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James G. Murphy, professor and theologian, wrote A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms in order to reach an audience of students, professors, and laity. He believed that the Psalms should be studied both individually and as a whole book, in order to comprehend the full theological impact of these writings. Infused with studies of the original Hebrew verbiage, this resource is...

The first trace of this higher meaning appears in the 2d Psalm: “Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten Thee.” This is addressed to the Lord’s Anointed. It was well understood in the time of the New Testament; for the devil assumes it in the first temptation, when he demands an act of omnipotence from the Son of God; and the Jews sought to kill Him, “because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God,” John 5:18. This phrase rises above
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