Jan 4, 2022 · Psalm 151 is quite autobiographical, giving details of David’s life such as his flute-playing and harp-making; his anointing by Samuel, who bypassed his brothers, “handsome in form and appearance: / Their stature tall, / their hair beautiful” (Psalm 151:5–6, CEV); and his beheading of Goliath.

Feb 14, 2025 · The format of Psalm 119 is an alphabetic acrostic, meaning that the first letters of each line in Hebrew follow through the alphabet, 8 lines per letter, thus 8 lines x 22 letters in Hebrew = 176 lines. One message of this psalm is that we are to live a lifestyle that demonstrates obedience to the Lord, who is a God of order (hence the acrostic ...

Mar 4, 2024 · The closing verses suggest that this penitential psalm is not only an individual confession but a national prayer of repentance for all of Israel. The last of the seven penitential psalms is Psalm 143. It contains a universal acknowledgment of guilt: “Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you” (Psalm 143:2, NLT).

Mar 4, 2024 · The prescript concludes by identifying the author: Psalm 22 is a mizmor (“psalm, melody”) ledawid (“of David”). The song was intended to be sung Al-Aijeleth Ha-Shahar , a Hebrew phrase that most translations render as something akin to “To the Tune of ‘The Doe of the Morning’” (NIV) or “Set to ‘The Deer of the Dawn’” (NKJV).

Feb 6, 2025 · What does Psalm 137:9 mean when it says, “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks”? What does it mean that God holds His Word above His name (Psalm 138:2)? “For you formed my inward parts” (Psalm 139:13)—what does this mean, and what implications does this have?

Mar 4, 2024 · For example, Psalm 44:1 says simply, “O God,” and Psalm 22 begins, “My God, my God.” A psalm of lament will contain a complaint: “Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered” (Psalm 44:22). A request to God for help will be found in a psalm of lament: “Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?

Jan 4, 2022 · The overarching message of Psalm 119 is that great blessings belong to those who love, honor, and obey the Word of God. In the second stanza, the psalmist turns his focus to the purifying power of God’s Word, asking and answering this question: “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word” (Psalm 119:9, NKJV).

Jan 5, 2024 · Roman Catholic Bibles have several more books in the Old Testament than Protestant Bibles. These books are referred to as the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical books.

Mar 4, 2024 · 1. Psalm 3: A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 2. Psalm 7: A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. 3. Psalm 30: A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. 4. Psalm 34: Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he ...

Mar 4, 2024 · To the tune of ‘Do Not Destroy.’ Of David. A miktam. When he had fled from Saul into the cave.” A similar introduction appears in Psalm 58. Likewise, the title of Psalm 59 states, “For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David’s house in order to kill him.