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Teaching from the Psalms

Teaching from the Psalms. Introduction Psalms are a rich and complex literature. they analyze history they reveal God’s purposes & wisdom they are poetic they are honest they are public they are ancient. Teaching from the Psalms. Introduction Hebrew Poetry

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Teaching from the Psalms

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  1. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction Psalms are a rich and complex literature. • they analyze history • they reveal God’s purposes & wisdom • they are poetic • they are honest • they are public • they are ancient

  2. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry …using imagery & parallelism rather than meter and rhyme. • Imagery • Parallelism

  3. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Pray • Read the psalm several times • Note its features • genre • prepare a quick summary Psalm 131

  4. Psalm 131 v.1 O LORD my heart is not proud nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters Or in things too difficult for me. v.2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother My soul is like a weaned child within me. v. 3 O Israel hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. God, I’m neither proud nor haughty  I don’t involve myself in things great or too hard. I just settle myself down and relax next to You. Israel, you should always hope in God.

  5. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Pray • Read the psalm several times • Note its features • genre • prepare a quick summary • what truths are being taught? Psalm 131

  6. What questions come to mind? Psalm 131 v.1 O LORD my heart is not proud nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters Or in things too difficult for me. v.2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother My soul is like a weaned child within me. v. 3 O Israel hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. God, I’m neither proud nor haughty  I don’t involve myself in things great or too hard. I just settle myself down and relax next to You. Israel, you should always hope in God.

  7. What questions come to mind? Find answers. Psalm 131 v.1 O LORD my heart is not proud nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters Or in things too difficult for me. v.2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother My soul is like a weaned child within me. v. 3 O Israel hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. God, I’m neither proud nor haughty  I don’t involve myself in things great or too hard. I just settle myself down and relax next to You. Israel, you should always hope in God.

  8. Psalm 131 shirhama’ aloth Overvalue self Devalue others v.1 O LORD my heart is not proud nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters Or in things too difficult for me. v.2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother My soul is like a weaned child within me. v. 3 O Israel hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. God, I’m neither proud nor haughty  I don’t involve myself in things great or too hard. I just settle myself down and relax next to You. Israel, you should always hope in God. “I don’t walk around in my problems.”

  9. Psalm 131 v.1 O LORD my heart is not proud nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters Or in things too difficult for me. v.2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother My soul is like a weaned child within me. v. 3 O Israel hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. God, I am not focused on or trusting myself I am not critically focused on others. I am not focused on my problems. I just settle myself down and relax next to You. Israel, you should always hope in God. lit. ‘made level’ & thus stabilized. lit. ‘neck’ & thus ‘passions’ He draws near God, not for what he can get but for who God is.

  10. Psalm 131 v.1 O LORD my heart is not proud nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters Or in things too difficult for me. v.2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother My soul is like a weaned child within me. v. 3 O Israel hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. God, I am not focused on or trusting myself I am not critically focused on others. I am not focused on my problems. I just settle myself down and relax next to You. Israel, you should always hope in God. As we ‘rest against’ God, we will urge others to do so and our practice makes our admonition worth hearing.

  11. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Pray • Read the psalm several times • Note its features • Meditate on the truths in the Psalm • What if you believed this? • Why is this hitting you now? Psalm 131

  12. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Teaching prep (translating the Psalm) • Keep praying • Make contemporary applications At age two we make two mutually exclusive demands of the world – omnipotence & complete safety. We spend the rest of our lives working out these demands. Larry Crabbe

  13. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Teaching prep (translating the Psalm) • Keep praying • Make contemporary applications • Balance the meaning with the mood

  14. Singing this is a different experience than analyzing it. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,It is well, it is well, with my soul. It is well, with my soul,It is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well, with my soul. And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,Even so, it is well with my soul. Singing this with others is a different experience than singing it alone. We must help our listeners experience the mood of the Psalm together.

  15. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Teaching prep (translating the Psalm) • Keep praying • Make contemporary applications • Balance the meaning with the mood

  16. Teaching from the Psalms • Introduction • Hebrew Poetry • Study (analyzing the Psalm) • Teaching prep (translating the Psalm) Psalm 139

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