Psalm 16: Pride And Prejudice

An important allusion in O Pioneers is the one made to the 101st Psalm. This allusion can be seen when Ivar repeats the verse in part five, chapter one. In the verse, David gives his guidelines for living life. In olden times this scripture held the utmost importance, as many people memorized it and implemented David’s guidelines in their own lives. This scripture expanded on the novel’s theme of Christianity and drew my interest because I have similar views as some of the characters.

Psalms 1 The Big Idea: Psalm 1 delivers instructions on how we as believers should live with the mind set of ultimate justice. By choosing the path that leads to living a holy and righteous life, will invoke blessings and favor in the sight of God. Rendering a desire to obtain eternal life in Christ Jesus. Introduction:

God can redeem people from their fallen state. The Lord is a deliverer, and restorer of life, spirit and joy (vs.11,12 & 14). The Psalmist now wants to operate on a level of bearing witness for the Lord

In regards to the ethical standpoint of the Psalms, it is asked how a prayer might impact a person’s ethics? Or do ethics affect how a person prays? Does the person praying connect to the Psalms, and if so, understand their importance ? The Psalms also go back and forth between speaking in 1st and 3rd person. This is believed to help the person identify what the point of the psalm, or psalmist. This book also discusses the Psalms and their connection to the law. The significance of the

Out of the depths of pain and sorrow, the believer's heart cries out: "I trust in you, O Lord: 'I say, you are my God."' (Psalms

This psalm is a difficult psalm to break down due to differences in structure but also in it’s nature. This psalm is about the creator of the

The first nineteen verses of Psalm chapter forty-four focus on the different seasons of the favor of God. This Psalm Begins with praise to God for what He has already done in the generations of the writers’ fathers saying that even though they were the ones who fought the battle, He is the one that gave them the favor to succeed. The writer continues to glorify God up to a certain point where it all seems to drastically change. At this point, the writer states that God has rejected and humbled “us” referring to his generation of people and armies. The writer states how they now retreat from their enemies and get “devoured like sheep”; they even say that it feels like they did nothing wrong.

Verses 10 -11 center on the psalmist very strong. The enemies have now been eliminated and God’s reign is strong. All who trust and follow the law of God will also be exalted. There is controversy between scholars to the exact meaning of verses 10-11. Although it is written in the first person, some scholars believe it refers to “a national event” while other scholars depict “a real experience” for the psalmist. These two verses can also be thought to be the psalmist could be how the psalmist imagines and visions “the downfall of the wicked.”

This poses a challenge to the modern Christian?s understanding and way of worship and begs for a re-examination of whether or not the Psalms should play a more pivotal role in worship. Wenham purports that the current approach to reading Psalms is where one reads what he wishes and ignores what he chooses, then later forgets what he had read. This approach is not empowering and life sustaining. It falls short and limits the development of

Division #2: 42-72 (The Distress Psalms) 42. "Hope Thou in God" Psalm 43. Enemies Bug Me 44. Undeserved Persevering 45.

To begin with, I will point out that the psalm is told through first-person point of view. The speaker or persona is present throughout the entire psalm, using “I” and “my” to describe his thoughts, feelings, and memories. One instance is in the beginning stanza where he asks himself, “[when] shall I come and behold the face of God?” (Ps. 42.2). Already this tells the reader that this will be a very personal psalm, allowing insight into the speaker’s mind. The speaker is filled with anguish, but also strongly desires God’s presence in his life.

The attendance of the Lord as shepherd is present throughout the Holy Bible. Whether being accountable of the primary duty of providing animals with sufficient food and water, protecting the sheep, or just plain caring for the sheep like David, the responsibility of the shepherd is making sure every facet of a sheep’s life is taken care of. The rationale of this paper is to give an exposition of Psalm 23, while reflecting on Psalms as a whole, in order to give adequate evidence for arriving at a conclusion that proves the LORD is the only necessity in an individual’s life in regards to the role of a servant.

The last segment of the Psalm is Moses’ appeal to God for him to return his presence to his people: “Return, O LORD, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.” Not only should God return, but Moses asks for complete restoration and for God to bless the work of man: “Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

As there are so many Psalm to be read and study for clarification purposes and understandings for the reader, I have chosen only two, the two that have spoken to me the most, the ones that hit close to home. I believe that all Psalm or as I should say that the Bible in general has been written for all of us on Earth so that we may follow God’s teachings. But, in Psalms it speaks about so much because there are so many composites of writing, poetry, hymns, etc. The two I have chosen are Psalm 19 and 150.

Where the Psalm speaks of the human life that we must spend with our Lord and also refers to evil and the devil