Literary Analysis of Psalm 22

 Click here to read “Psalm Twenty-two: Translation of the Song” Two visions create Song 22; one perceives the present and one, the future. Each describes an extreme state of being and each is the polar opposite of the other. The song opens with the voicing of an anguish so intense that, more than a cry, it …

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Psalm 2:2 The battle against Lord’s morals and those who carry it out

“יִתְיַצְּבוּ מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ יָחַד עַל יְהֹוָה וְעַל מְשִׁיחוֹ” “Kings of a land stand up, and nobles take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed?” What is it in the Lord, that these kings and nobles are avoiding? Why are they rebelling against HaShem? It is a struggle against G-d’s morality in the world. Unlike …

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