to which the Lord would eventually restore Israel in the eschatological day (Jer 31:31–34). An ancient Torah ark sculptured in stone from the fourth or fifth century A.D. at Capernaum. In the synagogue, the written scroll of the Torah was kept in an ark such as this. In the Psalms, however, the concept of Torah is much broader than a written document. It is a way of life and virtually synonymous with our notion of a worldview. The word “Torah” has many companion terms in the Psalms. The sum total
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