John Mark Hicks

Psalm 139 is a favorite of many. The meditation assumes and seeks personal intimacy with God and, at the same time, the Psalmist declares his radical allegiance to the God of Israel. God has searched and knows the Psalmist, and the Psalmist petitions for further searching and intimacy that every evil thought and practice–every wicked […]

[An English version is available here.] Este salmo es el favorito de muchos. Los primeros dieciocho versículos son algunas de las descripciones más íntimas y elevadas de la relación Dios-humano en el Salterio. La mayoría lo encuentra reconfortante, incluso afirmativo. Pero luego nos golpea una sacudida cuando leemos el Salmo 139:19-22. ¿Qué tiene eso que […]

This psalm is a favorite for many. The first eighteen verses are some of the most intimate and lofty descriptions of the God-human relationship in the Psalter. Most find it comforting, even affirming. But then a jolt hits us when we read Psalm 139:19-22. What does that have to do with what came before it? […]