Week 12 1 Samuel
I finished reading 1 Samuel today and since the book ends on a dark note my mind drifted a bit, I guess turning away from the gloom. I remembered yesterday I found a connection between Psalm 54 and the two Ziphite Betrayal stories in 1 Samuel so I thought I’d get my mind off Saul being impaled on a wall by doing a quick search to see if there were other psalms with a 1 Samuel connection.
The easiest way was to check psalm subtitles that identified other David-on-the-lam stories. I found six that seemed pretty definite: 34 52 54 56 57 59. The subtitles spelled out events from 1 Samuel. And the editors of my bible added cross-references to those exact stories. So that helped.
When I was done I sat asking myself: what-was-the-point-of-that?
I’m not saying there was no point. I think I was just miffed that I didn’t have time to do anything with what I’d found. But my guess is that if I took time I’d likely find some useful tips about what to expect and how to react when I’m under the gun.
Note: Psalm 7 sounds like an on-the-run psalm but there wasn’t a cross-reference; Psalms 18 & 63 might refer to stories from 2 Samuel – I was looking at 1 Samuel; so I didn’t include those three. Added note: since I’ve only read up to Psalm 72 this year I didn’t look for subtitles from 73-150. The point? Don’t take my references to the bank.