God of the Storm (3 of 7)
Michael White
Psalm 29
We've just finished a series last week called creation fall, redemption- and today we are beginning what we've done the past 2 summers called ''Summer in the Psalms''
Some of you may be wondering what are the psalms? What makes them different from the rest of the Bible?
What makes them distinct is that the book of Psalms is basically the hymnal of the the Bible. These psalms were songs that would be used in Israel's worship to praise God.
There are number of different kinds of Psalms-some of praise, some of lament, some of confession- even imprecatory Psalms were the author invokes curses upon his enemies!
But what all Psalms have in common is that they use parallelism. What is parallelism? In modern lyrics we use rhyme and meter to structure our poetry. So we repeat sounds to create a flow.
Hebrew poetry is different. The poets who authored the Psalms didn't repeat sounds and rhymes. They repeated thoughts and ideas.
SO in a psalm you would have an idea or thought repeated multiple times in different ways to convey emphasis. And we'll definitely see that this morning as we study Psalm 29. Let's read the entire song starting at the Psalm title:
29 A Psalm of David.
1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth ...
Michael White
Psalm 29
We've just finished a series last week called creation fall, redemption- and today we are beginning what we've done the past 2 summers called ''Summer in the Psalms''
Some of you may be wondering what are the psalms? What makes them different from the rest of the Bible?
What makes them distinct is that the book of Psalms is basically the hymnal of the the Bible. These psalms were songs that would be used in Israel's worship to praise God.
There are number of different kinds of Psalms-some of praise, some of lament, some of confession- even imprecatory Psalms were the author invokes curses upon his enemies!
But what all Psalms have in common is that they use parallelism. What is parallelism? In modern lyrics we use rhyme and meter to structure our poetry. So we repeat sounds to create a flow.
Hebrew poetry is different. The poets who authored the Psalms didn't repeat sounds and rhymes. They repeated thoughts and ideas.
SO in a psalm you would have an idea or thought repeated multiple times in different ways to convey emphasis. And we'll definitely see that this morning as we study Psalm 29. Let's read the entire song starting at the Psalm title:
29 A Psalm of David.
1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is powerful;
the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf,
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth ...
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