Psalms

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;

In these chapters of Psalms, the psalmist acts as the theologian by describing God in his character and beyond that into his very core. In Psalm 1, the psalmist defines the type of person that pleases God, and therefore indicates who God is by what he delights in. Psalm 2 describes God as the great, almighty God that he is. He sits in heaven knowing all and watches as we believe that we ere humans can come close to the knowledge and that power of the great king in heaven. Psalm 19 describes God as

Psalm 130 is an unidentified Psalm in the Hebrew book of psalms collected by a remorseful Israelite. The house of worship has constructed countless use of the Psalms, and incorporated this Psalm as one of its seven remorseful Psalms. This essay will search the contextual, form, factual structure, and basic verses of this Psalm for the principle of exegesis and devotion. The Song of praise becomes a Psalm of thanks, glorifying God for His compassion and mercy previously displayed to the Psalmist

Psalm 78 is the psalm of remembrance. In the beginning, the psalmist commands the attention of the present age to what we have heard and known. We should not conceal them from our children, but it is our responsibility to tell the generations to come to praise the Lord about his strength and wondrous works he has done. This is such a good reminder for me! Sometimes we are influenced by the value of this world and we pay too much attentions to teach the children the knowledge of the languages, sciences

Psalms is the book most Christians turn to in times of trouble. Psalms is full of poetry expressing a multitude of characters responding to God with song. A person is having a tough day like David and in need of encouragement or a person full of such praise and joy they are unable to put into words, there is a psalm to fit every occasion. The book of Psalms was written between the time of Moses in 1440 B.C. and the Babylonian captivity in 586 B.C. to the people of Israel. Psalms parallels many historic

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

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

liked and relied on the Psalms as a source of Christian worship and devotion. Psalms have found their place in the prayer books and liturgies of worship in the Church. By flipping through the leaves of this book, Christians have found joy, comfort, confidence, inspiration, hope and wisdom. In this regard, Christians have fully drawn from the psalms of remembrance, hymns, trust, laments, trust, and psalms of thanksgiving and wisdom .Therefore, by continuing reading the psalms, Christians have had their

divaricate into three distinct thought components, Psalm 24 actually has congruence, as it covers a sequential range of actions which include declaration, preparation and finally praise. It is also considered to be a liturgical psalm due to the manner of wording and conveyance of access requirements with regard to being fit to enter the temple for worship unto God (Varughese, n.d., p. 7). One course of thought among scholars and commentators for this psalm, is that it likely embodies the time when the