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Worship and the Psalms
This document provides an overview of key concepts about the Psalms. It discusses that the Psalms are first and foremost poetry that uses parallelism and other poetic devices. It explores themes of covenant relationships, lament and praise, and examines the Psalms' importance for theology, doxology, and personal expressions of worship. The document also summarizes authorship of the Psalms, historical references in certain Psalms, and genres like wisdom Psalms and royal Psalms. It outlines the shape and structure of the five books of Psalms.
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- 1. WORSHIP AND THEPSALMS DR. DAVID TOLEDO
- 2. WHY ARE THEPSALMS IMPORTANT? THEOLOGY DOXOLOGY AFFECTIONS
- 3. CRITICAL CONCEPTS COVENANT RELATIONSHIPS HESED PRIVATEAND CORPORATE EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP LAMENT AND PRAISE POETIC DEVICES EDITORIAL PROCESS
- 4. THE PSALMS AREPOETRY FIRST AND FOREMOST
- 5. PARALLELISM - JUXTAPOSITIONOF TWO OR MORE BALANCED ELEMENTS SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG; SING TO THE LORD, ALL THE EARTH. PSALM 96:1 “WHAT” “WHO” SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG; SING TO THE LORD, ALL THE EARTH.
- 6. CHIASM - CHANGESTHE ORDER OF MEMBERS OF A LINE 1-4 A PRAY ER FOR DELIV ERAN CE 5-7 B “FRO M MY YOUT H YOU ARE PSALM 71
- 7. MUSICAL INFORMATION INTHE PSALMS CONTENTS OF SACRED VOCAL MUSIC SPIRITUAL FUNCTIONS IN WORSHIP HISTORICAL CONTEXTS MUSIC MINISTRY ORGANIZATION AUTHORSHIP AND COMPOSITION LITURGICAL USAGE PERFORMANCE PRACTICE SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR SONG
- 8. WHO WROTE THEPSALMS? DAVID (76) ASAPH (12) SONS OF KORAH (9 OR 10) SOLOMON (PSALMS 72 & 127) MOSES (PSALM 90) ETHAN (PSALM 89) HEMAN (PSALM 88)
- 9. THE PSALMS ANDKING DAVID •ANOINTED KING AS A YOUNG BOY •“A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART” (1 SAMUEL 13:14) •DAVID PLAYS TO SOOTHE SAUL’S SPIRIT (1 SAMUEL 16:14-23) •INSTITUTED NEW WORSHIP PRACTICES (1 CHRONICLES 16) •ORGANIZES MUSIC FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP (1 CHRONICLES 15) •DIFFERENCES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LLFE
- 10. HISTORICAL REFERENCES TODAVID’S LIFE PSALM 3 - WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM PSALM 18 - WHEN THE LORD RESCUED HIM FROM SAUL PSALM 34 - WHEN HE CHANGED HIS BEHAVIOR BEFORE ABIMELECH PSALM 51 - CONFESSION AFTER BATHSHEBA AND NATHAN PSALM 57 - WHEN HE FLED FROM SAUL IN THE CAVE PSALM 63 - IN THE WILDERNESS
- 11. GENRES OF THEPSALMS WISDOM & TORAH PSALMS PSALMS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING PENITENTIAL PSALMS HYMNS & LITURGICAL PSALMS PSALMS OF LAMENT ROYAL PSALMS ENTRANCE PSALMS SONGS OF ASCENTS IMPRECATORY PSALMS MESSIANIC PSALMS
- 12. SHAPE OF THEPSALMS BOOKS ONE AND TWO - REIGNS OF KINGS DAVID AND SOLOMON BOOK THREE - DIVIDED KINGDOMS AND DESTRUCTION BOOK FOUR - BABYLONIAN EXILE; NEW IDENTITY AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD BOOK FIVE - RESTORATION TO THE LAND AND GOD AS KING FIVE BOOKS WITH DIVISIONS MARKED BY CLOSING DOXOLOGIES
- 13. PSALM 118 FINDING CHRISTIN THE PSALMS CALL AND RESPONSE BETWEEN WORSHIP LEADERS AND WORSHIPERS THE STEADFAST COVENANT LOVE OF YAHWEH IS THE THEME THE “STONE” THE BUILDERS REJECTED - DAVID AND CHRIST (V. 22) THE “MARVELOUS WORK OF THE LORD” (V. 23) THIS IS THE DAY OF REJOICING (V. 24)
- 14. PSALM 19 THREE THEMES: CREATION(1-6) TORAH (7-10) PRAYER (11-14)
- 15. PSALM 19 ASA WORSHIP PATTERN (1-6) PRAISE OF GOD; EMPHASIS ON ACTS OF CREATION AND ATTRIBUTES (7-10) EMPHASIS ON THE WORD OF GOD (11-14) PRAYER, CONFESSION, AND RESPONSE
- 16. READING THE PSALMSDEVOTIONALLY THE PSALMS ARE POETRY NOT PROSE MEANING IS COMMUNICATED THROUGH FORM QUESTIONS TO ASK: WHAT METAPHORS ARE BEING USED? HOW IS GOD/HUMANITY/CHARACTER LIKE THIS METAPHOR? REHEARSING GOD’S DEEDS IN HISTORY COVENANT LOVE EBB AND FLOW OF PRAISE AND PETITION/GRATITUDE AND LAMENT
- 17. ATLANTA FIRE CHIEF KELVINCOCHRAN PSALM 27
Editor's Notes
- #5 “One of the reasons that the psalms are so beloved is that they express the full range of human emotions before God. The hymns of praise shout out the soaring joy of those who bear witness to God’s faithfulness. The prayers for help give voice to the groaning pain of those who long for—but cannot find—a faithful God in their suffering. The poems of trust express the confident inner faith of those who trust, in spite of the quaking external realities all around. The songs of thanksgiving ring with the renewed song of those who have passed through a dark valley of crisis. The instructional psalms pass on the wisdom of those who have gone before to generations yet unborn. The imprecatory psalms cry out for justice against those who oppress. And the royal psalms bear witness to the mystery that God has chosen human beings as the agents through which God is at work in a broken world. “
- #9 Asaph - A Levite; one of the leaders of David’s choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73–83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a “seer” (2 Chr. 29:30). The “sons of Asaph,” mentioned in 1 Chr. 25:1, 2 Chr. 20:14, and Ezra 2:41, were his descendants, or more probably a class of poets or singers who recognized him as their master. Sons of Korah - They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division (2 Chr. 20:19). There are eleven psalms (42–49; 84; 85; 87; 88) dedicated to the sons of Korah. Ethan - two men listed in OT; leader of temple music; probably the same as Jeduthun Heman - A grandson of Samuel and son of Joel whom David put in charge of the service of song (1 Chron. 6:31–33). He is identified as the “singer” and, as the first in the list of three appointed by David, he may have been the chief musician. Ps. 88 is probably attributed to him.
- #10 David’s Tent of Meeting - 2 Samuel 6:17 - “the tent that David had pitched for it” David offered sacrifices 1 Chronicles 16 - Tent and Ark in Jerusalem; Tabernacle in Gibeon