My Psalms Bible reading schedule--and whoa. . . .
Aug 24, 2017 10:29:11 GMT -6
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Post by watchmanjim on Aug 24, 2017 10:29:11 GMT -6
A couple years ago when I began studying the Bible intensely again, I was looking for ways to be sure I had a well-rounded portion of Scripture every day. Being the imaginative type, I didn't really want to use somebody else's system, so I came up with a few things on my own. Some of these I abandoned over time, and there got to be times when I strayed off my system a good deal. But one part of it I keep coming back to is the system I came up with for reading the Psalms. Some people I know have advocated reading a chapter of Proverbs every day. While this is not a bad idea, after a couple years of that I became a little burned out on Proverbs. So I wanted to read a Psalm every day, and be able to keep track of where I was reading without having to struggle to figure out where I was supposed to read.
I came up with the idea of assigning each Psalm to a day. If I missed a day, no worries, I would just skip over it. Rather than simply read them all consecutively, I wanted to read the Psalm assigned for that day.
So I came up with a system that was easy to commit to memory, so I didn't have to write it down.
Psalms has 150 chapters, and there are 365 days (or 366) in a year, so you should be able to read through it twice.
I decided that every month would be assigned 30 chapters, except June and December, which would be catch-up months. Any 31st day of the month I would also catch-up. Any catch-up days could also be used to get ahead on Psalm 119. Also, I would read a section of Ps. 119 if I had time on random days.
Basically, it went like this:
January and July:Psalm 1-30.
February and August: Psalm 31-60 (There is no Feb 30, and usually no Feb 29, so Psalm 59 and 60 would be a high priority for catch-up days)
March and September: Psalm 61-90
April and October: Psalm 91-120
May and November: Psalm 121-150
June and December: Catch-up.
When I first started doing this, in 2014 or 2015, my idea was that I could do this all year, each year, every year for the rest of my life.
What I didn't realize was that this seemingly arbitrary system brought some very interesting connotations to the year 2017.
The primary ones being that Psalm 51 was for August 21, and Psalm 83 is for Sept. 23.
I don't claim that this means we can tell the future by these Psalms, but it sure was interesting.
I came up with the idea of assigning each Psalm to a day. If I missed a day, no worries, I would just skip over it. Rather than simply read them all consecutively, I wanted to read the Psalm assigned for that day.
So I came up with a system that was easy to commit to memory, so I didn't have to write it down.
Psalms has 150 chapters, and there are 365 days (or 366) in a year, so you should be able to read through it twice.
I decided that every month would be assigned 30 chapters, except June and December, which would be catch-up months. Any 31st day of the month I would also catch-up. Any catch-up days could also be used to get ahead on Psalm 119. Also, I would read a section of Ps. 119 if I had time on random days.
Basically, it went like this:
January and July:Psalm 1-30.
February and August: Psalm 31-60 (There is no Feb 30, and usually no Feb 29, so Psalm 59 and 60 would be a high priority for catch-up days)
March and September: Psalm 61-90
April and October: Psalm 91-120
May and November: Psalm 121-150
June and December: Catch-up.
When I first started doing this, in 2014 or 2015, my idea was that I could do this all year, each year, every year for the rest of my life.
What I didn't realize was that this seemingly arbitrary system brought some very interesting connotations to the year 2017.
The primary ones being that Psalm 51 was for August 21, and Psalm 83 is for Sept. 23.
I don't claim that this means we can tell the future by these Psalms, but it sure was interesting.