Covenants of Men with Men

The Scriptures speak of covenants that men make with other men. These are of different sorts, such as contracts, treaties and agreements; and they vary widely according to the circumstances and the relative status of the parties involved. But they all have this in common, that they are the establishing of a relationship between two…

Psalm 44: Why Have You Cast Us Off?

There are two things that are immediately obvious about this psalm. The first is that it was written in a time of military defeat and disaster for the people of God. The second is that the people were not, at the time of this defeat, in apostasy from God. It does not belong, for example,…

Psalms of the Incarnation

The Psalms are songs about Christ as the God of our salvation in all their praise of Yahweh, the Most High and the Holy One of Israel. They are also about our Lord's life, suffering, resurrection and glorification in all their descriptions of our sufferings and the glory of our salvation. They talk about his…