a poem sung to musical accompaniment Tehillim (Hebrew) praises

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1 The Psalms

2 Name Psalmos (Greek) a poem sung to musical accompaniment Tehillim (Hebrew) praises

3 Hymnal Psalm 46 is the basis for Luther s A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Isaac Watts used Ps. 90 to write O God, Our Help in Ages Past

4 Relatable...Timeless In this collection you find prayers from sufferers, hymns of praise, confessions of sin, confessions of faith, nature hymns, and songs that teach Jewish history, and in each one the focal point tfor faith is the Lord. Wiersbe

5 Relatable...Timeless The real character of David is portrayed; and in them God s people generally see a pretty fair picture of themselves, their struggles, their sins, their sorrows, their aspirations, their joys, their failures and their victories. Halley

6 Reading in Context Psalm 51:11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

7 Job PsalmsP l Poetry Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Songs

8 Format Job 42:6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:7 And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is aroused against you

9 English Poetry Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you

10 Hebrew Poetry Parallelisms: Synonymous Antithetic Synthetic

11 Hebrew Poetry Synonymous (same) Who may dwellin Your holy hill?

12 Hebrew Poetry Antithetic (contrast) Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, But tthe righteous iht shows mercy and gives.

13 Hebrew Poetry Synthetic (building) Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

14 Simile / Metaphor Simile As the deer. The enemy is like a lion. Metaphor The Lord is my Shepherd h

15 Personification Giving human attributes to something non human. Psalm 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord,

16 Types Messianic Imprecatory Penitential i Historic Didactic Songs of Ascent Hallel Psalms Acrostic

17 Types Messianic Psalm 22:1, 16, 18 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? They pierced My hands and My feet; They divide My garments among them, And dfor My clothing they cast lots. Luke 24:44 These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which h were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.

18 Types Imprecatory Psalm 139:19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Psalm 137:9 Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!

19 Types Penitential Psalm 51:11 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

20 Types Historic Creation Exodus Promised Land

21 Types Didactic Instructive Wisdom Psalm One Blessed is the man

22 Types Song of Ascents Psalm 121: A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 122:1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

23 Types Hallel Psalms Psalm A collection of songs sung at the great festivals of Israel Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles

24 Types Acrostic

25 Date / Authors Moses (1500 BC) Post Exile (500 BC) Moses 1 David 73 Asaph 12 Heman 1 Ethan 1 Sons of Korah 11 Solomon 2 Orphanic 49

26 Noteworthy Psalm 23 Popular Psalm 139 Omniscience Psalm 51 Confession

27 Facts 116 of 283 OT quotes are Psalms Longest Psalm 119 Shortest / Center Ch Psalm 117 Center Verse?

28 Facts 116 of 283 OT quotes are Psalms Longest Psalm 119 Shortest / Center Ch Psalm 117 Center Verse? Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man.

29 Facts 116 of 283 OT quotes are Psalms Longest Psalm 119 Shortest / Center Ch Psalm 117 Center Verse Psalm 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:

30 Outline Book I (Pss. 1 41) Book II (Pss ) Book III (Pss ) Book IV (Pss ) Book V (Pss )

31 Psalm 1

32 Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Psalm 1

33 If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

34 The Lord knows 2 Timothy 2:19 The Lord knows those who are His John 10:14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. Matthew 7:23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!

35 There are Two Ways Matthew 7:13 14 Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

36 The Psalms