Middle English, from Old English psealm, from Late Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos, literally, twanging of a harp, from psallein to pluck, play a stringed instrument First Known Use before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above Time Traveler The first known use of psalm was bef...
(2017). The Structure, Genre, and Meaning of Psalm 129. Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 142-154. doi: 10.1080/09018328.2017.1301645doi:10.1080/09018328.2017.1301645AssisElieScandinavian Journal of the Old Testament...
(Gen 31:29; cf.Neh 5:5). Job and Psalms have most of the 238 occurrences ofEl[lea].El[lea] is associated with other qualities such as integrity (not lying) (Num 23:19;Deut 32:4), jealousy (Deut 5:9), and compassion (Neh 9:31;Psalm 86:15), but the root idea of "might...
Psalm 13:5 says,“But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.”“Calvinist Solution”—But I can’t trust in thy mercy because I am dead and therefore not capable of trusting; my heart can’t rejoice in thy salvation because I can’t trust in th...
The Psalmist wrote, “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world” (Psalm 46:10). The context of this verse makes its message all the more fascinating and appropriate for our times. What
14 Depart from evil and do good. (Psalm 34:14) 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life...
sources and tributaries from all over the known world. Even theTorahitself was long considered the letter-by-letter dictated Word of God, but in modern times scholars have come to realize that God's Word is "like silver tried in the furnace of the earth, refined seven times" (Psalm 12:...
Oh, when the saints : a consideration of the meaning of Psalm 50.Van WijkBos, Johanna W H
Structure and Meaning in Hebrew Poetry: The Example of Psalm 23Pardee, DennisPardee, D. "Structure and Meaning in Hebrew Poetry: The Example of Psalm 23," Maarav 5-6, 1990 (239-280);
Meaning of Psalm 90 Grows with Age