5. In what ways did the following Psalms help the Jews to realize their hopes?—
a. 15.
b. 51.
c. 124.
6. For a good example of one of the prayers, in the temple, read 1 Kings 8. 27, 28.
CHAPTER XXV[ToC]
A NARROW KIND OF PATRIOTISM
All nations like to think of themselves as superior to the rest of mankind. The Greeks used to despise all foreigners as "barbarians." We in America ridicule immigrants from other countries and call them unpleasant names. The Jews also made the same mistake of despising people of other races and nations. We find laws even in so just a law-book as Deuteronomy which are unfair to foreigners. Jews were forbidden to exact interest from fellow Jews, but they were permitted to exact it from foreigners. The flesh of animals which died of themselves could not be eaten by Jews, but they might sell it to foreigners.