KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
November 7, 2021: Dear Friends, The focus of this week’s blog will continue to be on important people that are written about in the Bible. This series was started on August 22 and continues through today’s blog. Last week David, the shepherd boy who became King of Israel, was written about. This week the focus will continue on David, with emphasis on the wisdom book of Psalm that David partially composed during his life time.
Return to last week’s blog and review some of the Bible verses listed that tell of David’s life. Next to Jesus Christ being the most important person written about in the Bible, Abraham, Moses and David, could well be at the front of the list of important people in the Bible. What seems interesting when comparing David to the study of Abraham and Moses, is that there is much more written in the Bible about David and the life he lived as compared to Abraham and Moses. The study of the humanity of these three biblical persons reveals much that can be related to man’s humanity today. But of the three, the study of David’s life reveals more details on how David thought and on his behavior and actions when compared to Abraham and Moses. Return to last week’s blog by going to the website above left and review what was written about David. When time allows, review some of the Bible verses listed ( 1st Samuel, chapter 16 through 2nd Samuel to 1st Kings, chapter 2; and 1st Chronicles, chapter 11 through chapter 29.)
David has been credited with writing more than half of the book of Psalm. Other writers that wrote chapters in the book include Moses, the sons of Korah, Solomon, Asaph, Heman, Ethan, Ezra and possibly Jeremiah and Nehemiah.The chapters were written over a time period of almost one thousand years. David is given credit for setting the foundation of the book and Ezra has been given credit for organizing the chapters in the book.
The book of Psalm is one of the five wisdom books of the Bible. It is the longest book in the Bible, having 150 chapters. Psalm is located in the center of the Bible. Many who teach the Bible will teach their students to go to the book of Psalm to locate other Bible books. After locating the book of Psalm, students are taught to go toward the front or toward the back of the Bible, depending on where the book being searched for is located.(Find “organization” of Bible books on the April 18 2021 blog and “searching” for Bible verses on the April 25, 2021 blog.)
Biblical history reveals that music was added to the worship services through the David’s influence. (Psalm chapter 149, verses 1-4; 2nd Samuel, chapter 6, verses 12-16.) Other important information about the book of Psalm is that composition of the many chapters in Psalm are classified as psalms of praise, adoration, gratitude, trust in God, and on instruction and supplication.
Spend some time this week looking and reading various chapters in the book of Psalm. Some chapters of Psalm will be listed below to search for and read. The more the psalms are read, the more one will want to read the psalms. The love of the beauty and the reality of what is written in each psalm brings an increasing desire in wanting to read and learn more of the psalms. Remember, the more the Bible is read, the closer and nearer we are to God. All Bible verses listed are from the New Revised Standard (NSR) version of the Bible.
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK! BIBLE VERSES: Psalm, chapter 1, verses 1-6; Psalm, chapter 8, verses 1-9; Psalm, chapter 23, verses 1-7; Psalm, chapter 24, verses 1-10; Psalm, chapter 27, verses 1-14; Psalm, chapter 46, verses 1-11; Psalm, chapter 51, verses 1-19; Psalm, chapter 63, verses 1-11; Psalm, chapter 91, verses 1-16; Psalm, chapter 100, verses 1-5; Psalm, chapter 103, verses 1-22; Psalm, chapter 128, verses 1-8 Psalm, chapter 139, verses 1-24. References for this blog are from online review and “The Comprehensive Analysis of the Bible” by Montgomery F Essig.