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 …
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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 …
Flattery may harm us as much as lies — Psalm 140
Psalms of David We are back in lament teritory. These last two years of Covid-19 restrictions, if you include the period of aproaching storm before it got here, has been a time where nearly everyone has been lamenting their lack of freedom, many having lost families and friends, knowing people with long covid, or having …
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