1 CHRONICLES 16:11 Seek the LORD and His strength, seek His face continually. COMMENTARY: I like this Verse very much: this Verse combined with the Chapter and Verse number - 16:11- 1611, reminds me of the year my favorite Bible translation was first printed and put into the hands of the common people. The original 1611 KJV Bible. Seek the LORD and His strength, seek His face continually. The call to thanksgiving and to the praise of adoration is suceeded by an earnest admonition to practical seeking of the Lord, and and to have mindful obedience to Him. The Psalm here put before us by the Chronicler, as sung liturgically by Asaph and his brethren on the day of the arks entrance into Jerusalem, accords closely with the passages in the present Book of Psalms. It is, apparently, a thanksgiving service composed for the occasion out of Psalms previously existing. Then on this day David delivered first this psalm. Among the other preparations for this solemn inauguration, the royal bard-(keep this word bard in mind) had composed a special hymn for the occasion. Doubtless it had been previously in the hands of Asaph and his assistants, but it was now publicly committed to them as they entered for the first time on the performance of their sacred duties. It occupies the greater part of this Chapter-(1CHRONICLES 16:8 thru.36), and seems to have been compiled from other psalms of David, previously known to the Israelites, as the whole of it will be found, with very slight variations, in PSALM 96:1 thru.13, PSALM 105:1 thru.15 also PSALM 106:47 and 48. In the form, however, in which it is given by the sacred historian, it seems to have been the first psalm given for use in the tabernacle service. Abounding, as it does, with the liveliest ascriptions of praise to God for the revelation of His glorious character and the display of His marvellous works and containing, as it does, so many pointed allusions to the origin, privileges, and peculiar destiny of the chosen people, it was admirably calculated to animate the devotions and call forth the gratitude of the assembled multitude. Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to Him may be led to adore Him. Let us ourselves triumph and trust in God. Those that give glory to Gods name are allowed to glory in it. Let the everlasting covenant be the great matter of our joy, may His people of old, be remembered by us with thankfulness to Him for they were for our example. May we show forth from day to day His salvation, His promised salvation by Christ. We have reason to celebrate that from day to day, for we daily receive the benefit, and it is a subject that can never be exhausted. In the midst of praises, we must not forget to pray for the servants of God that are in distress. Bible or Bard? Something of Interest: Bard: A poet, formerly, a minstrel or wandering musician, usually to the accompaniment of the harp. The 23rd of April, as every schoolchild knows, is probably the birthday, and definitely the deathday, of England’s most famous writer: William Shakespeare, often known simply as the Bard. We don’t know his exact birth date, but he was baptized on the 26th doy of April, and it lends his life an appropriately poetic balance to many who assume he was born and died on the same day. What we do know is that Shakespeare was born in 1564 A.D. and died in 1616 A.D. Which means that he was alive when another very influential Book was published, in 1611: the King James Bible, also known as the Authorized Version, which was printed with the wording having that Skakepearian poetic flare to them. There is a rather unlikely theory-(but besides God, who today knows for sure) that Shakespeare was involved in the translating of this tome-(it partly rests on the enjoyable, but academically somewhat spurious, evidence that the 46th word in PSALM 46: which is shake, and the 46th word from the end is spear, and that Shakespeare was 46 years of age when the first King James Bible was complted in 1610 A.D. and was published in 1611 A.D. It might have been easier simply to include his name among the 70 or so translators and writers. Most of the translation work was commissioned by James I of England and VI of Scotland and the 70 translaters were supervised by William Tyndale. While there is no real evidence that Shakespeare helped create the King James Bible, there is certainly a connection between them: quotability. Although Shakespeare’s plays and the Bible were written/translated with very different purposes, they have both proven to enrich the English language to an extraordinary extent. Hundreds of expressions in everyday use find their provenance in Shakespeare’s First Folio or the King James Bible. Praise be given to our Father which art in heaven. Through His Son Jesus Christ give Him all honor and glory. A-MEN
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:23:58 +0000
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