has been theorized about. Some scholars say the header of Psalm 34 contains an error. Others think that editors substituted a relatively unknown name (Achish) for a better known one (Abimelech). But the majority of scholars believe that Abimelech was not really a personal name but rather a...
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Hate is the absence of love, and not the presence of something else. The purpose of evil is not to combat whatever is good but to destroy whatever is destructible. As the Psalmist said: "Evil will slay the wicked" (Psalm 34:21). Through Jeremiah, God said: "When they ask you, "...
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...
of God. When Jesus cried out the first verse of this Psalm, he was also calling out his dependence upon God and his gratitude for the benevolence of God (Psalm 22:3-5, 9-11, 19-31). He recognized the desperation of humanity that suddenly hung upon his shoulders and even in th...
and made supplication to God and God answered him. This man was imperfect, yes, but nevertheless a hero of sorts, learning to trust the God of his forefathers and “coming from behind” to take the dominant place in his family and the history of the Israelite people. (Hosea 12:2-5) ...
34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says [Psalm 110:1] himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’ 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom ...
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 ...
(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....