Asaph sets the stage with a crisis of faith in Psalm 73 and the book ends with the darkest Psalm in all the Bible, Psalm 88. In the midst of the dark book of the Psalms, book 3, there is what Spurgeon called the sweetest Psalm and the center of the center of the center of that ( Ps 81:8 is 'if only My people would listen to Me and also arguably listen to me about the day of atonement alluded to in the middle of the two trumpets blown in vs ps 81:3 )
We look at the flow as Asaph, Sons of Korah, David, Heman and Ethan navigate through the darkness finding hope and resolution in God. 'Hope in God' one generation tells another in Psalm 77, even in the midst of these struggles.
Psalm 78 is a historical psalm and recounts failures of Israel particularly regarding temptations of food, power and worship. Jesus will go through these same temptations in the dessert yet prevail.
Psalm 81 is arguably the center psalm of the books. Center book is book 3 and in book 3 8 are before 8 after making psalm 81 the center psalm with the center verse being verse 8 'if only My people would listen to Me' and one can press it further with the two trumpets in verse 3, the center of those is the day of atonement. Book 3 is about crisis of faith and the other psalms and books revolve around that to resolve the crisis. There is hope since psalm 81 speaks of the man at God's right hand. Jesus listens to God where his people did not and is the one to resolve the crisis.
Books 2 and 3 are written largely by Levites and poetically follow Exodus and Leviticus. It is fitting that in the final two Psalms portend the ultimate sacrifice, the death of the Messiah, the anointed, the seed of David in psalm 88 with an upturn/resurrection in Psalm 89.
An lesser issue of book 3 concerns who Asaph is since the temples destruction would be future to the Asaph of David's day. Asaph was a seer so perhaps it's prophesy or perhaps from the musician group of levites founded by Asaph continuing to write psalms?
Psalms book 4: Wandering songs for the travels and travails of lifeMichael Scaman
Songs for wandering (even at times through the valley of the shadow of death) led by the good shepherd, the King, having a table prepared in the presence of my enemies. Book 4 of the psalms begins with a voice from the deep past and a prayer of Moses. Moses prays "Teach us to number our days" and this book many consider poetically to match the themes of Numbers which recounted the wanderings in the dessert for forty years.
The Center of book 4 are the enthronement Psalms, by tradition one or more have been written by Hezekiah Adjacent images of Psalms 23 (the good shepherd leading believers through the valley of the shadow of death, spreading a table in the presence of their enemies) and Psalm 24 (the king of glory) come back expansively in book 4 with shepherd images bracketing calls to worship the king who reigns. Psalms 93 though 100
The ending include a series of Psalms quoted in the book of Hebrews as part of an argument that Jesus is better than the angels: Psalm 102, 103 and 104.
The final two Psalms are historical Psalms 105 and 106 ( the only other Psalm ususally classified as a history recounting (historical) Psalm is 78 from book 3.
We are concerned here with the flow of thought and the outline
The flow, major themes and character of Psalms Book 2: Psalms 42-72.
Where book 1 had psalms that were personal in nature, book 2 tends to concern community. Many consider Book 2 to be poetically like Exodus. Many of the authors in Book 2 and 3 are Levites.
Songs from the 'Sons of Korah' Open the book.
Believers may be a bit like 'the sons of Korah' who should be 'in the grave' but have been delivered. Being delivered does not preclude struggles or even persecution.
Psalm 14 comes back expansively as a block of five psalms on judgement and forgiveness. Jesus like Solomon reign is expansive. Solomon, poetically so, Jesus literally so.
Asaph has one Psalm. Asaph probably being Asaph the seer from the time of David who led a group of Levites to minister before the Ark on Mt Zion when it was moved from the house of Obed Edom the Gittite after recovery from the Philistines.
One Psalm is dedicated to Jeduthun
The main parts of Psalms book 5
Poetically this is poetically like Deuteronomy which was the last month of Moses life and as the promised land was about ot be entered
Book 5 of the Psalms can be looked at as songs of longing of going home, home ultimately being heaven
The main parts being, the Hallal passover psalms, the psalms of ascent, David's last run of Psalms where we are moved from laying down are harps and weeping to all kings singing of God and a final example of Davids praise and one prase Psalm for each book as a fitting end.
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A short look at the themes in the book and how Jesus is seen in the book. The New Testament says the law presents in a sense pictures of heavenly realities and there is provision for a King in the law so it should be no surprise if the King of Kings is portrayed using the life of David ( as well as other kings)
Book 1 tends to have psalms that are personal in nature.
Additionally often Book 1 is taken as poetically like Genesis and has themes
concerning man and the blessed man in particular.
We concentrate on the flow, themes and connections themes to theme.
Psalms book 4: Wandering songs for the travels and travails of lifeMichael Scaman
Songs for wandering (even at times through the valley of the shadow of death) led by the good shepherd, the King, having a table prepared in the presence of my enemies. Book 4 of the psalms begins with a voice from the deep past and a prayer of Moses. Moses prays "Teach us to number our days" and this book many consider poetically to match the themes of Numbers which recounted the wanderings in the dessert for forty years.
The Center of book 4 are the enthronement Psalms, by tradition one or more have been written by Hezekiah Adjacent images of Psalms 23 (the good shepherd leading believers through the valley of the shadow of death, spreading a table in the presence of their enemies) and Psalm 24 (the king of glory) come back expansively in book 4 with shepherd images bracketing calls to worship the king who reigns. Psalms 93 though 100
The ending include a series of Psalms quoted in the book of Hebrews as part of an argument that Jesus is better than the angels: Psalm 102, 103 and 104.
The final two Psalms are historical Psalms 105 and 106 ( the only other Psalm ususally classified as a history recounting (historical) Psalm is 78 from book 3.
We are concerned here with the flow of thought and the outline
The flow, major themes and character of Psalms Book 2: Psalms 42-72.
Where book 1 had psalms that were personal in nature, book 2 tends to concern community. Many consider Book 2 to be poetically like Exodus. Many of the authors in Book 2 and 3 are Levites.
Songs from the 'Sons of Korah' Open the book.
Believers may be a bit like 'the sons of Korah' who should be 'in the grave' but have been delivered. Being delivered does not preclude struggles or even persecution.
Psalm 14 comes back expansively as a block of five psalms on judgement and forgiveness. Jesus like Solomon reign is expansive. Solomon, poetically so, Jesus literally so.
Asaph has one Psalm. Asaph probably being Asaph the seer from the time of David who led a group of Levites to minister before the Ark on Mt Zion when it was moved from the house of Obed Edom the Gittite after recovery from the Philistines.
One Psalm is dedicated to Jeduthun
The main parts of Psalms book 5
Poetically this is poetically like Deuteronomy which was the last month of Moses life and as the promised land was about ot be entered
Book 5 of the Psalms can be looked at as songs of longing of going home, home ultimately being heaven
The main parts being, the Hallal passover psalms, the psalms of ascent, David's last run of Psalms where we are moved from laying down are harps and weeping to all kings singing of God and a final example of Davids praise and one prase Psalm for each book as a fitting end.
Psalms book 1: David's first book of PsalmsMichael Scaman
A short look at the themes in the book and how Jesus is seen in the book. The New Testament says the law presents in a sense pictures of heavenly realities and there is provision for a King in the law so it should be no surprise if the King of Kings is portrayed using the life of David ( as well as other kings)
Book 1 tends to have psalms that are personal in nature.
Additionally often Book 1 is taken as poetically like Genesis and has themes
concerning man and the blessed man in particular.
We concentrate on the flow, themes and connections themes to theme.
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I will help you to uncover the gifting that is in you.
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Impartation of the gifting of the Holy Spirit by lying of hands.
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Various churches worship in different ways. Which is the "right" way? This slideshow reveals 9 biblical aspects of praise and worship to help us have biblical worship both corporately and privately.
Assessing the security posture of a web application is a common project for a penetration tester and a good skill for developers to know. In this talk, We’ll go over the different stages of a web application pen test, from start to finish. We’ll start with tools used during the discovery phase to utilize OSINT sources such as search engines, sub-domain brute-forcing and other methods to help you get a good idea of targets “footprint”, automated scanners and their use, all the way to manual testing and tools used for fuzzing parameters to find potential SQL injection vulnerabilities. We’ll also discuss pro-tips and tricks that we use while conducting a full application penetration assessment. After this talk, you should have a good understanding of what is needed as well as where to start on your journey to hacking web apps.
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God's word contains Psalms, poetry and song written by man to God. It's a love letter and we wait and listen. We are a song. We are the worship. We are the praise. Watch the Nooma video "Rhythm" with Rob Bell.
Why don't we live happily ever after? Is there a purpose for our pain? Sharing the lessons from Michael Card's Lament Workshop, held in Bedford NH, April 13-15, 2018. Presented as a sermon at Providence Assembly of God April 22, 2018.
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2. Desiring Lord Yahweh
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Not only sharing the same overarching theme, but similar structure.
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Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
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2. The book opens with a claim:
Psalm 73
Truly God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
And followed by a crisis of faith.
3. Asaph opens in Psalm 73 and sets the
tone for the book with a crisis of faith
• The first Asaph the seer was a Levite from the
time of David in charge of priests who would
sing before the ark when it was moved to
Mount Zion (before there was a temple)
Yet…
• He sees the wicked prosper
• He feels he served God in vain
• Navigating though this ‘crisis of darkness’ sets
the tone for the whole book.
4. Asaph’s crisis of faith is resolved in
God
• He enters the sanctuary and ‘perceives their
end’
• His perspective changes
• The apparent success and the wicked over the
apparent losses of the righteous is seen by
faith to reverse
• Asaph finds a peace in God in the longer view
or even eternal view
5. Who was Asaph who sings these 11
songs?
• There are more than one Asaph, one (called Asaph
the seer) living in David’s time, one in Isaiah’s time
and one after the exile.
• There are also Asaph’s group of Levites who served
before the Ark and their descendants
• Some of the content of these Psalms in book 3 is long
after David concerning things like Jerusalem being
destroyed or events in the time of Hezekiah never
happening in David’s life and these Psalms could be
written by Asaph the seer or any of the other Asaphs
– It’s not a problem, but we don’t know for sure which
Asaph is meant in these 12 Psalms
6. Worship in a minor key
The wicked prosper
Jerusalem is overrun
Where is God?
7. Psalm 73
Asaph
For I was envious of the
arrogant when I saw the
prosperity of the wicked.
______
8. Psalm 73
Asaph
For I was envious of the
arrogant when I saw the
prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 73 is a bit
like a reflection
of Psalm 37
Similar but
opposite in some
ways I was envious of
the wicked
Do not be envious
Of the wicked
David
Asaph
9. Psalm 74
Asaph
Your foes have roared in
the midst of your meeting
place; they set up their
own signs for signs.
They were like those who
swing axes in a forest of
trees
______
10. Psalm 75
Asaph
“At the set time that I appoint I
will judge with equity.
When the earth totters, and all
its inhabitants, it is I who keep
steady its pillars. Selah
I say to the boastful, ‘Do not
boast,
______
11. Psalm 76
Asaph
From the heavens you uttered
judgment; the earth feared and
was still,
when God arose to establish
judgment, to save all the
humble of the earth. Selah
Surely the wrath of man shall
praise you; the remnant[a] of
wrath you will put on like a belt.
______
12. Psalm 77
Asaph - Jeduthun
“Will the Lord spurn forever,
and never again be
favorable? Has his steadfast
love forever ceased?
Are his promises at an end
for all time? Has God
forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his
compassion?” Selah
______
13. Psalm 77: A crisis of faith reflected on by
Habakkuk in his crisis of faith: a Psalm
dedicated to Jeduthan also of Asaph
• Will God abandon us?
– It appeared to Habakkuk and the writer of 77 this was
happening (at least at first)
– The answer appears different for us and Jesus
“Will the Lord spurn forever,and never again be favorable?
Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an
end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah
• No, God will not abandon us
• Yes, God will abandon Jesus on the cross so he will not
abandon us
– ‘He saved others, but He cannot save Himself’
16. Psalm 78
Asaph
He established a testimony in
Jacob and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our
fathers to teach to their children,
that the next generation might
know them, the children yet
unborn,and arise and tell them to
their children, so that they
should set their hope in God
17. Psalm 78
Asaph
He established a testimony in
Jacob and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our
fathers to teach to their children,
that the next generation might
know them, the children yet
unborn,and arise and tell them to
their children, so that they
should set their hope in God
19. • This is a ‘historical Psalm’
• In the midst of the difficulties of the book, the
history is recounted and the next generation is
told to put their ‘hope in God’
• The two other ‘historical Psalms which end book
4 are:
– Psalm 105 God’s faithfulness to Israel in history
– Psalm 106 God’s mercy and forgiveness shown to
Israel in history
In Psalm 78, the next generation is
told to ‘Hope in God’
20. Psalm 79
Asaph
God, the nations have come
into your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy
temple; they have laid
Jerusalem in ruins.
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21. Psalm 80
Asaph
O Lord God of hosts,
how long will you be
angry with your people's
prayers? You have fed
them with the bread of
tears and given them tears
to drink in full measure.
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23. Psalm 81
Asaph
A ‘Winepress Psalm’
God is on the move. The poetic center of the book of Psalms
“…But he would feed you
with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the
rock I would satisfy you….."
When you are stuck
between a rock and a hard
place…
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24. And after many trials in the opening
Psalms of Asaph… God is on the move
• God is on the move in Psalm 81…
25. The poetic center of the book of
Psalms
• Psalm 81
• The center Psalm (9 of 17) of the center book (3
of the 5 books)
• A song of the Gittith
– from the winepress
– From a musical instrument, the Gittim (from Gath?
Also vineyard)
– Gittim ‘winepress’ Psalms by title are 8, 81 and 84
• God is on the move
• A sweet center to an often dark book
26. Psalm 82
Asaph
God has taken his place in
the divine council;
in the midst of the gods
he holds judgment:
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27. Psalm 83 Asaph
God, do not keep
silence, do not hold your
peace or be still, O God! For
behold, your enemies make
an uproar; those who hate
you have raised their heads
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29. Psalm 84
Sons of Korah
A ‘Winepress Psalm’
Even the sparrow finds a
home, and the swallow a nest
for herself, where she may lay
her young, at your altars, O
Lord of hosts, my King and my
God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell
in your house, ever singing
your praise! Selah
30. Psalm 84
Sons of Korah
A ‘Winepress Psalm’
For a day in your courts is
better than a thousand
elsewhere. I would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my
God than dwell in the tents of
wickedness. 11 For the Lord God
is a sun and shield; the Lord
bestows favor and honor. No good
thing does he withhold from
those who walk uprightly.
31. Psalm 81 and 84 are both ‘winepress
Psalms (as was Psalm 8)
32. A brief look at the flow of the dark
book of the Psalms
• Psalms 73 – 83 are of Asaph
– Many of the Psalms concern laments, even a crisis of faith, pleas for mercy and exhortations
as Jerusalem experiences major difficulties
- Psalm 77 ‘of Asaph; but dedicated to Jeduthun (quoted by Habakkuk)
- Psalm 78 is a Historical exhortation for the next generation to ‘Hope in God’
• Psalm 81 is considered by son to be the poetic center of the book of Psalms
• Psalm 84, 85 are of Korah
• Psalm 86, is of David
• Psalm 87, 88 are of Sons of Korah
• Darkest part of the ‘dark book of Psalms’
– Psalm 88 is of Heman ( who is a son of Korah in the title)
• And a bright upturn
– Psalm 89 is of Ethan
Note: actually Asaph is also a Son of Korah but it doesn’t say so in the title, Samuel
was as well and several of David’s men and advisers also were
33. Psalm 85
Sons of Korah
Let me hear what God the Lord
will speak, for he will speak
peace to his people, to his saints;
but let them not turn back to
folly. Surely his salvation is near
to those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our
land.
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34. Psalm 86
David
The one Psalm ‘of
David’ in Book 3
David sings his song between two
songs of the sons of Korah
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35. Psalm 86
Great Is Your Steadfast Love
A Prayer of David.
86 Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my
God.
3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call
upon you.
6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.
7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.
8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
9 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
36. Psalm 86 (continued)
10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
11 Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name
forever.
13 For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of
Sheol.
14 O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
and they do not set you before them.
15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast
love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant,
and save the son of your maidservant.
17 Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
37. Psalm 86
David
Incline your ear, O Lord, and
answer me, for I am poor and
needy.
Preserve my life, for I am
godly; save your servant, who
trusts in you—you are my God.
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38. Psalm 87Sons of Korah
On the holy mount stands the
city he founded; the Lord
loves the gates of Zion more
than all the dwelling places of
Jacob.
Glorious things of you are
spoken, O city of God. Selah
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39. Psalm 88
Sons of Korah,
maskil of Heman
You have caused my beloved
and my friend to shun me;
my companions have
become darkness. ______
40. Psalm 88: The darkest lament in
Psalms: the song of Heman
• Other laments turn upward
• This does not
• If there a turn toward hope doesn’t comes
until the next song, Psalm 89
41. Psalm 89
Ethan
I will sing of the steadfast
love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make
known your faithfulness to
all generations
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42. Psalm 89
Ethan
I will sing of the steadfast
love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make
known your faithfulness to
all generations
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43. Psalm 89: The anointed, the seed of
David, the Song of Ethan
• ‘I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever’
• Referred to as the ‘seed of David’ three times
• Referred to as the Lord’s anointed three times
– before during and after being forsaken
Spurgeon felt that Ethan may have been the same person as Jeduthun, just a variant on
the name.
44. An incomplete list of conclusions going
the dark places of life
• Even through the difficulties tell the next
generation to ‘Hope in God’ Psalm 78
• Even when faced with a hard place God will
‘provide honey from the rock’ Psalm 81
• God promises ‘no good thing will I withhold from
those who walk uprightly’
• ‘All the nations you have made shall come and
worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your
name.’ Psalm 86
• Jesus went through the dark place for us Psalm
88
45. A fitting end to a priestly book with an
ultimate sacrifice of the Messiah and a
hope that ‘I will sing of the mercies of
the Lord forever’
• Most of the Psalmists are Levites
• The book is poetically like Leviticus, concerning
sanctuary and sacrifices
• In Psalm 88 the Messiah dies
• In Psalm 89 He is the seed of David thrice and
the anointed thrice
• And the dark book of the Psalms find a resolution
and despite going through the deepest and
darkest part ‘I will sing of the mercies of the Lord
forever’
46.
47. The five books of Psalms
• Book 1 - The song of the blessed man
• Book 2 - Songs for the outcast
• Book 3 - The dark book of the Psalms
• Book 4 - Songs for the wanderer
• Book 5 - Songs for coming home