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The Psalms

What are they and how do I use them?. The Psalms. Thanks for visiting with us today!. Welcome. A psalm is a poem. Poetry in the psalms. Synonymous parallelism Why do the nations rage And the peoples plot in vain? 2:1 Antithetical parallelism

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The Psalms

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  1. What are they and how do I use them? The Psalms

  2. Thanks for visiting with us today! Welcome

  3. A psalm is a poem

  4. Poetry in the psalms • Synonymous parallelism Why do the nations rage And the peoples plot in vain? 2:1 • Antithetical parallelism For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. 1:6 • Synthetic parallelism Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker. 95:6

  5. Poetry in the psalms • Emblematic parallelism As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. • Simile He is like a tree planted by streams of water… 1:3 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 1:4

  6. Poetry in the psalms • Metaphor The LORD is my shepherd… 23:1 The mountains skipped like rams… 114:4 There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips. 59:7

  7. A psalm is a song

  8. Hebrew titles for the psalms • “Psalm” (Heb. mizmor) used 57x • “Song” (Heb. sir) used 30x • “Choir director” used 55x • Various musical instruments (Psa 4, 5, 6, 8, 54, 55, 81, 84) • “According to Lillies” (Psa 45, 69)

  9. Singing in the NT church • 1 Cor 14:26 When you come together, each one has a hymn (psalmos), a lesson, a revelation… • Eph 5:19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs… • Col 3:16 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…

  10. A psalm is an expression of worship

  11. Different responses to God • Thanksgiving Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good for his steadfast love endures forever. 136:1 • Praise The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 19:1 • Salvation history Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! 78:1

  12. Hebrew titles for the psalms • Celebration & affirmation • Covenant renewal (50) • Davidic covenant (89) • Royal psalms (2) • Enthronement psalms (95) • Zion songs (84)

  13. Different responses to God • Wisdom psalms Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! 37:1 • Songs of trust The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? 27:1

  14. Different responses to God • Laments My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 22:1 I have been forgotten like one who is dead… 31:12 My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows whose tongues are sharp swords. 57:4

  15. God enjoys our creativity Use the psalms as inspiration for a personal poem you write out to God

  16. God loves emotion Make the psalms personal by speaking them to God (and do it out loud)

  17. God finds pleasure in wowing us Take the psalms outside!

  18. God wants every season of our lives filled with worship Study the psalms and classify them

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