Who (Am I), What (Am I), Why (Am I)
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The psalms were written as songs of praise and many times crafted in dark times.
PSALMIST Writer of psalms or hymns. Second Samuel 23:1 calls David the “sweet psalmist of Israel.” Superscriptions ascribe about one half of the psalms to David.
Psalmists in the Bible
Old Testament
•Ethan (wise man) — A wise man whose wisdom was compared with Solomon.
•Heman (son of Mahol) — A son of Mahol; his wisdom was compared with Solomon.
•Asaph (musician) — One of three musicians David appointed for worship, and likely the author of several Psalms.
•A Psalmist — Any author of a psalm not specifically attributed to an individual.
•Solomon — Son of David and Bathsheba and third king of Israel.
•David — Son of Jesse; second king of Israel. He united Israel, conquered enemies, and established the practices of worship in Jerusalem.
•Moses — Brother of Aaron and Miriam, and leader of the Hebrew people.
Who wrote the Psalms?
https://www.alabasterco.com/blogs/education/who-wrote-book-psalms#:~:text=Traditional%20Attribution,the%20three%20sons%20of%20Korah.
Traditional Attribution-There are a few traditional answers to the question of who wrote the Book of Psalms. Many people assume that King David wrote Psalms. Jewish tradition identifies ten authors in addition to King David: Adam, Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Heman, Jeduthun, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah. Individual psalms are attributed to each of these figures, identifying them as a “psalm of David” or “psalm of Asaph”. There are also other psalms that Ethan the Ezrahite and Solomon wrote according to tradition. Finally there are the so-called orphan psalms attributed to no one in particular.
4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
What is the difference between אֱנוֹשׁenosh Heb “What is man[kind]?” The singular noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh, “man”) is used here in a collective sense and refers to the human race.
and
Adam noun (הָאָדָם, ha’adam). The article does not distinguish man from woman here (“the man” as opposed to “the woman”), but rather indicates previous reference (see v. 26, where the noun appears without the article). It has the same function as English “the aforementioned.”
“What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You gvisit 3him?” NKJV
Psalm 8:4
מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them ? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
אֱנ֥וֹשׁ ʾěnôšʹ
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them ? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
אֱנ֥וֹשׁ ʾěnôšʹ (all) human beings, man; (some) men, people; single human being
תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּ ṯiz·kerěnʹ
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them ? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּ ṯiz·kerěnʹ name, mention, remember; take to court, make known, profess, praise
בֶן ḇěn
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them ? Of what importance is mankind {desendents of man}, that you should pay attention to them,
בֶן ḇěn son; young animal; grandson; member
noun, singular, construct ± common, masculine
אָ֝דָ֗ם ʾā·ḏāmʹ
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them ? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
אָ֝דָ֗ם ʾā·ḏāmʹ man; mankind
noun, singular, absolute ± common, masculine
תִפְקְדֶֽנּ ṯip̄·qeḏěnʹ
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them ? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to
them,
תִפְקְדֶֽנּ ṯip̄·qeḏěnʹ visit, inspect; look at, see; command, summon, appoint, muster; avenge, afflict; hand over
Psalm 8:1–9 (NET 2nd ed.): Psalm 8
For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord, how [magnificent] is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! 2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, 4 Of what importance is the human race*, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind#, that you should pay attention to them, 5 and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You crowned mankind with honor and majesty. 6 you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, 7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, 8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas. 9 O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!
* ʾěnôš (all) human beings, man; (some) men, people; single human being
DBL Hebrew humankind; human; ordinary; Lexham Theological Wordbook man, mankind; TLOT person; NASB Dictionaries man; mankind; Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon Abridged BDB Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words incurable; beyond cure; despairing; LXHOTLEX incurable; disastrous; A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible mortal; man; another; [blood-] thirsty; certain; chap [-man]
# ʾā·ḏām man; mankind
DBL Hebrew person; humankind; Lexham Theological Wordbook man, mankind, humanity.; TLOT person; NASB Dictionaries man; mankind; Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon; Abridged BDB A Biblical and Theological Dictionary Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words be ruddy; be dyed red; LXHOTLEX be, become, make, dye red; Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible ruddy; human being; mankind; another; hypocrite; common sort
Psalm 8:1 (FSB): 8:1 Yahweh, our Lord The first Hebrew word used here, yhwh, is God’s personal covenant name to Israel, Yahweh (see note on Exod 3:14). The second Hebrew word, adon, conveys the sense of “master.” This statement declares that Yahweh is the master or ruler over the psalmist and God’s people.
Dynamic or Iambic pentameter (/aɪˌæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmɪtər/ eye-AM-bik pen-TAM-it-ər) is a type of metric line used in traditional English poetryand verse drama. The term describes the rhythm, or meter, established by the words in that line; rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables called "feet". "Iambic" refers to the type of foot used, here the iamb, which in English indicates an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (as in a-bove). "Pentameter" indicates a line of five "feet".
Iambic pentameter is the most common meter in English poetry. It was first introduced into English by Chaucer in 14th century on the basis of French and Italian models. It is used in several major English poetic forms, including blank verse, the heroic couplet, and some of the traditionally rhymed stanza forms. William Shakespeare famously used iambic pentameter in his plays and sonnets, John Milton in his Paradise Lost, and William Wordsworth in The Prelude.
As lines in iambic pentameter usually contain ten syllables, it is considered a form of decasyllabic verse.
Psalm 8:1–9 (NKJV): O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen—Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
David was a psalmist at heart.
1 Samuel 16:15–22 (NET 2nd ed.): 15 Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre and you will feel better.” 17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me.” 18 One of his attendants replied, “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior and is articulate and handsome, for the Lord is with him.”
19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep. 20 So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David. 21 David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, and he became his armor-bearer. 22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I am very pleased with him.”
My journey begins with the start {see Psalm 8:1}
My journey begins with the start {see Psalm 8:1}
Who questions the person
O Lord, our Lord… the writer is addressing absolutes!
יְהוָ֤ה yhwh (Position)
noun, proper, masculine, singular, absolute ± divine
O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
אֲדֹנֵ֗י ʾǎḏō·nêʹ lord, master; God
noun, masculine, plural ± common, construct, suffixed
Talk to the one who was there at the beginning. Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
God. (This frequently used Hebrew name for God (אֱלֹהִים, ’elohim) is a plural form. When it refers to the one true God, the singular verb is normally used, as here. The plural form indicates majesty; the name stresses God’s sovereignty and incomparability—he is the “God of gods.”)
John 1:1–3 (NET 2nd ed.): In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. 2 The Word was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.
ABSOLUTE: —adjective
Free from imperfection; complete; perfect: absolute liberty.not mixed or adulterated; pure: absolute alcohol.complete; outright: an absolute lie; an absolute denial.free from restriction or limitation; not limited in any way: absolute command; absolute freedom.unrestrained or unlimited by a constitution, counterbalancing group, etc., in the exercise of governmental power, especially when arbitrary or despotic: an absolute monarch.viewed independently; not comparative or relative; ultimate; intrinsic: absolute knowledge.positive; certain: absolute in opinion; absolute evidence.
Who am I?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Over the years David has demonstrated how much trouble he can get in to.
Saul wanted him dead
Phillistines wanted him dead
Wife wanted him put away
His army wanted him dead
His children wanted him dead
There is a difference between accusing and reminding.
Revelation 12:1
Evidence of God
Genesis 1:26–28 (NET 2nd ed.): 26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.” 27 God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
I am God’s creation designed for a purpose because he created out of nothing and he holds everything from becoming chaos.
Creatio ex nihilo (Latin for "creation out of nothing") is the doctrine that matter is not eternal but had to be created by some divine creative act.It is a theistic answer to the question of how the universe comes to exist. It is in contrast to Ex nihilo nihil fit or "nothing comes from nothing", which means that all things were formed from preexisting things; an idea by the Greek philosopher Parmenides (c. 540 – c. 480 BC) about the nature of all things, and later more formally stated by Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 – c. 55 BC).
In order to create in humanity his image and likeness he used himself as the template. Jesus appeared for a multitude of reasons, none more important than to model the template. Hebrews 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.”
Experience reveals abilities and talents
Tests brings about experience
Tests and experience results in testimonies
Romans 5:3–5 (NET 2nd ed.) Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance, character, and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
James 1:2–4 “My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.”
2 Peter 1:3–9 “I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge14 of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. But concerning the one who lacks such things—he is blind. That…”
All of the above to refine you by expressing out of you the Godlike inside of you.
Expresso: noun: expresso
strong black coffee made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans.
IHebrews 1:3–4 (NKJV): who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
What am I?
What am I?
What questions the Role
God’s design
1 Peter 2:9 (NET 2nd ed.)
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
{ἐξαγγέλλω 📷 exangellō proclaim; report; DBL Greek proclaim throughout; NASB Dictionaries to tell out; proclaim; LXGRCANLEX proclaim; report; to proclaim; Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon A Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament LXLXXLEX proclaim; make known; Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words to tell forth; divulge; publish; to declare abroad; celebrate;LXGNTLEX proclaim; report; A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible publish; celebrate; shew forth
1 Peter 2:9 (FSB): proclaim the virtues Describes the purpose of God choosing Christians as His people. Christians are not only called to bless the world, but to make known the mighty acts of God they have witnessed (compare Gen 12:1–3). Here Peter probably has in mind the resurrection of Christ and the conversion of the believers to whom he writes (compare Acts 2:22–24).
Genesis 1:28 “God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
Have Dominion
רָדָה (rā·ḏā(h)): v.; ≡ Str 7287; TWOT 2121, 2122—1. LN 37.48–37.95 (qal) rule over
ה 1 📷 rdh tread; rule
DBL Hebrew
Lexham Theological Wordbook to rule, have dominion.
NASB Dictionaries to have dominion; rule; dominate
Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon Abridged BDB
Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words to rule over; to cause to dominate
A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible tread; subjugate; crumble; (come to, make to) have dominion; prevail against; reign
John 14:8–9 (NET 2nd ed.)
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.” Jesus replied, “Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Make a demand on what you are ruler over.
Why am I?
Why am I?
Why questons the position
1 Samuel 15:22 “Then Samuel said, “Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams.”
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/vashti-the-forgotten-queen-of-persia/
Esther 4:14 (NET 2nd ed.): 14 “Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”
Introduction to Esther
The book of Esther shows us that God is present even when He seems distant. In the course of the story, Esther—a Jew living during the time of the exile—becomes the queen of Persia. However, an official named Haman plots to kill the Jews throughout the empire. Esther and Mordecai, her cousin, expose the attempted genocide. Mordecai’s cunning, Esther’s bravery, and God’s unseen hand unite to save the Jewish exiles from destruction.