{"id":4464,"date":"2024-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/january-5\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:14:56","slug":"january-5","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/january-5\/","title":{"rendered":"January 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Psalms 3\u20134:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[Psalm 3] initiates the main body of Book One following the two-psalm introduction. As such, this psalm carries outsized importance. This psalm, the reader should expect, connects to Pss 1\u20132 in some way and establishes patterns the following psalms build upon. If evidence demonstrates the poetic text in this psalm celebrates David, it seems\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">likely the remaining psalms in Book One would follow this pattern. On the other hand, if the poetic text speaks of a different king, David\u2019s shadow over Book One likely vastly diminishes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Kelby, \u201cChrist\u2019s Prayers and the Saints\u2019 Songs: The Eschatological King and His People in Book One of the Psalter\u201d (PhD diss., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2024), 208\u201309.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psalm 3 is the first in a series of psalms demonstrating that the Christ meditates on the law of Yahweh in the day and in the night. Psalm 3 is a \u201cday\u201d psalm (see verse 5). Thus, the Christ describes his actions when he rises in the morning. Psalm 4 is a \u201cnight\u201d psalm. The psalm describes the Christ lying down and going to sleep (4:8). Psalm 5 is a \u201cday\u201d psalm. The psalm describes the Christ praying in the morning (5:3). Psalm 6 is a \u201cnight\u201d psalm. The psalm describes the Christ flooding his bed with tears (6:6). By putting these psalms together, the editor seems to be emphasizing that the Christ truly does mediate on the law of Yahweh \u201cday and night\u201d (Psalm 1:2). This meditation on the law of Yahweh happens in the midst of great suffering. Those who are in Christ should, like the Christ, be constantly meditating on the law of Yahweh, even during times of great suffering. Tom Kelby, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u12e8\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u12a8\u1325\u1293\u1275 \u121b\u1235\u1273\u12c8\u123b\u12ce\u127d \u130b\u122d (\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d 1-19): \u12e8\u1218\u12dd\u1219\u122d \u1218\u133d\u1210\u134d \u1230\u1263\u12aa \u1218\u1218\u122a\u12eb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Webster, WI: Hands to the Plow, 2015), 34\u201335.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4464","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}