Tag: Old Testament Poetry

Psalm 11 Commentary: Introduction I’ve been a little random in my teaching through the Psalms. I started with lament psalms. Then I covered in one lesson praise psalms. And then I basically started back from Psalm 1 and since then we’ve just been marching along, psalm by psalm until now we’re in the 11th Psalm…

Psalm 9 Commentary: Structure Psalm 9 is a classic example of a lament psalm. As you recall, a lament psalm has five ingredients to its structure, the most prominent of which is the lament itself. The lament is where the psalmist exposes the enemies of God – who are also usually his enemies as well.…

Psalm 8 Commentary: Psalm 8 is a reflective or meditative psalm. That just means, the author wrote it to reflect and meditate on something. In this case, the author is David, and he’s reflecting on nature. And in particular he’s meditating on man’s place in relation to nature. Psalm 8 Commentary: Structure Body of Psalm…

Psalm 2 Commentary: As we study Psalm 2 we’ll be seeing the psalmist’s wonder and amazement at the fact that this world is constantly and actively rebelling against God’s plan and at the same time they show heated antagonism to God’s national representative – the nation of Israel and – in particular in Psalm 2 – to…

Amazing thing!The Gentiles gather,The nations meditate.Their kings and rulersResist and scheme‘Gainst God’s choice potentate. (Psalm 2:1-3)

Psalm 1 6 Commentary: But what happens to the righteous? What happens to the blessed man? What’s his end? Psalm 1:6. Psalm 1 6 Commentary: The Road We’re back to talking about a road or path or way again – a lifestyle, as I said in the first verse of this psalm. And God knows…

Psalm 1 5 Commentary: And it’s because of the fact that “the wicked are like chaff which the winds drives away” that the end of the ungodly is the way that we have it portrayed in Psalm 1:5. Psalm 1 5 Commentary: The Ungodly The word translated “ungodly” in Psalm 1:4-5 is the same one in…