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PsalmsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Psalm 1 & 22Book 1: Chapters 3-413Chapter 15-243Psalms 16-183Psalms 19 Torah3Psalms 20-234“The Seam Psalm” 41:13 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever, amen, and amen. 4Book 2: Chapters 42-724Chapters 42-434Chapters 724“The Seam Psalm” 72:18-19 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever, amen, andamen.Book 3: Chapters 73-8955Concludes with a poem reflecting on God’s promise to David, but this time in light of Israel’sexile5“The Seam Psalm” 89:51 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever, amen, and amen. 5Book 4: Chapters 90-1066Chapter 90:6Chapters 93-996“The Seam Psalm” 106:18 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever, amen, and amen.7Book 5: Chapters 107-1457Chapters 113-118 The Hallel7Chapters 120-136 The Songs of Ascents8Psalm 146-1508Psalm 1488Themes8Psalm Video Explanationwww.ericlevels.com9Rev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.1
150 ancient Hebrew poems, songs, and prayers David - 73 Asaph ( Ps 50 , 73-83 ) - 12 Sons of Korah ( Ps 42 , 4 4-49 , 8 4-85 , 8 7 ) - 11 Heman ( Ps 88 ) and Ethan ( Ps 89 ) (worship leaders in the temple) - 2 Solomon( Ps 72 , 127 ) and Moses ( Ps 90 ) - 3 Anonymous - 49 (nearly ⅓)Many of these poems came to be used by the choirs that sang in Israel’s temple.The Book of Psalms not a hymn book; at some point after Israel’s exile to Babylon the poemswere gathered together and intentionally arranged into the book.Introduction: Psalm 1 & 2 Stands outside of Book 1 as Ps 1 and 2 are anonymousHow blessed is the one who meditates on the Torah Torah means teaching and references 5 books of Moses; Psalms teaches God’s peopleto observe a life of prayerThe book of Psalms is being offered as a New Torah that will teach a lifelong practice ofprayer as they strive to live out God’s commands given in the first TorahPurpose of the Psalms: Be the prayerbook of God’s people who are striving to be faithfulto the Torah and waiting for the Messianic Kingdom The Prayer Book of God’s People Ps 1: Ultimate vindication of the righteouswww.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.2
Ps 2: God’s choice and defense of Israelite kingBook 1: Chapters 3-41Chapter 15-24Two themes from Chapter 1 and 2 demonstrated here Chapter 15: Opens with Call to Covenant Faithfulness Psalms 16-18 David depicted as a model of this faithfulnessDavid calls out to God to deliver him and elevation as king Psalms 19 Torah www.ericlevels.comDedicated to praising God for the TorahRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.3
Psalms 20-23 The David of the past has become an image of the messianic King ofFuture who will also call out to God, be delivered and given a kingdomover the nationsChapter 24: Closes with Call to Covenant Faithfulness“The Seam Psalm” 41:13 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever,amen, and amen.Book 2: Chapters 42-72Chapters 42-43 Two poems hope for a future return to the temple in ZionImage closely associated with the hope of the messianic kingdomChapters 72 Echoes the prophets: Isaiah 11, 45, and 60 Zechariah 9www.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.4
Fulfillment of God’s Promise to Abraham” - to bring God’s blessing to all of thenations Ps 72:17 Gen 12:3 and 22:17“The Seam Psalm” 72:18-19 May the Lord God of Israel be blessedforever, amen, and amen.Book 3: Chapters 73-89 Concludes with a poem reflecting on God’s promise to David, but thistime in light of Israel’s exile The poet remembers how God said He would never abandon the line of David,but now he’s looking at Israel’s rebellion and its result in destruction and exileand the downfall of the line of DavidThe poet ends by never forgetting His Promise to David.“The Seam Psalm” 89:51 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever,amen, and amen.www.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.5
Book 4: Chapters 90-106Purpose: Designed to Respond to this crisis of exile;Chapter 90:Starts with a return to Israel’s roots with the prayer of Moses (Does what Moses had done atMt. Sinai after the golden calf incident which is to call on God to show mercy) .Chapters 93-99Group of Poems that announce that the Lord, the God of Israel reigns as the true king of theworldwww.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.6
All creation: trees, mountains, rivers are all summoned to celebrate that future day whenGod will bring His justice and kingdom over all of the world“The Seam Psalm” 106:48 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever,amen, and amen.Book 5: Chapters 107-145Opens with a series of poems that affirm that God hears the cries of His people and will one daysend the future King to defeat evil and bring God’s kingdom.Chapters 113-118 The HallelChapter 118 The future Messianic KingdomSustain hope in a future Exodus when God Redeems His peoplePsalm 119 Torah Longest poem in the Book Hebrew Alphabet poem Each line begins with a new letter of the Hebrew alphabetwww.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.7
Explores the wonder and gift of the Torah as God’s Word to His peopleChapters 120-136 The Songs of AscentsChapter 132 The future Messianic KingdomSustain hope in a future Exodus when God Redeems His peoplePsalm 146-1505 Poem conclusionClimactic praise to Godbegins and ends with Hallelujah- Hallelujah: a command meaning Praise YahwehPsalm 148Ps 148:14 “God has raised up a horn for His people” Horn: Metaphor of a bull’s horn raised in victory; symbol for the messianic king and Hisvictory over evil Same used in Hannah’s song ( 1 Samuel 2 ; Psalm 132:17 )ThemesFound in Ps. 1 , 2 , and 145 Torah and Messiah Lament (Books 1-3) Prayers of pain, confusion, and anger Draw attention to what’s wrong in the world Asks God to do something about itThere are a lot of these “How long o Lord?”: An appropriate response to the evil that wesee in our world. Praise (Books 4-5) Prayers of Joy and Celebration Draw attention to what’s good in the world Retell the story and thank God for it“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good” Praise poems outnumber lament poems Shift from lament to praise Profound and tells us about the nature of prayer As we hope for the messianic kingdom, Psalms teach us that weare not to ignore the pain of our world and lives, but biblical faith isforward looking in hope to the future messianic kingdom .www.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.8
Faith and HopePsalm Video Explanationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v j9phNEaPrv8www.ericlevels.comRev. Eric R. Levels, M. Div.9
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Psalms 16-18 3 Psalms 19 Torah 3 Psalms 20-23 4 “The Seam Psalm” 41:13 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever, amen, and amen.4 Bo o k 2 : Ch a p te r s 4 2 -7 2 4 Chapters 42-43 4 Chapters 72 4 “The Seam Psalm” 72:18-19 May the Lord God of Israel be blessed forever, amen, and ame
Psalms 107-113 (sub-group of 7 psalms – 4 nameless, 3 Davidic) Psalms 114-117 (4 nameless psalms) Psalms 107-117 (first sub-group of 11 psalms)1 Psalms 118-119 (2 nameless psalms) Psalms 120-134 (15 Songs of Ascents – 10 nameless, 4 Davidic, 1 Solomonic) Psalms 135-145 (11 psalms - 3 nameless
Baker Commentary on the old testament Wisdom and Psalms tremper longman iii, Editor Volumes now available Job, Tremper Longman III Psalms, vol. 1, Psalms 1–41, John Goldingay Psalms, vol. 2, Psalms 42–89, John Goldingay Psalms, vol. 3, Psalms 90–150, John Goldingay Proverbs, Tremper Longman III Ecclesia
Wednesday 9:00 – 12:00 Psalms of Praise and Thanksgiving 1:00 – 4:00 Psalms of Trust Psalms of Imprecation Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 Wisdom Psalms Torah Psalms 1:15 – 4:00 Royal Psalms Kingship of Yahweh Psalms The figure of David Friday 9:00 – 12:00
crescendo, pause, etc. The Book of Psalms is one book. Each of the 150 “chapters” is a Psalm: “The Book of Psalms” or “Psalm 119” (not: “Psalms 119”). The time of writing of the Book of Psalms probably extends from 1400-400BC.
4 JESUS in the Psalms All Scripture speaks of Jesus (Luke 24:27; John 5:39). Psalms do this: 1) Directly Psalms is the Old Testament book most frequently quoted in the New. There are 70 quotations introduced by a formula like, 'David says concerning him '
Psalms.” There are many secrets about Jesus waiting to be discovered here! OUTLINE The Psalms are really five books in one. Moses gave us the five books of the Law called the Pentateuch; David gives us the five books of the Psalms. Each division ends with a doxology that includes the words,
The Psalms and the Practice of Disclosure by Brent A. Strawn xiii Abbreviations xxv 1. Introduction to the Book of Psalms 1 2. The Counter-World of the Psalms 8 3. Canaanite Tradition and Israel’s Imagination 36 4. Doxological Abandonment 42 5. The Enthronement Psalms 49 6. The Creator Toys with Monster Chaos (Psalm 104) 56 7.
a central part of the Revolution’s narrative, the American Revolution would have never occurred nor followed the course that we know now without the ideas, dreams, and blood spilled by American patriots whose names are not recorded alongside Washington, Jefferson, and Adams in history books. The Road to the War for American Independence By the time the first shots were fired in the American .
