This song is an encouraging paean of victory, which we no doubt need to have more of in today’s troubled world. But did Judah then go defeat the enemy?

Protestant reformer John Calvin in his “Commentary” states, “They who say that Abraham and other believers care no more about the affairs of men, torture by excessive ingenuity the words of the Prophet.

This then naturally leads to an assertion that there are two different Divine Kingdoms. Jews will inherit the earth while Christians reign in Heaven (sometimes described as “Planet Heaven”).

The Bible reveals that the Divine Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom throughout history and not limited to one era. It existed in Daniel’s time.

Three things that make a man equal to an angel: the love of every good; the love of exercising charity; the love of pleasing God.

A featured article in the Wall Street Journal (Saturday/Sunday, September 2 – 3, 2023, C4) provided an analysis of Tolkien from a Jewish point-of-view by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik.

The first section in verses 1 to 22 deal with the Babylonian exile of Judah and its aftermath. Verse 3 says,“And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.”

Most of the history of the Anglo-Israel movement in 19th century Michigan is now lost, never having been written down for preservation

The life and travails of this noble queen can be clearly seen in this psalm. It meant so much to her that she wrote an opera based on it, which has not survived.

The life and travails of this noble queen can be clearly seen in this psalm. It meant so much to her that she wrote an opera based on it, which has not survived.