{"id":4467,"date":"2024-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/january-8\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:22:28","slug":"january-8","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/january-8\/","title":{"rendered":"January 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insight from Psalms 9:<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 9 \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is connected in some way to Psalm 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 features a unique pattern in which the poetic stanzas follow a pattern based on the order of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The pattern begins in Psalm 9 and concludes in Psalm 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is the first psalm in a group of psalms (9-14) that seem to be focused on the word \u201cforget\u201d (see 9:12, 9:17, 9:18, 10:11, 10:12, and 13:1). The word is used in three ways in these psalms. First, it is to bring comfort to the righteous: Yahweh \u201cdoes not forget the cry of the afflicted\u201d (see 9:12 and 9:18). Second, it is used to describe the nations that forget God and the punishment they will receive because of this great sin (see 9:17 and 10:11). Third, it is used by the Christ as he calls Yahweh to \u201cforget not the afflicted\u201d (see 10:12) and as he waits patiently for Yahweh to keep his promises to deliver him (see 13:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is the first psalm in a group of psalms (9-14) that seem to be focused on the word \u201csee\u201d (see 9:13, 10:11, 10:14, 11:4, and 14:2). The word is used in three ways in these psalms. First, it is used by the Christ as he calls on Yahweh to \u201csee\u201d his affliction (see 9:13). Second, it is used to describe the wicked, demonstrating that they do not believe Yahweh can see their evil deeds (see 10:11). Third, it is used by the Christ as he proclaims the truth that Yahweh does see the righteous and the wicked (see 10:14, 11:4, and 14:2).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is divided in two parts. The psalm begins with the praises of the Christ (verses 1-12). The psalm concludes with the Christ praying that he might be delivered and the nations might be judged so that he might praise Yahweh and rejoice in his salvation (verses 13-20).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is not directly quoted in the New Testament. Christ does appear to make reference to Psalm 9:13-14 in Luke 10:15. Tom Kelby, <\/span>\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> (Webster, WI: Hands to the Plow, 2015), 67.<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalms 9 and 10 may have, at one time, been combined together. This is likely for at least three reasons. First, in the Hebrew, Psalms 9 and 10 follow a unique pattern in which each the poetic stanzas begin with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet, starting with the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet and continuing in order through the alphabet (a few letters are not used). Psalm 9 doesn\u2019t go through the entire Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 10 begins where Psalm 9 ends. These psalms are the first psalms in the Psalter to follow this alphabetic pattern. Second, unlike the other psalms in Book 1 (with the exception of Psalms 1 and 2, which are introductory psalms, and Psalm 33 which seems to be connected with Psalm 32), there is no superscription in Psalm 10, suggesting that the editor of the Hebrew text is signaling to the reader that the superscription of Psalm 9 also applies to Psalm 10. Third, these psalms are combined in the Septuagint, suggesting that the translator of the Septuagint was working from a Hebrew text in which these two psalms were combined.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, while these psalms clearly belong together, there is a reason that they have been separated, at least in the Hebrew text from which the English translation was made (referred to as the MT). It is the joy of the reader and the obligation of the preacher to discover the individual treasures found in both of these psalms.\u00a0<\/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-4467","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4467","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=4467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}