The 139th Psalm
Through the study of Psalm 139, I found many valuable lessons I will remember throughout my life. God taught me to trust in Him and believe His plan will come through in the end no matter what happens. My understanding of God and His Word through this chapter in Psalms deepened as I learned many new truths. I gained many different things throughout the study of Psalm 139, but a few of the major things that stood out to me are: God knows us better than we know ourselves; God does not leave us no matter where we go; and God is powerful and keeps us safe within Him.
First and foremost, God knows us better than we know ourselves. God knows everything about us. He knows what we are going to say, what we are going to do, even what we are thinking. “Even before a word is on my tongue, behold O Lord, you know it altogether.” (Verse 4). And He knows all of this even before it happens! “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” (Verse 6). What does high mean? Is it the number? The greatness? I have found His
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If God goes to hell, does that not defeat the purpose of hell? Because is not hell a place where God does not step foot? Where God does not exist? I think it is interesting that David would write that. I recently was in a show choir at one of the local churches and we did a song called “We Go” by Matthew Parker. One of the lines in the song said, “We go to the ends of the earth and you know that we go to the edge of the world.” The theme of the service we performed in was missions. I thought about it for a minute, and decided, “well maybe it could be when we make our beds in Sheol, it could be in places where God is not known to the people - people who have never heard the name of God.” In a place where God is not known to anyone it could be like hell, but when we go, God’s presence follows us to the “ends of the
Psalms 3, 18, and 63 have headings that are related to the historical event described in the books of Samuel. The headings in the passages in each Psalms have similar themes to the passages related in 1 and 2 Samuel. They portray the mood and feelings that David would have felt while encountering those events. Although it is difficult to identify if these headings were specifically related to the Psalms, it is clear that readers are able to understand the psalm better with these headings. According to Nogalski, the connections of the headings in each Psalms “suggests that the psalms were used to clarify and sharpen the narrative or David’s character” (2001, p. 169). Since these Psalms portray an individual psalm, the headings provide a setting
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God is Omniscient: He knows all things. There is absolutely nothing that God doesn't know. (Psalms 147:5)
...so holds all things in his power, so rules by his authority and will, so governs by his wisdom, that nothing can befall except he determine it. Moreover, it comforts him to know that he has been received into God's safekeeping and entrusted to the care of his angels, and that neither water, nor fire, nor iron can harm him, except so far as it pleases God as governor to give them occasion. Thus indeed the psalm sings: "For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. Under his wings will he protect you, and in his pinions you will have assurance; his truth will be your shield. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the flying arrow by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at midday" (Calvin 224).
Over the course of some great activity packed days, I truly missed sitting at the feet of Jesus, meditating on His word and receiving thoughts to ponder on and share. I could definitely agree with the Psalmist that my heart longed to be in the courts of the Lord! “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere!” Psalm 84 is a beautiful Psalm that oozes praise of God.
About one-third of all the psalms are laments. The Psalmist, in Psalm chapter 13, was lamenting about things that were happening to him. We don’t know exactly what was going on when David wrote this psalm, but whatever the problem was, he doesn’t talk about it right away. Rather, he talks about God hiding his face, wrestling with his own thoughts, and his enemies triumphing over him.
As one reaches chapter 11 in Hebrews, one will notice how the author is discussing the idea of faith, and how it impacts the way believers understand and view the world around them. “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” (Hebrews 11:3). This statement changes my perspective on this passage, originally I read it as only a reminder to those who are struggling with their own faith, and this was to remind them God himself created the universe they dwell in. However, Thompson’s commentary pointed out the fact that this call for the people to remain faithful brings back the discussion of faith found in Hebrews 3:1-4:11. (Thompson, p. 228). In order
Today’s culture is one where people like to do as little work as possible. Even when it comes to reading our own scripture, The Holy Words of God, a lot of people like to look up one verse and reference it to something without knowing what the rest of the passage says. Psalms 109 is no exception, it is one the more widely misused passages as of late. A popular verse from Psalms 109 is verse 8 which reads “Let his days be few; and let another take his office”, this is seen in reference to our current president, but what people fail to realize is what else David is actually praying. This paper is going to go through Psalms 109 and unpack it verse by verse to show the true meaning of what David was praying and to give us a new look at how to pray.
In simple words, if God does not know the future, then what ever happens would have more authority and power. As a result, God is not
And we can rest in His promises. Psalm 126 is a beautiful testament about allowing the Lord to build your house, and how children AND
9 It is better to take shelter in the LORD than to trust in princes. Psalms 118:6-9/NET If we are of the Spirit we will indeed experience and see what the Spirit will contemplate, embrace and break the news. On the other hand those who are from the world even as those in these human race are experiencing worldly disorder, intimidation and fear.
Introduction: Psalm 1. The destination of the righteous and the finish of those that are ungodly through proper counseling. A. Receiving the right counsel is important if one wants to walk right with God. People that walk right with God will receive the blessings from Him. Walking with Him brings about unity and God says in Psalm 133, where there is unity, God commands His blessings.
Although the Book of Psalms mostly focuses on “worship, praise, and dependence” (Vang and Carter 204), the first chapter opens with an important wisdom warning that there are two paths of life available that people can choose from. One path leads to righteousness and blessing from God, and the other path foolishly leads to wickedness, curse, and destruction from God. Psalm 1 provides insight that there are two ultimate destinies in life, and only one path leads to blessing and eternal benefits with God. The purpose of this paper is to explain what Psalm 1 is teaching about blessing.
Clearly biblical interpretation has certain processes that it follows making it scientific, but one cannot deny that there is also something artistic about it. Biblical interpretation does have a scientific side to it with the endless amounts of research that goes into translating and better understanding the biblical text. As it says on page 5 of Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, "We use rules principles, methods, and tactics to "decode" them." , but the book goes on to say that "communication cannot be reduced solely to quantifiable and precise rules. " I would argue that the heart of interpretation is artistic.