{"id":7871,"date":"2018-08-29T21:27:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T21:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2018-09-08T19:37:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T19:37:07","slug":"tehillim-psalms-149-part-1-godliness-making-war-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-149-part-1-godliness-making-war-and-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 149, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05de\u05d8, Part 1, Godliness, Making War and Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 149:1-9<\/span><\/em>, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc \u05d7\u05b2\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">149:1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> When the Psalmist speaks of the \u201cgodly ones\u201d who is he referring to? What does it mean to live a godly life? The Psalmist continues saying, \u05d1 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b9\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d9\u05b8\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd: \u05d2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05ea\u05b9\u05e3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9: \u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">149:2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. 149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> Note the singular pronoun being used as a reference to a multitude (Israel). What is the significance on the use of the singular pronoun as a reference to all of Israel?<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Tehillim-149-Part1.pdf\">Tehillim 149-Part1<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 149:1-9, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05dc \u05d7\u05b2\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: 149:1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. (NASB) When the Psalmist speaks of the \u201cgodly ones\u201d who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehillim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}