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Terms employed: Psalm ~ Mizmor – with instrumental accompaniment Song ~ Shiyr – 31x in the titles Maschil ~ a skillful or cunning Psalm – 13x Michtam ~ from root meaning to mark or engrave Selah ~ contemplative pause – 71x
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116 Psalms have superscriptions or titles
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Allegory ~ a description of one thing under the image of another Metaphor ~ comparison by representation Simile ~ comparison by resemblance (like) Metonymy ~ one word is put for another on account of some actual relation between the things signified Fig. Language in the Psalms Synecdoche ~ substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself Hyperbole ~ when more is said than literally is meant Personification ~ when intelligence is attributed to inanimate objects
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Divided into 5 books: Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Chap. 1-41 Chap. 42-72 Chap. 73-89 Chap. 90-106 Chap. 107-150 Each Book ends with a doxology Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. Psalm 41.13
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Corresponds to the book of Genesis Ps. 1 (Creation) Ps. 2.1-3 (the Fall) Ps. 3.1-4 (promise of redemption) Book 2 (42-72) Book 1 (1-41) Corresponds to the book of Exodus Ps. 46 Ps. 65:4-10 Book 3 (73-89) Corresponds to the book of Leviticus Tabernacle, worship Book 4 (90-106) Corresponds to the book of Numbers The Wilderness Book 5 (107-150) Corresponds to the book of Deuteronomy
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Alphabetic acrostic ~ 9 Psalms 1 st line ~ Aleph ( א) 2 nd line ~ Beth ( ב) 3 rd line ~ Gimel ( ג) 4 th line ~ Daleth ( ד ), etc. Ps. 119 ~ 176 verses; 22 stanzas of 8 verses each
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אשׁרי תמימי־דרך ההלכים בתורת יהוה׃ ~ 1 ~ 2 אשׁרי נצרי עדתיו בכל־לב ידרשׁוהו׃ ~ 3 אף לא־פעלו עולה בדרכיו הלכו׃ ~ 4 אתה צויתה פקדיך לשׁמר מאד׃ ~ 5 אחלי יכנו דרכי לשׁמר חקיך׃ ~ 6 אז לא־אבושׁ בהביטי אל־כל־מצותיך׃ ~ 7 אודך בישׁר לבב בלמדי משׁפטי צדקך׃ ~ 8 את־חקיך אשׁמר אל־תעזבני עד־מאד׃ ~ 9 במה יזכה־נער את־ארחו לשׁמר כדברך׃ ~ 10 בכל־לבי דרשׁתיך אל־תשׁגני ממצותיך׃ ~ 11 בלבי צפנתי אמרתך למען לא אחטא־לך׃ ~ 12 ברוך אתה יהוה למדני חקיך׃ ~ 13 בשׂפתי ספרתי כל משׁפטי־פיך׃ ~ 14 בדרך עדותיך שׂשׂתי כעל כל־הון׃ ~ 15 בפקדיך אשׂיחה ואביטה ארחתיך׃ ~ 16 בחקתיך אשׁתעשׁע לא אשׁכח דברך׃
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Christ's nature ~ Ps. 45:6-7 Christ's mission ~ Ps. 40:7-8; Ps. 110:1-4 Christ's rejection ~ Ps. 118:22-23 Christ's betrayal ~ Ps. 41:9 Christ's suffering and death ~ Ps. 22:1, 14-18 Messianic Psalms Christ's resurrection ~ Ps. 16:8-10
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