Part 13: David (17-22)
Psalm 17 Deserving David
Does David sound self-righteous? (1-5)
Do the wicked benefit from wickedness? (14)
Did David understand the after life? (15)
Psalm 18 God’s Protection
Does anyone have a story of protection? (2)
On what basis does God give rewards? (20-27)
Who was David’s source of strength? (32)
Psalm 19 God’s Revelation
Israel, throughout its history, has had not only to fight for its physical survival, but also for the survival of its soul (Sarna, 71). Israel was surrounded by false religions that ascribed deity to aspects of nature or to nature itself. Israel would commonly take the worship of these false religions and conform them to its own staunch monotheism. This Psalm, instead of worship the heavenly bodies, gives praise to the Creator of those bodies. Sarna believes this Psalm was composed after the reforms of Josiah (622 BC) and to combat the worship of the sun.
The Psalm divides into 2 parts: Creation declares the glory of God (General revelation, 1-6). Torah declares the glory of God (Special revelation, 7-13). While some may find this transition abrupt, Sarna argues for a correspondence between the light that comes from the sun and the light that comes through the word of God. Cosmic forces and the word of God were seen as twin sources for the knowledge of God (Sarna, 75). In section one the word for God is "El" (generic), but in section two the word for God is YHWH (particular). Thus, it might be argued that nature points to the reality of a deity while torah points to the particular identity of said deity.
Words for law... law, decree, precepts, commandment, fear, ordinances
Characteristics of law... perfect, sure, right, clear, pure, true, endures, righteous
Effects of law... revives soul, makes wise, rejoices the heart, enlightens
Psalm 20 God Save the King
Psalm 21 God’s Grace to the King
Psalm 22 Christ’s Crucifixion
Who famously quoted this Psalm? (1)
Did the Father really forsake the Son? (1, 24)
How accurately does this describe crucifixion?
How do you interpret the ‘all’ in 27-29?
Does David sound self-righteous? (1-5)
Do the wicked benefit from wickedness? (14)
Did David understand the after life? (15)
Psalm 18 God’s Protection
Does anyone have a story of protection? (2)
On what basis does God give rewards? (20-27)
Who was David’s source of strength? (32)
Psalm 19 God’s Revelation
Israel, throughout its history, has had not only to fight for its physical survival, but also for the survival of its soul (Sarna, 71). Israel was surrounded by false religions that ascribed deity to aspects of nature or to nature itself. Israel would commonly take the worship of these false religions and conform them to its own staunch monotheism. This Psalm, instead of worship the heavenly bodies, gives praise to the Creator of those bodies. Sarna believes this Psalm was composed after the reforms of Josiah (622 BC) and to combat the worship of the sun.
The Psalm divides into 2 parts: Creation declares the glory of God (General revelation, 1-6). Torah declares the glory of God (Special revelation, 7-13). While some may find this transition abrupt, Sarna argues for a correspondence between the light that comes from the sun and the light that comes through the word of God. Cosmic forces and the word of God were seen as twin sources for the knowledge of God (Sarna, 75). In section one the word for God is "El" (generic), but in section two the word for God is YHWH (particular). Thus, it might be argued that nature points to the reality of a deity while torah points to the particular identity of said deity.
Words for law... law, decree, precepts, commandment, fear, ordinances
Characteristics of law... perfect, sure, right, clear, pure, true, endures, righteous
Effects of law... revives soul, makes wise, rejoices the heart, enlightens
Psalm 20 God Save the King
Psalm 21 God’s Grace to the King
Psalm 22 Christ’s Crucifixion
Who famously quoted this Psalm? (1)
Did the Father really forsake the Son? (1, 24)
How accurately does this describe crucifixion?
How do you interpret the ‘all’ in 27-29?
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