Guiding Questions: Psalms 24

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Who is the subject of this Psalm?
  2. What power and authority are ascribed to Divinity; is anything excluded?
  3. Psalms 24:2 would refer to what section of the Five Books?
  4. What is meant by “the mountain of God” and God’s unique place?
  5. Is it power, artistic ability, keenness of mind — or something other which qualifies one to be in God’s “presence”?
  6. Consider an alternate translation for Psalms 24:6 (source: Dahood,”Psalms,” Volume 1, page 152): “the One of Eternity seek, oh you who search for the presence of Jacob”; what is your opinion?
  7. In Psalms 24:7 does the “lifting” mean a literal opening or does it mean lifting the head in joy and, accordingly, is a poetic phrase?
  8. How do Psalms 24:8-10 serve as a parallel for Psalms 24:1-2?

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