Chichester Psalms

Context and analysis of Psalm 34 The Book of Psalms went though many changes during history and scholars believe that it “reached its final form by 200/190 B.C.E”. It is also believed that the last editors had a “sapi-ential background” and that this factor influenced the final arrangement of the psalms. Many scholars suppose therefore that superscriptions to the psalms were added in second moment. Of the 73 so called “Davidic psalms” found in the Book of Psalms thirteen have a caption re-ferring

only begotten Son, Jesus to wash sins away with his blood. Psalm 25:7 relates to Job 13:26, in which this verse relates to the Job to the sins he knows that he had not committed. Job asks God to point the sins out to prove to his three friends that he is not bed-ridden because of anything he did not do wrong in the sight of God, but because Satan was trying to persuade Job to curse God. The modern-day application of the entire Psalm 25 is to live a life that is filled with loving, living, and

in this journey. Psalm 121 seems to speak of the tough times in our lives and how we can still find peace. God does not live in some celestial tower, far away from the world God created. God cares for all the people and all of creation. God cares for us amidst all the twists and turns of life’s journey. It is that conviction which inspires Psalm 121, a Psalm I read again to Cindy in the last week of her life. Psalm 121 is sometimes called „the traveler‟s Psalm‟. It was a psalm sung by pilgrims

Though the world has advanced in science, technology, and cultural advances through literature, music, and philosophy, some bad have lasted throughout the centuries. Violence and addiction are still present in today’s society. Whether in the area of what was labelled “Chi-raq”, where gang violence is reaching highs in homicides, or across the country, where unemployment and job insecurity have made suicides and drug abuse among white middle age men the highest it has ever been. Despite being what

been looking at different psalms, and learning how to interpret what the psalms mean. We’ve explored what the psalms say about God, people, and the relationship between the two. We’ve also explored the different functions contained in the psalms, and identified the expressions of emotions contained in the various psalms. In this week’s reflective paper, I will be reflecting on Psalms 95 and 100. I will discuss the type and genre used in each psalm, the structure of the psalm, the type parallelisms

Spirituality of Psalms the author, Walter Brueggeman, a Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological seminary, convincingly makes the claim that faith in the Book of Psalms “is focused on two decisive moves of faith” regarding the faith of Israel (p.9): (1) the move from a season of settled orientation to disorientation, and (2) the move from disorientation to a new orientation (p. 11). Furthermore, the author focuses his claim around three general themes regarding the types of psalms found in the

Observation: Repeated word and repeated line, this week Psalms bring up a repeated word: praise. Reading Psalm 150 I tend to notice repeated words, for this reason they appeared to me and can be important. In Psalm 150, the Psalmist uses the word 13 times in the brief 6-verse Psalm. Furthermost, each time that “praise” is used, the word directly links to God. Psalm also begins and ends with the same verse. This is an example or repetition, which is often employed in literature. Literature says that

Psalm 23 The Holy Bible, NIV, (1996) explains that David authored Psalm 23 and that his writing reveals the need for us to turn to God as our shepherd for all of our needs. He begins the Psalm with "The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name" (Psalm 23: 1-3). Immediately, two important corresponding elements appear, which include "green

are so many Psalm to be read and study for clarification purposes and understandings for the reader, I have chosen only two, the two that have spoken to me the most, the ones that hit close to home. I believe that all Psalm or as I should say that the Bible in general has been written for all of us on Earth so that we may follow God’s teachings. But, in Psalms it speaks about so much because there are so many composites of writing, poetry, hymns, etc. The two I have chosen are Psalm 19 and 150.

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