This collection of Psalms, most considered to be authored by David, summarize the greatness of God, and what our relationship with Him should be like. ... These selections from the book of Psalms assure us that we are worthy creations of God, and that He is always there to sustain and care for us. ... "Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. ... The author here is comforted by the punishment that he believes God will meter out against the aggressors of Jerusalem, and allows himself to be sustained by tha...

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., predicts Cyrus (by name) as the king who will say to Jerusalem that their city will be built and the foundation of the temple will be laid. At the time of this prophecy, Jerusalem was built and the temple was standing. ... After the Babylonians took over Jerusalem, it was conquered by the Persians in about 539 B.C. Not long after that, a Persian named Cyrus gave the decree to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem. ... (McDowell 165) Psalms 34:20 "He keeps all his bones; not one is broken." ...

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At first interpreters believed that Isaiah of Jerusalem of the eighth century only wrote chapters 1-39 (or less), and that a second unknown prophet wrote the second part (chapters 40-66) in Babylon sometime before or at the time of the return from exile in the sixth century BC. ... In fact, his book is quoted or alluded to in the New Testament more than any other Old Testament book except Psalms. ...

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Jesus quickly vanished, though the Disciples would proceed to gather everyone together in Jerusalem for prayer. ... He said, " everything about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled" (CSB 145). ...

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