- Does Psalms 147 begin on an optimistic note?
- Since Psalms 147:2-3 refer to “gathering in the exiles” and “healing broken hearts” would this be a post-exile Psalm?
- What other characteristics of the Divine are set forth in Psalms 147:4-6?
- After describing God as the ultimate force in nature, what does the Psalmist assert in Psalms 147:10-11 as to God’s preference?
- With Psalms 147:12 this Psalm moves in an altogether different direction, and what does it describe in Psalms 147:12-14?
- In the description of God and nature (repeated but not identical with earlier verses) is Psalms 147:15-17 one to understand literally “who can endure God’s ‘frost’ “(Psalms 147:17)?
- Does the Psalm end with a cosmic reference or, rather, with a reference to Israel and does it describe God’s relationship with Israel as normative or unique and, if the latter, how?
