Comments on: An Unprayable Psalm?

By: Benjer McVeigh

Benjer McVeigh — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:31:39 +0000

I love praying the Psalms. Last week I was counseling a young woman with her mom, and she felt guilty for sometimes doubting or being angry with God. I opened her right up to Psalm 22 and asked her to pray through it during the week.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:09:56 +0000

There's also another view -- that the Psalms are about Jesus, not about us.

By: pastorbuhro

pastorbuhro — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:03:05 +0000

There are lots of other views, but that doesn’t make them right. ;-)

I can’t help but notice that Rev. Collins makes several claims about the nature of the Old Testament promises, yet does not back up those claims with any scriptural evidence. Having read Psalm 26, it would take some pretty strong evidence to convince me that that Psalm was written about Jesus, and that it was not the personal prayer of David crying out to God. Psalm 26 may apply to Jesus, but to say it applies only to Jesus is a very different argument.

I would make the same criticism of Rev. Collins argument from Matthew 4. Yes, Jesus’ response to the temple-top temptation was a tacit agreement that Psalm 91 applied to him. It was not, however, a declaration that it does not apply to me as well. Rather it was a repudiation of the idea that in order to prove Psalm 91 applies to me I need to go base jumping sans parachute.

By: John

John — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:42:48 +0000

There's also another view -- that the Psalms are about Jesus, not about us.

By: prward

prward — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:47:25 +0000

great entry. it’s nice to be reminded that the Scripture doesn’t always fit our lives so nicely and the “interpretation” and application is not always so simple.

also, great way to leave us hanging to force us to read Psalm 17.