Unexpected Discord In The Psalms - Psalm 1 though 41 version 10 ppt PDF.pdf

Key changes in the Psalms
Unexpected discord in 3 movements
Psalms book 1 Psalms 1-41
The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a
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Unexpected discord
Movement 1
Psalms 1 - 15

A man who is like a tree of life
(the wicked ae not so)

I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations
your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your
possession.

I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations
your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your
possession.
David prayers a lament while on
the run from his son as per the
title and yet looks forward to a
salvation that is of the Lord.
God tells a man called 'My Son' to ‘ask for the nations as his inheritance’.
But not any son as in the next Psalm there a lament about David on the run from his
own son.
A Psalm of David, when he
fled from Absalom his son.

Answer me when I call, O God
of my righteousness!
You have given me relief
when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear
my prayer!
O men, how long shall my
honor be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain
words and seek after lies? Give ear to my words, O LORD;
consider my groaning.
Give attention to the sound of
my cry,
my King and my God,
for to you do I pray.
An evening Psalm
A morning Psalm

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I
am languishing;
heal me, O LORD, for my
bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly
troubled. But you, O LORD—
how long?
If a man does not repent, God will whet his
sword;
he has bent and readied his bow;
he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.
A sorrowful Psalm
God shoots his
arrows at the wicked

What is man that you should be
so mindful of him?
When I look at your heavens, the work of
your fingers, the moon and the stars, which
you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of
him, and the son of man that you care for
him?
Man, even babies, in a special place in creation

Some references
• Songs of a Suffering King: The Grand Christ Hymn of Psalms 1-
8 (John Fesko)
• See Amazon’s notes Our Lord has wisely given the Psalms, the songbook of the
Bible, for the benefit of the church. But for many people, the Psalms contents are
mysterious because they no longer have a place of prominence in the church's worship.
Author J. V. Fesko hopes to awaken the church to the majesty, beauty, and splendor of the
Psalms through a devotional exploration of Psalms 1-8, a grand Christ hymn, in which
David, as the suffering king, prefigures the king of kings, Jesus Christ. To encourage
readers to come to a greater appreciation for the Psalms, the author includes with each
chapter questions for further reflection and study and a metrical version of each psalm. He
also recommends Internet resources that provide digital files of the tunes. Table of
Contents: Song of the Righteous Man Song of the Lord's Messiah Song of Deliverance
Song of Hope Song of Protection Song of Forgiveness Song of Vindication Song of
Majesty Songs of a Suffering King: The Grand Christ Hymn of Psalms 1 8: John V. Fesko: 9781601783103: Amazon.com: Books

Some other comments
• Often Psalms speak poetically and hyperbolically about David or
believers but are more literally true of Jesus.
• It is still true that they apply to believers. Proverbs and Jeremiah
speak of the righteous as a green tree as well.
• The acrostic Psalms like make a transition of thought. Psalm 8 is
followed by a set of two acrostic Psalms 9 and 10 which will
transition. ‘What is man?’ transitions to ‘There is none righteous
no not one’ and a need for salvation.

What is man that you should
be so mindful of him?
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
Put them in fear, O LORD!
Let the nations know that they are
but men!
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will
incline your ear to do justice to the
fatherless and the oppressed, so that man
who is of the earth may strike terror no
more.
When I look at your heavens, the work of
your fingers, the moon and the stars, which
you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of
him, and the son of man that you care for
him?
Man, even babies, in a special place in creation

Psalms 9 through 14 will make a sorrowful
interlude following the crescendo peak
Of psalm 8 of an idealized man who is like a
second Adam
They have all turned aside; together they
have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

Psalm 1-8 starts with high notes and ends with a
high note. Struggles in between
Psalms 9 and 10 are acrostic
Psalms where victory is here and not
yet. The ideal man contrasted with the
man of the world and a new theme
starts.

In the LORD I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
“Flee like a bird to your
mountain, for behold, the
wicked bend the bow; they
have fitted their arrow to the
string to shoot in the dark at
the upright in heart;
if the foundations are
destroyed, what can the
righteous do?
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Save, O Lord, for the godly one
is gone; for the faithful have
vanished from among the
children of man.
Everyone utters lies to his
neighbor; with flattering lips
and a double heart they
speak.
How
Long?
The wicked shoot arrows back
The godly gone
How long?

Man in a bad moral state
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
there is none who does good.
The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,[a]
who seek after God.
They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.

With man in sad moral shape the question will arise
In Psalm 15 who then can climb the mountain of God?
What then?

Psalms Book 1 (Ps 1-41) starts
like Genesis with a man who
is like a tree of life
Psalms book 1 ends like
Genesis with a man
betrayed like Joseph and
quoted at the last supper in
the Gospel of John by Jesus
Psalm1 He is like a tree planted
by streams of water that yields its
fruit in its season, and its leaf does
not wither. In all that he does, he
prospers.
Psalm
41 Even my close friend in whom I
trusted, who ate my bread, has lift
ed his heel against me.
Who can climb the mountain
of God and dwell there? The
answer will be in the man who the Psalms
point to. We close with a glimpse of Psalms
book 1 - Psalms 1 thru 41 which is poetically
like Genesis

Psalm 53 will be almost word for
word the same as Psalm 14
God looks down from heaven on all
mankind to see if there are any who
understand, any who seek God.
Everyone has turned away, all have
become corrupt; there is no one
who does good, not even one
Psalm 52 echoes Psalm 1
But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9 For what you have done I will
always praise you
in the presence of your faithful
people. And I will hope in your name,
for your name is good Psalm 1 (and Psalm 19) comes
back expansively as Psalm 119
In the rest of the 5 books of songs
there will be echos, melodies and
countermelodies related to these
introductory Psalms 1
through 14. Some examples:
Psalm 1 with the son
inheriting nations comes back
as the meek shall
inherit the earth
in Psalm 37

Unexpected discord
movement 1
Psalms 1 - 14
Fin '

Unexpected discord
Movement 2
Psalms 15 - 24

Who then can live on Your holy
mountain and dwell in Your tent?
there is none who does good …
They have all turned aside; together they have
become corrupt; … there is none who does
good, … not even one.
How then shall we climb?
A problem:

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
Psalm 17
Psalm 16
Psalm 15
Lord, who may dwell in Your sacred tent?
Who may live on Your Holy mountain?

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
Psalm 17
Psalm 16
you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let
your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy
in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
Psalm 17
8-9 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of
your wings from the wicked who are out to destroy me …
13-15 Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down … As for
me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will
be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words
of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the
hand of Saul. He said: 1 I love you, LORD, my strength. (David says ‘I love you, LORD and
then recites a song he wrote in 2 Samuel 22 )

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the
work of his hands.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes
of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 20:1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Psalm 21:1 The king rejoices in your strength, LORD. How great is
his joy in the victories you give!

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
The cross
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
The cross
The crook
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside
quiet waters,

Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
7 Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD
mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
Psalm 25 Psalm 37
selah
The Son inherited the earth in Psalm 2
The LORD fearing inherit the earth in
Psalm 25.
The righteous, those who hope in God,
those the Lord blesses and the meek
inherit the earth in Psalm 37.
Bookends

Some references
• Toward the Kingdom: The Shape and Message pf Psalms 15-24
(Carissa M Quinn)
• See Academic Press notes This paper is a summary of my dissertation. I presented the paper at the
Institute for Biblical Research Emerging Scholar Session at The Society of Biblical Literature meeting in November, 2016. In it,
I investigate the shape and message of Psalms 15-24 by developing a methodology for identifying distinctive relationships
between psalms with increased objectivity and precision. I analyze various literary links among Psalms 15-24 and find that
these psalms form a chiastic collection of the following sets of parallel psalms: 15 and 24; 16 and 23; 17 and 22; and 18, 20,
and 21. Psalm 19 stands at the center of the collection, and is also closely linked with Psalms 15 and 24. This study is also
founded on the idea that parallel psalms involve not only repetition, but also movement. An assessment of the movement
between each set of parallel psalms in this collection yields a storyline that progresses toward the kingdom of YHWH and the
inclusion of the wider community. This movement toward the kingdom is initiated by YHWH’s deliverance of the faithful
Davidic king at the center of the collection (Psalms 18-21). In addition to the progression toward the kingdom, this collection
also exhibits an alternation between the ideal vision of the kingdom presented in the frame of the collection (Psalms 15, 19,
and 24), and the realities of human experience and suffering presented in the intervening psalms. The effect is that until
YHWH’s arrival at the consummation of this kingdom, life is depicted as a journey involving suffering, yet confidence, in the
kingship of YHWH. (Carissa M Quinn) (PDF) Toward the Kingdom: The Shape and Message of Psalms 15-24 | Carissa M Quinn -
Academia.edu

Some other comments
• Often Psalms speak poetically and hyperbolically about David or
believers but are more literally true of Jesus.
• It is still true that they apply to believers. The latter part of Psalm 24
speaks of the righteous generation rather than focusing on a righteous
man.
• The first promise in the Psalms is from the Father to the Son: “Ask
and I will give you the nations as your inheritance (The acrostic Psalms
25 bookended by Psalm 37 also acrostic will all make a transition of
thought. Before the Son inherited the nations and in him the righteous,
the just, the humble, the pure, the meek shall inherit the earth.)

Unexpected discord
movement 2
Psalms 15 - 24
Fin '

Unexpected discord
movement 3
Psalms 25-41

Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
Psalm 25
Psalms
26 27 28
selah
Psalm 25.
The righteous, those who hope in God,
those the Lord blesses and the meek
inherit the earth in Psalm 37.
Bookends
Vindicate
me!
(a transition, an
interlude)

Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
Psalm 25
selah
Psalm 25.
The righteous, those who hope in
God, those the Lord blesses and the
meek inherit the earth in Psalm 37.
Bookends
Psalms
26 27 28
A prayer
vindicate
me!
The Lord
will
Vindicate
me

Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
Psalm 25
selah
Psalm 25.
Bookends
Psalms
26 27 28
A prayer
vindicate
me!
The Lord
will
Vindicate
me
A call
to God
to
answer
A
Big
Answer
coming

Psalm 24
he crook
The crown
Psalm 25
selah
Psalm 25.
Inherit the nations
Bookends
The word of God
Bookends
Psalm 29 and 33
A prayer
vindicate
me!
The Lord
will
Vindicate
me
A call
to God
to
answer
An answer with the voice of God 7
times affecting nature and creating
the world
This is what the
vindication looks like

Psalm 24
he crook
The crown
Psalm 25 Psalms
26 27 28
selah
Psalm 25.
Inherit the nations
Bookends
An interlude, a
transition
ending with a
call to God
The word of God
Bookends
Psalm
29
This is what the rescue and

Psalm 24
he crook
The crown
Psalm 25 Psalms
26 27 28
selah
Psalm 25.
Inherit the nations
Bookends
An interlude, a
transition
ending with a
call to God
The word of God
Bookends
Psalm
29 The church is
founded

Psalm 24
he crook
The crown
Psalm 25 Psalms
26 27 28
selah
Psalm 25.
Inherit the nations
Bookends
An interlude, a
transition
ending with a
call to God
The word of God
Bookends
Psalm
29 The church is
founded
Christ’s work

Psalm 24
he crook
The crown
Psalm 25 Psalms
26 27 28
selah
Psalm 25.
An interlude, a
transition
ending with a
call to God
The word of God
Bookends
Psalm
29
Inherit the
nations
bookend
Forgiveness
abundant

25 Psalms
26 27 28
inherited the earth in Psalm 2
D fearing inherit the earth in
5.
teous, those who hope in
ose the Lord blesses and the
herit the earth in Psalm 37.
Inherit the nations
Bookends
An interlude, a
transition
ending with a
call to God
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the
nations
bookend
Word of God bookend closes with
the word of God in creation

The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
Psalm 34 is an
acrostic
Often a transition
and reminder of an
important point
Figuratively about God’s help in trouble where
ultimately the righteous bones will not break
Literally about Jesus whose bones did not
break at the cross.

Taste and see
At the LORD is good!
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
Figuratively about God’s help in trouble where
ultimately the righteous bones will not break
Literally about Jesus whose bones did not
break at the cross.

Taste and see
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
Sufferings of
Christ

Taste and see
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends

Taste and see
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
The meek
will inherit
the earth
In Christ

Taste and see
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
The meek
will inherit
the earth
In Christ
Show
me my
end
pain

Taste and see
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
The meek
will inherit
the earth
Show
me my
end
betrayal
pain

Taste and see
Psalm
34
The word of God
Bookends
Inherit the nations
Bookends
The meek
will inherit
the earth
Show
me my
end
Betrayal by
an anti-
friend
pain
Psalm 41
quoted at the
last supper by
Jesus

Some references
• MacroView of Book 1 Ps_15thru24.pdf (cyber-chapel.org)
• This has several similar but different in some ways divisions of Psalm Book 1 (Psalms 1-41)
( Copyright © 2018, H. Van Dyke Parunak. All Rights Reserved. May be freely reprinted noncommercially with attribution and
citation of www.cyber-chapel.org)

Some other comments
• Often Psalms speak poetically and hyperbolically about David or believers but are more literally true
of Jesus.
• In Psalm 34, The bones of the righteous are not broken and true hyperbolically of believers but more literally true of
Jesus on the cross.
• In Psalm35 “Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, ‘Great is the LORD,
who delights in the welfare of his servant!’ ”.
• The acrostic Psalms 25 bookended by Psalm 37 also acrostic will all make a transition of thought and
as a pair make bookend inclusion for the section. Before the Son inherited the nations and in him the
righteous, the just, the humble, the pure, the meek shall inherit the earth.
• The acrostic Psalm 34 “Taste and see that the Lord is good!” will divide the themes of Psalms 25-41,
the end of book 1. And most outlines people make of Book 1 have some sort of split there or near there.

Some last thoughts on book 1 (Psalms 1-41)
• The book is poetically like Genesis
• The book starts with a man who is like a tree of life (as Genesis starts).
• The book ends with a man who is betrayed for the salvation of Jews and
Gentile(as Genesis ends with Joseph)
• The Son inherits the and the meek inherit the earth in the promised Son
(like the promise to Abraham to inherit the land).
• (We also often see an evening then a morning in early Psalms like Genesis.)
Other : Most of the Psalms are laments and true of Psalm book 1. Also, almost half the psalms have
inscriptions ‘to the Choir director’ but almost half do not. Only 1 psalm that has a title is ascribed to someone
other than David

Unexpected discord
movement 3
Psalms 25-41
Fin '

Unexpected discord
movement 3
Psalms Book 1
Fin '

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