- Examples (continued):
- Psalm 47
- Structure
- Psalms 47:1 – Call to praise
- Psalms 47: 2-5 – Reason for praise
- Psalms 47:6 – Call to praise
- Psalms 47:7-9 – Reasons for praise
- Call/expressions of praise
- Psalms 47:1 – People to clap their hands and short with voice of joy.
- Psalms 47:6-7 – Sing praises to God our King.
- Reasons for praise
- Enthronement psalm
- Psalms 47:2,7 – God as King is fearsome and above all.
- Psalms 47:3 – God subdues nations for His people.
- Structure
- Psalm 48
- Structure
- Psalms 48:1 – Call to praise
- Psalms 48:2-8 – Description of Zion
- Psalms 48:9-11 – Call to praise
- Psalms 48:12-14 – Description of Zion and her God
- Call/expression of praise
- Psalms 48:1 - “God is the Lord and greatly to be praised.”
- Psalms 48:9 – Thinking on God’s lovingkindness in the midst of the people
- Psalms 48:10 – Praise is to the ends of the earth, according to God’s name
- Psalms 48:11 – Inhabitants of Zion should rejoice
- Psalms 48:13
- Reasons for praise
- Structure
- Psalm 24
- Structure
- Psalm 24:1-2 – Introduction
- Psalm 24:3-6 – Description of God
- Psalm 24:7-10 – Description of the God who is entering His city.
- Call/expression of praise
- Psalm 24:7,9 – Lift up your hands
- Psalm 24:7-10, 4 times - “The King of glory”
- Focus more on the praise than the call to praise.
- Reasons for praise
- Entrance psalm
- Psalm 24:1-2 – The Lord founded the earth upon seas and rivers
- Psalm 24:3-4 – The Lord’s worshipers are pure, not deceitful
- Psalm 24:5-6 – The Lord saves, blesses, and gives righteousness to those who seek Him. What a king!
- Psalm 24:7-9 – The King of glory is worthy of note as He enters His city.
- Structure
- Psalm 50
- Structure
- Psalm 50:1-6 – Introduction
- Psalm 50:7-16 – God speaks to His people
- Psalm 50:16-21 – God speaks to the wicked
- Psalm 50:22-23 – God call the wicked to repent
- Call to praise
- Reasons for praise
- Hymn with prophetic warning
- Psalm 50:1 – God commands nature and it obeys.
- Psalm 50:2 – Zion is the perfection of beauty.
- Psalm 50:3 – God punishes with great power.
- Psalm 50:6 – God is a righteous judge.
- Structure
- Psalm 91
- Structure
- Psalm 91:1 – Premise of the psalm
- Psalm 91:1-13 – The effectiveness of God’s protection
- Psalm 91:14-16 – God’s promise to help
- Call/expression of praise
- Reasons for praise
- Structure
- Psalm 47
JS
March 26, 2014
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