Tag: Psalms

Psalms 73 – 74 These psalms of Asaph have a different, less aggressive tone than the psalms of David seemed to carry.

Psalms 70 – 72 Is as interesting to see that the final psalm from David was noted as such. It really makes me wonder who put the psalms together and who ordered them. How much of that work was done anciently and how much was the work of William Tyndale and others like him who…

Psalm 69 I wonder if David needed all the tribulation to keep him close to God when he began to get some fame after he slew Goliath. It was when all the people supported him that he sinned grievously—not when he faced constant tribulation.

Psalms 66 – 68 Most of the psalms give little or no indication about historical context. Sometimes the headings will add a little context but Psalm 68 is clearly written while Saul was king because it lists Israel as being led by “little Benjamin.”

Psalms 61 – 65 Power belongs to God and mercy to the Lord. The Father metes out justice – which none but His Only Begotten can use to obtain salvation – while the Son metes out mercy so that with Him as our intercessor we may yet obtain salvation.

Psalms 58 – 60 I don’t believe verse 10 of Psalm 58 which says “The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.” The first part may be true as the righteous may rejoice with relief that the judgement is happening. Their joy is…

Psalms 54 – 57 David was like every other talented artist. No matter how spiritually uplifting his words may have been he will be judged according to his actions as viewed from God’s perspective. David was chosen because “the Lord seeth not as man seeth; man looketh upon the outward appearance but the Lord looketh…

Psalms 51 – 53 This is interesting to see David’s thoughts after his sins related to Bathsheba. He says “take not thy holy spirit from me” when the fact is that he had already taken himself away from the Holy Ghost. I wonder if he was still too spiritually anesthetized to recognize that the spirit…

Psalms 47 – 50 I claimed that some psalms have no doctrinal or spiritual value. Let me clarify that some do and also that some without any real doctrinal value are nonetheless uplifting simply for the way they praise God. As I look into the identity of the sons of Korah and consider how many…

Psalms 45 – 46 How do we define scripture? It appears to me that Jews defined scripture as a set of writings by authors who were favorably viewed from their religious context. With David being one such favorably viewed figure and some of his psalms having some theological value, a whole collection of psalms which…