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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: February 1, 2014, 8:43 am
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Psalm 19:0 For the conductor, a song of David.
Omitted in the KJV.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament
sheweth his handywork.
If one attends, he may hear the music of the spheres.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth
knowledge.
Even the hours vary in quality; but I have not studied this
enough to write sensibly. I can say however that many people
seem to be more receptive to hearing using their spiritual ears
during the night. For this reason, when Heaven wishes to
establish communication with someone who will be used as a
prophet, the first time is often by a "voice" in a dream
(Numbers 12:6).
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not
heard.
While it is true that the seven lights in the firmanent emit
light, they also speak. Indeed in a way, they correspond to the
seven trumps.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words
to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for
the sun,
"Tabernacle" should read "tent" as odd as that may seem.
Compare also to:
Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of
righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go
forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
The function of the sun is to rectify the defects of the sense
of self -- what Freud called the ego.
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and
rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit
unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat
thereof.
I believe this is literally true.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the
testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
David means here the Torah Or, the Law of Light. This is
related to the music of the spheres and the seven lights in the
firmament.
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the
commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
This is also literally true in the spiritual realm:
Luke 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when
thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but
when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
The dark single eye is the evil eye which imagines evil where
none existed before, it creates curses in the world and darkness
in the body.
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the
judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine
gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
They are spiritual gold and spiritual honey. Babies need milk
but honey can kill babies. The milk and honey of God is needed
for the spiritual body.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of
them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret
faults.
David describes here a state in which sins unknown to the
individual can be corrected without his conscious participation.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them
not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall
be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
The King James Version is obscure here. "Strength" should read
"Rock." David's mind goes from thinking of honey to thinking
of the Rock:
Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the
earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made
him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty
rock;
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: March 2, 2014, 9:05 am
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Psalm 20:0 For the conductor, a song of David.
Not in all translations.
1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God
of Jacob defend thee;
Some say this is about when David divided his forces into three
parts. It is said that Joab would not have prevailed in his
efforts without David's staying in the city with the people.
2 Samuel 18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth:
for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half
of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten
thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us
out of the city.
Why the God of Jacob? This is a reference to how God promised
Jacob he would be with him.
Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in
all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into
this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that
which I have spoken to thee of.
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of
Zion;
Sanctuary is His Temple, Zion is His Holy Hill.
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice;
Selah.
The KJV has this in the imperative. It can be read as "may He
remember" and "may He accept." Rashi does not take this
literally and says the offerings and burnt sacrifice mean the
prayers given in battle.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy
counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God
we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him
from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Anointed is messiah of course, meaning David himself.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will
remember the name of the Lord our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand
upright.
9 Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
I would capitalize the word "king" since this is Hebrew poetry
which often has parallel phrases. I believe it is an appeal to
the Heavenly King, not to David.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: June 23, 2014, 12:01 pm
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Psalm 21:0 To the overseer, a song of David.
This is omitted in the KJV.
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy
salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Some rabbis say this is about King Messiah while others say it
is about King David. My own view is it could be about both. It
is also said that David wrote this shortly after marrying
Bathsheba who was to the mother of the son who would inherit the
throne.
2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou
settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
In other words, God thought about blessing David before David
thought of asking.
2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which
shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his
kingdom.
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the
throne of his kingdom for ever.
It had been ordained long before that Bathsheba would be the
mother of the son who would follow David; and although David
erred, God's plan still succeeded giving David his heart's
desire.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of
days for ever and ever.
"Asked life of thee" is said to refer praying to God when he was
fleeing from Saul into a foreign land; and "thou gavest it to
him" refers to God's restoring David to the land of Israel.
"Length of days" is about God's promise in 2 Samuel 7:13 cited
above.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast
thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made
him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of
the most High he shall not be moved.
Compare to Jesus' words:
Luke 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and
doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and
laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the
stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it:
for it was founded upon a rock.
Then there is another Psalm:
Psalm 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my
defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand
shall find out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine
anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire
shall devour them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed
from among the children of men.
The "right hand" denotes mercy. Therefore the motive for this
destruction is benevolent. It is called "wrath" and "anger"
since that is how men experience it. Compare to the destruction
of the tares at the end of the growing season. Their seeds must
be removed so they do not sprout again.
11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a
mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
This may refer to men like Titus who said he had killed God when
he destroyed the Temple in AD 70.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou
shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face
of them.
13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing
and praise thy power.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: July 3, 2014, 8:36 am
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Psalm 22:0 For the conductor, on the ayeleth hashachar, a song
of David
This Psalm is most familiar to Christians since Jesus recited
from it on the cross; but it has other applications as well.
Some say it refers to Esther and others say to Israel.
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far
from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Some say this is David predicting Israel's exile hundreds of
years later. If that is one explanation, we could also add that
interpretation to Jesus' recital of this Psalm saying he was
also predicting another exile of Israel.
2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in
the night season, and am not silent.
It would seem that God had forgotten them, might it not?
Consider what is said of Israel in Egypt which suggests that God
had "forgotten" Israel there.
Exodus 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the
king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason
of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God
by reason of the bondage.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of
Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst
deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in
thee, and were not confounded.
Surely a reference to Israel in Egypt.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised
of the people.
This could also refer to Israel since Jews consider the whole
nation of Israel as being one corporate person.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the
lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make
me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my
mother's belly.
Compare to what Isaiah says of Israel:
Isaiah 46:3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the
remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the
belly, which are carried from the womb:
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will
I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry,
and will deliver you.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to
help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a
roaring lion.
The lion may be a reference to Nebuchadnezzar and the bulls the
other nations.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of
joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my
bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue
cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of
death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
This is known to Christians by the story of the Romans casting
lots for the garments of Jesus; but it may have another
application also.
19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste
thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of
the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from
the horns of the unicorns.
"Unicorns" should read "wild oxen."
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,
glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the
afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he
cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will
pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the
Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
The "meek shall eat" refers to when King Messiah's kingdom is
finally established throughout the whole earth; compare to Jesus
comment, "The meek shall inherit the earth."
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the
Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before
thee.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor among
the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all
they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can
keep alive his own soul.
This could be rendered "did not quicken" his soul, meaning they
had not yet been raised up yet in the resurrection.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for
a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a
people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
I read this to mean the "seed" or "first ones" will declare to
people who will be born.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: September 19, 2014, 9:53 am
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Psalm 23:0 A song of David
Omitted in the KJV. It is said that when the preface reads this
way that it means David would play his instrument and then the
Spirit would rest on him while "Of David, a song" means that
first the Spirit came on him and then he played.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
David, a shepherd himself, compares himself to a sheep and God
as his shepherd.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me
beside the still waters.
Tradition has it that this psalm was written when David left
Moab and came to the forest of Hareth. The news that he had
returned would soon be taken to Saul, and the chase would be on.
Yet David says God will lead him to green pastures and to the
safety of a calm stream.
1 Samuel 22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in
the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then
David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me.
"Valley of the shadow of death" may refer to a spiritual state
or to the desert of Ziph.
1 Samuel 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong
holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And
Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his
hand.
15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and
David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
The staff will rescue David from any difficulties and the rod
will beat off his enemies.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine
enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Runner Date: September 19, 2014, 3:13 pm
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Such a great Psalm..and probably the one that has been on the
lips of the dying more than any other..and neck and neck with
what is 'known as' The Lords Prayer.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: September 23, 2014, 3:35 pm
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[quote]Such a great Psalm..and probably the one that has been on
the lips of the dying more than any other..and neck and neck
with what is 'known as' The Lords Prayer.[/quote]Yes, people
find comfort in it a lot. [hr]
Psalm 24:0 Of David, a song.
Omitted in the KJV. This psalm is one of the few I have set to
music.
1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world,
and they that dwell therein.
This verse reveals much not only about the ways of Heaven but
about David's role as the anointed of the LORD. We should
never forget that dominion of the earth was given to man. David
by proclaiming that the earth is the LORD's is inviting God's
Kingdom to be established on the earth. People talk about the
throne of David, but it was God's throne on which David sat. Of
course, this throne is forever.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon
the floods.
This hearkens back to Genesis when the earth appears out of the
waters.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand
in his holy place?
This does not refer to an earthly hill but to the heavenly Mount
Zion.
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
The order is different; but we have the four attributes here
given also by Jesus when he says the four ways we should love
God. Clean hands means using our physical strength or might
correctly. The pure heart means seeking the best. The soul
should seek the path of love and not vanity; and the mind should
seek truth and speak truth not deceit. Such a person may ascend
to the Holy Hill.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness
from the God of his salvation.
"He shall receive righteousness" means that the righteousness of
the saints is more than fiction. It is real because God
imparts something of His Own Divine Nature to the saints. When
God pronounces a saint righteous, that saint is really righteous
having been made so.
People talk about our sins "being covered" by the blood; but I
don't know where that idea comes from. It also doesn't seem
completely accurate to me since it might imply that the sins
are still there but being hidden by being covered. I prefer
the expression "washed."
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as
snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of
the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he
said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation,
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy
face, O Jacob. Selah.
That generation was like the generation which left Egypt. The
generation in David's day had the opportunity to enter the
kingdom in a way similar to Israel in the days of Moses. David
makes the comparison again in another psalm.
Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel
before the Lord our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and
the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the
day of temptation in the wilderness:
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the
Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King
of glory. Selah.
This can be read two ways. A third way of reading it to mean
the physical doors of Jerusalem comes to mind; but those doors
are not everlasting and God would not enter through them.
However, it has an analogy to the consecration of the Temple
later by Solomon when he invited God to dwell among men and the
glory of the LORD filled the Temple.
We can read it as the gates of the Heavenly Jerusalem; but I
believe the most important interpretation is that men should
open the gates of their hearts so that the King of Glory may
enter. Thus it is a direction to the generation that seeks
Him mentioned in verse 6.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: January 9, 2015, 7:39 am
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Psalm 25:0 Of David.
1 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
One can be said to be lifting up his soul by directing the heart
to God.
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine
enemies triumph over me.
"Rejoice" may be a better word for the Hebrew than "triumph."
This may seem like a strange concept at first; but if you are
one of God's servants and someone defeats you and gloats over
it, he has sinned twice. If he defeats you and does not gloat,
the offense is less. I believe David is praying for his
enemies.
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be
ashamed which transgress without cause.
If shamed, the righteous may be tempted to sin and the
unrighteous may be motivated to repent.
4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my
salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
for they have been ever of old.
Ever since Adam, some say of this, since Adam was given God's
day or nearly a thousand years after eating the fruit.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:
according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake,
O Lord.
8 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners
in the way.
God does this since He wishes none to perish.
9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
The meek or humble are those who do not rashly believe they know
everything already. They do not assume they know when they do
not.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as
keep his covenant and his testimonies.
David means what Jesus meant when saying it is not enough to
avoid adultery and other sins. The heart must be circumcised
so that we do not even want to sin; and this takes time, of
course. The first step is to avoid sinning physically. We
cannot say I might as well sin since I want to and that makes me
guilty anyway. Our past transgressions are forgiven if we are
on the right path and asking God to give us the new heart.
11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is
great.
The Greatness of God is shown by His ability to forgive sins and
to correct the urge to sin.
12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in
the way that he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the
earth.
14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he
will shew them his covenant.
God will reveal His covenant by writing it on their hearts.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my
feet out of the net.
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate
and afflicted.
David is reflecting here on feeling alone with all Israel
looking at him and feeling the weight of the welfare of all
Israel on his shoulders.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of
my distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my
sins.
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me
with cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I
put my trust in thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on
thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
David's prayer is as much about Israel as it is about himself.
When we are in troubling situations, we should remember that
sometimes others may be depending on us. Perhaps if God would
not grant our request based on what we want for ourselves
personally, He may answer it to benefit others who are depending
on us.
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Arsenios Date: January 11, 2015, 9:24 pm
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[quote=Kerry]
Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
[/quote]
A terrible and false translation...
The three verbs are aorists and thereby past tenses...
This announces the Prophetic nature of the Psalms...
There is ONLY ONE man Who has not so walked, stood, nor sat...
Jesus Christ...
If it is any consolation, most translators mis-translate these
three verbs in Psalm 1...
Arsenios
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Re: Thoughts on the Psalms
By: Kerry Date: January 12, 2015, 2:40 am
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[quote author=Arsenios link=topic=201.msg10032#msg10032
date=1421033079]
A terrible and false translation...
The three verbs are aorists and thereby past tenses...
[/quote]Hebrew does not have an aorist tense, sorry. They are
qal perfect. Yes, past tense.
[quote]This announces the Prophetic nature of the Psalms...
There is ONLY ONE man Who has not so walked, stood, nor sat...
Jesus Christ...
If it is any consolation, most translators mis-translate these
three verbs in Psalm 1...
Arsenios[/quote]Highly speculative reasoning in my opinion.
Read the rest of the Psalm.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
If verse one is about the uniqueness of Jesus, then all other
people are the ungodly who will not stand in the judgment; and
the congregation of the righteous would be made up of one
person.
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