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...
twenty of its forty-five occurrences are in the Psalter. Sometimes the compound is construed as a name: "It is good to make music to your name, O Most High" (Psalm 9:1).El 'Elyondenotes exaltation and prerogative and belongs to "monarchical theology" for it speaks of absolute right to...
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...
“Remember the days of old, consider the years of all generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.”(Deuteronomy 32:7) What Is the Meaning of Moses' Song inPsalm 90? Nestled within the many Psalms of David we findPsalm 90, another of Mos...
Likewise, the Bible frequently equates human beings without human reason with animals (Psalm 49:20, 73:22, Ecclesiastes 3:18, 2 Peter 2:12, Jude 1:10). The "sons of Noah" people the entire earth. The Noahites are what today is called "humanity" (Genesis 9:19). Semites Shem Shem...
(Knox,2009, p. 366) by LaPierre and his supporters. The NRA leadership frequently thanked God, who is often viewed as a shepherd leading the flock through dark times, a reference to Psalm 23. As Melzer noted, in-person references to God are never “tongue in cheek” (Melzer,2012, p....
For example, in an acrostic psalm like Psalm 119 each verse of a stanza begins with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet, with the psalm proceeding through the alphabet in twenty-two stanzas. This cannot be reproduced exactly in English, which has a very different alphabet of twenty-six ...
33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says [Psalm 110:1] himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord,...