Slides and Notes for Psalms

 

Notes:

Psalms:  a collection of 150 songs from Hebrew religious life and worship - songs dear to the people’s hearts and experience. “The Ancient Songbook of God’s People.”

 

Jewish Midrash or commentary: “Moses gave to the Israelites the five Books of the law, and as a counterpart to these, David gave the Psalms which consists of five Books.”

 

Of course, David did not write all 150 psalms.

Notes:

David: 73 Psalms begin with the expression, Psalm of David.

Many of David’s Psalms describe specific times in his life. Psalm 3 when he fled form his Absalom, Ps. 51 was written after Nathan confronted him about Bathsheba.

 

Asaph: David appointed Asaph as the chief musician:

4 He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD , to make petition, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD , the God of Israel: 5 Asaph was the chief, Zechariah second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God. 1Chronicles 16:4-6

 

The Sons of Kora: The name may or may not be associate with Korah and his rebellion against Moses, as recorded in Numbers 16.  In 2Chronicles 20:19, reference is made to a guild of temple singers with the name of Korah.

 

On a  side note: Sons of Korah is aworship group from down under. Their web site: <a href="http://www.sonsofkorah.com/">http://www.sonsofkorah.com/</a> and notes on the Psalms,

<a href="http://www.sonsofkorah.com/psalms.php">http://www.sonsofkorah.com/psalms.php</a>

 

 

Notes:

No real reason has been determined as to why the book is divided as such.  One aspect of the various divisions is the use of a DOXOLOGY to separate the books.

 

 

Notes:

(doxologia, “a praising,” “giving glory”)  A hymn or liturgical formula expressive of praise to God,

 

Examples we are familiar with: The Gloria Excelsis, sometimes called the Greater Doxology, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased,“ Is an expansion of Luke 2:14

 

The Gloria Patri or Lesser Doxology, "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen."

 

The key to the division of the Psalms is that the last verse of each division is written in a distinctive style.

 

 

Notes:

Psalm 41:13 Example of a doxology

 

 

 

Notes:

Read Psalm 150. A doxology for the entire book of Psalms.

 

 

 

 

 

You have this handout from class.