Glorification Of God In Psalms, By King David

Introduction The creation of the earth and the reverence ascribed to the YHWH, King of glory is illustrated in Psalm 24. This psalm coupled with Psalm 23 presents a liturgical narration celebrating the kingship of YHWH. It is concisely assembled together in three different stanzas paving the way for worship. The back and forth questions and answers provide a significant discourse to usher in the presence of YHWH.

The Bible is the Holly Book, composed by many text from different authors. The number of texts in the bible depends to the version. The Bible has two main parts, the ancient and the new testament. The Psalms, which are the object of our research paper, belong to the ancient testament. The Norton Anthology world literature offers us the King James version of the psalms, which played a key role in the literature. For our assignment, we will explore the historical context that lead to the writing of psalm, the information about of the author, themes treated by the psalms and the significance of those psalms in the world’s literature.

He pairs the Prophet/ King David with Abraham on this issue by using the term “also” to construct the unity of their justification by faith message. Paul’s intent to link this principle back to the Old Testament is evident by his inclusion of David. He knew that his reference to the psalmist would validate his message, because David knew all too well of his own transgressions and his great need of God’s forgiveness. Thomas Constable notes that, “While Abraham lived before the Mosaic Law, David lived under it. Abraham represents the patriarchal period of Israel’s history, and David the monarchy period.” The apostle chose these two men, revered by the Jewish community to drive home his message. Paul emphasizes David’s use of the term blessed which contains the lexical meaning, “pronounce of being in receipt of special favor, blessing.” The term is used again in verse 9 of this passage and in Galatians 4:15. Paul’s choice to draw attention to this term was to reiterate God’s imputation of righteousness to an ungodly man apart from his works and then substantiate this truth by quoting David’s lyrics in Psalm

This paper provides a summary and an assessment of the approach for determining the relationship of a psalm to Jesus the Messiah proposed by Richard P. Belcher Jr. in his book The Messiah and the Psalms: Preaching Christ from all the Psalms . This paper also provides an analysis of Psalm 45 and whether Psalm 45 should be used to teach on the church as the bride of Christ. Lastly, this paper provides an analysis of Psalm 22 and whether Psalm 22 speaks of the Messiah.

What remains fascinating to me from this book is the Israelites ability to preserve these massive collections of psalms even after the destruction of the temple and subjection to a foreign religion in Babylon for a long time. Their discipline to pass on these psalms from one person to another through singing and reciting demonstrate how significant these psalms were to them. What adds value to this book more is the author’s ability not only to introduce the psalms, but offer tips to the readers on how to read the psalms better to understand them

This poses a challenge to the modern Christian?s understanding and way of worship and begs for a re-examination of whether or not the Psalms should play a more pivotal role in worship. Wenham purports that the current approach to reading Psalms is where one reads what he wishes and ignores what he chooses, then later forgets what he had read. This approach is not empowering and life sustaining. It falls short and limits the development of

The book “Psalms As Torah” provides insight and perspective about the Psalms, and the Psalter. Its main premise is to explore the ethical perspective of the Psalms, likewise, to highlight the ethical instruction provided. Psalms As Torah is a book whereby the author seeks to highlight the premise that the Psalms, while thought of as songs or hymns, are a guidebook, which essentially serves as guidelines for the law of the Old Testament . The application of ethics, along with the law of the Old Testament is discussed throughout the book. The Psalms and the Psalter are discussed, along with the significance of various Psalms applicable to different occasions and days of the week . The Psalms are also guidelines demonstrating how people should model their life, illustrating why it is important to seek the Lord in times of distress.

Psalm 35 was written by David with intense emotion and urgency. While the problem that provokes such a prayer is not fully identified, there is “sufficient ambiguity to classify it as an individual lament.” Since the piety of David is notable, and his nature is given to upholding the things of God, we must start our analysis of imprecatory Psalms with the understanding that his emotional prayers calling for the vengeance of God should not be classified as sinful, especially since they come only after his enemies repeated attacks. Thus, it is imperative that we examine the particulars of each imprecatory Psalm to gain a full understanding of each circumstance and

Psalms 93 - This psalm shows the honor of the kingdom of God. It relates to both the kingdom of his grace and providence. He has all power in heaven and on earth. With concerns to God’s kingdom, word like so are here spoken. Have other kings their royal robes? So, has he (1). Have they their thrones? So, has he (2). Have they their enemies whom they subdue and triumph over? So, has he (3-4). Is it their honor to be faithful and holy? So, it is his (5).

Recently, best selling author and pastor of New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian, Tim Keller, participated in an interview involving his belief that the Bible is “all about Jesus.” His statement became an important topic in the news, because it is an unusual perspective considering all the books in the Old Testament were assembled centuries before Christ’s birth; therefore, Jesus is not mentioned in about half the books so not many people associate Jesus with the Old Testament. Although the book of Psalms has been read in three different contexts including a conversation between the Messiah and God, which is Tim Keller’s view of the whole bible, it does not show that relationship consistently throughout the entire book. Throughout the interview Tim Keller is asked a series of questions related to his interpretation of Jesus in all of the books of the bible, especially the book of Psalms. The book of Psalms consists of songs and poems written mostly by King David, but is often called “The Songs of Jesus.” Keller believes this title fits the book of Psalms well, because they were songs Jesus sang since the

It would seem probable from this that the psalm was composed in a time of pestilence, or raging sickness, which threatened to sweep all the people away - a supposition by no means improbable, as such times occurred in the days of Moses, and in the rebellions of the people when he was leading them to the promised land. Psalm 90, is the only psalm attributed to Moses, and picks up the question of “How long?” (89:46; 90:13), and responds to the problem by taking the audience/reader back to a pre-monarchic context, emphasizing Yahweh ‘as Israel’s place of security’ and downplaying human-orientated assurance and confidence. This serves as a key signpost for the following collection of Psalms, notably lacking Davidic superscripts, and commonly identified as the Kingship psalms. Here, most of all is the explicit expression of Yahweh’s kingship in the Psalter, a motif and metaphor that has been consistent throughout, but is given particular shape and elevation by the structural dynamic of the arrangement. In these psalms the kingship of Yahweh is extended from merely Israel to much more than Israel – all of creation and all the nations. Such a move is grounded in the pre-Davidic context generated by Ps 90, as well as the appeal to creation for the basis of Yahweh’s kingship. This emphasis on creation as the original context for Yahweh’s imperial rule means that Israel’s own experience of God’s historical acts

David speaks for God, prophetically, as if telling Adonai his role to come. In v.1 Yahweh makes known that the Messiah (or a Davidic King) will sit at his right hand, acting with His authority and conquering enemies to the point that they become a footstool (under his control and mercy). In v.2, Yahweh expresses that he will give the rule of a mighty King with great power from the people of Zion, and this ruler will not lack anything; having the ability to rule His enemies as if their might was nothing. In v.3, the people of the ruler from Zion will recognize his “holy splendor” and willingly fight for Him; and He will accept them as His “youth.” In v.4, Yahweh is establishing his oath and stating that it is “forever.” In vs.5 & 6, He emphasizes

Indeed, as soon as David admits that he sinned, Nathan tells him that God will put away his sin and spare his life. However, the life of his child will be taken as an act of retribution. A proper leader does not have to be perfect. Yet, they do have to admit that they were wrong and accept their punishment without complaint. Therefore, this chapter shows that David should hold the kingship as a positive example of the frailty of human nature, and the ability of God’s forgiveness in the face of grievous

The Book of Psalms is the Book of Prayer. Whoever wants to learn to pray let him pray to David and whoever prays with the psalms, David shall be a teacher for him, how he should pray as a father that shall hold his son's hand to teach him how to write. In the Book of Psalms we know ourselves and the weaknesses and pitfalls that are in us and we find in this travel fall and the advancement of prayers of repentance and thanksgiving and praise. Psalms are filled with many prophecies concerning the incarnation, pain and resurrection of the Lord. It is the greatest witness to the life of the Lord Jesus, so Peter said that David is a prophet (Acts 30: 2).

7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”