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Psalm 39 is the 39th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and a book of the Christian Old Testament .
The first verse refers to God the Father fixing limits for the sea as described in Job 38:8-11 and Psalm 104:6-9. The second verse refers to Jesus' miracles of calming the storm in Matthew 8:23-27 , Mark 4:35:41 , and Luke 8:22-25 and walking on the waters of the Sea of Galilee in Mark 6:45-53 , Matthew 14:22-34 , and John 6:15-21 .
Psalm 23 portrays God as a good shepherd, feeding (verse 1) and leading (verse 3) his herd. The "rod and staff" (verse 4) are also the implements of a shepherd. Some commentators see the shepherd imagery pervading the entire psalm.
"A Psalm of Life" is a poem written by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, often subtitled "What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist". [1] Longfellow wrote the poem not long after the death of his first wife and while thinking about how to make the best of life.
"On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional hymn composed by Michael Joncas.Its words are based on Psalm 91, [1] Book of Exodus 19, and Matthew 13. [2] Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 [3] or 1979, [1] [4] after he and his friend, Douglas Hall, returned from a meal to learn that Hall's father had died of a heart attack. [5]
Across the twelve psalms exists a theme of the judgment from God and how the people of the Bible must follow the Law of God. According to Hermann Gunkel , there are many genres of Psalms including: Hymns, Communal Laments, Individual Laments, Individual Song of Thanksgiving, Wisdom Poems, Pilgrimage Songs and Liturgies. [ 5 ]
He used the lyrics of the hymn unchanged, which reflect the psalm and Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Bach structured the work in five movements. The outer choral movements are a chorale fantasia and a four-part closing chorale, both on the hymn tune. Bach set the inner stanzas as aria – recitative – aria, with music unrelated to the hymn tune.
"What God Wants, Part I" is the first song in a series of songs written and released by former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters on his third solo studio album, Amused to Death (1992). "What God Wants" is separated into three parts, similar to Pink Floyd's earlier " Another Brick in the Wall ". [ 1 ] "