Thematic Bible: Anthropomorphic uses of


Thematic Bible



For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor! Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdCarvings Of FlowersDivine ManifestationsJudgment SeatKnowing God, Effects OfMetaphorsMusicPeople Of God, In OtShepherds, As Kings And LeadersSittingCherubim, At God's ThroneGod's Shekinah GloryCherubim

I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say! Verse ConceptsGod Will AnswerGod Hears My PrayerPay Attention O God!God Answering PrayersListening To GodSpeech

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimSilenceWeepingPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfSpiritual DeafnessTearsCryingReckoned As ForeignersHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Feelings Of Alienation

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me. Verse ConceptsMusicI PrayGod Pays Attention

O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah) Verse ConceptsPsalm InterjectionsHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!


Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.


May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep! Look! Israel's protector does not sleep or slumber! The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood. Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfHearingSpreadingPrayer, And God's WillPrayer, Practicalities OfRejection Of God, Results OfResponseSin, Effects OfSinnersWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many PeopleGod Answering Prayers

Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority. Verse ConceptsdefianceJerusalem, Significance OfDisobedience, To GodInfidelity To GodDownfall Of Israel

Look, the sovereign Lord is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob," says the Lord. Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfJacob, The PatriarchGod Seeing The WickedNot DestroyedGod's People Sinning


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