Psalms of David They say that first impressions are important, and my first impression of Psalm 64 was not positive. I had no idea at all as to what it meant. It is a bit of a mess, going in and out of metaphor. |-o0o-| Psalms in Book 2 are like Book 1 in that …
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Imagine—Psalm 63
Psalms of David Imagine there is a heaven, it's easy if you try. That is the message of Psalm 63:2. "I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory," writes David. The term looked upon, sometimes translated as envisioned is, according to an online Rabbi, the word meaning a vision but the …
What’s the story—Psalm 62
Psalms of David Psalms are songs. They are written as worship, for when man encounters God and God encounters man; they work both ways. But they are not only songs, but also stories. Stories of people's delight in God and also of their struggles in a world where there seems to be no justice. The …
Put me on a rock—Psalm 61
Psalms of David I can't help myself. My autistic mind is focused on numbers and patterns, when I see a pattern I want to see what it means. We have just finished 10 Psalms of David which were mostly linked to events in David's life: Five called Maskil and five Miktam. The next five Psalms, …
God has not rejected us—Psalm 60
Psalms of David Psalm 60 is the last of ten Psalms of David in the second book of Psalms that have mostly to do with events in David's life. The first five are called Maskil, and the second five Miktam, meaning covering. Psalm 60 adds "for instruction" to Miktam in the title, which is the …
Hungry dogs—Psalm 59
Psalms of David David is in a pickle yet again. The incident in the title is in 1 Samuel 19 when Saul is trying to kill David but David's wife Michal, who is also Saul's daughter, warns David who escapes in the night. -o0o- Psalms in Book 2 are like Book 1 in that they …
Carpet bombing?—Psalm 58
Psalms of David In July 1917, the Canterbury Convocation in the Church of England approved the removal of Psalm 58 and several other psalms as part of its process of liturgical reform. The reason was the German bombing campaign in World War I. Several people were using this and other psalms to justify striking back …
Seeking God’s guidance in the darkness—Psalm 57
Psalms of David Psalm 57 is a more positive psalm than the previous one. The longest sections show trust in and praise to God. The difficulties are dealt with in much shorter sections. What Psalms 56 and 57 have in common is that they both begin with the same phrase, "Be merciful to me, O …
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Vengeance?—Psalm 56
Psalms of David This is the first Psalm the second set of five psalms attributed to David in Book 2 of the Biblical Psalter. These songs, Psalms 56 to 60 are designated as Miktam, a word that only appears six times in the Old Testament, in the introductions to these Psalms and also in Psalm …
Does God speak differently to autistics?
There is a difference between neurodiversity and neurodivergent: Neurodiverse is about a group of people, we are all different from each other. A single person is not neurodiverse, though neurodivergent people do refer to themselves as neurodiverse. Neurodivegent refers to people who have a brain that works significantly differentle to the norm, conditions such as …
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