sure that the path of our life and everything that comes onto it is known by Him and under His authority. 

20:6 Be confident, as David was, that God will save His anointed (the children who chose Him and who were thus chosen for great purpose). We have God's ear and from His place He will answer what needs and questions we speak into it. Powerfully, deftly. 

20:7-8 Regardless of what others, or the world in general trusts in, we choose to remember that only God is worthy of our trust. Others have bowed down to the material world, to temptation, to self-serving interests, but we have risen in faith. We stand in righteousness. 

20:9 David closes his prayer with a request: save, Lord; answer, Lord. We need His rescue and His voice. 

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 19

Psalms 19:1-14

19:1-4 The connection between God and the earth extends beyond humanity. David perceived that the skies and mountains, the atmosphere and physical earth responds to its creator, express acknowledgement and obedience to Him. In every corner, every place. The kingdom of heaven is both universal and atomic. To love God, to acknowledge him and obey Him is to meld, spiritually, into the whole of life. 

19:5-6 He has made this earth a beautiful and hospitable place. A place of warmth and survival, extending all around. 

19:7-11 The word of God is instructive and instrumental in our life. He transforms the quality of our soul, enhances its better qualities and gives us wisdom beyond our boundaries. His justice is purer than any system we come up with on our own; he helps us to adhere to and rejoice in the way and fruits of justice and enlightenment. 

19:12-13 David recognized that he would need God's assistance in becoming and remaining pure in faith.  He knew that he needed God to restrain him sometimes from worldly tendencies. To cleanse him from the results of worldly pursuits. David set God's authority to dominion over his life because he knew that something else, something tainted, would take over if he did not. David committed himself and his life to God; he understood that God's ownership of his life meant nothing else could steal or tempt him away. 

19:14 David wanted to ensure that what he spoke was righteous and sincere. God is our power and savior and we should strive, also, to please Him, to adhere to the philosophy of life he designed for us. 

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 18

Psalm 18:1-50

18:1-3 David proclaimed that he would continue to love the Lord. He listed his reasons, and more specifically, the offices God filled in his life: his strength and foundation, fortress, protector and deliverer; the most faithful, trustworthy force in his life; his shield and salvation and stronghold. For all of the places God filled with strength, love and provision, David knew that God was worthy to be praised. David praised God who made him safe from all of his enemies, within and without. 

God's love and protection is comprehensive. He fills all of our needs and delights in providing additional blessing. David proclaimed that he did not just love God in the present moment but that he would continue to. We must be as steadfastly loyal to God as God is to us. 

18:4-6 David experienced fear and sorrow, and captivity to distress but God rescued him from all of it. God heard his voice. If God is listening for us, we have the opportunity to speak to Him; we have access to God's arsenal of power we need only to ask for it. 

18:7-12 God came into David's love as a storm, the storm of storms, against his enemies. Never doubt that God can rush into your live with forces strong enough to dispel whatever plagues you. In ways that cannot anticipated He sweeps in to change and rectify, indignant on behalf of His beloved child.

18:13-15 For David, God scattered the foe. The Lord did not arrive swiftly and powerfully in David's life because David was perfect. David was not perfect. Yet his unyielding love and obedience to his faith initiated the power of God in the circumstances of his life.  

18:16-19 In the way that only He can, God reached down and lifted David out of his troubled waters. He plucked David up from people and situations which were more powerful than he was. And though David was confronted on all sides by enemies, God was his support blocking each of them. He rescued David and then delivered him to a broad place, a safe place of joy and opportunity... a place to express his love for God without toxic distraction. 

18:20-24 As long as David's intentions remained good, his love for God pure, God's power was active in his life. God has laid out careful, simple instructions for us on how to live righteously. David followed those instructions and a righteous lifestyle results in peace. Peace upheld by the hand of God. A righteously lifestyle disallows the infiltration of unrighteousness, there are no cracks through which it can enter when your relationship with God is solid. 

18:25-27 Our relationship with God is what we put into it. We fill our own basket; we reap what we sow. What we put into the world is what we build around ourselves. 

18:28-30 Light and power. God illuminates the darkness, expels the monsters. He is our wall and army. Our springboard out of old places and into new ones. Our God is perfect therefore our trust in Him should be secure.

18:31-34 David marveled at the uniqueness of our God. Nothing compares. He makes us able and eloquent, deft and raised. He instructs and comforts, prepares and leads and protects. 

18:35-36 God's support is firm, His touch is gentle. He is a patient father, tenderly teaching us the way through new or difficult things. Present and beaming in our happiness, resilient and wise in our sorrow.

18:37-42 God made David strong enough to conquer his enemies. Whether our demons are internal or our enemies external, God will empower us to be stronger. He pulls the weeds in our lives up from the root, the dissipate as dust and ashes in the wind. 

18:43-45 Even though so many people and nations were against David, none of them prevailed against God. God made a seemingly impossible dream a reality for enemies to balk at and his children to marvel within.

18:46-49 David reiterates that God is worthy of praise. The beginning and end of everything should be praise for our Father, who does for us as He did for David. Ultimate, impenetrable protection. Abundant provision. Lasting peace. Perfect justice. Swift rescue. Safe haven. 

18:50 God is good and merciful to His children. 

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 17

Psalm 17:1-15

17:1-2 Though he was not perfect, David dedicated himself to God, to life as a child of God. He put a focused, dedicated effort on living as a righteous soul and he trusted that the culmination of such a life would result in the presence of God.

17:3-5 David made his best effort to remain on a holy path, this is, he tried his best to be honest and fair and kind. Yet David recognized that he would make errors. He called upon the help and support of God to keep him from straying off the path, to prevent him from slipping.

It is realistic that we should expect error from ourselves; in fact it is crucial that we do, because we must be prepared in those moments to call on God to save us from ourselves, from temptation and other stumbling blocks.

17:6-9 David had spoken to the Lord, and had promised the Lord that he would hear even more from David. Make the same pronouncement to God: that you know Him and will continue to; that you have said His name and will keep saying it. David knew, wholeheartedly, that could would hear him. And that by being heard by God, he would receive a haven and a savior.

Are you as confident in God as David was? 

17:10-12 David had enemies and problems not just in his line of sight but surrounding him; but none of those enemies or problems could penetrate the shield of protection his relationship with God placed over his life. The will of God would persevere through their plans, despite their plans.

17:13-14 Instead of trying (and failing) to orchestrate his own solutions, David called to God. He called on the thorough power of God to sort out, heal, fix, and change the details of his life that needed attention.

17:15 David decided that his satisfaction came from becoming more and more like God in spirit and character. David's wealth and joy was his relationship with God. David recognized that other people had different treasures but his would always be the Lord.

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 16

Psalm 16:1-11

16:1 David's ability to endure was dependent entirely on God. No matter what or who tried to tear David down, he knew that his faith would enable him to withstand. The comfort and the strength of the Lord is absolute.

16:2-3 He knew that the goodness in him was God and was because of God. He delighted in the work God had done in the world and in himself. He appreciated the workers of God who put His philosophy into action among humanity. 

16:4 So many people place their love, trust, desire and reliance on things outside of God. On money, power or pride. There are so many ways we could dump our devotion out on unworthy things. David refused to do that; it is a lifelong effort, steadfast devotion to God.

16:5-6 The will of God over David's life had saved him, provided for him, protected him and planned for him. It was not David's own action that built a beautiful life, it was God's. With awe and gratitude David recognized the work God had done in his life.

16:7-8 David appointed God as his sole counselor. As such, God counseled David's soul. He comforted it. David put God in front of him always. He put God's philosophy at the forefront of the decisions he made. His solid faith made him solid in life, unmoved by his enemies or fears.

16:9 David had gladness; he rejoiced and rested in God because of God's goodness covering his whole heart and life. No love or strength or wisdom is as comprehensive as God's. Those who trust in God have a comfort the rest of the world cannot even fathom. 

16:10 David knew that God would rescue and protect him.

16:11 In David's own words:

You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

God leads His children through life, and through the details of it. He provides joy and hope interminable.