1. PSALMS
Kingdom Prayers
Sharptown U 2018

2. The Psalms as Instructional Prayer Book
Part II
The Psalms as Instructional Prayer Book

3. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
Psalms as individual poems

4. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
Wisdom Psalms (1, 19, 119)
Royal Psalms (2, 18, 20, 21)
Individual Laments (22, 88-89, 102)
Communal Laments (12, 44, 58, 60)
Hymns (18, 30, 32)
Trust Psalms (11, 16, 23, 27)
Processional Psalms (24)

5. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
“form criticism”

6. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
psalms as a book?

7. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
1. Five Books of Psalms

8. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
Book 1: 1–41
Book 2: 42–72
Book 3: 73–89
Book 4: 90–106
Book 5: 107–150

9. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
2. Superscriptions

10. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
Psalms of David
73 Inscriptions

11. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
Psalms of David

12. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
Collections
(Sons of Korah, Asaph, Songs of Ascent, Egyptian Hallel, Little Hallel)

13. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
Collections

14. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
2. Psalms 1–2

15. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
“blessed”
bookends

16. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
evidence
of an intentional arrangement
1. 5 Books
2. Collections
3. Psalms 1–2

17. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
“Canonical criticism”

18. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the cpath of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord aknows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.

19. Psalms as an Instructional Prayer book
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the cpath of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord aknows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.

20. SANCTIFICATION, THE MEANS OF GRACE, AND THE PSALMS
Review
Form Criticism
Canonical Criticism
Evidence of an Intentional Collection
Five Books
Superscriptions
Psalms 1–2
Thematic Distribution of Content

21. SANCTIFICATION, THE MEANS OF GRACE, AND THE PSALMS
Where We are Going
Part I - Sanctification, the Means of Grace, and the Psalms
Part II - The Psalms as an Instructional Prayer Book
Part III - Royal Psalms and Other Psalm Types
Part IV - The Beginning of hte End: Praying While we Wait

22. SANCTIFICATION, THE MEANS OF GRACE, AND THE PSALMS
Where We are Going
Part I - Sanctification, the Means of Grace, and the Psalms
Part II - The Psalms as an Instructional Prayer Book
Part III - Royal Psalms and Other Psalm Types
Part IV - The Beginning of hte End: Praying While we Wait