Answers – To Difficult Questions (Psalms)

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Psalm 1:2—Should Christians meditate, or is this a Buddhist practice?

Psalm 1:2 – Is dwelling on the law good for our spiritual growth?

Psalm 3:1—How could David have written this Psalm when critics insist that most Psalms were not completed until much later?

Psalm 5:5—How can this verse say God hates the wicked when John 3:16 says that God loves the world?

Psalm 5:5 – Does God hate people or love them?

Psalm 10:1—Is God approachable or unapproachable?

Psalm 14:1 – Can we call someone a fool or not?

Psalm 14:3 – Have all people sinned or not?

Psalm 16:10 – Does Psalm 16:10 to demonstrate the resurrection of Jesus?

Psalm 18:22-24 – How can David claim that he is “blameless”?

Psalm 19:7 – Is dwelling on the law good for our spiritual growth?

Psalm 24:2—Is the earth founded upon the seas or on nothing?

Psalm 30—Why does the subtitle to Psalm 30 make reference to the dedication of the house of David when the psalm says nothing about it?

Psalm 34—Why does the subtitle of this Psalm have the name Abimelech when the name should be Achish?

Psalm 37:9, 34—When the wicked are cut off, are they annihilated?

Psalm 37:25—Do the righteous ever beg bread?

Psalm 40:6 – Does the author of Hebrews misquote this passage in Hebrews 10:5-6?

Psalm 44:23—Does God sleep?

Psalm 45:3–5—Is this a prediction of Mohammed?

Psalm 45:6 – Does Psalm 45:6 refer to Jesus or to Yahweh?

Psalm 41:9-10 – How can this refer to Jesus, if he says that he sinned?

Psalm 51:5—Was man brought forth in iniquity or made upright?

Psalm 51:5—Does this verse support the position that an unborn fetus is only a potential human being?

Psalm 51:16 – Did David disavow the sacrificial system of Moses?

Psalm 53:5—Doesn’t this verse contradict itself?

Psalm 58:3—How can an innocent child be wicked from the womb?

Psalm 68:18 – Does Paul accurately quote Psalm 68:18?

Psalm 69:21 – Why does John cite Psalm 69:21 as a prediction of Jesus?

Psalm 69:25 – How does this passage predict Jesus?

Psalm 82:1 – Who or what are the “gods” in this passage?

Psalm 97:7—Doesn’t this verse imply there are many gods?

Psalm 104:5—Will the earth abide forever or will it be destroyed?

Psalm 104:5 – Does the earth abide forever or not?

Psalm 109:1ff—How can the God of love in the NT be reconciled with the vengeful God of these cursing Psalms?

Psalm 109:8 – How does this passage predict Jesus?

Psalm 110 – Does this passage predict Jesus?

Psalm 115:17 – Can the dead praise God or are they unconscious?

Psalm 118:22 – Does this passage predict Jesus?

Psalm 119:110—Is it true that David never erred from God’s precepts or did he go astray from them?

Psalm 137:9—How could the Psalmist rejoice at the thought of little ones being dashed against rocks?

Psalm 137:9 – What about the “Cursings” in the Psalms?

Psalm 137:9 – Why does the Psalmist speak about killing children?

Psalm 139:13–16—Can it be inferred from this verse that the Bible considers abortion to be murder?

Psalm 145:9 – Is the Lord good or bad to people?