Analysis of Psalm 2 in the Holy Bible

David grew to be a self-centered and corrupt king. The longer David was in power the more selfish he became. He was no longer the hero he used to

He was from the tribe of Judah, fulfilling the Messianic line. Samuel anointed David secretly and the Spirit of God came powerfully upon David. “Samuel’s anointing of David, as well as the Spirit’s empowerment of him made clear that David represented God’s choice as king” (Hindson & Yates, 476). David completely placed his faith in God and displayed his faith when he went against Goliath. David did not take any weapons except a sling and stones to kill Goliath. David knew that God was on his side and God will fight this battle. “For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands” (1 Samuel 17:47). With God, he succeeded in killing Goliath and won the victory for the Israelites. Saul became angry and jealous towards David and ultimately banished David from Israel. King Saul and his men chased David and tried to kill him, however, God’s hand of provision was over David. Several times, David had the opportunity to kill Saul, but he spared him. This act of sparing contributes to David’s heart for God. David finally reigned in Israel and still had a heart for God. Even when his transgressions and trials came, David still loved God and asked for repentance of his sins. God made a covenant with David to bless him and his offspring. He promised to an establish eternal kingdom, which is ultimately given to Christ. “The promise of a permanent dynasty is fulfilled in Christ, the ‘son of David’, who will sit

seen in verse 42 when it says, “When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for

The author of Psalm 78 writes with intentions of giving hope to people after the Northern disaster in 721 BCE. He is attempting to get the people to not lose their faith in God. He does this by reminding his readers of three key things, the first being how much both they and their ancestors disobeyed God. This is an attempt by the author to show the people it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. You cannot continue to disobey God and expect him to keep providing for you. The second reminder is about Gods power. Throughout this Psalm the reader is reminded of Gods divine power, and the past miracles that have been bestowed on the Israelites. The third and final reminder comes at the end of the Psalm, where the people are reminded that God handpicked the tribe of Judah, and handpicked David. This reminds the people to never forget they are the chosen people and God handpicked them. All three of these themes combine to produce the authors message-- As long as we trust in God we will be ok, we are the chosen people, and we have the greatest and most powerful God there could be.

The Bible is the Holly Book, composed by many text from different authors. The number of texts in the bible depends to the version. The Bible has two main parts, the ancient and the new testament. The Psalms, which are the object of our research paper, belong to the ancient testament. The Norton Anthology world literature offers us the King James version of the psalms, which played a key role in the literature. For our assignment, we will explore the historical context that lead to the writing of psalm, the information about of the author, themes treated by the psalms and the significance of those psalms in the world’s literature.

7:11 NIRV) David’s reign and the succession of his children is not only supported by God, but established by him. How can the people object to his rule if God chose him. Lastly, it is a bit ambiguous, but very relevant how Michal, David’s wife and the daughter of Solomon, looks at David out the window and feels hatred for him. Through a political lense, this can be interpreted and jealousy for David as he succeeded King Saul without being his son while her father and brother are dead.

The heavens opened and a voice of God announced the words of coronation psalm of Davidic and his sons “this is the one.” The type of Davidic king is fulfilled with the coming of Jesus. The kingdom of Heaven is different than what we expected in that, with Jesus’ entry into the world, the kingdom is already here, and with Jesus’ second coming all will be restored. We live in the “already”, but the hope of our lives is the “not yet”.

This psalm was written by David when he was in a distressful state, being chased by Saul who

That among those who will be thus the faithful representatives and visible governors of the world will be David, who was once King over Israel; and Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jepthai, and Joseph, formerly ruler of Egypt, and Samuel the prophet and other faithful men named with approval in the Bible at Hebrews

will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will Abraham God`s rewarding Abraham`s faith in the Abraham`s own body to furnish the seed of the covenant. From the call of god to Abraham, to a personal Emphasis is placed on the seed coming from Abraham.

The ultimate goal here is to challenge the writer find a definitive reason for the downfall of King David who is said to be a man after God’s own heart.

This paper will address these biblical passages in Isaiah 52 and 53, which describes a “suffering servant” to the Lord God. There has been a debate as to whether these passages where describing the Messiah who would come to restore Israel as God’s chosen people or if the passage was describing the nation of Israel as the “suffering servant”. Christian scholars and clergy view these passages as describing Jesus who they affirm as the Messiah. The text is written in a poetic form and flows from one subject to another, however, many view these passages as being extremely detailed prophecy about the Messiah to come. I will point out key passages and explain how these passages provide clarity about whom the writer was speaking. This paper will point out why Jesus is the “suffering servant”, who is mentioned in Isaiah and explain why the “suffering servant” is not the nation of Israel as others propose.

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

Symbolism is evident throughout all the 150 Psalms in the Book of Psalms. Specifically in Psalm 65 there is evidence of receiving what is needed for survival. David foreshadows the Old Testament and book of Genesis when he talks about God supplying the grain:“God’s stream* is filled with water; you supply their grain Thus do you prepare it” (Psalm 65:10). This passage symbolizes God’s creation and how we as people depend on him. Additionally, personification is prevalent throughout the passage as David praises “hills are robed with joy” which echos God desires from us when we are in his presence (Psalm 65: 13). King David continued his thanksgiving for God by acknowledging all God as accomplished for the sake of the human race: “...you drench its plowed furrows, and level its ridges. With showers you keep it soft, blessing its young sprouts” (Psalm 65: 11). With exquisite gratitude, David portrays his feelings towards the Lord through a song of

Verse three outlines the start of the forming of David's band of miscreants; "Also joining him was every person who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. He became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him" (NKJV). David is now the leader of an unstructured group of men discontented with the current political situation. They had been wronged and mistreated, were under a curse of debt that they could not pay. They were not trained loyal soldiers, but like David, are so distressed that they have no option left except to run and hide from their problems (Swindoll, 1997, p.74; Epp, 1965, p.56). Psalm 57 indicates that not only were they hiding, but they were angry and wanting vengeance on those they felt had wronged them�. Keller (1985, pp. 120,121) suggests that it was in living with these oppressed outcasts that David developed his compassion for those living under oppression.