Sermon Tone Analysis

Importance of the Psalms

Relevant ( we find help in the Psalms ) Ask favorite Psalms, verses from the Psalms..

Theological ( we find attributes of God in the Psalms )

Express our thoughts and feelings.

Filled with Praise

Filled with Prayer

Each and every Psalm is unique, and the uniqueness comes from the Forms.

The Forms help us understand the passage.

Psalms is Poetic… It communicates not just information but experiences.

We see the depths of those who write these psalms…

It uses things like figures of speech.

We see Similes A is like B.

Ex.. Ps 52:8

Metaphors A is B

Ex. Ps 115:9

Personification

non-human A is human b

Word Pictures

Identical Parallelism

Synonymous parallelism Synonymous parallelism is a poetic literary device which involves the repetition of one idea in successive lines.

Antithetical parallelism Antithetical parallelism provides an antithesis, or contrast.

A verse containing antithetical parallelism will bring together opposing ideas in marked contrast.

Instead of saying the same thing twice, it says one thing and then a different thing.

ps 20:7-8

Synthetic parallelism Synthetic parallelism involves the completion or expansion of the idea of the first part in the second part.

ps 46:7

In the Psalms we see things like Acrostics An acrostic poem is a poem in which the first letter (or sometimes the first syllable) of each line spells out a word, name, or sentence.

Longest is Psalms 119 where it has every single letter in the Hebrew alphabet is listed.

The Psalms make up 5 books.

1-41

42-72

73-89

90-106

107-150

The Psalms have 116 Superscriptions.

110 have a proper name and 74 mention David.

Some are anonymous.

12 for Asaph 12 under David.

Korahites 12, Haggai 3, Zechariah 3, 2 Soloman.

Moses had 1.

Psalms developed overtime.

Certain Individuals wrote the Psalms.

Under David the Psalms went to Jerusalem, then his son Soloman developed them more.

Exile led to more collection of the Psalms and more Psalms then finally they were brought together.

There are many themes in the Psalms, Worship  85Faith  75Prayer: Petition  70Thankfulness  62God: Providence  60Righteousness  57God: Faithfulness  56God: Love  56Music  55Salvation  54God: Power  52Joy  49Eternity  47Evil  45Grief  43Persecution  43Blessing  41Holiness  41Reverence  41God: Mercy  36Tabernacle  36Glory  35Creation  33God: Sovereignty  33Justice  32Prayer  31Death  28God: Wrath  28Honor  26Honesty  25Suffering  25Happiness  24Judgment  23God: Grace  22God: Presence  21Guidance  21Poverty  21Pride  21Humility  20Revelation  20Sin  20Family: Children  19Hope  19Obedience  18Patience  18Power  18Promises  18Redemption  18Wisdom  17Speech  16Education  15Peace  15Sacrifice  15Stress  15Complaining  14Holidays: Thanksgiving  14Commitment  13God: Knowledge  13Heaven  13Law  13Slander  13Victory  13Covenant  12Discipline  12Forgiveness  12Prophecy: Jesus  12Fear  11Injustice  11Mission  11Repentance  11Confession  10Encouragement  10Violence  10Character  9Doubt  9Miracles  9Purity  9Stewardship  9Watchfulness  9Assurance  8Election  8Foolishness  8Idolatry  8Killing  8Prayer: Intercession  8War  8Wealth  8Angels  7Anger  7Beauty  7Depression  7Friendship  7Healing  7Loneliness  7Truth  7Weakness  7Comfort  6Courage  6Family: Fathers  6Mercy  6Revenge  6Apostasy  5Atheism  5Blasphemy  5Clothing  5Conflict  5Discouragement  5Giving  5Greed  5Kingdom of God  5Perseverance  5Revival  5Alcohol  4Atonement  4Eschatology: Resurrection  4God: Father  4Government  4Guilt  4Holidays: Fathers  4Restoration  4Sabbath  4Sanctity of Life  4Scripture  4Service  4Sickness  4Submission  4Work  4Adoption  3Calling  3Creativity  3Economics  3Envy  3Family  3Fasting  3Freedom  3Holidays: Memorial  3Holy Spirit  3Justification  3Money  3Profanity  3Temptation  3Borrowing  2Church and State  2Contentment  2Counseling  2Family: Mothers  2Gluttony  2Good Works  2Holidays: Mothers  2Jesus: Epiphany  2Jesus: Resurrection  2Legalism  2Love  2Marriage  2Neighbors  2Baby Dedication  1Church: Fellowship  1Conversion  1Creation: Renewal  1Debt  1Discipleship  1Eschatology: Last Judgment  1Family: Parents  1Family: Wives  1Holidays: New Years  1Hypocrisy  1Jealousy  1Jesus: Humanity  1Leadership  1Parables  1Prophecy  1Shame  1Stealing  1Vision  1Women  1idolatry  1

By mainly the Psalms are known by there Genre.

The Genres are Praise, Lament, Royal, Wisdom, Thanksgiving, Trust, and Hymn.

Tonight I want to Start by looking the Wisdom Psalms.

The wisdom Psalms make up Psalm 1, 19, 37, 49, 50, 73, 78, 112, and 119.

They are also known as the Torah Psalms.

These Psalms help us enjoy life.

This Psalm at first did go by Psalm one rather it was an introduction to the whole book of Psalms.

But at the time of Jesus this was not the case it was known as the first Psalm.

This Psalm is an encouragement to read the Psalms, and see them as the truth, and for guidance.

As we read this Psalm we saw the two ways.. Righteousness and Wickedness.

Genre Wisdom Book1 Attribution Anonymous Structure Chiasm Themes: Blessing Commitment Counseling Discipleship Discipline Education Evil God: Knowledge Holidays: New Years Judgment Law Obedience Righteousness Scripture.

One man said, Three such comparisons are offered: (1) guilt by association (1:1–2); (2) identifying fruits (2:3–4); (3) ultimate consequences (1:5–6).

In addition, the first and fifth verses intentionally employ similar terms and motifs of standing in the public assembly to drive home the contrast between the ultimate destiny of the righteous and the wicked.

The psalm is, then, an exhortation—through positive and negative examples—to adopt the fruitful and satisfying life characterized by immersion in God.

Then and only then will the faithful find themselves on the “way” that is blazed and watched over by God himself.

This Psalm starts with this idea that the righteous man stands not with the wicked.

And he is in fact blessed for that very thing.

But you may have noticed that there is a progression here.

From walking, to standing, to siting.

Now if you remember many months ago this sounds like something we read in the Dt.

Dt. 6:7

This is the counter for not walking, standing, and sitting with those who walk in the ways of the world.

The greatest weapon in the world is the word of God.

The text describes these who dont walk with the Lord as Wicked, Sinners, and Scoffers.

Wicked are those who are guilty of breaking the law.

Sinners- are those lives who are dominated by sinful actions.

This isn’t just the a sin here or their but someone who makes a practice of cont to sin over and over again.

Scoffers- Prov 21:24

And the Psalmist says to those who read this there is a better way.

Not a way of the Wicked, or the Sinners, or the Scoffers.

But one who Delights in the law of the Lord.

Notice how it says it though day and night, that means all the time.

Meditation implies that you are constantly thinking and being in the word of God.

Like I mentioned a little while ago the greatest way to not walk in the evil of the world is being in the word.

So we see the result of being fruitful in the next few verses…

Psalm 1:3 is very much like Jer 17:7-8

In Psalm 1:3.

It says the person who delights in the law of the Lord is like a tree, Deeply Rooted, planted, not just planted in some sort of shade either, but planted by steams of water, and I love the truth in that statement.

So someone who leans on the word of God is planted, rooted into the ground, so when the storms come he can’t be uprooted, but even better he is planted by steams of water.

Steams never run dry, and neither does those who are immersed in the word of God.

As a result of those things they will bear fruit.

bear good that does not wither.

And the Psalmist says the wicked are not like that… I like what one man said, “those who have rooted themselves in evil and have drawn their nourishment and delight from their association with the wicked will dry up and blow away.

While the rooted and watered tree exudes an aura of endurance and stability, the unnourished wicked have no permanence.

In the process of winnowing, the lightweight and useless chaff—the husk of grain that has been loosened from the kernel by beating—is swept away when the prepared grain is tossed into a strong wind, allowing the heavier seed to fall to the ground to be gathered.

The contrast is acute: between fruitful tree and useless chaff; between well-watered stability and dry, dusty, windblown impermanence.

The Consequences…

Those who enjoy the counsel of the wicked will be cut off from the righteous.

knowledge is the end result of experience and relationship.

Thus, the “way of the righteous” is one that God knows well from experience because he has traveled it before and knows all its twists and turns.

He is the great pathfinder who has blazed the safe and secure trail for those who come behind.

By contrast, the way of the wicked seeks to explore territory in which God is absent and consequently will lead to separation from God and destruction.

This Psalm has many applications for us.

One man said.. One never reaches the bottom of the well from which God’s life-giving water flows.

The importance of Medication on the Word of God.

The understanding of life and death and right and wrong.

Hebrew 4:12-16

Wisdom is best found in Christ.