192 William Styron, Sophie's Choice (Toronto: Bantam Books, 1979), 614–615, utilizes Psalm 88 as a “prescription for my torment” by the lead character, Stingo. Styron and the woman on the bus understand that voiced pain to God matters ...
Returning to the shepherd metaphor by means of the metonymy of the rod and staff, the psalmist ends the first stanza by reaffirming God's comfort in the midst of his trouble. The rod and the staff are implements that the shepherd uses ...
Robert H. Pfeiffer ( as late as 1941 , amazingly ! ) proposed an even later date for the book , 100 B.C. , as the culmination of a process that had begun shortly before 400 B.C.24 A number of circumstances led to a modification of this ...
P. R. Raabe, Psalm Structures: A Study ofPsalms with Refrains (Sheffield: JSOT, 1990). J. Sanders, The Dead Sea Psalms Scroll (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1967). Markus Saur, Die Königspsalmen: Studien ...
Crow, Loren D., 46,739, 749, 761, 764, 781, 786, 801, 830, 832,855 Crüsemann, Frank, 56, 702, 759–60 Currid, John D., 46, 520 Dahood, Mitchell, 43, 217,553, 680–81, 753, 781, 830, 1027 Daly-Denton, Margaret, 46, 163 Davidson, Robert, ...
The references to night in 121 : 6 and 134 : 1 , together with the reference to relatives and friends in 122 : 6 , permit the imagined context of folk gathering from their various villages and farmsteads , perhaps at dawn , having ...
21, Psalms 101–150, by Leslie C. Allen, 1983. 2. Literature Cited ALLEN, LESLIE C. Psalms 101–150. WORD BIBLICAL COMMENTARY, vol. 21. Waco, Tex.: Word Books, 1983. ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS RELATING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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The particular value of this work is that it is simply written and is a compact size. While Dickson aims primarily at giving an accurate exegesis his main emphasis is instructive and devotional.
This text introduces the book of Psalms and provides an exposition of each psalm with attention to genre, liturgical connections, societal issues, and the psalm's place in the book of Psalms as a whole.
Presents passage-by-passage commentary on the book of Psalms that sheds light on the text's archaeological, historical, geographical, and cultural contexts.
See John T. Willis, “Ethics in a Cultic Setting,” in Essays in Old Testament Ethics (J. Philip Hyatt Memorial), ed. James L. Crenshaw and John T. Willis (New York: Ktav, 1974), 145–70; R. E. Clements, “Worship and Ethics,” in Worship ...
" This first volume in the Psalms collection looks at varied songs-teaching wisdom for living, crying out for justice, and raising morning refrains of confidence and repentance.
This collection of twelve psalms will help you articulate the deep emotions we experience while living in a broken world. But these psalms may also be more practical than you think.
This collection of twelve psalms will help you articulate the deep emotions we experience while living in a broken world. But these psalms may also be more practical than you think.
The King of love my shepherd is , He makes me lie down in green Whose goodness faileth never ; pastures , I nothing lack if I am His He leads me beside quiet waters . And He is mine forever Where streams of living water flow ...
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John Goldingay's three-volume commentary on the book of Psalms is now complete with this third volume. This work combines literary, historical, grammatical, and theological insights in a widely accessible manner.