Chapter 9 : Appeals For Divine Intervention

The book of Psalms contains some of the most beloved pieces of scripture across centuries and cultures of this world. Psalms have been frequently cited is sermons, devotionals, movies, poetry, and songs. Most often, Psalms are attributed to King David of the 10th century BCE. But regardless of the authorship of the different psalms, each seem to carry a special place in describing human relationships to God, to country, to friends, to enemies and more. As time has progressed, certain psalms have become favorites because of their encouraging and uplifting messages, such as the timeless Psalm 23.

     Throughout these chapters we see many portrayals of God’s character: The destroyer, the ever-judging, a God with expectations, a God that grieves, feels pain, repents, a God that demands justice; a self-evaluating, ruling and omnipotent God whom also passes on saving grace to the deserving.

The book of Daniel is a book written by Daniel, however, inspired by God. This great book starts off after the Babylonians siege Jerusalem, and King Nebuchadnezzar had taken Daniel, and his friend’s captive. Daniel rose to prominence because of his faithfulness to the God of Israel. Throughout the book, Daniel heart was always with God’s people. In Daniel’s latter years, beginning in the ninth chapter Daniel begins to cry out to God on the behalf of the people of Israel. Consequently, later in the same chapter while Daniel was petitioning God, the angel Gabriel gives Daniel answers to his prayers. Furthermore, what is recorded in Daniel 9:24-27, known as the seventy “seven” weeks are known as the most argumentative

What remains fascinating to me from this book is the Israelites ability to preserve these massive collections of psalms even after the destruction of the temple and subjection to a foreign religion in Babylon for a long time. Their discipline to pass on these psalms from one person to another through singing and reciting demonstrate how significant these psalms were to them. What adds value to this book more is the author’s ability not only to introduce the psalms, but offer tips to the readers on how to read the psalms better to understand them

In Psalms, we see a collection of lyrical poetry, songs and prayers. Many of these were written by King David himself. The book covers almost the entire gamut of human emotion, from sorrow to joy, from doubt to faith.

The attendance of the Lord as shepherd is present throughout the Holy Bible. Whether being accountable of the primary duty of providing animals with sufficient food and water, protecting the sheep, or just plain caring for the sheep like David, the responsibility of the shepherd is making sure every facet of a sheep’s life is taken care of. The rationale of this paper is to give an exposition of Psalm 23, while reflecting on Psalms as a whole, in order to give adequate evidence for arriving at a conclusion that proves the LORD is the only necessity in an individual’s life in regards to the role of a servant.

Lord, help me to understand what it is you are doing? Why should I rely on you? For I call to you when violence strikes, yet you do not help me. For all, I see surrounding me is terror and conflict, yet you do not come. As for you bring prosperity to those who have wronged you. O Lord, help me to understand why you are cherishing that of the people who have deceived you. All this disaster around me, the arguments, the disobedience, and yet you will not answer my call, what is such an injustice about my actions that you do not receive my word.

Introduction: God guides and protects us through all crisis by showing his power in faith to overcome. Sometimes we ask God “help us” or “save us” only when a crisis is present in our lives and forget

A friend gave Haglund a book which contained quotes from the Bible, so she began reading the Holy Book starting with Psalms. She was moved with King David’s words because they seemed so real to

As a child we are taught to obey our parents or guardians, and if we do not, then we are punished. Similarly, God is our parent and we should obey His laws. This paper will include how Psalm 119 perceive the law by stating what God expects from humanity and glorifying God for creating the laws to guide humanity. Psalm 119 perceives the law by stating what God expects from humanity.

This paper will analyze the "Divine Purpose" as it appears in the various "highways of prophecy" in the New Testament, and show how those "highways" may be followed to a deeper and fuller appreciation of God's message.

Two Problem Psalm- In this topic Walter reveals an interesting aspect to the Psalms. To have a passage that has a bleak resolve is something people can work with. Yet these Psalms have none, and so opt for a challenging read. A good portion of disoriented Psalms give a rescue in the end, but these have none. Walter believes that what could, and likely is the resolve, is that faith allows for people to remain in disorientation. Allowing for life to continue regardless of the hardship, and challenges be

The Book of Psalms is the Book of Prayer. Whoever wants to learn to pray let him pray to David and whoever prays with the psalms, David shall be a teacher for him, how he should pray as a father that shall hold his son's hand to teach him how to write. In the Book of Psalms we know ourselves and the weaknesses and pitfalls that are in us and we find in this travel fall and the advancement of prayers of repentance and thanksgiving and praise. Psalms are filled with many prophecies concerning the incarnation, pain and resurrection of the Lord. It is the greatest witness to the life of the Lord Jesus, so Peter said that David is a prophet (Acts 30: 2).

In the 124th Psalm, voice is given to a beautiful question about the tragic reality that would have been theirs if their “help” had come from anyone but the LORD. The “what if?” question is worth asking, and numerous moments recorded in the Hebrew Bible speak of times of strife where, in the end, “God comes through.” Dr. Toni Craven describes the whole of the Psalms as “a self-contained religious library of prayer in that it incorporates an enormously wide spectrum of issues and reflects various historical backgrounds.[footnoteRef:0]” The echoes of those moments in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible are heard behind the words of Psalm 124. Fortunately, the utter destruction the 124th Psalm alludes to doesn’t come to fruition. In spite of the power wielded by their enemies, power that is as consuming as the appetite of a devouring monster and as uncontrollably destructive as a flash flood raging, and even though the ones who are against the people of God possess a grasp that is as sure and as strong as a hunter’s well-set snare, those mortals cannot overcome the ones the LORD chooses to defend. Instead, their rescue from that trouble receives the emphasis and is celebrated as the salvific, liberating work of God. Claus Westermann aptly describes Psalm 124 thusly: “Psalm 124 is able to transport us into the hour in which Israel looked back upon a rescue from grave trouble and summed up this experience of deliverance in language of relived praise, understandable

The beautiful poetry in the Psalms could simulate our imaginations, arouse our emotions, feed our intellects and address our wills, which appeals directly to the whole person. Nevertheless, poetry is difficult to interpret, especially for the poetry which is thousands of years old and written in the context of a foreign culture. Dr. Tremper Longman is an excellent old testament scholar with a longstanding reputation. He attained his M.Div. at Westminster Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. at Yale University. In this particular work, he seeks to help the readers better interpret these Hebrew poetries based on their historical context and literary genre. With this background, we will explore how the Psalms will address us today and better understand these mirrors of the soul. No matter you are a pastor, a student, or a lay person longing to understand the psalms, this book will be a helpful and accessible guide for you to read the psalms.