General Facts about the Book of Psalms

Title: The Hebrew title is Cepher (OT:5612) Tehilliym (OT:8416), “The book of Praises.”  The English Psalms is from the Greek title Psalmos (NT:5568), “songs.”  The word psalms occurs seven times in the N.T.  (Luke 20:42; Luke 24:44; Acts 1:20; Acts 13:33; 1 Cor. 14:26; Ephes. 5:19; Col. 3:16).  The word psalter is from the Greek … Read more

Spirit and Breath

Here we have a definite statement that distinguishes between the spirit and the breath of man.  The breath is simply that part of the human mechanism which helps to keep the body and soul together.  It is not the same as the inner man which is made up of soul and spirit.  There is infinitely … Read more

Kinsman-Redeemer

Hebrew: gaal (OT:1350), kinsman redeemer; the next of kin who is able to redeem or buy back a relative’s property which has been sold (Leviticus 25:25-26,48-49; Leviticus 27:12-20,31; Ruth 4:4-6; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 72:14; Hosea 13:14; Micah 4:10). The word is translated “redeemer” not only here, but in Psalm 19:14; Psalm 78:35; Proverbs 23:11; Isaiah … Read more