Asaph asked God two questions in verses 1 and three more in verses 10-11; the verses in between are concealed, pain-provoked complaints. Asaph is having a crisis of faith. He does not hold back. He vomits his soul. Anger, heartache, fear, guilt, and embarrassment intertwine with doubt, denial, logic, and faith. God’s silence is always […]
Tag: Psalm 74
Psalm 74:9. God Goes Silent. Today’s BDBD.
Asaph, to write this psalm, would have been the last of the Levitical musicians to serve during a reign of a king of Judah. He would be looking back at his youth when he witnessed the temple’s destruction. No other generation fits the criterion as presented in the psalm. Not even the Levitical musicians who […]
Psalm 74:4-8. Victim or Perpetrator. Today’s BDBD.
Asaph’s duet burns with questions, stated and unstated (1). The questions stated are to God. Within are unstated questions asking, Am I a victim or the perpetrator? What is my part in it? If I can ask God, “Why have you rejected me? Why are you angry?”, then I have a part in the answer […]
Psalm 74:1-3. Why? – 2,500 Years Eyes. Today’s BDBD.
Imagine having double vision, seeing two different days at once, two and a half millennia apart. One eye is witnessing ancient Israel’s past, a day during the Babylonian exile. An old Jew named Asaph is singing his new prayer-psalm with memories from his youth, visions of the Lord’s sanctuary in flaming ruins. Your other eye […]
