Questions tagged [psalms]
The book of Psalms, also known as "the Psalter", a collection of many poems and hymns from ancient Israel and Judah.
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In Psalm 90:1 what does Moses mean when he says “you have been our dwelling place”?
Psalm 90 seems to be about the brevity and transience of human life in contrast to God's eternity:
[Psa 90:1-17 ASV] (1) A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In ...
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“Erased” from the book of life?
Throughout scripture there are passages regarding the names-of-the-redeemed being written in (or conversely “excluded from”) the book of life.
And in Psalm 69:28 David asks God, regarding his enemies,...
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In Psalm 139:17: רֵעֶיךָ: „thoughts” or „friends”?
In Psalm 139:17, most of the Eglish versions would go like this:
Psalm 139:17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! (NIV)
For the Hebrew:
Psalm 139:17 וְלִי מַה־יָּקְרוּ רֵעֶיךָ אֵל מֶה ...
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Psalm 45* and Hebrews is Jesus a different god than the Father, (polytheism or monotheism)?
I understand Trinitarian belief and have taught it many times in apologetics, but
after being a Mormon for 21 years before Christianity I completely understand the
argument made. God said "we/us" ...
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Psalm 22:12 Who are the 'bulls of Bashan' to David?
"Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round." Psalm 22:12 (KJV)
Who were the to bulls of Bashan to David? What was significant about Bashan being used in this verse?
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Was there rain and thunder when they crossed the Red Sea as alluded in Psalms 77:15-20?
This Psalm seems to point out that there was rain and thunderstorm during the night they crossed the Red sea
Psalms 77:15-20 NASB
15You have by Your [j]power redeemed Your people,
The sons of ...
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Is Revelation 21:23 an allusion from Psalm 119:105 [118:105 LXX]?
The new heaven and earth described in Revelation has a city with no need of the light of either the sun or the moon:
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God ...
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In Philippians 2:9-11 does YHVH surrender his name to the Messiah?
As far back as Exodus, God told the Jews not to give YHVH's angel/agent a hard time because "my name is in him":
[Exo 23:21 KJV] (21) Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will ...
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How does the Douay Rheims Bible translate שַׁדַּי as God of Jacob in Psalms 91:1?
Psalms 91 Douay Rheims Bible
1 He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 91:1 KJV
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the ...
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In Titus 2:13 is “that blessed hope” an allusion to Psalms 84:5?
Brenton Septuagint Translation
Psalm 84:
1For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine-presses. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
2My soul longs, and faints ...
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Is Luke 19:44 an allusion to Psalm 137:9?
[Luke 19:44 NLT] (44) They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not accept your opportunity for salvation."
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Does 'cutting a covenant' (Psalm 50:5) imply personal separation?
... those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. KJV
... making covenant with Me over a sacrifice. Young's Literal
... those who cut My covenant by sacrifice. Green's Literal
The ...
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Psalm 60:4 difference between different translations
Why are ESV and NKJV on the second part of Psalm 60:4 very different? Which one is correct?
Ps 60:4, ESV:
You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it from ...
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Waters above the heavens true or false - Psalm 148:4
I realize there is a similar question
In Psalm 148:4 are the waters above the highest heaven?
But I’d like to revisit this verse and ask a different question or pose the question differently ...
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In Exodus 3:15 what does God mean by “memorial”?
Exo 3:15 KJV - 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent ...
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How to understand Proverbs 6:16-19 in light of Psalm 51:5 and 58:3
In Proverbs 6, the writer lists 7 things that God hates.
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent ...
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Psalm 69:28 What is the “book of the living”?
It appears this is an evidentiary registry, but who or what qualifies a person to be added and consequently remain registered?
“Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be ...
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God or zion 'the perfection of beauty' in Psalms 50:2?
Psalms 50:2 KJV
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
To whom or what does perfection of beauty refer: God or Zion?
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Psalm 46.10. Be still and know that I am God. What does it mean?
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
I am interested in the meaning and context of ‘be still’ and ‘know’. I ‘...
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What does the Psalm 75 title 'Al-Taschith' mean?
Robert Young's Analytical Concordance simply states :
destroy or corrupt not
There is a Hebrew word tashbets meaning 'broidered' but that may not be relevant.
I am interested primarily in Psalm ...
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What is the verbal difference between 'dwelt in the bush' and 'dwelleth the cherubim'?
The Hebrew verb occurring in Deuteronomy 33:16 :
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush ... [KJV]
is yoshev.
The Hebrew ...
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Who is the righteousness who will go before him Psalms 85:12-13?
Psalms 85:12-13 NASB
Indeed, the Lord will give what is good,
And our land will yield its produce.
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Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way.
In the ...
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Is Romans 3:10 a quote from the Septuagint?
Romans 3:10 :
There is none righteous, no, not one:
is usually attributed to Psalm 14 :3
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
and to Psalm 53:1
there is none that doeth good, no, not ...
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To whom does 'righteous' refer in Psalm 14:5?
It is not clear to me what Psalm 14:5 means. Here are the translations I am referring to :
Green's Literal :
For God [is] in the generation righteous (Interlinear Literal)
For God [is] in the ...
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What is the truth about Psalm 22:1-2; did the Father forsake the Son? [closed]
Psalm 22:1-2 (KJV):
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from
helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2 O my God, I cry in the
day time, but thou hearest not; ...
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When did David hope to see the Lord? (Psalm 17:15)
When did David hope to see the Lord?
Psalm 17:15
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. KJV, ©1769
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In 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 is Paul's reference to “our gathering with him” an allusion to Psalm 46:10 LXX?
Paul associates the coming of Christ with "our gathering together to him":
[2Th 2:1-2 NASB] 1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering ...
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In 1 Corinthians 14:15 is Paul alluding to Psalm 46:7-8 LXX?
In 1 Corinthians 14:15 Paul is admonishing the Corinthians for "wasting their breath" by addressing God and others (including unbelievers) in languages that were not understood by the hearers:
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Is 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 alluding to Psalm 47:5?
In Paul's accounting of the ordering of the resurrection he mentions a few things that seem to be an allusion to Psalm 47:5:
[1Th 4:14-18 KJV] 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, ...
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Where is “They hated me without cause/reason” in John 15:25 within the Old Testament?
In John 15:25, it is written
25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
Where in the Old Testament (in the exact phrasing) was Jesus quoting from? ...
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Should “A Psalm of David” be written as “A Psalm to David”?
It has recently been said to me that the Hebrew phrase for "A Psalm to David", which appears at the beginning of many Psalms, should actually be translated "A Psalm to David".
The Hebrew text for "...
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What does the Chronicler accomplish by saying “offspring of Israel” instead of “offspring of Abraham” as found in Psalm 105?
In the account of David bringing the Ark to Jerusalem, Chronicles states on that day David appointed Asaph to sing praises:
Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the ...
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In Psalm 82:1 who are in the “congregation” and who are the “gods”?
How should we understand Psalm 82:1?
God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among
the gods.
Who is the congregation? And who are the gods?
According to other answers here ...
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In Psalm 110 verse 5; to whom does the word Lord refer?
Psalm 110:4-5 (KJV)
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever
after the order of Melchizedek. 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall
strike through kings in the day of ...
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In Psalm 81 how does the blowing of the horn relate to the Exodus?
Psalm 81:3-6 (NIV)
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on
the day of our festival; 4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of
the God of Jacob. 5 When God ...
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Why does the Psalmist “lift up [his] eyes to the mountains”?
Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV) reads as follows:
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Why did the author look at ...
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What type of sacrifice was bound to the altar in Psalms 118:27?
Psalms 118:27-28 KJV
27 God is the LORD, which hath showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God,...
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To whom is Psalm 46:10 spoken?
Psalm 46:10 is written as a proclamation from God:
Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be ...
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In Psalm 22:16, is “pierced” or “like a lion” correct? [duplicate]
King James Bible For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the
wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet
JPS Tanakh 1917 For dogs have encompassed me; A company of evil-doers
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In Psalm 40:12: is he surrounded by “evils” or by “iniquities”?
Psalm 40:12 (KJV) " For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to
look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore ...
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Why did Korah's conspirators suffer heavier casualties than him in Numbers 16?
When Korah rebelled against Moses & Aaron he brought along Dathan & Abiram but when the judgement was executed it seems his conspirators suffered heavier casualities than him.Its clear in the ...
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Why do translations of Psalm 75:6 vary so widely?
Comparing the NKJV:
For exaltation (comes) neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south.
To the NIV:
No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
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Is Psalm 110:6-7 an allusion to Judges 7:4-8?
BSB Psalm 110: 6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He
will crush the leaders far and wide. 7He will drink from the brook
by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
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What is the purpose of the Lord in killing the gentile kings (Psalm 110:5-6)?
Part of Psalm 110 reads as follows (Webster translation):
110:5 The Lord at thy right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
110:6 He will judge among the heathen, he will fill ...
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When and to whom was Psalm 45 written?
Psalm 45 is one of the most mysterious and bizarre compositions of the book of Psalms; it speaks about an anonymous king and his sensuous wives, and goes into great detail about his wealth, power and ...
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To whom were the Jews referring in John 6:31?
John 6:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”[a]
In the following text Christ accuses the Jews as ...
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Is Psalm 8:2 saying that humanity was made to fight Satan?
I've heard it suggested that Psalm 8:2 indicates that God made mankind to defeat Satan. Is that what is being suggested or is it referring to something more mundane??
KJV Psalm 8:2 Out of the ...
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In 1 Corinthians 10:1 is the cloud that covered the cloud that led and vice versa?
NIV 1 Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the
fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the
cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
This appears ...
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Why does a segolate noun in Psalm 38:1[2] retain its segol with pronominal suffix?
The first column (right-to-left) is a list of segolate nouns.
The second column shows that, when a pronoun is added to segolate noun, the vowel under the first letter of the root reverts to whatever ...
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In Psalms 46:4-5, what does “river”, “city” and “break of day” means?
Psalms 46:4 - 5
There is a river whose streams bring joy to God's city, it sanctifies the dwelling of the Most High. God is in the city, it cannot fall; at break of day God comes to its rescue.
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