Asaph's struggle: truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But my feet had almost stumbled when I envied the arrogant seeing the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggles; they are not plagued like others. When I tried to understand, it was too painful—until I entered God's sanctuary and understood their end. Their destruction comes suddenly. God is my portion forever.
Mostly Asaph's psalms, wrestling with suffering and God's faithfulness to His covenant.
The everyday phrase 'the apple of my eye', meaning someone deeply cherished, comes straight from Scripture: 'Keep me as the apple of your eye' (Psalm 17:8). Many common English sayings, from 'a drop in the bucket' to 'the writing on the wall,' were born in the Bible.
Psalm 17:8With 150 chapters (psalms), the book of Psalms contains more chapters than any other book in the Bible. These ancient songs range from the shortest chapter in Scripture (Psalm 117 with just 2 verses) to the longest (Psalm 119 with 176 verses).
PsalmsThe little word 'Selah' appears about 74 times in the Psalms, and its exact meaning has been lost. It may signal a musical pause, a swelling of the instruments, or a moment to stop and reflect. After thousands of years, it remains one of the Bible's small unsolved mysteries.
Psalms
