Boundary Lines In Pleasant Places In Alameda
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The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
In the most general sense, Psalm 22 is about a person who is crying out to God to save him from the taunts and torments of his enemies, and (in the last ten verses) thanking God for rescuing him.
22, 222, 2222 Open door, Double doors, Authority to decree God's purposes, assurance of His promises, keys to the kingdom. Open doors of favour. Walk through the open door. Man cannot stop what God had decreed. Kingly authority to take new ground.
Mention of the power of the dog in Psalm refers again to David's foes and to those who crucified our Saviour. In ancient times, dogs were seen as lowly pack scavengers who attacked the vulnerable. Similarly, Jesus' enemies banded together to strike {Bible ref com}.
Having been rescued from death at the hands of his enemies, David plans to testify to God's goodness and praise Him in the assembly of Israel. This verse is quoted in Hebrews and applied to Jesus.
Meaning of 'Be Still and Know That I Am God' in Psalm . Psalm 46 is a beloved passage in which the psalmist declared that no matter what was happening around him, God was his refuge and strength. Safe in the assurance that he is God, we can wait on him even amid chaos. He is still on his throne.
In other words, David will eagerly and enthusiastically give credit to the LORD for sparing his life from certain, violent death. Psalm 22 itself, specifically Psalm -25, is one way David made good on his promise to tell of the LORD's name to his brethren and give God credit for saving his life.
“The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places” would then be: “Your sovereign goodness has fenced me in to God himself. The borders of my life are boundaries around where God is.” And when he adds, “I have a beautiful inheritance,” the ultimate meaning would be: God. God is my inheritance, and he is beautiful.
The psalm has been described as a communal lament complaining that the nations have defiled the Temple in Jerusalem and ed the holy people, leaving their corpses unburied (verses 1–4). The occasion is perhaps the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian army in 587 BC.
