Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

After today we only have three more days of Psalms so if you're enjoying these days

make the most of it and if you're struggling with all the poetry hang in there it

won't be much longer for you today Today we open with Psalm 131, which is another

one of the Psalms of Assents. These are the Psalms the Israelites would sing when they were

going up to Jerusalem three times a year for the festivals. And as a refresher, they're called the Psalms of a cent

because Jerusalem is at a higher elevation.

So no matter where you're coming from, you go up to Jerusalem.

I'm just guessing on this, but it seems like David may have written this song

of confidence during a time of uncertainty in his life. Maybe he's confused about all

the things that are happening around him or why they're

happening but either way he resolves to trust God with the things he does know and

leave the unknowns to God. One of the things he does know is that God is

sovereign over at all and can be trusted with the outcome.

When David reminds his soul of this, it sets him at ease.

Whether that's where David was coming from or not, this song can certainly serve as a comfort to us when we're in that place.

Okay, let's tackle verse 1 of Psalm 138 before we move into the rest of the Psalm.

What on earth does David mean when he says, Before the gods I sing your praise?

The word used here is in reference to spiritual beings of some sort.

So some people believe this word would be better translated as angels, since David is in the

house of God when this happens and there would likely be angels present. Others believe this word

is translated accurately as gods and that David is praising

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