DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
READ: Psalm 30 (Focus vs. 1-12)
MEMORY VERSE
“Weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning. “Psalm 30:5
BACKGROUND
The sound of the cascading water confirmed that I’d arrived at the 9/11 Memorial Pools in New York City, a place I’d avoided visiting for fear of being overwhelmed by sadness and grief from what took place there that tragic day in 2001.
I walked around the two large reflection pools located where the Twin Towers once stood. It was deeply moving to see all the names of those who died etched on the walls—some with roses placed on them by loved ones.
I was in Manhattan on the morning of 9/11 but thankfully not near the World Trade Center. Still, as a native New Yorker, the tragedy hit too close to home. I was finally at Ground Zero, yet I wasn’t overcome by sorrow or fear. I felt peace as I stood there and recalled God’s sustaining grace. That peace was a gift from the God who knows how to comfort us.
As we read the Psalms, we see that David experienced sorrow, fear, and grief as well as divine comfort. In Psalm 30, he writes, “I called to you for help, and you healed me” (v. 2). “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” (v. 5).
God turned David’s “wailing into dancing” and “removed [his] sackcloth and clothed [him] with joy” (v. 11).
When we’re feeling overwhelmed with sorrow, loss, or pain, let’s turn to the God of all comfort, who is close to the brokenhearted, and give thanks to Him as David did: “Lord my God, I will praise you forever” (v. 12).
Nancy Gavilanes
INSIGHT
Psalm 30 is a psalm of praise for the way God had delivered and healed David (vv. 1-3, 9-11).
But as commentators Jacobson and Tanner put it, the psalm isn’t just a psalm of praise, but “a psalm about praise” calling hearers to “a complete life of praise.”
It’s God’s merciful and restoring character that gives His people reason to live a life of praise (vv. 4-5). To be abandoned by God would be to be “silenced” (v. 9).
But God won’t abandon us and instead comforts us in our sorrow and turns our “wailing into dancing” (v. 11); therefore, we have reason to “praise [Him] forever” (v. 12). Today, when we’re experiencing sorrow and pain, we can praise Him and turn to Him for comfort.
Monica La Rose
APPLICATION
When have you experienced God’s comfort? How can you receive His comfort today?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s
Post)
“When we’re feeling overwhelmed with sorrow, loss, or pain, let’s turn to the God of all comfort, who is close to the brokenhearted, and give thanks to Him”
PR’s TAKE
““Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”” Joshua 1:9
“”Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.””
John 14:27
PRAYER
“Dear God, thank You for Your comfort.”
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG
“COMFORT” Mosaic MSC
Before I reach out my arms You open up Yours
Before I pour out my heart You know every thought
I will be anxious for nothing, hold on to one thing
My Comfort, my Peace
I will be safe in Your presence, so fierce and so tender
My Comfort, my Peace
Oh
Your voice stronger than fear
Waits in the night…
Your words tear through the dark
Flood it with light
Fill it with fire
I will be anxious for nothing, hold on to one thing
My comfort (my Comfort), and my Peace (my Peace), yes
I will be safe in Your presence, so fierce and so tender
My Comfort, my Peace (yes)
You are my Comfort, You are my Peace
You won’t forsake me
You won’t betray me
You’ll never fail me
And I won’t be afraid
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You won’t forsake me (I know)
You won’t betray me (He never ends)
You’ll never fail me
And I won’t be afraid (you will protect)
You will protect me
You will defend me
You’re standing with me
And I won’t be afraid
You will protect me (will defend)
You will defend me (and will be with me ’til the end)
You’re standing with me
And I won’t be afraid
I won’t be afraid
I won’t be afraid, I won’t (I won’t be afraid, I won’t be afraid)
I won’t, I won’t be afraid
And I will be anxious for nothing…
My Comfort, my Peace
I will be safe in Your presence, so fierce and so tender
My Comfort
My Comfort, my Peace…
I will be anxious for nothing…
My Comfort, my Peace
I will be safe in Your presence,
So fierce and so tender
My Comfort, my Peace
