BIBL 105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Psalm 107, Psalm 98, Psalm 51
19 Apr 2017
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The book of psalms spans about 1,000 years - from moses to the return from the exile. Compare their duration to our praise and worship songs: be thou my vision (1912) , come thou fount of every blessing (1757) . The first book (psalm 1-41) was collected in the time of david. 107-150) was collected around the time of ezra, some six hundred years later: flow of the psalms . The movement of individual lament psalms, and the movement of the book as a whole, is from lament to praise. When we get back to basics and direct our thoughts back to who god is and what he has done for us, we will always end up, eventually, in praise. A psalm first existed as one individual song. It was later gathered into a collection of songs; a greatest hits . It was also performed or song live by either a choir or the israelites in worship.
