Insight from Psalms 11\u201312:<\/p>\n
[Psalm 11] is the faith-filled response of the Christ to people who have been telling him to flee because of the wicked. The opening statement in this psalm is a firm declaration by the Christ that his faith is in Yahweh. The psalm concludes with the Christ explaining why his faith is in Yahweh and, thus, why he will not listen to the people who are encouraging him to flee.<\/p>\n
As with the other psalms we have been considering, because of the death and resurrection of Christ, this psalm is no longer just the song of the Christ. Because of the gospel event, this psalm becomes the song of all those who are in Christ. Those who are in Christ have taken their refuge in Yahweh. And, like the Christ, they will not be conquered by the wicked. Tom Kelby, Kitaaba Faarfannaa Yaadannoo Qorannoo Waliin (Faarfannaa 1\u201319): Qajeelcha Lallabaa Kitaaba Faarfannaatiif<\/em> (Webster, WI: Hands to the Plow, 2015), 81.[Psalm 12] is unique in that it does not end on a note of victory (compare this to the endings of Psalm 1-11). Even though Yahweh has said that he will arise and rescue the poor and needy, and his words are \u201cpure words\u201d and are guaranteed to come to pass, the wicked are, at the end of the psalm, still prowling about exalting vileness. Thus, the psalm ends with the people of God needing to keep trusting in the words of Yahweh even though his pure words have not yet fully come to pass. This provides a perfect connection to Psalm 13. Psalm 13 begins with the Christ wondering how long he must wait before he is rescued by Yahweh.<\/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-4469","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}