Slide 1 : The word psalms is derived from the Greek: Psalmoi, originally meaning "songs sung to a harp
Slide 2 : The book of Psalms is a collection of 150 lyric poems. A lyric poem is defined as “that which directly expresses the individual emotions of the poet.” Religious lyric poetry reflects the inner feelings of the person whose soul is stirred by thoughts of God. The Psalms are thus inspired responses of various individuals to God’s revelation of himself in the Old Testament era.
Slide 3 : The Book of Psalms consists of 150 psalms, each of which constitutes a religious song, though one or two are atypically long and may constitute a set of related chants. When the Bible was divided into chapters, each Psalm was assigned its own chapter. Psalms are sometimes referenced as chapters, despite chapter assignments postdating the initial composition of the "canonical" Psalms by at least 1,500 years.[citation needed]
Slide 4 : The Psalms were composed over a span of about one thousand years. The earliest was by Moses (Psalm 90) in the fifteenth century B.C.,
Slide 5 : Blessed is the man who does
not walk in the counsel of the wicked
Slide 6 : Or stand in the way of sinners
Slide 7 : Or sit in the seat of mockers
Slide 8 : But in his delight is in the law of the Lord,
Slide 9 : And on his law he meditates day and night.
Slide 10 : He is like a tree planted by streams of water
Slide 11 : Which yields its fruit in season
Slide 12 : And whose leaf does not wither
Slide 13 : Whatever he does prosper.
Slide 14 : Not so the wicked!
Slide 15 : They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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