Psalm 127 The header of today’s Psalm 127 includes the addition, “…of Solomon”. And the Psalm itself truly sounds like Solomon’s writings – proverbs not unlike the book of Proverbs! Ps. 127:2 speaks of an addiction that we have seen in Freedom Road: “workaholics” are addicted to work! And to what end? Verse 2 suggests …
Monthly Archives: December 2022
December 2 / Psalm 126
Psalm 126 My NASB phone Bible labeled Psalm 126, “Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity”. The most obvious reference to a return from captivity is when the Israelites were released from their Babylonian Exile, sometime around 500 BC. As they returned to Jerusalem they would find that the Temple had been destroyed, likely not one stone …
December 1 / Psalm 125
Psalm 125 Back to Psalms, to close out our reading for the year. Continuing with the “Songs of Ascents” that began with Psalm 120 – psalms that the pilgrims sang or prayed as they journeyed to Jerusalem for the annual feasts. As we think back to these earlier psalms and even in these first two …