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[size=x-large]Worship in the Psalms[/size]
Read for This Week's Study: Ps. 20:3; Psalm 49; Ps. 54:6; Psalm 73; Pss. 78:1-8; 90:1, 2; 100:1-5; 141:2.
Psalm 20:3 New King James Version (NKJV) "May He remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice." Selah
Psalm 54:6 New King James Version (NKJV) "I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good."
Psalm 78:1-8 New King James Version (NKJV) A Contemplation[a] of Asaph. "Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; That the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments; And may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set its heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful to God."
Psalm 90:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV) A Prayer of Moses the man of God. "Lord, You have been our dwelling place[a] in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God."
Psalm 100:1-5 New King James Version (NKJV) A Psalm of Thanksgiving. "Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations."
Psalm 141:2 New King James Version (NKJV) "Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice."
Memory Text: "How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God" Psalm 84:1, 2.
The Hebrew word translated 'Psalms' comes from a root word that means 'to sing with instrumental accompaniment.' Thus, the Psalms were songs, songs that were intricately part of the worship of Israel. Though we have the lyrics (the Psalms themselves), we do not have the music. How fascinating it would be to hear these songs, in their original tongue, sung with the music that first accompanied them.
The Psalms themselves are rich and deep, covering a wide range of topics and emotions, dealing with everything from the corporate history of Israel to the songwriter
Read for This Week's Study: Ps. 20:3; Psalm 49; Ps. 54:6; Psalm 73; Pss. 78:1-8; 90:1, 2; 100:1-5; 141:2.
Psalm 20:3 New King James Version (NKJV) "May He remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice." Selah
Psalm 54:6 New King James Version (NKJV) "I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good."
Psalm 78:1-8 New King James Version (NKJV) A Contemplation[a] of Asaph. "Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; That the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God,
and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments; And may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set its heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful to God."
Psalm 90:1-2 New King James Version (NKJV) A Prayer of Moses the man of God. "Lord, You have been our dwelling place[a] in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God."
Psalm 100:1-5 New King James Version (NKJV) A Psalm of Thanksgiving. "Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations."
Psalm 141:2 New King James Version (NKJV) "Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice."
Memory Text: "How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God" Psalm 84:1, 2.
The Hebrew word translated 'Psalms' comes from a root word that means 'to sing with instrumental accompaniment.' Thus, the Psalms were songs, songs that were intricately part of the worship of Israel. Though we have the lyrics (the Psalms themselves), we do not have the music. How fascinating it would be to hear these songs, in their original tongue, sung with the music that first accompanied them.
The Psalms themselves are rich and deep, covering a wide range of topics and emotions, dealing with everything from the corporate history of Israel to the songwriter