Guiding Questions: Psalms 33

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. In Psalms 33:1-2 what does the text call for as a mode of appreciating God — somberness or song and joy?
  2. And, according to Psalms 33:4-5 what is the essential characteristic stressed — justice or some other attribute?
  3. In Psalms 33:6-7 aside from the stress on the central (main) attribute, what other power of Divinity is described?
  4. According to Psalms 33:9 what was the “method of creation” at the very beginning?
  5. Which people is described as fortunate in Psalms 33:12?
  6. Does Psalms 33:13 have a literal geographic meaning or does it presuppose that “God is above all” in the poetic sense?
  7. In Psalms 33:15 what is the difference between “fashioning the hearts” and “discerning all their doings” — does this indicate free will or determinism or neither?
  8. If, in Psalms 33:16 might does not provide deliverance, what does?
  9. And, what is the lot (Psalms 33:18-19) of those who rely on the Divine?
  10. In Psalms 33:22 is the relationship, then, to the Divine one of fear or one of trust, indeed, possibly quiet joy?

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