Psalm 25:12-22 Continuing David’s lament… Both yesterday and today (vv. 8-10, 12-14) David goes off his first-person speaking directly to the Lord and moves to third-person reflections. In so doing he sets a balance for the Psalm – seven personal verses early and seven personal verses later (plus that “outlier” verse 22), with the two …
Category Archives: RTB 2022 – Psalms and Wisdom Literature
March 17 / Psalm 25:1-11
Psalm 25:1-11 You may have noticed that many Psalms have 22 verses – Psalm 25 today, Psalms 33, 34 later this month; Psalm 119 much later with 176 verses is actually 8 x 22. When you see a Psalm with 22 verses, it is typically the case that each verse begins with a different letter …
March 16 / Psalm 24
Psalm 24 I think context helps for us to understand or even embrace Psalm 24. I saw at least four contexts that helped me to look at the Psalm differently each time I read it. My first context was simple enough – all of us joining one another at church on Sunday mornings. Who may …
March 15 / Psalm 23
Psalm 23 Back to the Psalms! After a month and a half of Job – all of February and half of March – we now move back to the Psalms through March and all of April. Thank you, John, for your wonderful, enlightening leadership of Job. I can’t even begin to lead our group through …
March 14 /Job 42
Job 42 Then Job answered the LORD and said:“I know that You can do all things,and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.‘Hear, and I will speak;I will question you, …
March 13 / Job 41
Job 41 Following on His description of Behemoth in Job 40:15-24, God presents Leviathan for Job’s consideration. Neither Behemoth nor Leviathan can be identified as any currently existing animal. Some have proposed the hippopotamus for Behemoth and the crocodile for Leviathan. However, barring excessive poetic license by God, the descriptions in Job clearly do not …
March 12 / Job 40
Job 40 Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?He who argues with God, let him answer it. Job 40:1 With that, God pauses for a moment and challenges Job to prove himself. This is the moment that Job has been waiting for. This is his opportunity to set forth his case and clear his name. …
March 11 / Job 39
Job 39 God continues His questioning of Job, drawing examples from the animal kingdom to illustrate God’s superior knowledge and wisdom. He asks about mountain goats, wild donkeys, wild oxen, ostriches, horses, hawks, and eagles. God, of course, knows everything there is to know about all these creatures, for He is their Creator and Sustainer. …
March 10 / Job 38
Job 38 Job has repeatedly complained that God has been silent. He wants his day in court, an audience with the Judge, so that he can present his impeccable record and stupendous case before Him. Be careful what you wish for, Job! Today God shows up and breaks His so-called silence: Who is this that …
March 9 / Job 37
Job 37 Elihu completes his discourse today. He again extols God’s great power proclaimed in creation and in His command of the weather. (Job 37:1-13) Whether for correction or for His land or for love, He causes it to happen. (v. 13) I find it very interesting that Elihu would list love as one of …