Psalm 24

The next part of the psalm directly answers the two questions asked in verse 1. In verse 2 the David gives a general answer of the type of person that is able to dwell in God’s place. In later verses the psalmist goes on to describe in detail exactly what kind of person will be admitted into the temple located on Zion . Verse 2 states that the acceptable person is one who can walk blamelessly, do what is right, and a person who speaks the truth. This answer is very general, but it does a great job of explaining what kind of person can enter the temple. It does not mention that the person who wants to enter the temple has to be completely perfect. That is an important thing because no human is perfect and if it took perfection to worship in the temple, it would be an empty place. This answer to what kind of person may enter is just explaining that at the point of entrance into the temple it is necessary for all wrong doings to have been forgiven and all sins to have been repented of. No man can walk

The word psalm is originated of the Greek word Psalms, which is a striking of pious song, according to www.biblestudytoll.com. The psalms are spiritual, hymn and the melody of the heart. They were originally composed to be accompanied by a musical instrument. David for example used the harp to go with them. The writing of the psalm took many centuries, going from the period where Moses was living through Salomon, the son of David. In fact, according to Chuck on his audio message, “Individual psalms were written as far back in history as Moses’s time, through the time of David, Asaph, and Solomon, to the time of the Ezrahites who most likely lived after the Babylonian captivity, meaning the writing of the book spans one thousand years. According to the fact that the psalms were written during a thousand years, that means

Children are a beautiful thing, they are a marvelous gift of God to us. A beautiful sign of His

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.

Smith, Mark S. “Setting and Rhetoric in Psalm 23,” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 41, (June 1988): 61-66.

In Psalms, we see a collection of lyrical poetry, songs and prayers. Many of these were written by King David himself. The book covers almost the entire gamut of human emotion, from sorrow to joy, from doubt to faith.

The main function of verse one of Psalm 23 is to refer the reader to David, followed by the position of the LORD in his life. This verse is used as the bases for the next five verses where each of them lead back to the idea made in verse one. The sentence structure with the word shepherd in this specific context demonstrates a predicate participle. This means “is my shepherd” may be interpreted as security and companion in the usage. Though God is rarely called a shepherd, the idea was familiar and continued as a phrase of common opinion throughout the history of

The Psalm is written to inspire and to bring us closer to the Lord, as well as to demonstrate God's magnificent presence. "Who may climb the mountains of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place" (Psalm 24: 3). The Psalm continues with its parallel quality "Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies" (Psalm 24: 4). With the reflection being centered on more purposely in the next verse (Bullock, 2004). "They will receive the Lord's blessings and have right standing with God their savior" (Psalm 24:

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

Psalm 117 is both the shortest Psalm in the Psalter and the shortest chapter in the entire Bible. This psalm which is very little in its letter is exceedingly large in its spirit, for, bursting all bounds of race or nationality. Psalm 117 calls upon all mankind to praise the name of the Lord. Moreover, in this psalm 117 it deals with Israel’s Yahweh has uniquely displayed his covenant loyalty and in doing so his purpose for all nations has been disclosed. Psalm 117 has a part of a sextet of songs; we can see this pattern from Psalms 113 to 118 known as the “Egyptian Hallel” which was built around the emphasis of Psalm 114 the celebration of the Exodus. I seemed these six psalms songs were sung in the synagogue where Hebrews gathered to celebrate the Passover. God’s is a great act of salvation on their behalf. In Psalms 113 and 114 were sung before the memorial meal, and Psalms 115-118 were sung afterwards. I think Jesus and His disciples would have sung these very psalms on the night they celebrated the Passover, just before His betrayal and arrest (Matt 26:30; Mark 14:26).

The overall structure of the Psalm is that it is broken into two halves. The first half of the psalm is God’s creation. The second half deals with God’s Word. Though they are both different they both share the common theme of god revealing Himself to mankind. Inside of these halves the author uses different parallelism. In the first verse we see synonymous parallelism, using the heavens and skies to make the point that they are telling of God’s Work. In the seventh verse we see synthetic parallelism showing the progression from perfection to restoration of the imperfect.

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).

Several of the Psalms are noted as being a Psalm of David. Many are referenced by the word Miktam or Michtam. The meaning of the word is uncertain, but many scholars refer to it as a “golden psalm.” There are many other suggestions such as, stelegraphic publication, atonement psalm, or even secret prayer. Regardless, they all deal with situations going on in David’s life. In psalm fifty-nine it uses the word as David is writing about Saul sending men to watch him and of his fear Saul wanting to kill him. Some other situations surrounding the book of Psalms include; Psalm three, as David’s son rebels against his father, Psalm six focuses on David’s sin with Bathsheba and Uriah. Psalm nine gives insight on the death of David’s son and

The authorship of Psalm 119 remains unknown. Most scholars believe the author to be King David because of its Davidic tone and expression. It is also assumed that this Psalm is written over a period of someone’s life, as it shows maturity as the Psalm progresses (Bible hub). Regardless of the identity of the Psalmist, Psalm 119 has very special and unique qualities. Psalm 119 is not only the longest chapter in the book of Psalms, but of the entire Bible. Some believe that since Psalm 119 is the longest chapter of the Bible, it shows the priority of God’s Word to God. (bible.org) Although Psalm 119 is quite a long chapter, it is written in a format that allows the reader to study and follow the structure of the psalm with ease. This specific Psalm is written in the form of an acrostic poem, meaning each section begins with a letter from the alphabet. In this case, each section, made up of eight verses, begin with each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Thus, the first eight couplets begin with aleph (A), the next eight begin with beth (B), then so forth in the same suit. (bible.org)

The last segment of the Psalm is Moses’ appeal to God for him to return his presence to his people: “Return, O LORD, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.” Not only should God return, but Moses asks for complete restoration and for God to bless the work of man: “Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.