Psalms and the Life of Faith by Walter Brueggemann

Author:Walter Brueggemann [Brueggemann, Walter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Theology
ISBN: 9780800627331
Goodreads: 271955
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: 1995-09-01T06:00:00+00:00

David is fully up to the challenge. He makes a shrewd response, which can be summarized:

a Oh, God, you shouldn't have ....

b. but since you did, I will count heavily on it.'

In verses 18-21, in an act of appropriate deference, David asserts God's greatness, his own insignificance, and the unutterable distance between the two. This is standard court talk with appropriate humility and self-abasement. This prayer seems to be the most calculating of the prayers we shall consider. In verse 19, David slips in a note of reminder, just in case God forgets: you said the promise would last awhile ("for a distance").

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