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10 Cards in this Set
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Lament
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Cry for help in times of need
Individual: 3, 13 Corporate: 12, 44 |
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Hymns of Praise
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The goal is to call an enable God's people to admire his great attributes and deeds. This includes individual attributes:
Ps. 145 - Benevolence Ps. 93 - universal kingship Ps. 8 - works of creation |
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Thanksgiving
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Response to an answered lament
Individual: 30 Corporate: 9 |
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Songs of Confidence
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Expresses confidence no context specified
Ps 23, 27 |
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Royal
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Focused on the Davidic monarchy as the vehicle of blessing God's people.
Royal: 2, 20-21, 45, 132 Messianic: 2, 22, 110 |
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Redemptive-historical
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Takes a lesson from the history of God's dealings with his people; generally corporate
Ps 78, 105, 106 |
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Wisdom
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Takes themes from the wisdom books and makes them the topic of songs.
Ps 1, 37, 49 |
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Hymns celebrating God's law
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Ps 19, 119
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Prophetic Hymns
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echo themes found in the prophets, especially calling the people to covenant faithfulness.
Ps 81. |
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Cursings
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these are not for personal revenge but righteous (not self-righteous) anger of the abuse of God's people. This is praying for God to vindicate his people and his name. The "cursed" are not primarily outsiders, but the wicked ones within the people of God.
Pss. 35; 58; 69; 109; 137 |
