Zanchi’s explanation of the psalm provides an excellent introduction to his orations and to his thinking about theological education. In it he reckoned that the psalmist’s main message was simply that “we should devote ourselves, with our whole soul, to the pursuit of God’s law and piety and [that] we should meditate upon that law day and night.” As simple as is this plain reading of the text, it is a keynote to which Zanchi returned over and over. Continue reading →