The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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The voice of the Lord is powerful the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the Lord of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Listen to how these lines build and rumble: Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Psalm 23 we know it as The Lord is my Shepherd is a psalm of pilgrimage sung while travelling to Jerusalem for feast days at Temple.ĭoesnt knowing that setting and imagining the dry and rocky terrain the pilgrims had to travel over, the danger of robbers along the way, add to the significance of this psalm Psalm 29 I wish I could hear this is Hebrew, but even in our English translation it is a great thundering poem describing an awesome storm rising over the Mediterranean (many waters) rolling ominously over the mountains of Lebanon and spending itself in the desert.
Many beautiful passages describe God and humanity at peace together in the wonder of the creation: Psalm 8 When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained What is man, that thou art mindful of him and the son of man, that thou visitest him Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of god and the firmament sheweth his handywork.ĭay unto day uttereth speech and sheweth knowledge. The mood is trusting, hopeful and innocent, and full of childlike awe. and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. I cant do justice to the whole book of Psalms so I will focus just on Book 1 (which is a wrench because Im dying to talk about Psalm 73 which begins Book 3 and Psalm 80 both very thoughtful, poignant laments.Īnd Psalm 42-43 which begins Book 2 with its beautiful imagery of the deer panting after water and its repeated refrains gorgeous lines of poetry.Īnd I wanted to read to you Psalm 104 from Book 4 which re-creates the whole creation line after line Read it yourself Great stuff here) Book 1 of the Book of Psalms focuses on the path of Wisdom and the Law.Īs in all the books of the Psalms, the first psalm of this section sets the tone and establishes the theme: Psalm 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. Realizing this interaction and realizing that different psalms were sung in different settings (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, at certain holidays or times of the year, as a QA call-and-response during temple worship) makes the psalms even more interesting. Thats the power of poetry and song even little jingles stick in your mind: advertising slogans, rhyming bits of advice: I before E, except after C, When in doubt, throw it out. Why psalms anyway Deuteronomy 31:19, 21 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. S tructure of a Lament-type psalm: 1) Statement of distress, 2) Word of trust in God, 3)Appeal for deliverance, 4) Declaration of obedience, 5) Vow to sing a Thanksgiving.Įxamples of psalms in other places in the scriptures.) The best way to learn to write a psalm Read the psalms soak up their rhythms, imagery, their spirit of reverence.Īnd there you have it and all under 15 minutes Ill take the next 13 minutes to get you started in reading the psalms. Hand-out: (highlight T ypes: Lament,Th anksgiving, etc. In 15 minutes So here goes: a psalm is a poem sung unto God, or in praise of or about God.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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