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140 T he Book of Psalms as we know it probably dates from the 6th century bce, after the Jews returned from the Babylonian exile ...
141 plagiarized hymns from another. Many of the common Psalm forms were also used in Babylonian and Egyptian liturgies. Clues to ...
142 forget me for ever? How long will you hide your face from me?” In this case the psalmist’s troubles stem from the activities ...
143 the trouble the psalmist was suffering, how he made a lament to God, and how God wonderfully intervened. “I will exalt you, ...
144 FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING YOU ARE GOD PSALM 90:2, THE NATURE OF GOD U nlike any other ancient Near Eastern religion, t ...
145 See also: Only One God 90–91 ■ The Psalms 138–43 ■ The Lord’s Prayer 212–13 WISDOM AND PROPHETS Israelites. The prayer empha ...
146 HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB? THERE IS NO ONE ON EARTH LIKE HIM JOB 2:3, THE SUFFERING OF JOB T he Book of Job is one ...
147 See also: The Temptations of Christ 198–99 ■ The Way of Love 296–97 WISDOM AND PROPHETS The Book of Job There are very few c ...
148 BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD PROVERBS 16:20, PROVERBS IN BRIEF PA S SAGE Proverbs THEME Blessings for the faith ...
WISDOM AND PROPHETS 149 Idleness is one of many vices that the proverbs warn against. In Proverb 6, sluggards are advised to fol ...
150 PROVERBS figure who conveys teaching is Wisdom, personified as a woman. “Out in the open Wisdom calls aloud, in the street, ...
WISDOM AND PROPHETS 151 observational. Proverbs is clear that God lies at the heart of reality and about the need to be humble a ...
152 IN BRIEF PA S SAGE Song of Songs 6:3 THEME God’s love for His people SETTING c. 970–930 bce, Solomon’s kingdom KEY FIGURES H ...
153 A bride and groom exchange vows during an Armenian wedding. Viewed by many as an ode to physical love within marriage, the S ...
154 B iblical scholars divide the book of Isaiah into three sections. The first, believed to be the work of Isaiah himself, was ...
WISDOM AND PROPHETS 155 Anointed with God’s spirit, the man is gentle and unassuming—a “bruised reed he will not break, and a sm ...
156 BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB I KNEW YOU JEREMIAH 1:5, THE PROPHET JEREMIAH W hen God declares Jeremiah a prophet He assig ...
157 See also: Moses and the Burning Bush 66–69 ■ The Golden Calf 84–85 ■ Elijah and the Prophets of Baal 125 ■ The Fall of Jerus ...
158 They had constructed high altars to Baal, in which they burned their own children as sacrificial offerings. Jeremiah’s proph ...
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