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Literary analysis of Psalm 24 – Who shall go up on the mount of ADONAI

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The sound and the sense of Song 24 suggest a pageant. In contrast to the personal tone of Song 23, Song 24’s is formal, dominated by rhetorical questions and answers, as though two voices, or, more probably, two choruses are meant to sing the roles of questioner and responder. The song begins with a declaration …

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Psalm 34 – SING & LEARN – Satisfaction already in the search for G-D

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Thanks Sherri for the summary. Please see below the recording. We read this psalm (34) during P’sukei d’Zimrah every Shabbat.  The Rabbi explained that this was written after David ran for his life from King Saul – he left Israel (where everyone knew and venerated him as their hero for having killed Goliath) and fled …

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