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Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 4 - Psalm 90 though 106 version 6 ppt.pdf

Michael Scaman
Michael Scaman

Psalms book 4 stands in contrast with books 2 which ended with an idylic future and book 3 which ends in a present crisis The meek will inherit the earth as claimed in Psalm book 1 but not yet. First there are trials and travails of this life and a retrospective and pro-spective in Book 4.

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Key changes in the Psalms Book 4 of Psalms An idyllic future mountaintop ending of book 2 in dissonance with a dark present crisis ending of book 3 Now we step back back back to make sense of it starting with a prayer of Moses the man of God The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a caricature of Arnold SchoenbergCredit...Ralph Steadman See Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Book 2 ended with an idyllic fruitful world Ruled by a Solomon (perhaps meant to be like the tabernacle shining in the dessert ending Exodus, only fruitful not a dessert and filling the world not confined) Book 3 ended with Psalms speaking of gentiles born in Zion as part of the glorious things of thee are spoken Followed by the darkest lament in Psalms and another mostly lamenting Psalm Psalms Book 2 Psalms Book 3
Before resolving this , Psalms book 4 will step back to Moses, to before there were mountains and in fact To eternity Psalms Book 4 Opens with : The prayer of Moses the man of God
Psalms book 4 will step back to Moses , before there were mountains and in fact To eternity Psalms Book 4 Opens with : The prayer of Moses the man of God Poetically like Numbers and will teach us to number our days It will also point us to a need for a greater deliverance than the Exodus generation had
Book 4 will be poetically like Numbers and wanderings led by the Shepherd King God as a Shepherd Kind will punch beginning and end of the center flow of the book and will be like Psalms 23 (God as shepherd) and Psalms 24 (God as King) Coming back expansively.
Psalm 90 GOD has been our dwelling in all generations The sanctuary and temple may have been the house of God; and a dwelling of God in a sense but God is and has always been our dwelling
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. Psalm 90:2 Moses includes imagery of mountain images, understandable as Moses was familiar with mountains (and climbing mountains) at highlights of his life.
God is from eternity 1000 years, a day, a watch in the night all same to Him 7 times (or more) We are reminded we are transient Our sins are before God And there are consequences 7 times (or more) We are reminded we are under Gods opposition to sin . So teach us to number our transient days God is faithful Satisfy us with your love Make known Gods work to us Establish the work of our hands, our transient hands Tensions In Ps 90
Psalms 91 The benefits of dwelling with God He who dwells with you, in your shadow, is secure The individual dwelling in the shadow of the almighty can be seen several ways: If this is read as the Son in a more literal way It is like the seed of the woman crushing the head of the serpent. He will tread upon the lion and the cobra And trample upon the serpents head
Psalms 90 You have been our dwelling place in all generations Psalms 91 Because you made the Lord your dwelling place blessings and safety follow
Many problems At least 7 Because you made the Lord your dwelling place, He will deliver you God will protect your foot That foot will tread on the lion and the cobra, trample upon the serpents head Fulfilled in Christ crushing the head of the serpent. Also, with the church in Christ crushing the serpent under foot God will show him his salvation and bless with a long life For Christ fulfilled in the resurrection Tensions In Ps 91
Psalm 92 A psalm for the Sabbath We may rest from work on the sabbath but This Psalm thinks on Gods works
This is a psalm for the Sabbath when man should not work Man should meditate on Gods works Tensions In Ps 92
Psalm 93 The LORD reigns Holiness befits his house A short Psalm, often a transition or punctuation in a flow
Psalm 94 An imprecatory Psalm calling on the God of vengeance , calling down judgment for People engaged in injustices like Killing the widow and orphan. Those who God disciplines are blessed (said once). God will wipe out the wicked (said twice)
Tensions In Ps 94 God will wipe out the wicked Blessed are those who God disciplines There is a difference between Gods judgement and discipline Psalm 94:19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. Many cares of my heart Gods consolation cheers my heart.
Psalm 95 An assurance that the LORD, the shepherd king, will protect his people But comes with a warning
God was will protect his people But comes with a warning Tensions In Ps 95 (and with other Psalms) God is our dwelling in all generations on Ps 90 and 91 We should enter his rest and consider his ways and works in Ps 92 But he loathed the generation that came out of Egypt in the Exodus They didnt know His ways They wont enter His rest God is a shepherd God is a King
Psalm 95 Will be like a(n) inclusio shepherd king (bookend) with psalm 100. like Psalms 23 and 24 coming back expansively. The Mountains in His hands, we are in His hands The Enthronement Psalms
Psalm 95 God is a King and a Shepherd (like Psalms 23 and 24) The LORD has mountains in his hands The LORD has us in His hands Psalm 90 said the LORD has been our dwelling place in all generations but now. Psalm 95 says The generation saved in the exodus He loathed for 40 years
Psalms 96 to Psalm 99 Will involve preaching to the world Two will be called new songs God's salvation seen by all nations
Psalms 96 through 99 Will sing together of the gospel reaching beyond Zion and including all the ends of the earth, the coastlands, the people groups.
Two of these will be new songs and telling of salvation Psalms 66 and 98 Psalm 98 will particularly highlight the right hand of God Three Psalms start with precisely these words Psalms 96, 98, and 149 sing to the Lord a new song. As does Isaiah 42:10 (sing to the Lord a new song) and Psalm 33:3 (sing to him a new song). And Psalm 144:9 adds its voice to the chorus, I will sing a new song to you, O God.
Psalm 96 Declare His glory among the nations! A new song of salvation
Psalm 97 Let the coastlands rejoice!
Psalm 98 Sing a new song! His right hand and holy arm have brought righteousness! A song of salvation A new song of salvation
Psalm 99 The LORD is enthroned in Zion All the peoples should tremble, and he is exalted over all the peoples.
Psalms 96 through 99 Are not without warnings Psalm 99:8 O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
Psalm 100 We are His people and the sheep of His pastures (Like a bookend pair with Psalm 95) The Enthronement Psalms
Psalm 101 A commitment to paise in the first person At least 7 commitments made (like the resolutions of Jonathan Edward, The Psalms resolves to follow God)
Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. But sometimes you weep before you praise And out of place sounding lament in the midst of many praise songs calling for joy
Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Psalms book 4 has many calls to rejoice. Even the hills sing, the rivers clap and the sea roars! But before the individual praises they sometimes weep first. There are about 30 references to singing, joy, cheer and rejoicing in Psalm book 4 Hills sing , rivers clap their hands and the sea roars!!! But not here. A lament starts. Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD.
Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. The lament upturns and looks to a time the Lord will have pity on Zion in Ps 102:16-22 Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. The upturn looks forward to a people not yet created who will be set free and praise the Lord And the Psalm part of an argument in Hebrews that Jesus is greater than the angels in Ps 102:26
Psalm 103 and 104 Will be preaching truth to self Oh, Bless the Lord Oh my soul!! One approach to a heart weighed down is to preach truth to self.
Psalms 103 and 104 sing together Bless the Lord, Oh my soul! Psalm 103 Bless God for what He has done for me Directly mostly related to myself but also persons in general, even angelic persons Forget none of His benefits! Psalm 104 Bless God for what He has done for me Indirectly through His creation and praises will follow the creation week order
Psalm 103 Preaching to self Oh Bless the LORD, Oh my soul Oh has a sense of awe and said twice For is personal benefits
Psalm 104 Preaching to self Oh, Bless the LORD, Oh, my soul! Oh has a sense of awe and said twice! This time about creation Ps 104:2-4 part of an argument in Hebrews about why Jesus is better than the angels
Psalms 105 The faithfulness of God Psalms 106 The unfaithfulness of his people
Psalm 105 A historical Psalm A history of the faithfulness of God
Psalm 106 Another historical Psalm An uncomplimentary history of Israel The generation that left Egypt was not faithful And when Israel went to the promised land, , following the gods of the Canaanites as well The land is left under sin needing redemption.
Book 4 ended with an uncomplimentary history of the unfaithfulness of Israel before and after going to the promised land Even a call for God to save them. Book 1 promised the Son with get the nations as his inheritance and even the meek shall inherit the earth in the Son Psalms Book 4 Psalms Book 1
Psalm 105 A historical Psalm On the faithfulness of God Psalm 106 A historical Psalm On the unfaithfulness of Israel
Book 4 ended with an uncomplimentary history of the unfaithfulness of Israel before and after going to the promised land Even a call for God to save them. Book 1 promised the Son with get the nations as his inheritance and even the meek shall inherit the earth in the Son Psalms Book 4 Psalms Book 1
Spoiler alert! A resolution is coming Psalms book 5 will be poetically Deuteronomy, entering the greater promised land and coming home Psalms Book 5 Coming Home
Key changes in the Psalms Book 4 of Psalms An idyllic future mountaintop ending of book 2 in dissonance with a dark present crisis ending of book 3 Now we step back back back to make sense of it starting with a prayer of Moses the man of God fin Suffering and glory The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a caricature of Arnold SchoenbergCredit...Ralph Steadman See Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

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Unexpected Discord In The Psalms- book 4 - Psalm 90 though 106 version 6 ppt.pdf

  • 1. Key changes in the Psalms Book 4 of Psalms An idyllic future mountaintop ending of book 2 in dissonance with a dark present crisis ending of book 3 Now we step back back back to make sense of it starting with a prayer of Moses the man of God The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a caricature of Arnold SchoenbergCredit...Ralph Steadman See Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
  • 2. Book 2 ended with an idyllic fruitful world Ruled by a Solomon (perhaps meant to be like the tabernacle shining in the dessert ending Exodus, only fruitful not a dessert and filling the world not confined) Book 3 ended with Psalms speaking of gentiles born in Zion as part of the glorious things of thee are spoken Followed by the darkest lament in Psalms and another mostly lamenting Psalm Psalms Book 2 Psalms Book 3
  • 3. Before resolving this , Psalms book 4 will step back to Moses, to before there were mountains and in fact To eternity Psalms Book 4 Opens with : The prayer of Moses the man of God
  • 4. Psalms book 4 will step back to Moses , before there were mountains and in fact To eternity Psalms Book 4 Opens with : The prayer of Moses the man of God Poetically like Numbers and will teach us to number our days It will also point us to a need for a greater deliverance than the Exodus generation had
  • 5. Book 4 will be poetically like Numbers and wanderings led by the Shepherd King God as a Shepherd Kind will punch beginning and end of the center flow of the book and will be like Psalms 23 (God as shepherd) and Psalms 24 (God as King) Coming back expansively.
  • 6. Psalm 90 GOD has been our dwelling in all generations The sanctuary and temple may have been the house of God; and a dwelling of God in a sense but God is and has always been our dwelling
  • 7. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. Psalm 90:2 Moses includes imagery of mountain images, understandable as Moses was familiar with mountains (and climbing mountains) at highlights of his life.
  • 8. God is from eternity 1000 years, a day, a watch in the night all same to Him 7 times (or more) We are reminded we are transient Our sins are before God And there are consequences 7 times (or more) We are reminded we are under Gods opposition to sin . So teach us to number our transient days God is faithful Satisfy us with your love Make known Gods work to us Establish the work of our hands, our transient hands Tensions In Ps 90
  • 9. Psalms 91 The benefits of dwelling with God He who dwells with you, in your shadow, is secure The individual dwelling in the shadow of the almighty can be seen several ways: If this is read as the Son in a more literal way It is like the seed of the woman crushing the head of the serpent. He will tread upon the lion and the cobra And trample upon the serpents head
  • 10. Psalms 90 You have been our dwelling place in all generations Psalms 91 Because you made the Lord your dwelling place blessings and safety follow
  • 11. Many problems At least 7 Because you made the Lord your dwelling place, He will deliver you God will protect your foot That foot will tread on the lion and the cobra, trample upon the serpents head Fulfilled in Christ crushing the head of the serpent. Also, with the church in Christ crushing the serpent under foot God will show him his salvation and bless with a long life For Christ fulfilled in the resurrection Tensions In Ps 91
  • 12. Psalm 92 A psalm for the Sabbath We may rest from work on the sabbath but This Psalm thinks on Gods works
  • 13. This is a psalm for the Sabbath when man should not work Man should meditate on Gods works Tensions In Ps 92
  • 14. Psalm 93 The LORD reigns Holiness befits his house A short Psalm, often a transition or punctuation in a flow
  • 15. Psalm 94 An imprecatory Psalm calling on the God of vengeance , calling down judgment for People engaged in injustices like Killing the widow and orphan. Those who God disciplines are blessed (said once). God will wipe out the wicked (said twice)
  • 16. Tensions In Ps 94 God will wipe out the wicked Blessed are those who God disciplines There is a difference between Gods judgement and discipline Psalm 94:19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. Many cares of my heart Gods consolation cheers my heart.
  • 17. Psalm 95 An assurance that the LORD, the shepherd king, will protect his people But comes with a warning
  • 18. God was will protect his people But comes with a warning Tensions In Ps 95 (and with other Psalms) God is our dwelling in all generations on Ps 90 and 91 We should enter his rest and consider his ways and works in Ps 92 But he loathed the generation that came out of Egypt in the Exodus They didnt know His ways They wont enter His rest God is a shepherd God is a King
  • 19. Psalm 95 Will be like a(n) inclusio shepherd king (bookend) with psalm 100. like Psalms 23 and 24 coming back expansively. The Mountains in His hands, we are in His hands The Enthronement Psalms
  • 20. Psalm 95 God is a King and a Shepherd (like Psalms 23 and 24) The LORD has mountains in his hands The LORD has us in His hands Psalm 90 said the LORD has been our dwelling place in all generations but now. Psalm 95 says The generation saved in the exodus He loathed for 40 years
  • 21. Psalms 96 to Psalm 99 Will involve preaching to the world Two will be called new songs God's salvation seen by all nations
  • 22. Psalms 96 through 99 Will sing together of the gospel reaching beyond Zion and including all the ends of the earth, the coastlands, the people groups.
  • 23. Two of these will be new songs and telling of salvation Psalms 66 and 98 Psalm 98 will particularly highlight the right hand of God Three Psalms start with precisely these words Psalms 96, 98, and 149 sing to the Lord a new song. As does Isaiah 42:10 (sing to the Lord a new song) and Psalm 33:3 (sing to him a new song). And Psalm 144:9 adds its voice to the chorus, I will sing a new song to you, O God.
  • 24. Psalm 96 Declare His glory among the nations! A new song of salvation
  • 25. Psalm 97 Let the coastlands rejoice!
  • 26. Psalm 98 Sing a new song! His right hand and holy arm have brought righteousness! A song of salvation A new song of salvation
  • 27. Psalm 99 The LORD is enthroned in Zion All the peoples should tremble, and he is exalted over all the peoples.
  • 28. Psalms 96 through 99 Are not without warnings Psalm 99:8 O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
  • 29. Psalm 100 We are His people and the sheep of His pastures (Like a bookend pair with Psalm 95) The Enthronement Psalms
  • 30. Psalm 101 A commitment to paise in the first person At least 7 commitments made (like the resolutions of Jonathan Edward, The Psalms resolves to follow God)
  • 31. Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. But sometimes you weep before you praise And out of place sounding lament in the midst of many praise songs calling for joy
  • 32. Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Psalms book 4 has many calls to rejoice. Even the hills sing, the rivers clap and the sea roars! But before the individual praises they sometimes weep first. There are about 30 references to singing, joy, cheer and rejoicing in Psalm book 4 Hills sing , rivers clap their hands and the sea roars!!! But not here. A lament starts. Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD.
  • 33. Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. The lament upturns and looks to a time the Lord will have pity on Zion in Ps 102:16-22 Psalm 102 A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. The upturn looks forward to a people not yet created who will be set free and praise the Lord And the Psalm part of an argument in Hebrews that Jesus is greater than the angels in Ps 102:26
  • 34. Psalm 103 and 104 Will be preaching truth to self Oh, Bless the Lord Oh my soul!! One approach to a heart weighed down is to preach truth to self.
  • 35. Psalms 103 and 104 sing together Bless the Lord, Oh my soul! Psalm 103 Bless God for what He has done for me Directly mostly related to myself but also persons in general, even angelic persons Forget none of His benefits! Psalm 104 Bless God for what He has done for me Indirectly through His creation and praises will follow the creation week order
  • 36. Psalm 103 Preaching to self Oh Bless the LORD, Oh my soul Oh has a sense of awe and said twice For is personal benefits
  • 37. Psalm 104 Preaching to self Oh, Bless the LORD, Oh, my soul! Oh has a sense of awe and said twice! This time about creation Ps 104:2-4 part of an argument in Hebrews about why Jesus is better than the angels
  • 38. Psalms 105 The faithfulness of God Psalms 106 The unfaithfulness of his people
  • 39. Psalm 105 A historical Psalm A history of the faithfulness of God
  • 40. Psalm 106 Another historical Psalm An uncomplimentary history of Israel The generation that left Egypt was not faithful And when Israel went to the promised land, , following the gods of the Canaanites as well The land is left under sin needing redemption.
  • 41. Book 4 ended with an uncomplimentary history of the unfaithfulness of Israel before and after going to the promised land Even a call for God to save them. Book 1 promised the Son with get the nations as his inheritance and even the meek shall inherit the earth in the Son Psalms Book 4 Psalms Book 1
  • 42. Psalm 105 A historical Psalm On the faithfulness of God Psalm 106 A historical Psalm On the unfaithfulness of Israel
  • 43. Book 4 ended with an uncomplimentary history of the unfaithfulness of Israel before and after going to the promised land Even a call for God to save them. Book 1 promised the Son with get the nations as his inheritance and even the meek shall inherit the earth in the Son Psalms Book 4 Psalms Book 1
  • 44. Spoiler alert! A resolution is coming Psalms book 5 will be poetically Deuteronomy, entering the greater promised land and coming home Psalms Book 5 Coming Home
  • 45. Key changes in the Psalms Book 4 of Psalms An idyllic future mountaintop ending of book 2 in dissonance with a dark present crisis ending of book 3 Now we step back back back to make sense of it starting with a prayer of Moses the man of God fin Suffering and glory The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a caricature of Arnold SchoenbergCredit...Ralph Steadman See Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim - The New York Times (nytimes.com)