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What are the 3 Keys to follow in Psalms?
1.Heart
2.Hebrew Poetic Form
3.Figures of Speech
Explain the 1st Key, Heart?
if you close your heart so that the sentiments of the psalms cannot flow through, you will not discover their treasures. You need to open your heart to God's Word by God's blessing.
Explain the 2nd Key, Hebrew Poetic Form?
psalms are basically music, uses parallelism, repetition, and acrostic form.
Parallelism is...?
one statement followed by a second statement which says the same thing in a slightly different way.
Repetition is...?
The psalm repeats and builds up to a climax
Acrostic Form is...?
Built around the sequential letters of the alphabet, say, A-Z.
Explain the 3rd Key, Figures of Speech?
When you explain something by pointing out how it is like something else, using similes, metaphors, and personification.
A simile is...?
an indirect comparison using like or as.
A Metaphor is....?
a direct or sugged comparison.
Personification is...?
giving human traits to objects or ideas.
Lament psalms are....?
psalms that cry out to God about diffficult life situations.
What is the pattern for Psalms of Lament?
1. Introductory appeal or request
2.lament: tellls what the problems are
3.confession or profession of trust in God
4. Request
5. Reasons for god to help or rescue
6. Shout of praise
royal / messianic psalms are...?
psalms that focus on a reigning kind or the "annointed one"
What is the Praise pattern?
1. call to praise
2. reasons for praise
3. renewed call to praise