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1 | does this refer to exodus or creation? | Ps 18:1 | vnct blzn | 224518 | ||
"Greetings Vnct Blzn! According to the intro to the Psalm, the occasion was God's deliverance of David from his enemies, in particular, Saul. So, it would appear that Ps. 18:7-15 does not refer to either the exodus or creation, but is simply a poetic description of God's deliverance of David. I hope this helps! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran" Tim - so this is a fictional event? david isn't referring to a past historical event taken from some text somewhere? how do we know if a biblical reference is fictional or historical? |
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2 | does this refer to exodus or creation? | Ps 18:1 | Beja | 224520 | ||
vnct blzn, I think the key here is to recognize that this is poetry, not history. We don't accuse poetry of falsehood or deception because it describes things in over the top ways. For example if in a poem where I had been jilted I wrote something along the lines of... "You have torn out my heart yet I can not hate you. All my life has been reduced to ruins and ashes for the loss of you." NONE of that actually happened. She did not pull my heart out of my chest, nothing has been burned. Yet you would not read my poem then stand up and say, "Wait! That didn't happen!." Because you would understand that this is poetry and that such standards are not the realm of poetry. We need to realize the Psalm in question is poetry. David is speaking of God delivering him in over the top ways. To do such when writing poetry isn't error, falsehood, or being deceitful. In Christ, Beja |
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