{"id":4472,"date":"2024-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/january-13\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:45:57","slug":"january-13","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/january-13\/","title":{"rendered":"January 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insight from Psalms 17:<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 17 \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 records the prayers and praise of one person who is being attacked by many enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 contrasts the righteous character of the Christ with the wickedness of his enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 seems to be part of a group of psalms (16-18) that speak of the suffering, death, and resurrection of the Christ. Psalm 19 seems to serve as a conclusion to this group of psalms. Like Psalms 8 and 15, Psalm 19 presents a view of a person who is free from sin and is living in perfect submission to the law of Yahweh.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is not quoted in the New Testament. 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), 106.<\/span><\/p>\n

In verses 3-5, the Christ proclaims his innocence. He is not like the people described in Psalm 14. He is, instead, like the person described in Psalm 15. The innocence of the Christ is of the utmost importance, for if Christ was not innocent, he could not be the Savior of the world. This psalm demonstrates that the Christ did not sin in word or in deed. 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), 108.<\/span><\/p>\n

[17:15] is not talking about the Christ waking up from physical sleep. It is speaking about his deliverance from death. The fact that sleep is being used as a metaphor for death is not clear from this verse. However, it is clear when this psalm is read in connection with the psalms surrounding it (Psalms 16 and 18). These three psalms, taken together, clearly speak of the death and resurrection of the Christ. Carefully consider Psalm 16:7\u201311 (this is quoted by the Apostle Peter in Acts 2:25\u201328). According to Peter, this psalm is about the death and resurrection of the Christ. Psalm 18 is also about the death and resurrection of the Christ: \u201cThe cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me\u201d (Psalm 18:4\u20135). Psalm 18 goes on to speak of Yahweh rescuing the Christ from death and of the Christ, based on his resurrection, defeating all of his enemies. This is not the first time in the Psalter that death is compared to sleep. See Psalm 13:3: \u201cConsider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, \u2018I have prevailed over him,\u2019 lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.\u201d 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), 110.<\/span><\/p>\n


[In 17:15] the Christ says that he will, when he wakes up, \u201cbe satisfied with your likeness.\u201d This seems to be a reference to the joy and delight that will come to the Christ when he is delivered from death and brought into the presence of Yahweh. This verse provides the answer to the question asked by the Christ in Psalm 13:1: \u201cHow long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?\u201d The answer to this question is that Yahweh will not hide his face from the Christ forever. When he is raised from the dead, the Christ will \u201cbe satisfied\u201d by seeing Yahweh. Readers of the New Testament know that this has already happened! The Christ has been raised and is, right now, at the right hand of God the Father. 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), 110.<\/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-4472","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4472","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=4472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}