Psalm 111

This psalm begins with a call to praise God and a declaration of intent to praise God by the psalmist. What follows after is the very praise already discussed.

Psalm 110

Short and to the point. The first verse indicates in no uncertain terms, even for the OT, one member of the Trinity talking to another. That or it presumes that God talks to Himself, which is technically I suppose the same thing, but without the Trinity you'd have a pretty bizarre image of God having a little fireside chat with a hand mirror. Which makes me wonder what the Israelites make of this one, then and now.

Moving on, it's basically the Father telling His Son, very breifly, about the content of Revelation, essentially. Jesus (not named) sits at God's right hand, will have no shortage of warriors in His coming dawn, will rule as priest and king (Melchizedek) and so forth. There's a bit of imagery, but for the most part it seems fairly straighforward.

Psalm 108

So I slipped. Sorry, at least I'm standing back up.

Anyway. I had quite the deep thought on the way home from work last night (this morning, actually). Unfortunately, it drifted away about the same time my head hit the pillow. I was too tired to mark it down so it's gone. That happens often enough to be quite aggravating. Well, if it was important God will bring it back to me. Or to someone else, it hardly matters.

On to the bread.

Psalm 108 makes me think of military marching chants. It starts with a call to sing and play instruments in praise of God. Then it praises a selection of the tribes of Israel (possibly just the tribes in Judah during the separation, but I haven't confirmed that) and denegrates some enemy nations. Finally it calls on God to assist in overcoming those enemies.

So, I see some real parrallels to "Sound off!" etc. I can imagine David's armies chanting this at the top of their lungs on the march to Edom, or wherever. I'm probably wrong, that's just the impression I get.

Now, I think I'll have to make Matthew wait until the kids are napping. I had enough trouble carving some peace out just to consider this small psalm, nevermind something substantial from the NT.

Psalm 107

A litany of horrible circumstances which God releived when man called out to Him. Ending with a call to be mindful of God's mercy and love. Beginning with a call to thank and glorify Him.

"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary
And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south." PSA 107:2-3

Psalm 105

A recounting of God's dealings with Abraham and Israel, beginning with exhortations to thank, praise, seek, and remember Him.