Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13
Second Week of Advent
December 4, 2005
This is a somewhat similar and somewhat lighter version of the passage in Isaiah 40. I don’t mean to diminish these verses at all, since they serve as a direct complement to Isaiah 40, both in tone and theme. Verses 1 & 2 say much the same things as the first 2 verses of Isaiah, but with much fewer words. I would think this so mostly because the Psalms are songs, songs to be sung congregationally, needing fewer words or more succinct phraseology, where as Isaiah was either writing down the visions/messages that God was giving to him (to speak forth later or preaching/speaking forth the message directly as he received it from God.
And even moving onto verses 8-13, the psalmist here echoes the same themes & ideas that Isaiah does: God promises peace to his people, His salvation is near so that glory might fall, and the Lord will give what is good. The psalm here is much more buoyant its expectancy than its counterpart in Isaiah, concluding even with a reference to the preparation coming: “Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps. (verse 13, TNIV) Might that we learn to wait upon God with such breathless anticipation, such exultant joy.
December 4, 2005
This is a somewhat similar and somewhat lighter version of the passage in Isaiah 40. I don’t mean to diminish these verses at all, since they serve as a direct complement to Isaiah 40, both in tone and theme. Verses 1 & 2 say much the same things as the first 2 verses of Isaiah, but with much fewer words. I would think this so mostly because the Psalms are songs, songs to be sung congregationally, needing fewer words or more succinct phraseology, where as Isaiah was either writing down the visions/messages that God was giving to him (to speak forth later or preaching/speaking forth the message directly as he received it from God.
And even moving onto verses 8-13, the psalmist here echoes the same themes & ideas that Isaiah does: God promises peace to his people, His salvation is near so that glory might fall, and the Lord will give what is good. The psalm here is much more buoyant its expectancy than its counterpart in Isaiah, concluding even with a reference to the preparation coming: “Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps. (verse 13, TNIV) Might that we learn to wait upon God with such breathless anticipation, such exultant joy.
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