Literary analysis of Psalm 33 “For He did speak and it came to be”

Song 33 celebrates creation –the creative process, that is, worked by speech and eye; together comprising perception divinely inspired but possible to the human imagination. Appropriately, then, the song divides into 7 parts; though, interestingly, those parts involve different verses, depending upon whether the divisions are according to theme (to the qualities unique to divine …

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literary analysis of Psalm 32 – Bliss of Teshuvah (Return / Repentance)

 Click here to read “Psalm Thirty-two – Translation of the Song” Composed for the purpose of instruction, Psalm 32 is moral teaching sounded in   melody. The first verse declares its intention: the song is a maskil  (מַשְׂכִּיל) –the exact meaning of the Hebrew has long been lost, but it is   apparent that it refers …

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