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The psalmist in Psalm 17 (see the whole psalm after the jump) thinks God should listen to him because he has lived before God faithfully.  Here I find the Protestant impulse to gush a bit at the boldness of the psalmist; I find the Protestant impulse to be one of wondering if the psalmist is…

This psalm (read the whole after the jump) begins with a plea based on a theological commitment: Protect me because I trust in You. Just what it means to trust in God is then spelled out in v. 2: I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord, my only source of well-being [or, “good”].” To…

David reflects on who is acceptable to God, so acceptable the person can dwell on the holy hill. What is such a person like? John Goldingay’s commentary (Psalms, Vol. 1: Psalms 1-41 (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms) calls the chapter “Qualifications for Staying with God.” We live in a time where God’s unconditional…

If there is a god, and if a person knows there is a god, then to deny God is to be a fool. So Psalm 14’s famous opening line: “Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.””  But there’s more to it than this. Both of our companions, John Goldingay’s commentary (Psalms, Vol. 1: Psalms…
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