Author: Administrador

9Fear the LORD, you saints of the LORD, for those who fear the LORD lack nothing. 10The lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD lack nothing that is good. 11Come, children, and listen to me; I will teach you reverence for the LORD. 12Who among you takes pleasure in … Continue reading “Psalm 34:9-14 Commentary by Henry Langknecht”

How many times a day do you use the phrase “It’s all good?” It’s an expression that’s thrown around a lot in everyday life suggesting that everything is fine, acceptable, perhaps even great. We use it to keep peace in relationships with our family, our friends, and even strangers we don’t know. Someone hurts you; … Continue reading “Psalm 34:9-14 Commentary by Eric Mathis”

Psalm 34 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving. Fifteen individual Hymns of Thanksgiving occur in the book of Psalms. In them, psalm singers give thanks to God for deliverance from various life-threatening situations: illness, enemies, and dangers. Two aspects of Psalm 34 intrigue this reader. First, the superscription of the psalm places it … Continue reading “Psalm 34:1-10, 22 Commentary by Nancy deClaissé-Walford”

Psalm 34 belongs to the so-called wisdom psalms in the Psalter, or maybe it is better to say that it contains several motifs which are connected to the wisdom literature in the Old Testament, since the genre of the psalm is disputed in the scholarly literature. Gunkel himself gave up and characterized its form ”mixed … Continue reading “Psalm 34:1-10, 22 Commentary by LarsOlov Eriksson”

Psalm 34 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving. Fifteen individual Hymns of Thanksgiving occur in the book of Psalms. In them, psalm singers give thanks to God for deliverance from various life-threatening situations: illness, enemies, and dangers. Two aspects of Psalm 34 intrigue this reader. First, the superscription of the psalm places it … Continue reading “Psalm 34:1-8 Commentary by Nancy deClaissé-Walford”

Music has a way of provoking memories of events long forgotten. Acting as aural time machines any particular song, melody, or lyrical tone can transport us across time and space to another space and time in our own journey through life.  High water moments are interspersed with low water events and much of the rest … Continue reading “Psalm 34:1-8 Commentary by Paul O. Myhre”

I work with college students in a Baptist university. Telling our story, what Baptists call a “testimony,” is a common practice in campus worship, and not long ago I worked with a group of students to craft a small portion of their story to be told in worship. As we were working on their story, … Continue reading “Psalm 34:1-8 Commentary by Eric Mathis”

God is Great, God is Good One of the table prayers we have used in our family has been “God is great, God is good, and we thank him for our food.” This prayer summarizes the pattern of the psalms of praise in the Bible: it expresses praise and thanks and gives two reasons for … Continue reading “Psalm 33:12-22 Commentary by James Limburg”

God Watches. We Wait. I’m showing my age by saying that I grew up listening to Paul’s Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story,” short radio talks wherein he informed hearers of what happened, sometimes long after more well-known events transpired. With this Sunday’s psalm reading we only get “the rest of the psalm” and worshipers … Continue reading “Psalm 33:12-22 Commentary by James K. Mead”

So we wait. Sitting here on earth we wait in hope and faith. We sit with the blanket of God’s promises resting upon our laps. We stare out the window waiting for God to roll down our street in brand new Cadillac or pushing a pram with a cooing child. We wait, we watch. What … Continue reading “Psalm 33:12-22 Commentary by Adam Hearlson”