THE PSALMS ARE INSPIRED.
As
was mentioned before in my blog posts, I have prepared each post with the
presupposition that the entire Bible is authored and inspired by the Holy
Spirit. The Book of Psalms is therefore
the inspired word of God. Hibbard, in
Whedon's Commentary states, "The Psalms are the only collection of sacred
songs plenarily inspired which were ever given to the church, and as such
presents a claim upon our reverence, faith, and devotional use which belongs to
no other." Commentary on the Old Testament by
D.D. Whedon, ed., Psalms Vol.
5, p. 7.
The Book of Psalms is the
only inspired collection of sacred songs extant in the world today. Since it is an inspired songbook, it is
important to study the various places in the Old and New Testaments where the
writers quote portions of the psalms and thereby attest to the inspiration of
the Psalm collection. It is also worth
noting that in the New Testament there are more exact quotations, references,
and allusions to the Book of Psalms than to any other Old Testament Book.
David claimed the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit in II Samuel 23:1-2 where it states, “Now these be the last words of
David. David the son of Jesse said, and
the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the
sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his
word was in my tongue.” So, David directly
claimed the inspiration of the Holy Spirit when he declared that his psalms
were breathed out (ruach 7307) from YHVH (3068) so thoroughly that he stated that God spoke by or through his
psalms. The psalmist David further declared
that God’s word (millah 4405) was
actually in his tongue (lashown 3956
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