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Ethics in the Psalms

Ethics in the Psalms. Ethical Teaching in Prayer and Song 1. The Lord’s Prayer Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come, thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread

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Ethics in the Psalms

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  1. Ethics in the Psalms

  2. Ethical Teaching in Prayer and Song 1 • The Lord’s Prayer • Our Father who art in heaven • Hallowed be thy name • Thy kingdom come, thy will be done • On earth as it is in heaven • Give us this day our daily bread • And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us • And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Matthew 6: 14 – 15 • ‘For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.’

  3. Ethical Teaching in Prayer and Song 2 • This is our God, the servant king • he calls us now to follow him • to bring our lives as a daily offering • of worship to the servant King Graham Kendrick • Stand up stand up for Jesus • ye soldiers of the cross! • Lift high his royal banner, • it must not suffer loss. • From victory unto victory • his army he shall lead • till every foe is vanquished • and Christ is Lord indeed. George Duffield

  4. Recent Studies of OT Ethics • Eckhart Otto, Theologische Ethik des Alten Testaments (1994) • Cyril S. Rodd, Glimpses of a Strange Land: Studies in OT Ethics (2001). • R. Norman Whybray, The Good Life in the OT (2002) • Christopher Wright, OT Ethics for the People of God (2004) 1]Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics, (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).

  5. 10 Commandments and Psalms • Psalms on the law 1, 19,119 • 78:5-8; 104:44-45 • First Commandment • Ps 81: 9-10 //Exodus 20: 3-5 • Second Commandment • Ps 24: 3-4; 115: 2- 8 • Third Commandment Exodus 20: 7 • Ps 24: 4; Ps 8

  6. 10 Commandment and Psalms (2) • 4th commandment – Sabbath • Ps 92 heading; Ps 81: 3 • 5th commandment – parents • Ps 89:26; 103:13; 127: 3-5 • 6th commandment – murder • Ps 7: 2; 17: 12; 22: 13, 16; 35: 17 • 7th commandment – adultery • Ps 50: 16- 19; Ps 51

  7. 10 Commandments and Psalms 3 • 8th and 10th commandments • Theft and coveting • Ps 50: 18; 10; 3, 9; 12:5; 14: 4 • 9th commandment • False witness • Ps 4:2; 5:6, 9-10; 10: 7; 12: 2 etc.

  8. The Righteous and the Wicked • Psalm 1 • Righteous enjoy God’s Favour • Ps 5:12; 7: 9; 14: 5; 34: 15; 37: 17, 29; 112: 6; 34: 15, 17; 37: 39 • Psalm 92:12-15; 112: 1-10 • The Wicked • Ps 1: 6: 3: 7; 9: 5, 16, 17; 34: 21; 68: 2; 101: 8; 146: 9; 147: 6; • Psalm 73:1-28

  9. The Imitation of God • Ps 11: 7; 116:5; 113: 7-9 • Kings • Ps 72; 101 • Psalms 111 and 112

  10. Laments and Curses • Psalms 13, 88 • Christian Use • Most quoted in NT e.g. 69 • Jesus prayed them e.g. 22 • Saints pray them in heaven 94: 3; 79: 10; 119:84 see Revelation 6: 9 – 10 • Early Church prayed them - Athanasius

  11. Athanasius on Psalms ‘If you are persecuted by your own family and opposed by many, say Psalm 3….When you see the wicked wanting to ensnare you and you wish your prayer to reach God’s ears, then wake up early and sing psalm 5….When again, you need to pray against your enemies and those who straiten you, Psalms 17, 86, 88 and 140 will all meet your need….Pay no attention either to the weakness of your humanity or to the brazenness of their attack, but cry unceasingly to God using Psalm 28. Letter to Marcellinus

  12. Pastoral Value of Laments • Not all church goers happy • Teach the happy to sympathise with suffering • Thy kingdom come - Maranatha • Erich Zenger A God of Vengeance?WJKP,1996 • Better to pray than take revenge • Show faith in God’s justice • Uncover the mechanisms of violence Search me O God and know my heart Ps 139: 23-24

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