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Is Psalm 83 About The Israel War In Gaza?

Pre-Tribulation – Arab-Israeli War 1 Psalm 83 – The Arab-Israeli War Does Psalm 83 predict an imminent war that is about to break out in…

bible, theology August 4, 2023

What are the strophes of Psalm 37?

I’m reading VanGemeren’s commentary about Psalms. He says that Psalm 37 is an alphabetic acrostic organized in 22 strophes, which seems not to follow a logical progression of thought. I wonder what verses compose each strophe.

bible, theology July 28, 2023

Is Psalm 2 referencing the Tower of Babel?

“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cor…

bible, theology May 24, 2023

How is God a rock (Psalm 18:2, 31; 19:14)? Is it in the same sense as Psalm 18:46 and Psalm 61:2?

How is God a rock?

Psalm 18:2 (KJV)
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Psalm 18:31 (KJV)
For who is …

bible, theology April 27, 2023

What does " teaching" [διδαχήν] mean in Psalm 59:1 LXX?

εἰς τὸ τέλος τοῖς ἀλλοιωθησομένοις ἔτι εἰς στηλογραφίαν τῷ Δαυιδ εἰς διδαχήν Psalm 59:1 LXX

What meaning did the Septuagint translator want to convey to readers at the time by using the word teaching?

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bible, theology March 31, 2023

Does Jesus misquote Psalm 8:2?

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things
that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to
the son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you
hear what these are sayi…