{"id":1047,"date":"2012-05-03T05:31:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:35:54","slug":"psalm-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/03\/psalm-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 61"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalm 61<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This is a psalm of David to be played in worship on stringed instruments (Neginah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

David was thrust out of the city away from the sanctuary during the revolt of Absalom (2 Samuel 15-18). He uses a double entendre here. He wants to return to the rock that is higher than he, which physically, being in the woods of Ephraim, would be Jerusalem and spiritually would be a reference to God Himself. David\u2019s desire is to return to Jerusalem where he knows he can worship and commune with God. Jesus describes this reasoning in John 4 when He speaks with the woman at the well in terms of worship (John 4.15-26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). The thought was we needed to be\u00a0in a specific place to worship God. Jesus corrects this and establishes that God can be worship anywhere, at any time. He is not demeaning corporate worship in a specific place (church) but is expanding the idea of worship to a personal level as-well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This psalm can be divided in two parts by the Selah<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0after verse four.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n