I should have realized that when I was training a 9 year old to run his first ½ marathon, that it was going to reveal the grit, determination and endurance that was formed in you by our Creator. I am still trying to learn how to differentiate when I am being asked to be a “wre...
I may be inserting a lot of scripture and theology into that simple verse—”He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” But “God’s keeping of Israel” is one way to describe the entire Bible, and so our psalm implicitly alludes to many, many acts and events in that one ...
which has been very variously explained. Some renderbrandedorcast a stigma on—i.e.,brought discredit on the Divine name. The LXX. and Vulg. have “exasperated,” and so some moderns “crossed,”“thwarted.” Grätz emends to “asked signs from,” but perhaps the ideas of marking somet...
6-19 could be readily explained if this is the psalmist’s enemies’ curse on him. However, it is much more natural to understand vv. 6-19 as the psalmist’s prayer against his enemies. There is no introductory quotation formula in v. 6 to indicate that the psalmist is quoting anyone,...