Salmo 58

January 29, 2025

[An English version is available here.] Ocasionada por las injusticias de la clase dominante, la comunidad le pide a Dios que juzgue a sus jueces injustos. Un adorador habla en nombre de la comunidad en una especie de “lamento profético de culto”.”[1] Uno podría imaginarse a Jeremías o algún líder sacerdotal expresando esta queja en el […]

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Psalm 58: Derek–Meditating on the Way

August 6, 2024

Dr. James Nesmith, Jr. joins Bobby Valentine and John Mark Hicks to discuss the meaning and significance of Psalm 58. This is an imprecatory lament against injustice on the part of rulers (whether “gods” as NRSV has it, or “rulers” as the NIV [2011] has it). How might we pray this prayer today as disciples […]

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Psalm 58

March 9, 2015

Occasioned by the injustices of the ruling class, the community petitions God to judge their unjust judges. A worshipper speaks for the community in a kind of “cultic prophetic lament.”[1] One might imagine a Jeremiah or some priestly leader voicing this complaint at the temple as Israel’s judges gathered to worship. Jeremiah may have appeared at […]

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