You know how I glaze over when I get to a long run of Psalms! Keep reading!
tomorrow's reading: Psalm 47-49, 84, 85, 87
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We are going to be reading through the Chronological Bible in one year! Feel free to share your thoughts along the way!
You are cracking me up! (-;
ReplyDeleteI'm glazing over with you!!
ReplyDeleteHow's this for a nugget from the midst of these psalms? In Psalm 105:20b it says, in reference to Joseph, "the ruler of the nation opened his prison door". It can apply to all Christians, though, in that God--the Ruler of all nations--opens our prison doors (whatever place of bondage we are in) and sets us free. That blesses me.
ReplyDeleteHey Melissa..I am still in! (just dragging behind a bit).I have no excuse...I just won't make myself sit still daily. It's really a thorn for me and one I pray about constantly. I know "daily bread" is crucial and I want to spend time each day instead of waiting and catching up...We are Blessed in our obedience and I greatly want to be Blessed! Thanks for all you do for us!
ReplyDeleteTerry
Love what Ellen had to say about Psalm 105. I need to do a little research about Psalm 119 -- who are all these people?
ReplyDeleteThought this was interesting about about Psalm 119, they weren't people...see below copied from http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/psalms/psalm119.htm
ReplyDelete[Psalm 119] This psalm, the longest by far in the psalter, praises God for giving such splendid laws and instruction for people to live by. The author glorifies and thanks God for the Torah, prays for protection from sinners enraged by others' fidelity to the law, laments the cost of obedience, delights in the law's consolations, begs for wisdom to understand the precepts, and asks for the rewards of keeping them. Several expected elements do not appear in the psalm: Mount Sinai with its story of God's revelation and gift to Israel of instruction and commandments, the temple and other institutions related to revelation and laws (frequent in other psalms). The psalm is fascinated with God's word directing and guiding human life. The poem is an acrostic; its twenty-two stanzas (of eight verses each) are in the order of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the eight verses within a stanza begins with the same letter. Each verse contains one word for "instruction." The translation here given attempts to translate each Hebrew word for "instruction" with the same English word. There are, however, nine words for "instruction," not eight, so the principle of a different word for "instruction" in each verse cannot be maintained with perfect consistency. The nine words for "instruction" in the translation are: law, edict, command, precept, word, utterance, way, decree, and teaching.