My favorite Bible verse is Psalm 58:6 - anyone have a view on what it means besides the obvious?
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It's a prayer for God to judge and render harmless the entire generation or spawn of a wicked society.  It's the kind of prayer one might pray, for example, regarding inner city rap "culture," or the privileged children of the global elite attending Harvard and Yale; two very different "worlds," yet both very destructive of God's people.
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Psalms 27:1 (NLT)\n\n The LORD is my light and my salvation--\n\n            so why should I be afraid?\n      The LORD protects me from danger--\n\n            so why should I tremble?\n\n\n\nHave a nice day.  :>
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There is no specific historical context or date for this psalm. There are five sections for the Psalms, with section I being Ps 1-41, II being Ps 42-72, III being Ps 73-89, IV being Ps 90-106, and V being Ps 107-150. \n\nSo, this passage falls under section IV, and that section is composed of mostly anonymous Psalms, with some attributed to David.\n\nThe synopsis I have for chap 92 is as follows - \n\n"A Psalm of descriptive praise (see Ps 113), celebrates the person and work of God in an exuberant way. The psalm also includes several wisdom themes. The title is unusual in that it attaches the designation "for the Sabbath day". The poem has four brief sections: 1. an encouragement for the people to respond to God in praise and worship (V. 1-4) 2. a celebration of the wisdom of God in bringing judgement on the wicked (v 5-9), 3. an acknowledgement of the mercy of God who has established the believer's present life (v. 10, 11) and\n\n(the section to which you refer)\n\n 4. and anticipation of the mercy of God that will continue in the life to come (v 12-15)"\n\nThe verses you list are commented on thus...\n\n92:11-15...\n\n"Tha language of this section speaks of God's contuinuing blessing on the believer not only in this life but also in the life to come (ps 23) The tree image recalls the words of 1:3."
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Psalm 135:3\n3Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
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The Bible was written by people and has a bias.  We read it to attempt to interpret what God means.  Since God lives within us, if we pay attention to our hearts we'll know what's right.
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One of my favorite verses, and actually one of the two verses that I try to live my life by.  The other being "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things will then be given to you".\n\nThe verse "he that seeks to keep his life shall lose it, but he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it" means to me....that the more I give up my "rights" in life, the less I go after what I think I want for myself, the more I give up pursuing the things of the "world" and the more I give up my life for Jesus to do with as He pleases...the more "myself" I truly become.\n\nI never have felt more at peace, more my true self, then when I have given up my own will and choices and asked Jesus to guide my every step, thought, word.  Funny, isn't it?  You think by serving yourself you'd get what you want in life.  I've found by serving Him first (which means, putting others first), that's when I've found true happiness and fulfillment.
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The verses you quoted are just one of many contridictions the Bible contains.  The most blatant one is the one that claims the Bible is the literal word of God.  If so, the Bible could not say anything which could even be the least bit ambiguous.  This of course accepts the premise that God is perfect.  Either God is imperfect, or the Bible is not God's\n literal word.
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This was quite likely a song that was sung in the early church.  It's talking about how being a Christian is worth all the suffering that we might have to endure.  Yet it also talks about how God's faithfulness is far superior to our faithfulness.  We can stumble and fall, but he is still faithful.  When he makes a promise, we can count on him to keep it.  His love keeps on going even when we turn away from it.
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The Kingdom is God in that scripture refers to "Heavenly issues". We are to seek eternity with God even while we are here on earth.\nWith regards seeking righteousness; what it simply means is this: righteousness is from the word Righteous. While the word Righteous is from the word Right. Simply put, Righteousness is BEING RIGHT WITH GOD.\nThus what that scripture means is that we should seek God even while here on earth as well as living right with God.\nGod help us all.
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Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. \n\nThis is one of my favorite promises, one of the 10 Commandments.  It is the only one of the 10 commandments which offers a promise of long life if you but honor your father and mother.
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Long time passing.\n\nIsa 40:5  And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. \nIsa 40:6  The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: \nIsa 40:7  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. \nIsa 40:8  The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
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Zephaniah 3:17 \n\nThe LORD your God is with you, \n       He is mighty to save. \n       He will take great delight in you, \n       He will quiet you with his love, \n       He will rejoice over you with singing." \n\nGod sings over us! I imagine if He sings over us, He probably laughs with joy too!
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Well friend,\nI am a christian.\nAnd this is what that verse means to me.\n\nThe main problem with christians is that they always like to read such verses from a worldy perspective ignoring the spiritual aspect of it.\n\nLook at the begining it mentions of future and hope. Thats what we should be aiming for NOT earthly fortunes or satisfactions.\n\nSeeking the Lord comes with calling upon our Lord as well as praying to Him NOT just sitting around and trying to "argue" out things in your mind. Honesty is important here.\n\nNow consider, the phrase...\n"will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile."\n\nSome people like to take the that and say, Hey, God will bless me!!\nIt is true but does it mention necessarily EARTHLY blessings? No. I believe its more spiritual blessings that you will inherit one day in the afterlife. For the spiritual blessings are eternal as opposed to the temporary blessings on earth.\n\nWell, dont seek after earthly things as others do, these are all vanity.\n\nAs for me,\n"Jesus is enough"\nNothing else I want.\n\nRegards
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I don't think that's an exact Bible passage; it's the title of a song sung in church.\n\nIf you want to search for something in the Bible, this is a great website... put in a keyword or phrase and it'll tell you the passage:\nhttp://www.biblegateway.com/
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I can't remember the reference, but I think somewhere it psalms it says to make music with new instruments, harps, lyres, and basically anything we can use to worship God.
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My personal favorite is:\n " In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.... All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made. \n  In Him was life and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. ...\n   He was in the world , and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not.\n   He came unto His own and His own received Him not.\n   But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God. \n   And the Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us, full of grace and truth."
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The first time I read Isaiah 58, I cried.  And I'm misty reading it again just now.\n\nThis terribly sad Chapter is one of many oracles Isaiah was told to give the Jewish people.  The gist of the entire Chapter is this:  don't say with your mouth you love God, but prove with your actions you don't.  The people said they loved God and they even enjoyed seeking Him in prayer and fasting.  However, when they fasted, they did so for the wrong reasons and they indulged in physical pleasures and iniquity, such as refusing to pay their laborers.  God sees right through this hypocrisy and insists that Isaiah yell his condemnatory message from the rooftops.  The people hated him for it, just as they hated Jeremiah and the rest of the prophets.  And, of course, Jesus.\n\nYes, the world will be angered when you announce its iniquities as if you are blowing a trumpet.  Some, however, will be moved to repentance.  That's what encourages me.\n\nPeace and love in Jesus.