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Today is Wednesday and we’ll read Psalms 120-121. Before reading each one, I’ll have an introduction, and after the reading I have some comments for you. These are very short chapters, so this will be a short show today. I do have an on this date in church history for you. I’m calling today’s episode “Ascents Part 1.”  

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Comments on Psalms 120-121

I really like these short little Psalms. Besides being sung on the journey up to Jerusalem, I can easily see these as songs that became popular to be sung as people went about their daily lives, especially Psalm 121. Don't you have some favorite songs or choruses from your church that you find yourself singing throughout the week? I know I do. 

In my imagination I can almost hear a man or a woman sing these to the Lord as they go through the day with the cares of the world weighing them down, or as they celebrate how God has blessed them in one endeavor or another. Can't you?

Today's Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 120-121 HCSB

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Steve Webb 0:00It is probable that Jesus sang these songs when he made his journeys from Galilee to Jerusalem.

Steve Webb 0:06Well, hi there. This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I'm your OG God caster Steve Webb. This is the daily show where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year and today is Wednesday. So we'll read Psalms, chapters 120, and 121. Before reading each one, I'll have a brief introduction. And after the reading, I'll have some comments for you. These are very short chapters. So this will be a short show today. I do have an on this date in church history. And I'm calling today's episode a sense part one, the shownotes for today is that Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 287. So let's get right to it.

Steve Webb 0:57Psalm 120 is the first in a series of 15 Psalms that have the title, a song of a sense, nowhere in Scripture are we told the purpose for these 15 songs, but there are some ideas. According to James Montgomery Boice. Quote, The Talmud says that the 15 songs correspond to the 15 steps between the courtyards of the temple. Some of even suppose that the songs were sung by the Levites. From these steps, though this is pure speculation, unquote. Another thought is that the songs were sung as people made the trip to Jerusalem and the temple for the three feasts Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. Why a sense? Well, of course to ascend is to go up and it is a trip up a hill to Jerusalem, it's very common to read that they went up to Jerusalem. Now, G. Campbell Morgan wrote, we shall consider them as songs sung by those pilgrims who went up to Jerusalem to worship. The songs of desire and hope and approach are appropriate for the Pilgrims use as they go up to worship. Unquote. Now with this in mind, it is probable that Jesus sang these songs when he made hi...