Tag: Psalm 44

The author has a final plea to the Lord Jesus. The Sons of Korah appeals for his help. They are his people. They are in need. They have endured. The Lord has brought about this calamity. They have not lost faith. The Lord has been asleep. “Arise… Do not reject us forever.” They are waiting […]

“Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” Apostle Paul quoted this stanza to the persecuted congregation in Rome. (Romans 8:36) Like the Sons of Korah had been removed from worship and service at the temple in Jerusalem by an enemy, the Christian congregation in […]

I accepted Jesus as my personal absolute Lord and Savior four decades ago. Shall I say it has been forty days and forty nights? I accepted the covenant of the blood and flesh of the Lord Jesus, (1 Corinthians 11:23-26) as the author, the Sons of Korah accepted the covenant of Moses in their youth. […]

Feeling sad for someone’s misfortunes is one thing. However, doing something to help them is quite another thing. Is identifying with someone by feeling bad for them while doing nothing anything? For me, yes. For them, no. Compassion is better than indifference. And indifference to suffering is no different than revenge. Wanting revenge against someone […]

The Lord disciplined Israel through the invading enemy. As the author of Hebrews wrote, “And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he […]

Grasping a tool in hand, I will not trust. Possess a skill of mind, I do not boast. Victory be not mine, Though I have the most. Jesus fought the enemy. Jesus won the victory. Jesus prayed at Gethsemane. Jesus hung at Calvary. Jesus rose to triumph for me. Jesus ascend holy be he. The […]

The modern-day reader of the Bible may repeat the phrase, “You are my King and my God,” however, what it meant to the Sons of Korah is probably not the same to modern-day parishioners. Few live in a society these days that is monarch-ruled. A king or queen is one by birth and by hereditary […]

The Sons of Korah wrote this prayer for the nation to pray collectively. The occasion is an invasion. When ancient nations marched out toward their neighbors to invade them, it was not a fast-moving event. Rather, the army’s invasion was a slow-paced caravan. News of an invasion spread quickly. When people living and working in […]