50: this one stumped me and I had to read it a few times, still I'm not quite sure any of it makes sense.
Here's what it sounds like to me: it sounds as if first, the Psalm writer Asaph is speaking for God? That just doesn't seem right, does it?
So as God, he sounds as if he is saying "I really don't need your sacrifices. I have all that I could ever want, the whole earth and all its animals are mine anyway. I want them given to me in thanksgiving, not "just because" you think you have done wrong and think this will make it right. If you hang out with the bad guys, don't even waste your he goat.....I don't want it and it won't matter how good it smells."
53: This one is a Debbie Downer Psalm. Losing faith.
60: Times seems hard, and once again as we all tend to do when times get hard, David wonders if God has forsaken him and his people. But as always He comes around and delivers David from his enemies.
75: Stay strong in what you believe and let God handle the rest. If you are surrounded by people who are "wicked" allow God to deal with them and to judge them, you are to continue to do what you know is right and all will be alright.
2Sam 10 , 1 chron.19
David hears of the death of a foes father and because this guy once showed him kindness he decides to return the favor. He sends servants to console the guy. However the new kings peeps convince him that David has sent spies instead of consolers, or comforters. (Here, I like to imagine David sent a shipment of brand new Company Store down comforters). The king is persuaded, he takes the "spies" and he shaves their beard and cuts off their skirts.
When David finds out he has the guys hang out a while in Jericho, until their beards grow back. I must say this cracks me up.
When the Ammonites realize that they have seriously angered David they hire an army. Here, I wonder that they had to realize they had pissed David off? Wasn't that the intention of shaving and stripping his comforters?
Battle, battle, battle defeat.
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Well, all of the Bible is considered by Christians to be Divinely Inspired. So, actually, every writer is speaking for God. If you'll notice verse 4 is where the transition takes place, the verse ends with a colon. "He calls to the heavens above and to the earth,....:" and then he starts speaking. It's really a quote from God.
The rest of what you said I think is right. I would just add that I think God is also saying that the sacrifices aren't for Him, they're for them (their benefit).
53 Empty-headed fools....
60 Petra? Really!? Like the Chrisitan rock group? Sweet. Is there a city of Stryper, too?
75 "But God is the Judge!.."
2 Sam and 1 Chron.
I don't know why they'd provoke King David, especially knowing they either a) didn't have any army, or b) didn't have an army large or strong enough to fight the Israelites. Seems like a foolish thing to do. Smiting and smoting and what not.
Why does smite mean to kill? If you're smitten with someone aren't you extremely interested (romantically) in them? Smite: 1. to strike or hit extremely hard; 2. to kill by striking hard; 3. to afflict or affect seriously. Huh, I'll be.
After re-reading the first paragraph in my comment. It struck me as funny.....'the verse ends with a colon.'.....don't we all end with a colon?
Tomorrow, Ps.65-57, 69-70; 2 Sam. 11-12; 1 Chron. 20
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