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What was your view on studying the Psalms prior to enrolling in this course?
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My view on Psalms is how David GOD’s chosen one was an ordinary person not a King or Preist .David was to replace Saul as King David was humble he expressed Faith in times of trouble gave hope to the hopeless.The message David wrote in Psalms was how to have Christian Faith and eternal hope in everyday situatuions.When I was a child my Grandmother who raised me always told me to read Psalms 121 when facing situations I could not control.I have read Psalms so many times each time I i understand the passages better.
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Throughout my life, I have taken several courses on the book of psalms, and I understand that my knowledge on the historical and cultural backgrounds was crucial understanding the original meanings of the psalms. “The text cannot mean what the text originally meant.” That approach was very fascinating to me because it helped me to critically think and try to work out the original meaning of those texts. I like such a scholastic approach to reading the Bible.
This course is also an invitation to the world of the psalms – while making use of the modern theories of linguistics, critical thinking, and metaphors. I am looking forward to continuing this course.
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Reading them as sources of help and inspiration.
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Psalms gives us important focus for our prayers. My daily prayers to God can wander around and give way to thoughts of the stress of daily life. If I can get some deeper insight on Psalms, it should give me deeper focus and alignment with God’s will.
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Even though I’ve read the Psalms many times, I hadn’t actively studied the content. The only study I’ve looked a few times is the one written by Charles Spurgeonn,