Psalm 113

I am working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 113 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps113.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_113.pdf

A Women’s Voice in the Psalter: A New Understanding of Psalm 113 by Marc Zvi Brettler: https://www.thetorah.com/article/a-womens-voice-in-the-psalter-a-new-understanding-of-psalm-113 

Psalm 113 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/177

Free Logos Resources for June

Logos is offering two freebies this month: The Consequences of Ideas by R. C. Sproul and Lectio Matters: Before the Burning Bush by Mary Margaret Funk. You can get these free resources and also purchase others at significant discounts here and here.

Psalm 112

I am working on a commentary on the Psalms. I have decided to compile some helpful links that I discovered during my research. It includes a mix of exegetical and sermonic links. Here is what I have for Psalm 112 (in no particular order). Feel free to mention any that you find helpful in the comments section.

James Limburg: https://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=1692

Analysis by C. J. Labuschagne: https://www.labuschagne.nl/ps112.pdf

William Barrick’s notes: https://drbarrick.org/files/studynotes/Psalms/Ps_112.pdf

Psalm 112 devotional: https://www.generations.org/devotionals/176 Commentary by Scott Hoezee: https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2022-08-22/psalm-112-3

Steve Walton on Exodus 14:5-22

You can access his presentation slides here.

Denial and Restoration by a Charcoal Fire

Sandra Glahn notes in a discussion on the importance of paying attention to narratival settings offers a detail that I had noticed before in the Gospel of John. She writes,

"Peter denies the Lord three times by a charcoal fire (John 18:17). Later, this setting provides Peter with a do-over in order to fully restore him. Three times Jesus gives Peter the opportunity to declare his love. And where does Jesus do so? By a charcoal fire (21:9). Through use of the charcoal-fire detail, readers can see what a grace-based ministry looks like. Interestingly, having experienced threefold grace following his threefold rejection, Peter would go on to exhort his flock to “grow in grace” (2 Pet 3:18)."

Sandra Glahn, "The Bible as Story: What the Literary Elements Reveal," Bibliotheca Sacra 178 (2021): 277.