An interesting side note here: Psalm 9 & 10 are a single Psalm in the Septuagint (original Greek translation of the OT), because these two Psalms are an acrostic. In the original Hebrew, every second line (or stanza) starts with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 9 uses the first half of the…
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Genesis 9
” ‘Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every…
Psalm 9
This Psalm ties in very well to the flood we talked about yesterday. “The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name…
Genesis 8
This chapter is the account of the flood duration and recession. “Then [Noah] sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in…
Psalm 8
“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care…
Genesis 7
This chapter really speaks of the Lord’s role as protector and provider, and our role of obedience. “On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all…
Psalm 7
“Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me. Awake, my God; decree justice. Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. Let the Lord judge the peoples. Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness… My shield is God Most…
Genesis 6
“The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence…
Psalm 6
“Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love….
Genesis 5
This chapter contains the genealogy of Adam to Noah – it records ten patriarchs, sometimes called the “deluge-patriarchs” or “pre-flood patriarchs”, their applicable lineage and their years on earth. “When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was…