- Are the “servants of the Lord” a special group in the Temple or is this meant to include all Israel?
- In Psalms 135:3 is the essential characteristic of God “goodness” or “awe” or some other descriptive?
- In Psalms 135:4 the translation reads “for the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself” or could it read “for Jacob chose God for himself, and Israel chose God as His select one”?
- Would Psalms 135:5 indicate that the Psalmist recognizes that there are other divinities?
- Do Psalms 135:6-7 deal with the God of nature or the God of Israel as such?
- On the other hand Psalms 135:8-12 would appear to be specifically descriptive of God in Its relationship to…?
- Is there any reference, to this point or, for that matter, subsequently in the Psalm to the experience of Sinai?
- How are the worship objects of the heathens described (Psalms 135:15-18) — and have these phrases appeared earlier in the Psalms?
- The Psalm ends with a mandate to do what?
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