Ps 28 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song.
8 The LORD is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever."
We are always focused on identifying with people by sharing in the same experiencing and traits that they have. In the Psalms we are taught that pronouncing the law, decrees, etc is the way to experience the identity that gives us a greater understanding of God. This exercise is described by the Psalmist as a greater understanding of himself. This converts him to have a greater understanding of who God is.
The pronouncements that we speak to God teach us the reality of who we are. In this Psalm he is stating the differences that he has with the wicked. This is a Psalm that teaches us to be set apart unto God. So its a confession that converts through teaching us to have holy desires for God. This is why he talks in a circular way. He pronounces the Lord as his strength and shield..then uses the past tense words of trusted and helped...with the present response to sing to God a song..or pronounce again this Psalm. In other words the Psalm is a christian desire to be separated from the wicked in eternity. This conversion helps the Psalmist put the events in this world into perspective. He desires to be set apart unto God and he speaks the pronouncements and he converts his desires.
The Psalmist learns to pronounce these Psalms in order to draw near to God so that he might teach his desires. We are what we think we are. Every man has his own view. We need to learn what the proper disposition so that we might be converted to a better view of God. The Psalmist speak the pronouncements then describes the response of God to his desires. This is a normal practice in the Psalms. When we come back to the same meditation we not only revisit the exercise of pronouncing and being converted but we are illuminated as we grow to greater understanding.
Meditating in this way is compared to the circumstances of God leading the Israelite's through the wilderness. They were completely dependent upon God for everything in their traveling. So we learn to be converted by preaching to ourselves. God is doing every thing to us from His word and Spirit. Living life is obeying in the full reality of who we are. Its not obeying like the Pharisees. Its having the right disposition.
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever."
We are always focused on identifying with people by sharing in the same experiencing and traits that they have. In the Psalms we are taught that pronouncing the law, decrees, etc is the way to experience the identity that gives us a greater understanding of God. This exercise is described by the Psalmist as a greater understanding of himself. This converts him to have a greater understanding of who God is.
The pronouncements that we speak to God teach us the reality of who we are. In this Psalm he is stating the differences that he has with the wicked. This is a Psalm that teaches us to be set apart unto God. So its a confession that converts through teaching us to have holy desires for God. This is why he talks in a circular way. He pronounces the Lord as his strength and shield..then uses the past tense words of trusted and helped...with the present response to sing to God a song..or pronounce again this Psalm. In other words the Psalm is a christian desire to be separated from the wicked in eternity. This conversion helps the Psalmist put the events in this world into perspective. He desires to be set apart unto God and he speaks the pronouncements and he converts his desires.
The Psalmist learns to pronounce these Psalms in order to draw near to God so that he might teach his desires. We are what we think we are. Every man has his own view. We need to learn what the proper disposition so that we might be converted to a better view of God. The Psalmist speak the pronouncements then describes the response of God to his desires. This is a normal practice in the Psalms. When we come back to the same meditation we not only revisit the exercise of pronouncing and being converted but we are illuminated as we grow to greater understanding.
Meditating in this way is compared to the circumstances of God leading the Israelite's through the wilderness. They were completely dependent upon God for everything in their traveling. So we learn to be converted by preaching to ourselves. God is doing every thing to us from His word and Spirit. Living life is obeying in the full reality of who we are. Its not obeying like the Pharisees. Its having the right disposition.
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