Psalms of David Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are mostly personal songs, so I will be looking at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of psalms. This is the first psalm to be attributed to David, …
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The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed — Psalm 2
Psalms in Book 1 (Psalms 1 to 41) are mostly personal songs, so I will be looking at how they apply to us personally. Social and communal aspects of life and work do not come in until the later books of psalms. Psalm 2 has no attribution, the quote of this psalm in Acts 4:23-24 …
Psalms, an introduction
The Psalms After our church, Holy Trinity Huddersfield, celebrated its 200th Anniversary in 2019 and we were asked to read through the Bible in a year as a church, I decided the focus in 2020 would be about worship, so I started by blogging about the psalms of ascent, songs that are sung by pilgrims …
What is man? — Psalm 144
Psalms of David "What is man?" asks David in Psalm 8. There he was looking at the magnificence of the night sky and wondering how humans could be important to God when we are so small in relation to the size of the universe and concluded that human greatness can only come from God. Here …
Names of God – Part 61: God of the House of God
El Bethel Names of God - Part 61 God of the House of God I left this to almost the end of this series because it contains the Hebrew word for God twice. This is not tautology. Although El is at the beginning and the end of this name of God the implications from the …
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Names of God: part 43: The Lord my rock.
YHWH Cela Names of God: part 43: The LORD my rock YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Cela means rock and is derived from a word meaning …
Names of God – part 41: The shepherd
YHWH Rohi or YHWH Raah Names of God - part 41 The Lord is my Shepherd or Healer YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: Here we have …
Names of God – Part 10
Names of God - Part 10 Elohim Azar God our Helper O God, [Elohim] save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might. Behold, God is my helper; [Elohim Azar] the Lord [Adonai] is the upholder of my life. Psalm 54:1, 4. A cry for help and a prayer of trust. David is in dire …
Making an ass of myself 