Guiding Questions: Psalms 74

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Who are “the sheep of Your pasture”?
  2. Why does the Psalmist ask that the flock be remembered and the patrimony be redeemed?
  3. Would Psalms 74:3 indicate that God’s people are in serious trouble — and, if so, who is the foe — internal or external?
  4. Would Psalms 74:5-7 reflect the destruction of the Temple (end of Jerusalem)?
  5. In Psalms 74:10, is the Psalmist challenging God to explain how this destruction could take place when it actually blasphemes Divinity?
  6. What is the Psalmist unable to understand in Psalms 74:11?
  7. Psalms 74:13-17 recount various roles of God as creator, and God as protector of Israel, and how is this an introduction to Psalms 74:18-19?
  8. Finally, in Psalms 74:22-23, what is the specific request of the Psalmist for God’s action — and is it clear that this “action” has not yet been forthcoming?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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