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Reigned c. 1010 – c. 970 B.C.

David

and the psalmists of Israel

Worth knowing

  • The second king of Israel, remembered as much for the harp as for the sling. The largest single group of psalms in the Psalter carries the heading "of David".
  • The Psalms were not written by one man. The game credits this book to "the psalmists of Israel". David heads the tradition, and others wrote many of the psalms.
  • P. Oxy 5101, the fragment you can carry, is a scrap of the Greek Psalms found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. It is among the oldest surviving witnesses to the Psalter in Greek.

In Scholar’s Dream, David has one book

Passages you can read in the game

Longer excerpts the Scriptorium holds on screen for a player to sit and read, word for word.

“Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed. You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.”

Psalm 65:1–2 (WEB) — LXX Psalm 64, among the very columns P. Oxy 5101 preserves.
from P. Oxy 5101

“Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.”

Psalm 27:14 (WEB) — LXX Psalm 26, preserved in P. Oxy 5101.
from P. Oxy 5101

“Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil.”

Psalm 64:2 (WEB) — LXX Psalm 63, preserved in P. Oxy 5101.
from P. Oxy 5101

“Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.”

Psalm 69:24 (WEB) — an imprecatory psalm.
from P. Oxy 5101

Words David’s books borrow from others

Moves these books can learn whose quotation comes from somebody else. The citation on each one names who actually said it.

“Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.” — the psalmist takes no vengeance himself; he hands the case to God.

Psalm 69:24 (WEB), an imprecatory psalm.
How it works in the game: the move Imprecatory Psalm
BibleArgument · power 300 · 25% accurate

In the gameIt does not contend with the foe at all — it steps out of the debate and pleads with GOD against it. Rarely answered (25%); devastating when it is.

Learned byP. Oxy 5101 (Lv 1)

“Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed. You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.”

Psalm 65:1–2 (WEB) — LXX Psalm 64, among the very columns P. Oxy 5101 preserves.
How it works in the game: the move Praise Waits in Zion
BibleRestore

In the gameThe whole backpack turns to praise — every status effect on your team is washed away.

Learned byP. Oxy 5101 (Lv 1)

“Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.”

Psalm 27:14 (WEB) — LXX Psalm 26, preserved in P. Oxy 5101.
How it works in the game: the move Wait for the LORD
BibleType shift

In the gamePatience and trust in a difficult season. Greatly raises the user’s Contend.

Learned byP. Oxy 5101 (Lv 1)

“Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me. Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?”

Psalm 50:12–13 (NET) — LXX Psalm 49, among the columns P. Oxy 5101 preserves.
How it works in the game: the move Do I Eat the Flesh of Bulls?
BibleArgument · power 56 · 100% accurate

In the gameThe oldest surviving copy of the Greek Psalms has this on it, and it is God asking the question. He is not the one who was hungry. May convict the foe.

Learned byP. Oxy 5101 (Lv 9)

“Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil.”

Psalm 64:2 (WEB) — LXX Psalm 63, preserved in P. Oxy 5101.
How it works in the game: the move Hide Me
BibleType shift

In the gameHidden from the conspiracy of the wicked, it is hard to strike. Greatly raises the user’s Defend.

Learned byP. Oxy 5101 (Lv 17)

Who else was alive

David against everyone else in the game.

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