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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2018 September 23
Psalm 140
  Image Credit: Screen Capture from YouTube Video -- Byzantine Catholic Vespers - Psalm 140 ~~~~~~~~~~
Image 2: The Anointment of David (Detail) - (c. 1555) Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) Italian Renaissance Style Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Image Credit: Wikimedia [ Illustration: Today's images depict incense and anointing, two concepts which are prominent in today's Psalm. The occasion is unspecified, but David's wrestling with a sense of his sin, his mention of the reproof of the righteous, the dangerous circumstances which surrounded him, and the hope which he had that his persecutors would learn wisdom, all are in accord with the time after his sin with Bathsheba, his rebuke by Nathan the prophet, his persecution by his son Absalom, and his yearning that no harm would come to Absalom. ] SPECIAL NOTE: [ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ] Explanation: In Psalm 141, David asks the LORD to deliver him form falling into sin and to deliver him from his enemies. David asks the LORD to be swift to hear him. He asks that his prayer will come before the LORD like incense and that the lifting up of his hands will be like the evening sacrifice. These requests indicate that he was not in God's House, the central place of worship for Israel. Judging from the rest of the Psalm, he may have been fleeing from his enemies. The essence of his request is that one can turn to the LORD with or without sacrifice. This anticipates the words of the Jesus who said, "But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24). (1-2). David asks the LORD to set a watch before his mouth and keep the doors of his lips, and to keep his heart from evil so that he does not do evil with evil people and does not eat of their dainties. Instead, he asks that the righteous will smite him and reprove him because it will be a kindness and will be like anointing oil upon his head. He will not oppose it. But he will oppose his enemies by prayer -- the prayer which, in the first verse, he asked God to accept like incense and the evening sacrifice. He is confident that the judges who pronounce their verdicts in favor of the evildoers -- who vindicate them -- will be overthrown, as if they fell in stony places; and then they will listen to David (3-6). At the present, however, the situation is reversed, and David and his companions are scattered at the grave's mouth as if their bones were sliced and cut asunder. Nevertheless, David's eyes are on God; he trusts God; and he asks him not to leave his soul desolate. He asks God to keep him from the snares, nooses, and nets which they have set for him and to allow them to fall into their own nets, while he escapes (7-10). [ Sermons: Stuart Olyott. Various. ] Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation [Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2]. [Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3. Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.] [New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.] RESOURCES PLEASE NOTE: Use the resources on this and other sites thoughtfully, particularly the commentaries and encyclopedias. I have attempted to list conservative, scholarly resources. However, some providers use liberal or liberal-influenced commentaries such as the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (in Bible Hub). Such commentaries are undoubtedly included by the provider for the wealth of useful information and comments which they provide. By consulting several commentaries, it should be fairly easy to sort out the wheat from the chaff. If, however, you would like personal assistance, write to me at AD LIB ARTS EMAIL. [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Psalm 141: 2 Samuel 11 - 19. MASCHIL (INSTRUCTION) PSALMS. Psalm 32. Psalm 42. Psalm 44. Psalm 45. Psalm 52. Psalm 53. Psalm 54. Psalm 55. Psalm 74. Psalm 78. Psalm 87. Psalm 88. Psalm 89. Psalm 142. ] [6] 2 Chronicles 25:12. [7] Isaiah 53:1. [10] Psalm 4:8. -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ] [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ] [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ] [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Psalm 141 - #1. Psalm 141 - #2. Psalm 141 - #3. Psalm 141 - #4. Psalm 141 - #5. Psalm 141 - #6. Psalm 141 - #7. Psalm 141 - #8. Psalm 141 - #9. Chanted (Various Countries): Psalm 141 - #10 (Byzantine Catholic Orthodox - Greek Language). Psalm 141 - #11 (Byzantine Catholic Orthodox - Greek Language). Psalm 141 - #12 (Greek Orthodox). Psalm 141 - #13 (Greek Orthodox).Psalm 141 - #14 (Bulgarian Orthodox Church). Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ] HARMONY OF THE LAW GOSPEL HARMONIES Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES Psalm Detailed Outline THE PSALTER: (SONGS FOR COVENANT WORSHIP)
Deliverance from Sinners and from Sin Nearly all the Psalms (except Psalm 90) were written during the 612 year period
from the time of David around 1016 B. C. to the close of the Canon in about 404 B. C.
Psalm 90, according to its superscription, was written by Moses; this may have been around 1406 B. C. BOOK FIVE OF FIVE:
PSALMS 107-150.
1016 - 404 B.C. Israel God Praised & Thanked for His Goodness Psalm 141
David prays to the LORD for correction and for safety. Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep [guard over] the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute [neither empty my soul]. 9 Keep me from the snares [from hands of a snare] which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal [altogether] escape. * NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms. Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth"). It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments"). I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]
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