WORSHIP AND THE PSALMSDR. DAVID TOLEDO

WHY ARE THE PSALMS IMPORTANT?

THEOLOGY DOXOLOGY AFFECTIONS

CRITICAL CONCEPTS

COVENANT RELATIONSHIPS

HESED

PRIVATE AND CORPORATE EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP

LAMENT AND PRAISE

POETIC DEVICES

EDITORIAL PROCESS

THE PSALMS ARE POETRY FIRST AND FOREMOST

PARALLELISM - JUXTAPOSITION OF TWO OR MORE BALANCED ELEMENTS

SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG;SING TO THE LORD, ALL THE EARTH.

PSALM 96:1

“WHAT”

“WHO”

SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG;SING TO THE LORD, ALL THE EARTH.

CHIASM - CHANGES THE ORDER OF MEMBERS OF A LINE

1-4 A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE

5-7 B “FROM MY YOUTH YOU ARE MY GOD”8 C “MY MOUTH SHALL BE FILLED”9-11 D PRAYER AGAINST ENEMIES OF “MY SOUL”12A E “O GOD, BE NEAR”12B E “O GOD, HELP”13-14 D PRAYER AGAINST ADVERSARIES OF “MY SOUL”15-16 C “MY MOUTH SHALL TELL”17-18 B “FROM MY YOUTH I AM YOURS”19-24 A PRAISE FOR DELIVERANCE PSALM 71

MUSICAL INFORMATION IN THE PSALMS

CONTENTS OF SACRED VOCAL MUSIC

SPIRITUAL FUNCTIONS IN WORSHIP

HISTORICAL CONTEXTS

MUSIC MINISTRY ORGANIZATION

AUTHORSHIP AND COMPOSITION

LITURGICAL USAGE

PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR SONG

WHO WROTE THE PSALMS?DAVID (76)ASAPH (12)SONS OF KORAH (9 OR 10)SOLOMON (PSALMS 72 & 127)MOSES (PSALM 90)ETHAN (PSALM 89)HEMAN (PSALM 88)

THE PSALMS AND KING DAVID

•ANOINTED KING AS A YOUNG BOY

•“A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART” (1 SAMUEL 13:14)•DAVID PLAYS TO SOOTHE SAUL’S SPIRIT (1 SAMUEL 16:14-23)

•INSTITUTED NEW WORSHIP PRACTICES (1 CHRONICLES 16)•ORGANIZES MUSIC FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP (1 CHRONICLES 15)

•DIFFERENCES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LLFE

HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO DAVID’S LIFE

PSALM 3 - WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM

PSALM 18 - WHEN THE LORD RESCUED HIM FROM SAUL

PSALM 34 - WHEN HE CHANGED HIS BEHAVIOR BEFORE ABIMELECH

PSALM 51 - CONFESSION AFTER BATHSHEBA AND NATHAN

PSALM 57 - WHEN HE FLED FROM SAUL IN THE CAVE

PSALM 63 - IN THE WILDERNESS

GENRES OF THE PSALMS

WISDOM & TORAH PSALMS

PSALMS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING

PENITENTIAL PSALMS

HYMNS & LITURGICAL PSALMS

PSALMS OF LAMENT

ROYAL PSALMS

ENTRANCE PSALMS

SONGS OF ASCENTS

IMPRECATORY PSALMS

MESSIANIC PSALMS

SHAPE OF THE PSALMS

BOOKS ONE AND TWO - REIGNS OF KINGS DAVID AND SOLOMON

BOOK THREE - DIVIDED KINGDOMS AND DESTRUCTION

BOOK FOUR - BABYLONIAN EXILE; NEW IDENTITY AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD

BOOK FIVE - RESTORATION TO THE LAND AND GOD AS KING

FIVE BOOKS WITH DIVISIONS MARKED BY CLOSING DOXOLOGIES

PSALM 118 FINDING CHRIST IN THE PSALMSCALL AND RESPONSE BETWEEN WORSHIP LEADERS AND WORSHIPERS

THE STEADFAST COVENANT LOVE OF YAHWEH IS THE THEME

THE “STONE” THE BUILDERS REJECTED - DAVID AND CHRIST (V. 22)

THE “MARVELOUS WORK OF THE LORD” (V. 23)

THIS IS THE DAY OF REJOICING (V. 24)

PSALM 19THREE THEMES: CREATION (1-6)

TORAH (7-10)PRAYER (11-14)

PSALM 19 AS A WORSHIP PATTERN

(1-6) PRAISE OF GOD; EMPHASIS ON ACTS OF CREATION AND ATTRIBUTES

(7-10) EMPHASIS ON THE WORD OF GOD

(11-14) PRAYER, CONFESSION, AND RESPONSE

READING THE PSALMS DEVOTIONALLY

THE PSALMS ARE POETRY NOT PROSE

MEANING IS COMMUNICATED THROUGH FORM

QUESTIONS TO ASK:

WHAT METAPHORS ARE BEING USED?

HOW IS GOD/HUMANITY/CHARACTER LIKE THIS METAPHOR?

REHEARSING GOD’S DEEDS IN HISTORY

COVENANT LOVE

EBB AND FLOW OF PRAISE AND PETITION/GRATITUDE AND LAMENT

ATLANTA FIRE CHIEFKELVIN COCHRAN

PSALM 27