Originally Aired On: Monday, March 31, 2008
AN OLD TESTAMENT PSALM THAT SHOWS REMARKABLE TRANSPARENCY WITH GOD
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Monday, March 31, 2008
IDEA: The psalms, because of metaphor and simile, are challenging to interpret.
PURPOSE: To help listeners understand how to read certain psalms.
I. There are psalms that are difficult to interpret.
What about the psalms that discuss the glory of Israel's human kings?
What about Psalm 137 with its expressed desire that the Babylonian infants should be dashed against the rocks?
II. There is a particular danger of taking verses out of their context.
We need to read the whole psalm in order to understand parts of the psalm.
Look at Psalm 11:3; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 69:6.