Tag: Psalms

Psalms 41 – 44 The prophecy about the betrayal by judas does not read like a prophecy but it is certainly accurate to what took place. This last one sounds more like what Job was accused of by his friends than like scripture. Much of what it says accuses God falsely of abandoning His people.…

Psalms 38 – 40 I don’t understand why anyone who was seeking the Lord would desire to lay up a large inheritance for their children. It seems to me that they would desire to give anything beyond what was ample for their needs to the Lord or the servants of the Lord so that it…

Psalms 36 – 37 “The meek shall inherit the earth.” We associate that phrase with Christ’s sermon on the mount but that exact phrase is from the psalms and the Lord expounded on that phrase in His great sermon but much more is said here.

Psalms 34 – 35 I am beginning to see what the Lord meant when he said that David was a man of war and not a man of peace. On the surface I understood it to mean that he spent his days in war. While that is true I see that part of his “man…

Psalms 32 – 33 I wonder if David is referring to his well known sins here as he speaks of having confessed or if this was written earlier in his life.

Psalms 28 – 31 I wonder when it was that David feared that he would fall into Satan’s pit if the voice of the Lord were silent for him. Obviously it did go silent for him and he did fall. “My strength faileth because of mine iniquity.” It sounds like David was plagued with some…

Psalms 25 – 27 “Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.” I wonder what constitutes transgressing with cause. Either there is no such thing or else that should refer to cases such as Nephi killing Laban. Perhaps David is thinking of his using consecrated bread to feed his men. It just occurred to me…

Psalms 22 – 24 “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Did David feel forsaken or did he simply have understanding that Christ would feel that way? The 23rd psalm is perhaps the most famous but I think the 24th is better. I have a feeling that I have heard the 24th set…

Psalms 19 – 21 David really did wax poetic in praising the Lord. It is clearly genuine and not merely and affectation. The fact that he could fall is a warning to anyone who might think that they are beyond the reach of the adversary. I have wondered at the use of the word “selah”…

Psalms 17 – 18 I wonder when and how gradually David began to substitute his own voice for the voice of the Lord so that he would follow his own base desires to the grevious sins he committed. Knowing my own errors I think I can safely say that even in hindsight he would not…