What is the meaning behind Psalm 102?
Psalm 102 is said in times of community crisis. It is also recited as a prayer for a childless woman to give birth. In the Siddur Sfas Emes, this psalm is said as a prayer “for the well-being of an ill person”.
Do not hide your face from me incline your ear to me?
Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
Do not hide your face from me?
Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, O God my Savior. Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.
What is the meaning of Psalm 102 7?
Church: This verse, Psalm 102:7, has a notation in the New Living Translation, “A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the Lord.” The notation predisposes me to step into the anguish of an individual; one who is, perhaps, filled with despair.
What is the darkest Psalm in the Bible?
Psalm 88 has been called “an embarrassment to conventional faith.”1 What we hear in the psalm is a voice of despair, fear, and hopelessness, crying out to a silent and absent God. It is little wonder that Ps 88 is often regarded as one of the darkest corners of the Psalter.
What Psalm is read at a funeral?
Psalm 23
Psalm 23 is used widely in funeral service and religious traditions, including the Shabbat.
What is the meaning of Psalm 103?
Marion Star. The background of Psalm 103 is unclear, but what is clear is a desire on the part of David to praise God for all that He has done. He speaks of God’s personal blessings, His forgiving love and he ends with a universal call for all of believers to praise the Lord.
What to pray when you can’t sleep?
Dear God, as I lay me down to sleep, relax the tension of my body; calm the restlessness of my mind; still the thoughts which worry and perplex me. Help me to rest myself and all my problems in your strong and loving arms.