John Mark Hicks

(English Version Here). El Salmo 1, quizás también el Salmo 2, sirve como prefacio o introducción al Salterio. Dice algo importante sobre cómo debemos leer, cantar, orar y meditar en los Salmos. Hay alguna evidencia crítica del texto (lecturas variantes) de que Hechos 13:33 llama al Salmo 2 el “primer Salmo”, y algunos manuscritos medievales […]

Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks on Psalm 1 This episode begins a new series led by Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks. This series is dedicated to understanding and practicing the Psalms. Each week they will discuss a particular Psalm. In this first week, they discuss Psalm 1, which introduces the whole Psalter itself. […]

Psalm 1, perhaps also Psalm 2, serves as a preface or introduction to the Psalter. It says something important about how we should read, sing, pray, and meditate on Psalms. There is some text-critical evidence (variant readings) that Acts 13:33 calls Psalm 2 the “first Psalm,” and some medieval manuscripts write the first psalm in […]

The opening Psalm functions as a kind of preface or introduction to the whole collection. It orients the worshipper to a particular path and the value of pursuing the life the Psalter envisions. Indeed, it offers us a choice. There is the way of the wicked (sinners, scoffers) and the way of the righteous. There […]