It should be noted that reference to "penitential" and "imprecatory" psalms as distinct psalm "types" has no basis in the Psalter collection itself. The former ("penitential") refers to an early Christian selection of seven psalms (6;32;38;51;102;130;143) for liturgical expressions of pe...
There are short term disappointments that we make long term,we get so stuck in what happened we lose sight of the great blessings and the gifts that God has given us.Esau gave up on his blessing and the Bible describes him as immoral. God is serious about the blessings he gives us, th...
48I honor and love your commands. I meditate on your decrees. Zayin 49Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. 50Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. 51The proud hold me in utter contempt, but I do not turn away from your instructions. 52I meditate ...
destruction,and is also spoken of as “the place of darkness” and “land of oblivion.” The Psalmist makes it clear that God does not show His wonders to the dead in Sheol, that the dead cannot praise Him there and that God’s love, faithfulness and righteous deeds are all unknown the...
51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me.[no]Yet I do not turn aside from your law.52 I remember your ancient regulations,[np]O Lord, and console myself.[nq]53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked,those who reject your law.54 Your statutes have been my songs[nr]in ...
to this, (Psalms 51:13) ; he here promises to "instruct" men in the way of attaining to the blessedness he had been speaking of, by directing them to take the steps he did; namely, to go to the, Lord, and acknowledge and confess their sins before him, when they might expect to ...
his wrath and indignation and distress by sending destroying angels.[q]50 He prepared a path for his anger.He did not spare their lives from death,but he delivered their lives to the plague.51 Then he struck down all the firstborn in Egypt,the firstfruit of their virility in the tents ...
Isaiah 51:11 "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and mourning shall flee away." The joy of the Lord is our strength. We must recognize the ...
The surface of the moon smooth where it has touched the briny water dips into the ocean and is changed by the actions of the waves(51) 53Her careful images played off against her precise language produce immensely complex sonnets whose surplus of meaning threatens to overwhelm the poems, as ...
Psalm 51 For the worship leader. A song of David after Nathan the prophet accused him of infidelity with Bathsheba. One of the most difficult episodes in King David’s life was his affair with Bathsheba and all that resulted from it. Psalm 51 reflects the emotions he felt after Nathan ...