Jeremy Thompson

Tag: Psalms

  • Responsorial Psalms: One of My Favorite Parts of Being Catholic

    Okay.  So, I realize that having a daily responsorial Psalm is not distinctively Catholic.  A number of other liturgically oriented communities also have these; I say good for them.  They help to keep worship from becoming stagnant or monolithic.  I have been a music leader in various congregations and for various age groups (I am…

  • Thoughts on Psalm 136

    Today’s response is Psalm 136.  Our Sunday night music group plays a song based on this Psalm with some regularity, but I must admit that this is one of the texts that I struggle with a great deal.  The refrain is “His love endures forever.”  If you have been around the field of Biblical Studies…

  • Psalm 114 – The Jordan Runs Away

    The primary Old Testament lectionary reading today comes from Joshua 3 and involves the Israelites passing through the Jordan on dry ground.  I have already commented briefly on that text HERE.  In that reading the waters are “cut off” and “stand still.”  But, Psalm 114 presents the more poetic perspective, which I like better.  It…

  • More Henotheism in the Old Testament

    I have previously posted on henotheism in the Old Testament and explained what this is. Today’s Psalm contains another statement that reflects henotheism. It reads as follows: “For you, LORD, are most high over all the earth; You are very highly exalted over all gods” (emphasis added). Here again the existence of other deities is…