Book of Psalms – Page 2 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

By the Waters of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept – Psalm 137

This is a psalm of imprecation. Imprecation means "A curse; the act of invoking

Antiphonal reading is when one group reads one portion and another group answers

This is what we might call a psalm of rehearsal. It is a way of reminding ourselves

The name Yahweh is mentioned five times in this very short psalm. Yahweh is the

John 13:34 “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you,

God's "temple" had been a tent, the Tabernacle, for many years since the exodus.

One of the things David knew was "too high" for him was that God knew everything

Waiting for God means a couple of things. It means I know that my only answer and

This group of traveling pilgrims, ascending up to Jerusalem for the festival, is

Wikipedia has an excellent article on "Zion" in Scripture: Zion...is a placename

This is the second psalm in our psalter written by Solomon (see also Psalm 72).

The Negev is Israel's southern desert. Some pilgrims from Beersheba, for example,

Who are the people of God? In the context of the Old Testament, the people of God

This enlightening description is given on edible.com of the fowler's snare: In

In Psalm 120 the pilgrim lifted up his eyes to the hills of Jerusalem, an indirect