Facts to Know
Another name for the book of Psalms
What is the Psalter?
When we shout, sing, bow, dance, play instruments, and clap our hands we are doing this
What is worshipping?
The verse that lets us know that David loved God’s house
What is Psalm 27:4?
Hebrew word meaning Lord in Psalm 84:1. It means self-existent or eternal; Jewish national name of God (Yehovah, el, elohiym)
What is Yehovah?
A liturgical expression of praise to God
What is a doxology?
Where Jesus was headed when he met two disciples in Luke 24
Emmaus
Figurative language that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
The author of Psalm 27
Who is David?
Two Hebrew words meaning God in Psalm 84:2-4.
What are el and elohiym?
The songs the Israelites sang together as they traveled to the temple on Mount Zion in Jerusalem on their three trips a year - Passover, Feasts of Weeks, and Festival of Booths
What are Psalms of Ascent?
The name of one of the disciples Jesus met in Luke 24 (there were 2 disciples, but only one of their names was given)
Who is Cleopas?
It is a praise Psalm
What is Psalm 150?
The words David uses in Psalm 27:1 to describe God
What is salvation, light and defense/stronghold/strength?
Hebrew word meaning seek in Psalm 27:4. It means to seek; require; desire; exact; request; to search out (chazah, baqash, no ‘am)
What is baqash?
Songs chanted by the children of Israel as the Passover lambs were slain in remembrance of their deliverance from the bondage of Egypt
What are Egyptian hallel psalms?
He is the Messiah
Who is Jesus?
Psalms that point us to the Messiah
What are Messianic psalms?
David is seeking this in Psalm 27 (God’s face, God’s help, God’s wisdom or God’s leading)
What is God’s wisdom?
Hebrew word for behold/gaze in Psalm 27:4. It means to see; look; behold; provide; prophesy; perceive (no ‘am; chazah, baqash)
What is chazah?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (ex. Drowning in paperwork)
What is a metaphor?
The. Umber of books that make up the book of Psalms
What is five?
The most prominent prayer of the Jewish people; it is a traditional Hebrew prayer that declares whom we should worship
What is the Shema?
David emphasized his own responsibility for his sin through the use of this (personification, figurative language, metaphors or repetitive words)
What are repetitive words?
Hebrew word for beauty in Psalm 27:4. It means kindness; beauty; favour; delightfulness; pleasantness (chazah, no ‘am, baqash)
What is no ‘am?
Attribution of personal qualities especially: representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form (giving human like traits to an inanimate object - ex. The movie Cars)
What is personification?