Archive for the 'Psalms' Category

30th of January, 2008

praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 12:46 pm | Permanent Link

I read this today in Eugene Peterson’s ‘Praying with the Psalms’ and it really spoke to me.
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble! The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
Give victory to the king, O Lord; answer us when we call.   –Psalm 20:1, 9
The psalm begins and ends with the […]

24th of November, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 2:34 pm | Permanent Link

Psalm 136:26 O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.
The phrase ‘his steadfast love endures forever’ has been repeated 26 times in this psalm. Will the repetitions dull our minds into a pious stupor? Or will they condition the reflexes of our spirits to respond with quick praise […]

20th of November, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms, humor at 9:36 pm | Permanent Link

Psalm 135
15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,
shaped by human hands.
16 They have mouths but cannot speak,
and eyes but cannot see.
17 They have ears but cannot hear,
and noses but cannot smell.
18 And those who make idols are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
There are some kinds […]

24th of October, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 7:30 am | Permanent Link

Sent this out to the Kairos community yesterday…
This morning, I was reminded of the passage that JR shared on Sunday at our Kairos gathering:
Psalm 130:1-2 “From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help. Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.”
Then I read the following quote by Eugene Peterson […]

26th of June, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 8:39 am | Permanent Link

Psalm 88:4-5 (RSV)
4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 like one forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom thou dost remember no more,
for they are cut off from thy hand.
Eugene Peterson: “Two images describe […]

13th of May, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 9:44 am | Permanent Link

Psalm 68:5 (the Message) Father of orphans, champion of widows, is God in his holy house.
Eugene Peterson says this….
The wicked demonstrate their power by oppressing the unfortunate and weak; our righteous God shows his power by dealing with the victim, the outcast, and the defenseless in compassion and love.
Prayer: O god, search out the weak […]

7th of May, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 7:08 am | Permanent Link

Psalm 65:5
The experience of salvation leads to a widened conception of God’s power and strength: instead of (as some suppose) narrowing us to a neurotic concern for our own soul, it expands our relation with all that God does everywhere “to the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.”
Prayer: Almighty God, I […]

13th of February, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 12:39 pm | Permanent Link

Psalm 25:4-5 Show me the path where I should walk, O LORD; point out the right road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.
Eugene Peterson says this…
“Trial and error is a poor […]

24th of January, 2007

Praying with the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms at 4:39 pm | Permanent Link

Reading Psalm 18 this morning & came across this verse…
7 Then the earth quaked and trembled;
the foundations of the mountains shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
I like Eugene Peterson’s thoughts on it:
Earthquake, thunder, lightning, volcanic eruptions — sudden, violent dislocations of nature’s routine — are images of the God who is tremendously […]

14th of January, 2007

escape & the Psalms

Posted by greglarson in Psalms, theology at 10:23 am | Permanent Link

Psalm 11:1 I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly to the mountains for safety!
I read Psalm 11 this morning, then I read Eugene Peterson’s thoughts on it…
Escape, for Christians, is faithless. It means that they have succumbed to the ‘nothing-can-be-done’ disease and think […]


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