Psalms 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? &c.] That is, the psalmist, while he was considering the greatness and glory of the celestial bodies, thought this within himself, and so expressed it; which is to be understood, not of man in general, nor of Adam in a state...
A psalm is a sacred song or poem used in worship. People who are learned in such things say that there are four kinds of psalm prayer, including adoration, contrition, thanksgiving, and supplication. Five kinds of psalms include praise, wisdom, royal, thanksgiving, and lament and the themes...
This individual attribution enhances the personal and communal connection to the text. 13 The Psalms are often categorized into different types, such as hymns, laments, and thanksgiving Psalms, each serving a unique liturgical or spiritual function. Meanwhile, a Psalm is identified by its individual...
Psalms 25:12 What man [is] he that feareth the Lord? That is, how happy a man is he! and one that fears the Lord is one that has the fear of God put into his heart, as a blessing of the covenant of grace before spoken of; who fears the Lord, not on account of the punishm...
and you tell them, as some of us sometimes to, that in order to be saved, they have to believe the gospel. Now, they haven’t been in church, and they don’t know the lingo, and so they don’t know what the “gospel” is. So they ask you, “What is the gospel?” What wou...
When attacked by those sinful thoughts please read the psalms, and the entire book of Ephesians. What is it that we obsess about? Our needs being met? I’ve been homeless for almost a decade, and my needs have always been met, and then some!
In the broader context of Psalm 39, David is grappling with the brevity and frailty of human life. This question underscores a shift from self-reliance to divine reliance, a theme prevalent throughout the Psalms. The rhetorical question suggests that the psalmist has exhausted all earthly options...
What is the history of the Book of Psalms?Hebrew BibleThe Old Testament, also called the Hebrew Bible, is a collection of writings that are considered sacred to three major world religions. If one does not consider it to be scripture, it is still a valuable selection of writings that are...
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...
Similar approaches to poetry were developed in other parts of the world. Between the fourth century B.C. and the first century A.D., Hebrew poets composed intimate and lyrical psalms, which were sung in ancient Jewish worship services and compiled in the Hebrew Bible. During the eighth centur...