The Psalms for TodayWestminster John Knox Press, 2008 - 93 pages |
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... Songs and Liturgy of the Church Psalms were sung in the very first Christian churches as evi- denced in Ephesians 5 : 19–20 : “ as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves , singing and making melody to the Lord in ...
... Songs and Liturgy of the Church Psalms were sung in the very first Christian churches as evi- denced in Ephesians 5 : 19–20 : “ as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves , singing and making melody to the Lord in ...
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... songs that Christians should sing were the psalms: Wherefore, when we have looked thoroughly everywhere and searched high and low, we shall find no better songs nor more appropriate for the purpose than the Psalms. . . . And further ...
... songs that Christians should sing were the psalms: Wherefore, when we have looked thoroughly everywhere and searched high and low, we shall find no better songs nor more appropriate for the purpose than the Psalms. . . . And further ...
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... songs and prayers. Unfortunately, in recent times, fea- turing psalms as part of the music of the church has eclipsed their place as the prayers of the church. This study, then, will focus on these psalms as prayers, as poems, and as ...
... songs and prayers. Unfortunately, in recent times, fea- turing psalms as part of the music of the church has eclipsed their place as the prayers of the church. This study, then, will focus on these psalms as prayers, as poems, and as ...
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... Songs of Ascents, Psalms 120–134. While we do not specifically know the way or ways that ancient Israelites worshiped in the temple, it is widely suggested that these Songs of Ascents were sung by pilgrims on their way up the mountain ...
... Songs of Ascents, Psalms 120–134. While we do not specifically know the way or ways that ancient Israelites worshiped in the temple, it is widely suggested that these Songs of Ascents were sung by pilgrims on their way up the mountain ...
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... songs and played the lyre (1 Sam 16:14–23) and organized the musicians that played in the Temple in Jerusalem (1 Chron. 6:31–32). He may have written the prayer he prayed over the bodies of Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:19–27) and other ...
... songs and played the lyre (1 Sam 16:14–23) and organized the musicians that played in the Temple in Jerusalem (1 Chron. 6:31–32). He may have written the prayer he prayed over the bodies of Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:19–27) and other ...
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Page 3 - Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place In all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
Page 77 - I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Page 71 - The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Page 17 - I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Page 43 - I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my might,1' and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 70 - Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to Your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin!
Page 44 - The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. "Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth. "He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. "'"Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Page 32 - Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
Page 18 - All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Page 32 - You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.