Tag: Old Testament Poetry

Let’s consider Psalm 20 meaning. Psalm 20 is a very positive, upbeat kind of psalm – even though it shares some characteristics with lament psalms. And typically – as you know – lament psalms aren’t really upbeat. But this one is. Psalm 20 MeaningMy Experience In fact, I can recall a time when I was…

Turn to Psalm 18. Psalm 18 Commentary: Genre Throughout our series in the Psalms, we’ve often been reminded of the fact that a majority of the psalms are in the lament genre. And we all know now that lament psalms are known for their depiction of the psalmist’s enemies – how truly evil they are, what…

Now, David follows up his statement of confidence in his own innocence with some requests to God in verses 6 through 8. Particularly, David asks for protection – based on God’s loyal covenant love. Let’s read verses 6 through 8. 6 I have called upon thee,for thou wilt hear me, O God:incline thine ear unto…

Turn to Psalm 17. Psalm 17 Commentary: Superscription As you can see from the superscription of this psalm, it’s a “prayer” of David. And this is a rare designation for a psalm. It’s more common for the superscription to tell us that what’s to follow is a “psalm”. We’ve seen other terms being used as…

We trust that this Psalm 16 2 commentary will help you understand this verse… In Psalm 16 2 David reminds himself of what he has said to the Lord. Psalm 16 2 Commentary David’s Master He at some point has told the Lord that he’s his lord. He’s told Yahweh that he’s David’s Adonai. His…