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Throughout the centuries, the Psalms have held a beloved place in Judaism and Christianity, and in the lives of individual believers. They express in profound ways the thoughts and emotions of the soul, from the highest experiences of joy and praise to the lowest valleys of lament. C. Hassell Bullock has been deeply shaped by the Psalms, and this commentary is born out of a lifetime of loving...

Gen. 2:10, “sources” [NIV: “headwaters”]) nurtured the whole of Eden (see “The Text in Context”). Others see another mythological allusion to the springs that were situated in the dwelling place of the Canaanite god El. The purpose of the river, not stated in Genesis, is to “gladden” the city of God (“city of God” occurs elsewhere only in Ps. 87:3, but 48:1 and 8 are similar), or Jerusalem, which is never named in Psalm 46. From there the whole world would become joyful. The last part of the verse
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