Psalm Flashcards
It is important to recognize that the psalms are not: (3)
1) Doctrinal statements
2) Creeds
3) History
It is important to recognize that the psalms are? (2)
1) Poetry
2) Prayer
It is important to recognize that the psalms are intended to be?
set to music and prayed in worship
the Book of Psalms is often called?
The “Psalter,”
it is better to understand the Psalms as the?
product of a community of faith who composed, collected and passed on their prayers, hymns, songs and liturgy as a witness to their experience as being the people of God.
These are the most numerous of the Psalm?
Lament psalms
Three types of Psalms.
Lament psalms
Thanksgiving psalms:
Hymns:
the Psalms have become authoritative for us: (3)
1) As a guide for worship
2) As an example of honesty before God
3) As a demonstration of the importance of prayer, praise, and meditation.
Jesus Himself, as well as the testimony of the New Testament
affirms the biblical authority of the Psalms.
The material in the Psalms was not written to communicate abstract theology for us. It was written to?
help people come to worship God from all the turmoil of life, good and bad.
The function of a lament Psalm is to?
expresses a faith and trust in God even when there is no immediate evidence that He is active
The function of a Thanksgiving Psalm is to?
praise God for something He has done for the Psalmist or to offer thanksgiving in the form of worship.
The function of a Hymn is to?
praise God because He is God, and we know He is because we have cried to Him and He has acted.
ALL Psalms are Different?
Aspects of Praise
The psalms think of God not in intellectual terms or doctrines, but in?
dynamic terms that see God active and interactive in human affairs.
