The document discusses the structure and themes of the Book of Psalms. It notes that the Psalms are divided into 5 books and describes the different types of psalms based on form and content, including lament, praise, royal, and wisdom psalms. The document also discusses the inspiration and message of the Psalms, their use of imagery of the Davidic kingship, and examines imprecatory psalms and how they can be understood.

1. S PSALMS S
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3. Structure
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4. Structure
Superscripts
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5. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
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6. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
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7. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
Who wrote the superscripts?
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8. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
Who wrote the superscripts?
Psalms 3-41
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9. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
Who wrote the superscripts?
Psalms 3-41
Psalms 120-134
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10. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
Who wrote the superscripts?
Psalms 3-41
Psalms 120-134
Who collected these psalms?
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11. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
Who wrote the superscripts?
Psalms 3-41
Psalms 120-134
Who collected these psalms?
S Editors S
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12. Structure
Superscripts
Psalm 3
Psalm 7
Who wrote the superscripts?
Psalms 3-41
Psalms 120-134
Who collected these psalms?
S Editors S
Inspiration
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14. Structure
Introduction: Psalms 1-2
Book 1: Psalms 3-41
Book 2: Psalms 42-72
Book 3: Psalms 73-89
Book 4: Psalms 90-106
Book 5: Psalms 107-145
Conclusion: Psalms 146-150
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16. Structure
Psalm 1
A: Blessed is the man who does not walk, stand
or sit with the wicked
B: Meditates on Torah
C: He is like a well watered tree
D: He Prospers
D’: Not so the wicked
C’: Like chaff they are blown away
A’: The wicked will not stand
Summary: The Lord watches over the righteous,
but the wicked will perish.
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18. Message
“The Psalms are instruction for prayer, praise
and the life of faith.”
J. Clinton McCann, Jr., A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms: The Psalms as
Torah (Nashville: Abingdon, 1993), 20.
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20. Message
“… there is no other book in which we are more
perfectly taught the right manner of praising
God, or in which we are more powerfully stirred
up to the performance of this religious exercise.
Moreover, although The Psalms are replete with
all the precepts which serve to frame our life to
every part of holiness, piety, and righteousness,
yet they will principally teach and train us to
bear the cross,”
John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of Psalms, trans. James Anderson (Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1949), xxxviii-xxxix.
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22. Psalm Types
Form Critical
Lament
Praise
Royal
Torah
Thanksgiving
Trust
Wisdom
Liturgy
Historical
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24. Psalm Types
Orientation
Disorientation
New Orientation
From Walter Brueggemann, The Message of the Psalms (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984).
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26. The Psalms for Today
John 16:23
Eph. 5:18-20
Eph. 6:18
1 Tim. 2:1-2
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28. Kingship in the Psalter
Book 1: All Davidic Psalms
Book 2: King as God’s anointed one
Ps. 72 Royal Psalm
Book 3: Kingship in decline
Book 4: Disorientation of no longer having a
king
Book 5: Davidic kingship is not dead, but it is
an eschatological hope
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30. Imprecatory Psalms
Psalm 137
Is this a valid way of speaking? Ie. is it sinful?
What might cause the author to write v.9?
Are there any emotions that are inappropriate
to express towards God?
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