When reading The Last Words of David, a few questions came in mind :

1) Were his words in this meant for the people of Israel?

2) David talks about ruling justly over his people, but has he really been a just ruler to his people of Israel?

3) At the very end of the short poem it talks about how the people that are godless are like “thorns that are thrown away” and “they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot”. Not sure in what context he is trying to say this.

Psalms 140 and 150 are connected in how they are meant to praise God for the goodness that he has done to his people of Israel.

1) It talks about executing vengeance on the nations, what nations?

• The place know as Sheol is mentioned in Psalm 30.3 I know that Jews do not believe in a “hell” per se, but what exactly is this place, and where else is it mentioned in the Old Testament. I am very curious about this.
• On the right hand margin of Psalm 32, the word Selah is written a number of times. There wasn’t anything in the commentary below the page and I wanted to know what is means and stands for. I know in Hebrew, the word means a stone or rock, but i’m not sure how this really fits into the psalm..
• In psalm 34.6 does “this poor soul” refer to David? From the description of the psalm, it talks about him. I just wanted to make certain if the quote was talking about him, or any general poor soul.
• In psalm 33.10 what is “the counsel of the nations?”

Thats about it for now, any help would be appreciated 🙂