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From Anxiety to Assurance: Insights from Psalm 4
INTRODUCTION Psalm 4 is an individual lament in which the author cries out to the Lord for relief in his current distress. Although the crisis in Psalm 3 is political /military and that in Psalm 4 personal the two psalms are often paired on the basis of similarities in language and content. Commentators vary as regards the structure of Psalm 4. Some say it naturally falls into two parts, whilst others divide it into three…
Surrounded, but Secure: Crisis and Confidence in Psalm 3
INTRODUCTION Psalms 3 and 4 are viewed as companion psalms because (according to their titles) both were composed by David and each one falls naturally into 4 stanzas, each composed of 2 verses. Psalm 3 is often said to be a Morning Psalm since 3:5 mentions waking from sleep and Psalm 4 an Evening Psalm since 4:8 speaks of lying down to sleep. Psalm 3 is classified as an individual lament. Mandolfo (2014, p.115) maintains…
Psalm 2: God’s Warning To World Leaders
Discover the meaning of Psalm 2 with a thorough verse-by-verse explanation and insights into its purpose and relevance.
Ezekiel 25: Judgement on Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia
INTRODUCTION Up to the end of chapter 24 Ezekiel’s ministry has been dominated by messages of impending doom and symbolic acts warning of the forthcoming destruction of Jerusalem/Judah. The warning phase has now passed and the siege of the city by Nebuchadnezzar’s forces has begun. The fulfilment of Ezekiel’s prophecies will confirm him as a genuine prophet of YHWH; that confirmation comes two years later in chapter 33 when news of Jerusalem’s fall reaches Ezekiel…
Psalm 1 – Two Opposite Ways To Live
Psalm 1 describes two opposite ways to live, one that is blessed and fulfilling, and the other that is wicked and ineffective, with the blessed person who delights in the law of the Lord likened to a tree and the wicked to chaff that gets blown away.
Ezekiel 24:15-27: The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife
Explore how Ezekiel’s personal tragedy becomes a prophetic sign, revealing the meaning behind the death of his wife in Ezekiel 24:15-27.
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