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Get ready for the Exam on the book of Psalms

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A way to remember/ a memorization device, it implies an all inclusiveness in form and content

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Reasons for acrostics

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Line

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A thought unit usually consisting of two cola

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Inclusion

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The same statement/element at the beginning and at the end

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Express gratitude to God for some work of healing or deliverance from trouble in this life

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Thanksgiving

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A repeated statement that marks the end of a stophe

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Refrain

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The second colon intentionally contrast with the first

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Contrasting

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Parallel thought expressed with grammatical correspondence but not always corresponding sound rhyme or rhythm

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Parallelism

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The Psalm of Moses is Psalm 90 even though Moses lived before David

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Evidence that the Psalms are not in Canonical chronological order

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It may be that the five books of the Psalms were compiled essentially in chronological order

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Chronological order of Psalms

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Zoomorphism

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Giving animal qualities to God

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Refrain

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A repeated statement that marks the end of a strophe

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Difference of confidence

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Dwells much more on God character than Thanksgiving or Lament and usually express trust from the start and throughout

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Praise/Hymn

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Celebrate God and praise him as creator and redeemer

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Confidence

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Faith and trust in God in the face of present trouble

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According to Wisdom Christians go on

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Because of living a faithful righteous life is a blessing and brings blessings

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According to lament Christians go on

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Because justice will come eventually and God will right all wrongs

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Exaggeration for rhetorical impact

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Hyperbole

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3 purposes of Parrallelism

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To give the poetry a certain beauty and rhythm, To extend a thought to give time for contemplation, To create a feeling of “emphasis”

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The similar kind of ending found at the end of the five books of the Psalms

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Doxology

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Typological (Royal Psalm)

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In the sense that they anticipate Christ as the ultimate fulfillment of the promise that David will have an eternal throne

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A thought unit usually consisting of two cola

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Line

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Chronological order of Psalms

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it may be that the five books of the Psalms were compiled essentially in chronological order

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We should look at the Psalms like the Torah as a book of instruction

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Mirroring to the Pentateuch

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Articulating darkness brought relief, a gap in time during the composition of the Psalm, The priest spoke a word of encouragement

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Reasons for shifts in tone

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to objects

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Lament

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Cry out to God in times of trouble

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David Reigning- Solomon- Where’s Yahweh- Live with faith- Live with obedience

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Thought progression of Psalms

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A sub-unit of a poetic line

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Colon

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According to Genre and Thematic progression

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Two ways of reading Psalms

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According to confidence Chrstisians go on

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Because of God’s Character

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Stanza

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a group of closely related strophes

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Comparison/using like or as

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Metaphor/Simile

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Circumstances of Lament

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Protection healing forgiveness justice vindication

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Protection healing forgiveness justice vindication

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Circumstances of Lament

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Praise/Hymn, Lament, Thanksgiving, Confidence, Royal, Wisdom

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Six Types of Psalms

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Wisdom

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Psalms propel humans towards a healthy “fear of Yahweh” as a motivation toward righteous living

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Superscription

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ancient though not original titles that describe the Psalm associate it with a particular author and/or give other historical/musical/liturgical information

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The second colon essentially restates clarifies or adds only slightly to the first

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Corresponding

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Psalms that call down curses

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Imprecatory

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Dwells much more on Gods character than Thanksgiving or Lament and usually express trust from the start and throughout

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Difference of confidence

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Relationships, health, finances, attitudes, emotions, and spirituality

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Categories of belief: Benefits of a righteous life

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Giving human characteristics to God

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Anthropomorphism

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The Second colon follows up on the first with significant new information

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Progressive

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Synechdoche

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Part of something that stands for the whole

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Metonymy

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One word stands for another word or concept

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First reading

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gaining historical background in the way we read the OT

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Parallelism

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Parallel thought expressed with grammatical correspondence but not always corresponding sound rhyme or rhythm

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Mirroring to the pentateuch

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We should look at the Psalms like the Torah as a book of instruction.

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Ancient though not original titles that describe the Psalm associate it with a particular author and/or give other historical/musical/liturgical information

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Superscription

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Progressive

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The second colon follows up on the first with significant new information

43
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Part of something that stands for the whole

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Synechdoche

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The same statement/element at the beginning and at the end

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In the sense that they anticipate that they anticipate Christ as the ultimate fulfillment of the promise that David will have and eternal throne

A

Typological (Royal Psalm)

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To give the poetry a certain beauty and rhythm, To extend a thought to give time for contemplation, To create a feeling of “emphasis

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3 purposes of Parrallelism

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According to Thanksgiving Christians go on

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because of God’s actions in the past in our own lives

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Celebrate human and divine kingship, sometimes called enthronement

51
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Reasons for acrostics

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A way to remember/ a memorization device, It implies an all inclusiveness in form and content

52
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Poetic Characterizations

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Anthropomorphism, Zoomorphism, Personification

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One word stands for another word or concept

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Reasons for shifts in tone

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Articulating darkness brought relief, a gap in time during the composition of the Psalm, The priest spoke a word of encouragement

56
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Categories of belief: Benefits of a righteous life

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Relationships, health, finances, attitudes, emotions, and spirituality

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Tehillium

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“Praises” The title of the book of Psalms in Hebrew

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Thanksgiving

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express gratitude to God for some work of healing or deliverance from trouble in this life

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All is not well Yet

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Circumstances of Confidence

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Metaphor/Simile

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Comparison/using like or as

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All is well Again

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Circumstances of Thanksgiving

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According to praise Christians go on

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Because of the actions of God in the distant past

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Colon

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a sub-unit of a poetic line

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Circumstances of confidence

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all is not well yet

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Psalms asking for forgiveness

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Penitential

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Imprecatory

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Psalms that call down curses

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Reaction to the prosperity of the wicked by affirming that the apparent success and bliss of the wicked is only temporary

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Wisdom Psalms

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Circumstances of Thanksgiving

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All is well again

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According to Kingship(Royal) Christians go on

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Because of God’s reign in the present and promises about the future

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Six Types of Psalms

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Praise/Hymn, Lament, Thanksgiving, Confidence, Royal, Wisdom

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Giving animal qualities to God

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Zoomorphism

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Wisdom Psalms

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React to the prosperity of the wicked by affirming that the apparent success and bliss of the wicked is only temporary

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Number of Psalms specifically attributed to David

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Faith and trust in God in the face of present trouble

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Confidence

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Items are mentioned, then mentioned again in reverse order

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Stophe

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A line or group of lines that focus on a common thought

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Penitential

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Psalms asking for forgiveness

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Gaining historical background in the way we read the OT

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First Reading

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“Praises” The title of the book of Psalms in Hebrew

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Anthropomorphism

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giving human Characteristics to God

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Circumstances of Praise

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All is well

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All is well

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Circumstances of Praise

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Thematic Progression

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How an idea changes throughout the five books

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Royal

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Celebrate human and divine kingship, sometimes called enthronement

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A line or group of lines that focus on a common thought

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Two ways of reading Psalms

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Thematic progression and according to genre

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Contrasting

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The second colon intentionally contrasts with the first

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Cry out to God in times of trouble

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Corresponding

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The second colon essentially restates clarifies or adds only slightly to the first

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How an idea changes throughout the five books

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Thematic Progression

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Psalms propel humans towards a healthy “fear of Yahweh” as a motivation toward righteous living

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Anthropomorphism, Zoomorphism, Personfication

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Poetic Characterations

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Celebrate God and praise him as creator and redeemer

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Praise/Hymn

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Doxology

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The similar kind of ending found at the end of each of the five books of the Psalms

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Giving human characteristics to objects

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Personification

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Chaism

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Items are mentioned, then mentioned again in reverse order

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A group of closely related strophes

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The form of parallelism which some element of the first colon is not mentioned in the second colon but is assumed

104
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Evidence that the Psalms are not in Canonical chronological order

A

The psalms of Moses is Psalm 90 even though Moses lived before David

105
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Thought progression of Psalms

A

David Reigning- Solomon- Where’s Yahweh- Live with faith- Live with obedience

106
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Gapping

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The form of parallelism which some element of the first colon is not mentioned in the second colon but is assumed

107
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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration for rhetorical impact

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