Day 42 ~ Be Still and Know That I Am God

• Ps 33:9 - "For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast." - I think of this in reference to creation.
• Ps 34:8 - "Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good"
• Ps 35:12-15 make me wonder if David is referring to the time that he sent condolences to a neighboring kingdom when the king died (Moab?) and the recipients doubted his sincerity and subsequently attacked him.
• 37:9-11 - reminds me of the Beatitudes
• 37:16 - "A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked."
• Ps 39 - learn to keep your mouth shut; life is short

So ends "book 1" of the Psalms (1-41). Book 2 is listed in my commentary as 42-72.

The sons of Korah are mentioned several times in the remainder of today's passage. Per our former reading, the sons of Korah are Levite gatekeepers. I thought that maybe they were the order of musicians that David created. Guess not.

• 42:1 - "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God."
• 45:8b - "Out of the ivory palaces" - do you remember the song?
• 46:10a - "Be still and know that I am God."
• 47:1 - "Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!"
• 49:8-9 - "For the redemption of their souls is costly, And it shall cease forever—That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit." - Messianic?
• 50:16-17 - "But to the wicked God says: 'What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth, Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you?' "
• 50:22-23 - Hope for the sinner, separated from God:
  “Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver: Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.”