{"id":6245,"date":"2010-05-06T12:09:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T12:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/05\/our-common-prayerbook-11.html"},"modified":"2010-05-06T12:09:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T12:09:51","slug":"our-common-prayerbook-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/05\/our-common-prayerbook-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Common Prayerbook 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

This psalm, Psalm 11 (see after the jump), once again, is a prayer that weaves in and out of theology, plea and reflection — it ponders God as it ponders enemies. John Goldingay sums up what this psalm does in words worth quoting:<\/p>\n

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“When the foundations collapse, you can (e.g.) flit (like Elijah), seek to rebuild them (like Deuteronomy), preach (like Amos), tell stories to build faith (like Genesis), promise a better future (like Isaiah), or feel overwhelmed (like Ecclesiastes). Or you can just stand tall and look for Yhwh to act, like this psalmist” (1.194).<\/div>\n
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He begins with his experience: I trust Yhwh, so how can his enemies tell him to flee? But then ponders deeper: what does one do when one’s foundations have collapsed? (v. 3). <\/div>\n
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What you can do is begin with God: Yhwh is in his Temple; Yhwh rules from heaven. That Yhwh is watching with all-seeing eyes. He knows all, both those faithful and those faithless. And this Yhwh is against the faithless and he will judge the oppressors and establish justice.<\/div>\n
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Without some final judgment, there will be and can be no justice.<\/p>\n
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Our companion is John Goldingay’s commentary (Psalms, Vol. 1: Psalms 1-41 (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms)<\/a>\"\"<\/strong><\/em> and Robert Alter, The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>. The<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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11:1<\/span> In the Lord<\/span> I have taken shelter.<\/p>\n

How can you say to me,<\/p>\n

“Flee to a mountain like a bird!<\/p>\n

11:2<\/span> For look, the wicked prepare their bows,<\/p>\n

they put their arrows on the strings,<\/p>\n

to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.<\/p>\n

11:3<\/span> When the foundations are destroyed,<\/p>\n

what can the godly accomplish?”<\/p>\n

11:4<\/span> The Lord<\/span> is in his holy temple;<\/p>\n

the Lord<\/span>‘s throne is in heaven.<\/p>\n

His eyes watch;<\/p>\n

his eyes examine all people.<\/p>\n

11:5<\/span> The Lord<\/span> approves of the godly,<\/p>\n

but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.<\/p>\n

11:6<\/span> May the Lord<\/span> rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked!<\/p>\n

A whirlwind is what they deserve!<\/p>\n

11:7<\/span> Certainly the Lord<\/span> is just;<\/p>\n

he rewards godly deeds;<\/p>\n

the upright will experience his favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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