Psalms for Beginners

Intro – Review 1. Most Psalms are__________________________________________.2. The_______________ Psalms can be grouped into _____________________categories.3. Wisdom Psalms have 3 kinds

A. ______________________________B. ______________________________C. ______________________________

I. Major Categories They reflect the_______________________________________________________________________

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Mt. 5:45_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gen. 2:2-3___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Col. 1:16-17_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. Psalm 8

Vs. 1______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 2______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mt. 21:15-16________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 3______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 4______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 5______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Vs. 6-8___________________________________________________________________________

Lesson #4“Nature Psalms” M.

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Features in Psalm 8:o __________________________________________parallelism in vs. 6o __________________________________________parallelism in vs. 7-8o Verses __________ & __________ are similaro Perfect ___________________ - _________________.

Like the refrain from a song:Praise – vs. 1-2______________ - vs. 3______________ - vs. 4-8Praise – vs. 7

2. Ps. 19Vs. 1-6___________________________________________________________________________Vs. 7-14___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The author’s point is_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 2_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 3-4a____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vs. 4b-6_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Lessons1. Nature Psalms point the_____________________________________________________________

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2. Nature Psalms are excellent sources for: Praise______________________________________________________________________ Useful to___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________ Reminders that the creation came into being to:

1. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BOOK OF PSALMSReview Quiz

1. Match the correct word with the statement

A. ASAPH ______ 1. Hebrew for Praises

B. LYRIC ______ 2. Song of Praise

C. PSALMOI ______ 3. Wrote oldest Psalm

D. MOSES ______ 4. Lessons/parables

E. TEHILLIM ______ 5. Part of a line of poetry

F. GNOMIC ______ 6. Greek word for “praise”

G. MASHAL ______ 7. Writer of Psalms

H. HALLEL ______ 8. Group of Psalms

I. STICHS ______ 9. Expressive poetry

J. PSALM ______ 10. Wisdom poetry

2. Answer TRUE or FALSE

_________ 1. David is the author of the Book of Psalms

_________ 2. Psalms is the most quoted book in the New Testament

_________ 3. A woman wrote a psalm

_________ 4. Certain psalms are repeated in the Old Testament

_________ 5. The Book of Psalms is divided into 10 sections

_________ 6. The Book of Psalms was once used as a songbook in the church

_________ 7. A “PAEAN” is a song of lament

_________ 8. Many psalms have a pronounced rhyme scheme

_________ 9. MASKIL is a literary device used in the psalms

_________ 10. Acrostics were psalms that used each of the 24 letters in the Hebrew alphabet

3. Circle the correct word

1. The main literary device used in the Psalms is ( assonance / parallelism ).

2. The Psalms can be divided into ( five / nine ) categories.

3. “How should a good man live before God?” is a question asked by ( experience / character ) psalms.

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4. Psalms that celebrate the wonder of God’s creation are called ( praise / nature ) psalms.