Why, we pondered, did God collect the deeps in a jar? (Ps 33: 7) even the deeps - arching as they do over the flat earth in prehistory's cosmology - didn't really help us really get into the writer's mind on this one.
According to Bruggemann, Psalm 33 is a psalm of orientation - a psalm where all is right with the world. It was the Psalm we discussed this week at Secret Women's Business. One psalm, 22 vereses and lots of differing thoughts.
Some were uncomfortable with God in heaven looking down on humanity - we half expected zappings (splogging was the techinical term used on the night I believe). It seemed to indicate a distance and evoke the old images of power and domination.
Some were perplexed at trying to live out what it said - could we really be that certain that all was good and fine - I'm paraphrasing here but did we just need to try harder to be like the psalmist.
We tried to grasp hesed - loving kindness or covanental love - a bit like agape in the New Teatament we thought.
And we tried to think about how much we manage to stick with praise - that sense of reflecting on who God is in Godself rather than simply in relation to us.
Our task for the week will be to make the effort with praise - to stick with the God-ness of God this week.
