Saturday, May 1, 2010

May One


~Good Morning~
May first. Oh my gooses. It is already May. Well the April showers did bring May flowers. I love all the blooming everywhere. My trees are doing great. I have an apple that is loaded. My crabapple is eh hanging in there. My new peach and cherry are doing better than anticipated. I hope we can eat from this year but I think it will be too sour this year. They are still babies.

 
  • Why is David going into such great detail of this? Is he making it up or did this happen and it wasn't written earlier? (22:10)
  • This vs. confused me. Why is David telling God "your King"? Why is he referring to himself in the third person? (22:51)
  • Okay help. Why is the bible broken down the way it is? I understand how the books are divided, kind of. Is it because different people wrote different "books"/writings? Then why is 2 Samuel 22 and Psalm 18 the same? Why do we study the bible in the order it is in, instead of Chronological order like I am doing now? Why when I read the bible in chronological order it makes to be like a history of happenings yet when we go to church or look for scripture we take a verse and turn the meaning of a single verse into a lot of different meanings? I am so confused.


2 Samuel 22

David's Song of Praise

   David sang this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. 2 He sang:

   "The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
    3 my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
   He is my shield, the power that saves me,
      and my place of safety.
   He is my refuge, my savior,
      the one who saves me from violence.
 4 I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
      and he saved me from my enemies.

 5 "The waves of death overwhelmed me;
      floods of destruction swept over me.
 6 The grave wrapped its ropes around me;
      death laid a trap in my path.
 7 But in my distress I cried out to the Lord;
      yes, I cried to my God for help.
   He heard me from his sanctuary;
      my cry reached his ears.

 8 "Then the earth quaked and trembled.
      The foundations of the heavens shook;
      they quaked because of his anger.
 9 Smoke poured from his nostrils;
      fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
      Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
 10 He opened the heavens and came down;
      dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
 11 Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew,
      soaring on the wings of the wind.
 12 He shrouded himself in darkness,
      veiling his approach with dense rain clouds.
 13 A great brightness shone around him,
      and burning coals blazed forth.
 14 The Lord thundered from heaven;
      the voice of the Most High resounded.
 15 He shot arrows and scattered his enemies;
      his lightning flashed, and they were confused.
 16 Then at the command of the Lord,
      at the blast of his breath,
   the bottom of the sea could be seen,
      and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

 17 "He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
      he drew me out of deep waters.
 18 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
      from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
 19 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
      but the Lord supported me.
 20 He led me to a place of safety;
      he rescued me because he delights in me.
 21 The Lord rewarded me for doing right;
      he restored me because of my innocence.
 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
      I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
 23 I have followed all his regulations;
      I have never abandoned his decrees.
 24 I am blameless before God;
      I have kept myself from sin.
 25 The Lord rewarded me for doing right.
      He has seen my innocence.

 26 "To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
      to those with integrity you show integrity.
 27 To the pure you show yourself pure,
      but to the wicked you show yourself hostile.
 28 You rescue the humble,
      but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.
 29 O Lord, you are my lamp.
      The Lord lights up my darkness.
 30 In your strength I can crush an army;
      with my God I can scale any wall.

 31 "God's way is perfect.
      All the Lord's promises prove true.
      He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
 32 For who is God except the Lord?
      Who but our God is a solid rock?
 33 God is my strong fortress,
      and he makes my way perfect.
 34 He makes me as surefooted as a deer,
      enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
 35 He trains my hands for battle;
      he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
 36 You have given me your shield of victory;
      your help has made me great.
 37 You have made a wide path for my feet
      to keep them from slipping.

 38 "I chased my enemies and destroyed them;
      I did not stop until they were conquered.
 39 I consumed them;
      I struck them down so they did not get up;
      they fell beneath my feet.
 40 You have armed me with strength for the battle;
      you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
 41 You placed my foot on their necks.
      I have destroyed all who hated me.
 42 They looked for help, but no one came to their rescue.
      They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
 43 I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth;
      I trampled them in the gutter like dirt.

 44 "You gave me victory over my accusers.
      You preserved me as the ruler over nations;
      people I don't even know now serve me.
 45 Foreign nations cringe before me;
      as soon as they hear of me, they submit.
 46 They all lose their courage
      and come trembling from their strongholds.

 47 "The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock!
      May God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted!
 48 He is the God who pays back those who harm me;
      he brings down the nations under me
    49 and delivers me from my enemies.
   You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
      you save me from violent opponents.
 50 For this, O Lord, I will praise you among the nations;
      I will sing praises to your name.
 51 You give great victories to your king;
      you show unfailing love to your anointed,
      to David and all his descendants forever."

New Living Translation (NLT)

Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.

  
Psalm 18 

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Psalm 18

For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord. He sang this song to the Lord on the day the Lord rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. He sang:

 1 I love you, Lord;
      you are my strength.
 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
      my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
   He is my shield, the power that saves me,
      and my place of safety.
 3 I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
      and he saved me from my enemies.

 4 The ropes of death entangled me;
      floods of destruction swept over me.
 5 The grave wrapped its ropes around me;
      death laid a trap in my path.
 6 But in my distress I cried out to the Lord;
      yes, I prayed to my God for help.
   He heard me from his sanctuary;
      my cry to him reached his ears.

 7 Then the earth quaked and trembled.
      The foundations of the mountains shook;
      they quaked because of his anger.
 8 Smoke poured from his nostrils;
      fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
      Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
 9 He opened the heavens and came down;
      dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
 10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew,
      soaring on the wings of the wind.
 11 He shrouded himself in darkness,
      veiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
 12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him
      and rained down hail and burning coals.
 13 The Lord thundered from heaven;
      the voice of the Most High resounded
      amid the hail and burning coals.
 14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;
      his lightning flashed, and they were greatly confused.
 15 Then at your command, O Lord,
      at the blast of your breath,
   the bottom of the sea could be seen,
      and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

 16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
      he drew me out of deep waters.
 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
      from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
 18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
      but the Lord supported me.
 19 He led me to a place of safety;
      he rescued me because he delights in me.
 20 The Lord rewarded me for doing right;
      he restored me because of my innocence.
 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
      I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
 22 I have followed all his regulations;
      I have never abandoned his decrees.
 23 I am blameless before God;
      I have kept myself from sin.
 24 The Lord rewarded me for doing right.
      He has seen my innocence.

 25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
      to those with integrity you show integrity.
 26 To the pure you show yourself pure,
      but to the wicked you show yourself hostile.
 27 You rescue the humble,
      but you humiliate the proud.
 28 You light a lamp for me.
      The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.
 29 In your strength I can crush an army;
      with my God I can scale any wall.

 30 God's way is perfect.
      All the Lord's promises prove true.
      He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
 31 For who is God except the Lord?
      Who but our God is a solid rock?
 32 God arms me with strength,
      and he makes my way perfect.
 33 He makes me as surefooted as a deer,
      enabling me to stand on mountain heights.
 34 He trains my hands for battle;
      he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
 35 You have given me your shield of victory.
      Your right hand supports me;
      your help has made me great.
 36 You have made a wide path for my feet
      to keep them from slipping.

 37 I chased my enemies and caught them;
      I did not stop until they were conquered.
 38 I struck them down so they could not get up;
      they fell beneath my feet.
 39 You have armed me with strength for the battle;
      you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
 40 You placed my foot on their necks.
      I have destroyed all who hated me.
 41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
      They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
 42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
      I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
 43 You gave me victory over my accusers.
      You appointed me ruler over nations;
      people I don't even know now serve me.
 44 As soon as they hear of me, they submit;
      foreign nations cringe before me.
 45 They all lose their courage
      and come trembling from their strongholds.

 46 The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock!
      May the God of my salvation be exalted!
 47 He is the God who pays back those who harm me;
      he subdues the nations under me
    48 and rescues me from my enemies.
   You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
      you save me from violent opponents.
 49 For this, O Lord, I will praise you among the nations;
      I will sing praises to your name.
 50 You give great victories to your king;
      you show unfailing love to your anointed,
      to David and all his descendants forever.

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