Key verse
the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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7 lessons
The Kingdom
David Anointed
Samuel goes to Bethlehem with a horn of oil — and the LORD looks where men do not.
The Kingdom
David and Goliath
Five smooth stones and a name: how a shepherd boy fought Israel's giant.
The Kingdom
David Becomes King
Saul falls, David is crowned, and the LORD makes a covenant with him: a house, a throne, a Seed forever.
The Kingdom
Bathsheba and Nathan
A king on a rooftop, a prophet's parable, and the broken-hearted psalm of repentance that followed.
Wisdom & Worship
Two Trees: Psalm 1
The opening doorway of the Psalter — a tree by the rivers and chaff before the wind.
Wisdom & Worship
The Shepherd Psalm
Psalm 23 — green pastures, still waters, the valley of the shadow, and a table in the presence of enemies.
Wisdom & Worship
Songs of Praise
Psalms that lift the soul above its weather — and the great Hallelujahs that close the Psalter.