{"id":4579,"date":"2024-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/may-20\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:02:06","slug":"may-20","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/may-20\/","title":{"rendered":"May 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Psalm 50<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the days of Hezekiah, the Levites were commanded \u201cto sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David and of Asaph the seer\u201d (2 Chr. 29:30)\u2013\u2013the two most dominant named voices in the Psalter. Only one psalm of Asaph is found in Books 1\u20132 of the Psalter (#2: Ps. 50), but these psalms dominate Book 3 (Pss. 73\u201383); none are found in Books 4\u20135. In contrast, psalms of David shape Books 1 and 2, one is part of Book 3 (Ps. 86), two are in Book 4 (Pss. 101, 103), and then a number are sprinkled through Book 5\u2026. Books 1 and 2 may have been an early Psalter, seeing as they conclude with the statement, \u201cThe prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended\u201d (Ps. 72:20). In light of the inclusion of the songs of Asaph in the repertoire of the Levites, the layout of the Psalter suggests Hezekiah had at least Books 1\u20133, and in the days of the Chronicler (post-exile) there is every reason to think that he may have had a Psalter very much like our own. Furthermore, because the Psalm titles are most directly associated with the Samuel\u2013Kings history and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chronicles, it seems likely that the psalms already included titles in the Chronicler\u2019s Psalter.<\/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-4579","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4579","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=4579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}