The Additional Psalm (sometimes called Psalm 151) is a psalm that doesn’t appear in earlier translations of the Psalms. Depending on which Bible translation you read which included the Apocrypha, these additions may be printed separately from Esther, Daniel, and the Psalms, or they ma...
what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?New Living Translationwhat are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?English Standard Versionwhat is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man...
And then Peter quotes the Psalms, including the line, his office let another take some translations. I believe the KJV say his bishop Rick let another take. They then pray together over the two men they’re selecting from to replace Judas and they pray to choose the right man to take ...
retreats or conferences, and mountaintop experiences are great, but too often we rush right by the nuanced, miraculous ways God shows up in our story every day. When we pursue the heart of God through the Word of God, that’s when we experience...
These excerpts from the psalms give readers the experience of using the Bible for personal and group devotion. A Prayer A brief two or three sentence prayer at the beginning and end of each chapter What's in the Bible? Participants will read and reflect upon key Bible readings in each ...
The Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds is a favourite for many. But how well do you know it? The nativity hymn, ‘While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks’, was first published inA Supplement to the New Version of Psalms in1700, the lyrics a collaborative eff...
The Psalms are full of raw and honest cries to God in the midst of pain, but never approve of suicide. Psalm 88 famously closes with “darkness is my closest friend” (v18), yet the Psalmist there is still crying out to God day and night (v1). Suffering is a reality of a fallen...
his free verse has its roots in the Hebrew long lines of the psalms in translation. The Imagists drew from the poetic traditions of China and Japan. The fragments of Sappho and the Czech immunologist Miroslav Holub and Su Tung Po are among my influences. I am American, of the now-21stce...
Mankind is not complete within itself as the soul needs Jesus. Man is born into sin as a result of the Fall, and we inherited Adam’s sin nature. As in the Psalms, all are born into sin, as David states, “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived ...
How many laws are in the Old Testament? How many chapters are in the New Testament of the Bible? How many years are there between the Old Testament and New Testament? How many Psalms are in the Old Testament? How many epistles are in the New Testament?