Daniel Haas

Tag: Psalm

  • God bless America

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    “The LORD will make us prosperous, and our land will produce rich harvests.” Today is National Day of Prayer and the American Bible Society picked Psalm 85 as reading. It starts out with a reminder how God has blessed the chosen people of Israel: “LORD, you have been merciful to your land; you have made…

  • Hebrews 4:14-5:14

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    Today’s Reading is Hebrews 4:14-5:14. Here Jesus is described as being in the priestly order of Melchizedek. That is a thing the Bible has hardly anything about: Genesis 14:17-19 knows: “When Abram came back from his victory over Chedorlaomer and the other kings, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in Shaveh Valley…

  • Psalms 115 +116

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    Yesterday’s Reading was Psalm 115. Today it’s Psalm 116. I want to use this opportunity to look at the book of Psalms in its entirety. The most comprehensive look at the Architecture of the Book of Psalms came from Erich Zenger who passed away on East Sunday 2010: 1-2 framework – prooemium: torah + messiah/Zion/reign…

  • Psalm 57

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    Today’s Reading is Psalm 57. Verse 6 has become a proverb in many languages: “Wer anderen eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein” “Tel est pris qui croyait prendre” “Ko drugome jamu kopa, pada sam u nju” “Wie een kuil graaft voor een ander, valt er zelf in” “Kto pod kim dołki kopie, sam w nie…

  • Psalm 51

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    Today’s Reading is Psalm 51. To remarkable things here: Verse 5 – “I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.” A powerful reminder of the fact that our actions cannot be sin. We are sinners by birth, before we even did anything. Nothing…