Chichester Psalms

The purpose of this paper has been to provide an exposition of Psalm 23 in order to provide sufficient evidence for arriving at an understanding that proves the LORD is the only need in a person’s life due to his role as shepherd. In verse 1, David introduces the reader to the LORD of his life. In verse 2, David mentioned the relaxation the shepherd permits the sheep to enjoy. In verse 3, David proceeds from verse 2 to benefit from a place to rest while getting direction from the Lord. In verse 4

Psalm Chapter Twenty-Three I chose this psalm to reflect on because it is very familiar, oft quoted, and many have preached inspirational messages from it. The psalmist, David, depicts a very personal relationship between him and his God when referring to God as his shepherd; Kidner (1973) says, “In the word shepherd, David uses the most comprehensive and intimate metaphor yet encountered in the Pslams, preferring usually the more distant ‘king’ or ‘deliverer’, or the impersonal ‘rock’, ‘shield’

Psalms1 The book of Psalms spoke to me in many ways it has a lot of powerful messages. The one the book that strikes me the most is Psalms 1. It talks about wisdom and taking wise council from the Godly, and do not take part any kind of council or even stand with the wicked. Destruction will come for them and there is no good that will come out of it. Psalm 1-1 makes it very clear on how we are to seek council we are warned not to look for wisdom from the wicked or go in the ways of sinners. Proverbs

Psalm 146, according to many Old Testament scholars, is thought to have been written sometime between Judah’s “return from exile in 538 B.C…. [and] the time of Ezra and Nehemiah in the middle of the fifth century B.C.” One reason that scholars think that Psalm 146 was composed at a later date is because of its use of Aramaisms in verses four (i.e. estonotayw or “their plans”) and five (i.e. sibro or “whose hope”), as well as its use of the late Hebrew word zoqep (i.e. “lifts up”) in verse eight

With regard to its content Psalm 49 is, by and large, didactic in nature. It does not sound entirely pessimistic, rather, it gives some practical and constructive instructions pertaining to a key reality of life that one has to face, i.e., death. Importantly, Psalm 49 dissipates two types of fear, i) the fear of enemies at the time of death (v 6) and ii) the fear of the wealthy and powerful who think that they may have some merit at the time of death (v 17). The Wisdom teacher destroys the fear factor

Psalm 114 is a praise psalm. This psalm functions to unite Israel in their shared history as a people who God had provided for when they relied on him. Wherever Israel was during the composing of this particular psalm, they likely needed to be reminded of such things as God’s faithfulness. It may be that because of this psalm’s emphasis on God’s dominance of the earth that there was a famine or a long winter Israel had to endure. Whatever their situation, this psalm praises God’s presence, providence

The Great Literary Works of Solomon Mary A. Wilson BIB 113 – Old Testament History Grand Canyon University Dr. Calvin Habig, Instructor August 16, 2009 The Great Literary Works of Solomon The purpose of the Book of Psalms is to provide the expression of praise, worship and confession to God. The purpose of the Book of Proverbs is to teach people how to attain wisdom, discipline, and a prudent life, and how to do what is right, just, and fair. In short, to apply divine wisdom

Wisdom literature has long been part of the Jewish tradition with a large section of the Old Testament devoting itself to it. Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sirach, the Wisdom of Solomon, and the Wisdom Psalms such as 33 and 107 make up this literature. Job, dates from the tenth century B,C and has a philosophical and theological reflection on why the righteous suffer. The proposition is that this is an orderly made cosmos and ultimately all injustices will be turned to good. Proverbs, written in

There are 150 psalms in the Book of Psalms that were written over the span of 800 years. Most of the Psalms written were made to be sung. There are two main genres of Psalms, which are laments and hymns. David is know to have written 73 psalms, Asaph wrote 12, the sons of Korah wrote 11, Solomon wrote 2, Moses wrote 1 and 50 are anonymous . Although 50 were anonymous, David was certainly the author of the majority of the Psalms. The title of the Psalm is not always a direct indicator of who the

hymn. He wrote this hymn to reflect on how great God is and what great things He does for us. God is very worthy to be worship and praised. Sir Robert Grant brings out many areas of God that would cause us to worship Him. This song is taken out of Psalm 104, where the psalmist is showing the greatness of God. This song was written in sometime during Sir Robert Grant’s life. It is in 10:10 meter. The hymn was composed by William Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies in 1815 and was arranged from Johann Michael