The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 17:2,
"Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right."
David asks the Lord to make sure his "eyes see what his right." David refers to the eyes of the Lord in this verse. In other verses of this psalm David refers to other body parts:
The Lord's lips, verse 4.
The Lord's ear, verse 6.
The Lord's right hand, verse 7, and his hand, verse 14.
The Lord's eye, verse 8.
The Lord's wings, verse 8.
The Lord's face, verse 15.
The Lord's "likeness", verse 15.
In addition to these bodily references, David mentions:
The Lord hears, he listens, verse 1 and 6.
The Lord sees, verse 2.
The Lord probes, verse 3.
The Lord examines, verse 3.
The Lord commands, verse 4.
The Lord has his own paths (his own ways), verse 5.
The Lord answers, verse 6.
The Lord turns his ear, verse 6.
The Lord loves, verse 7.
The Lord shows, verse 7.
The Lord saves, verse 7 and 14.
The Lord provides refuge, verse 7.
The Lord holds preference (apple of his eye), verse 8.
The Lord hides/protects, verse 8.
The Lord confronts, and destroys, verse 13.
The Lord rescues, verse 13.
The Lord judges (storing up for the wicked), verse 14.
I can't imagine I caught all of the Lord's attributes, character and nature David provides us in this psalm. Perhaps you can add to the list (see if I missed any!).
From our timeframe we know that Jesus Christ inhabits a resurrected body that his disciples were able to interact with. They ate with him, drank with him, went fishing with him, met with him in the upper room, etc. However, David's psalm here was written prior to the earthly body the Son of God took on himself (as well as his resurrected body). From this we acknowledge that David is using the normal use of language, including the figurative use of literal attributes since God himself does not have a physical body.
Regardless, we don't have to leave our impression of God up to our imaginations entirely. Certainly there is much more to God than David refers to here, but just look at this list! There is a whole lot of descriptive information about our transcendent God in what David provided us in this very informative psalm!
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
"Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right."
David asks the Lord to make sure his "eyes see what his right." David refers to the eyes of the Lord in this verse. In other verses of this psalm David refers to other body parts:
The Lord's lips, verse 4.
The Lord's ear, verse 6.
The Lord's right hand, verse 7, and his hand, verse 14.
The Lord's eye, verse 8.
The Lord's wings, verse 8.
The Lord's face, verse 15.
The Lord's "likeness", verse 15.
In addition to these bodily references, David mentions:
The Lord hears, he listens, verse 1 and 6.
The Lord sees, verse 2.
The Lord probes, verse 3.
The Lord examines, verse 3.
The Lord commands, verse 4.
The Lord has his own paths (his own ways), verse 5.
The Lord answers, verse 6.
The Lord turns his ear, verse 6.
The Lord loves, verse 7.
The Lord shows, verse 7.
The Lord saves, verse 7 and 14.
The Lord provides refuge, verse 7.
The Lord holds preference (apple of his eye), verse 8.
The Lord hides/protects, verse 8.
The Lord confronts, and destroys, verse 13.
The Lord rescues, verse 13.
The Lord judges (storing up for the wicked), verse 14.
I can't imagine I caught all of the Lord's attributes, character and nature David provides us in this psalm. Perhaps you can add to the list (see if I missed any!).
From our timeframe we know that Jesus Christ inhabits a resurrected body that his disciples were able to interact with. They ate with him, drank with him, went fishing with him, met with him in the upper room, etc. However, David's psalm here was written prior to the earthly body the Son of God took on himself (as well as his resurrected body). From this we acknowledge that David is using the normal use of language, including the figurative use of literal attributes since God himself does not have a physical body.
Regardless, we don't have to leave our impression of God up to our imaginations entirely. Certainly there is much more to God than David refers to here, but just look at this list! There is a whole lot of descriptive information about our transcendent God in what David provided us in this very informative psalm!
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
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