PSALMS 44 AND 104:

A Reflection of the Human Condition and the Faith of Israel 

 

 

Psalm 44 (A Lament) 

 

 

Elements of the Human Condition

 

 

Faith Response of Israelites 

 

• God’s apparent aloofness or absence

 

• Covenantal faithfulness and obedience

 

 

• The testing of faith

 

• Waiting on God

 

 

• Inexplicable suffering of the righteous

 

 

• Appeal to the steadfast love of God

 

• Sin and suffering

 

• A righteousness from God

 

 

Psalm 104 (A Hymn) 

 

 

Elements of the Human Condition

 

 

Faith Response of Israelites 

 

• Creation being absolutely

dependent on God

 

• Continual praise and consciousness

of dependence on God

 

 

• God’s ample provision for daily needs

 

• Adoring acknowledgment of God’s self-revelation

 

 

• Problem of wickedness

 

• Hope of the final consummation

 

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