Psalms

Basic Info and Beliefs

• The word psalms comes from the Greek p salmos meaning "a song accompanied by a plucked instrument."
• Psalms are songs used for Christian and Jewish worship.
• Christians worship God and Jesus
• Jews believe Jesus did not fulfill messianic prophecies that establish the criteria for the coming of the messiah.

Basic Info and Beliefs

• The Book of Psalms is the longest book in the Bible.
• Authors: David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, Moses, Solomon, and Ethan
• Psalms are meant for appreciation to worship to their gods and beliefs.
• The Psalms are not only a “Prayer Book” but a pattern for worship.
• Many Christians and Jews use psalms as a way of showing love and respect for their religion.

Structure of Psalms

• The 150 psalms are divided into 5 books
• Overall Struture
• Balance
• Choruses
• Repiption
• Sections may be separated with Selah
• Stanzas are in uniforms and Thematic
• The verses are always segmented
• Does not have rhyme or regular meter.
• Parallelism
• It states an idea in the first half of a verse.
• Its uses a similar grammatical struture elaborating on the second half.

Psalm 23

• 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, [a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and steadfast love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
• In the psalm, the lord is guiding the souls and the souls feel comfort and safety when with their beloved god. They feel that wherever there are, they are safe and loved when in the prense of god.

Psalm 3

• 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise [b] because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [c] and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
• In the psalm it is asking what are humans and praising the lord for all his creations and greatness.

Literary Devices

• Alliteration
• Wordplays
• Assonanse
• Arcrostic

Jewish Psalm

• Psalms Chapter 8 תְּהִלִּים א לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-הַגִּתִּית, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד. 1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. ב יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ-- מָה-אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ, בְּכָל-הָאָרֶץ; אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ, עַל-הַשָּׁמָיִם. 2 O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! {N} whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens. ג מִפִּי עוֹלְלִים, וְיֹנְקִים-- יִסַּדְתָּ-עֹז: לְמַעַן צוֹרְרֶיךָ; לְהַשְׁבִּית אוֹיֵב, וּמִתְנַקֵּם. 3 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, {N} because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. ד כִּי-אֶרְאֶה שָׁמֶיךָ, מַעֲשֵׂה אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ-- יָרֵחַ וְכוֹכָבִים, אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנָנְתָּה. 4 When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, {N} the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established; ה מָה-אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי-תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ; וּבֶן-אָדָם, כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ. 5 What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him? ו וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט, מֵאֱלֹהִים; וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ. 6 Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. ז תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ, בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ; כֹּל, שַׁתָּה תַחַת-רַגְלָיו. 7 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: ח צֹנֶה וַאֲלָפִים כֻּלָּם; וְגַם, בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדָי. 8 Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field; ט צִפּוֹר שָׁמַיִם, וּדְגֵי הַיָּם; עֹבֵר, אָרְחוֹת יַמִּים. 9 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. י יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ: מָה-אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ, בְּכָל-הָאָרֶץ. 10 O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! {P}