The Covenant
God's covenant with the Israelites is like a legal agreement: God gets worshipers, his people get protection. (It's a little more personal and spiritual than that, but you get the picture.) Sounds...
Music
Kanye knows that the Psalms are meant to be put to music. We might read them as poetry today, but the Psalms were designed to be memorized and sung by the Israelites together. Surprised? Then you p...
Gold
Gold was as much a part of biblical society as it is today—a symbol of power, prestige, and taste. But gold isn't always all it's cracked up to be. Sure it's a marker of value—kings wear it, it...
Sheol
Sheol is the Biblical underworld, and is similar in many ways to Hades in Greek mythology. The Israelites did have an idea of Heaven, but it was purely a divine domain—you know, where the angels...
Idols
A lot of things bugged the Psalms writers, but there was one thing that really pushed them over the edge: idol worship. By declaring idols uncool, they were trying to start something big. Really bi...
Angels and Other Gods
Angels in the HouseWe have some big news for you: God isn't the only divine being in the Bible. And Psalms makes that very clear. They have a pretty big job to do—asserting the dominance of God a...