[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":91},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Farticles\u002Fthose-other-songwriters":3,"\u002Farticles\u002Fthose-other-songwriters-surround":80},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"bibleBooks":8,"body":12,"columnName":62,"date":63,"description":18,"extension":64,"image":65,"meta":66,"minRead":67,"navigation":68,"path":69,"postType":70,"publication":71,"publicationUrl":65,"seo":72,"stem":73,"topics":74,"__hash__":79},"blog\u002Farticles\u002Fthose-other-songwriters.md","Those Other Songwriters",{"name":7},"Dave Faust",[9,10,11],"1 Samuel","1 Chronicles","Psalms",{"type":13,"value":14,"toc":58},"minimark",[15,19,22,25,28,31,34,37,40,43,46,49,52,55],[16,17,18],"p",{},"A famous statue stands on display in Florence, Italy. Fashioned from a 13-and-a-half foot block of marble, the towering figure of David is literally larger than life. Michelangelo took two and a half years to carve his vision of David as the true Renaissance man—strong, confident, heroic, rock-like.",[16,20,21],{},"The Bible makes it plain that David possessed an unusual combination of skills. He was a courageous warrior in an era of violent hand-to-hand combat, and he was a sensitive musician who wrote prayers and songs. Somehow when you think of a rugged warrior, you don't picture him playing the harp! David was an outdoorsman who knew how to survive alone in the wilderness, while he also was an effective government leader who inspired crowds to follow him. He was a good-looking man \"with a fine appearance and handsome features\" (1 Samuel 16:12) but his best feature was his character, for David was \"a man after God's own heart.\"",[16,23,24],{},"Nearly half of the Psalms are linked directly to David, including famous chapters like the 19th Psalm (\"The heavens declare the glory of God\") and the 23rd Psalm (\"The Lord is my shepherd\"). We sometimes call the entire book the Psalms of David, because he was the principal writer of the collection. However, other inspired writers contributed to the book as well.",[16,26,27],{},"Eleven Psalms originated with \"the Sons of Korah,\" who came from a prominent family of singers \"David put in charge of the music in the house of the Lord\" (1 Chronicles 6:31).",[16,29,30],{},"The \"seer\" or prophet Asaph (2 Chronicles 29:30) wrote a dozen Psalms. He affirmed, \"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever\" (Psalm 73:26).",[16,32,33],{},"Two Psalms (72 and 127) are attributed to Solomon. He's the one who wrote, \"Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain\" (127:1).",[16,35,36],{},"A songwriter named Heman lends his name to Psalm 88, which has been called the saddest and most despairing of all the Psalms.",[16,38,39],{},"I once officiated at a very difficult funeral for a baby named Ethan. His parents found comfort in the words of a songwriter named Ethan who wrote, \"I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations\" (Psalm 89:1).",[16,41,42],{},"Psalm 90 is called \"A prayer of Moses the man of God.\"",[16,44,45],{},"Fifty of the Psalms list no author at all. Psalm 102 simply bears the subtitle, \"A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the Lord.\"",[16,47,48],{},"While I admire David and consider him one of my favorite Bible characters, I'm glad all those other songwriters contributed to the Psalms as well. In a way I relate better to them.",[16,50,51],{},"Although I don't know them very well, I thank the Lord for Asaph, Ethan, Heman, and the Sons of Korah, and even the anonymous authors God used to give us dozens of beautiful praise songs. The Psalms are for all of us, not just for the spiritual giants.",[16,53,54],{},"I am not a man of marble 13-and-a-half feet tall, pouring out sweet poetry about the Lord. Some days I am an afflicted man and it takes all the strength I can muster just to mumble a faint prayer of praise.",[16,56,57],{},"The Psalms reassure me that on those difficult days a sincere prayer of praise—however faint—may well be enough.",{"title":59,"searchDepth":60,"depth":60,"links":61},"",2,[],"First Look","2007-09-30","md",null,{},3,true,"\u002Farticles\u002Fthose-other-songwriters","column","The Lookout",{"title":5,"description":18},"articles\u002Fthose-other-songwriters",[75,76,77,78],"Spiritual Formation","Biblical Theology","Church Leadership","Intergenerational Ministry","Uc7iDcNIkZD8qKXf2akRHtfurzq3Ajym2Mizwvze_6k",[81,86],{"title":82,"path":83,"stem":84,"description":85,"children":-1},"Those Little Tinges of Sadness","\u002Farticles\u002Fthose-little-tinges-of-sadness","articles\u002Fthose-little-tinges-of-sadness","Have you ever noticed those little tinges of sadness? The strokes of gray that paint dark shadows around the edges of otherwise sunny scenes? Those melancholy moments that seem oddly out of place when others seem happy and we ought to be as well?",{"title":87,"path":88,"stem":89,"description":90,"children":-1},"Those Pesky Slips of the Tongue","\u002Farticles\u002Fthose-pesky-slips-of-the-tongue","articles\u002Fthose-pesky-slips-of-the-tongue","According to an article in *Psychology Today*, most of us make between seven and 22 slips of the tongue every day. That’s one or two errors for every 1,000 words we speak.",1790466188218]