Summer in the Psalms (Part 1): The Prayerbook/Poetry of God's People

 

1. Title

 

2. Arrangement, Authorship, Date, Features

 

3. Hebrew Poetry

     a. Parallelism

     b. Figures of Speech

     c. Acrostics

4. Types of Psalms

     a. Individual laments

     b. Thanksgiving psalms

     c. Praise psalms

     d. Pilgrim psalms

     e. Royal psalms

     f. Enthronement psalms

     g. Messianic psalms

     h. Imprecatory psalms

5. Themes

     a. The character of God

     b. The Kingdom of God

     c. The Messiah of God

     d. The Worship of God

     e. The Experience of man

6. Main lessons

 

7. Conclusion