How do you announce the beginning of a party or festival? You start the music, or, as in Psalm 81 – begin the music, you blow the ram’s horn. Let the party begin! However, in this case, what follows is more a lesson in how not to have a great party. Psalm 81 In Psalm […]
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The first line of Psalm 6 – do not rebuke me, raises questions. Why is the writer afraid of being rebuked? What did he do? Or even more important – what image of God does the writer have to cause this concern? Psalm 6 The writer of Psalm 6 is experiencing physical health problems. “Have […]
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We see God as we are, not as God is. Hence, the image of a warrior God, as found in Psalm 76. Psalm 76 Psalm 76 extols the power of a conquering God. It is harsh and unrelenting. God is “glorious and terrible” – two translations of the same Hebrew word. “Glorious are you, more […]
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