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Bible 706 q1
Question | Answer |
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What does the word "Doxology" mean? | A song of praise |
Which doxological Psalm is the last Psalm in the Psalter? | Ps. 150 |
What does the word "extol" mean? | To praise |
What is the main theme of Ps. 1? | How wonderful God's law is |
Name a psalm that was written during the Babylonian Exile. | Ps. 137 |
One of the best known and loved Psalms is the _____ Psalm. | 23rd |
Which psalm is the longest? | Ps. 119 |
Which psalm of repentance was written by David after his terrible sin? | Ps. 51 |
Ps. 110 is a _______ psalm | Royal (or Messianic) |
Ps. ____ is the oldest psalm | 90 |
Which psalm was read at Jesus' last supper? | Ps. 103 |
Which Psalm is read on every Jewish Sabbath? | Ps. 92 |
What was the name of the group of psalms that was used during pilgrimages to Jerusalem or processions around Jerusalem? | Songs of Ascent |
What was the "Babylonian exile?" | The period of time when the Jews were defeated by the Babylonians, and were forced to live in Babylon instead of Israel. |
______ lived during and after the Babylonian exile. Some psalms were written during his lifetime. | Nehemiah |
Who is the true author of all the psalms? | God |
Who said that the psalms teach Christians the anatomy of their own souls? | John Calvin |
Who said that the psalms contain all the truth of the Old Testament? | Martin Luther |
Seventy-three of the psalms are attributed to ________ | David |
Your lesson compares the formation of the Psalter to the formation process of what? | A river |
In the second stage of the formation of the Psalter, what was done? | Individual songs were organized into special groups used for public worship. |
Who probably completed the final assembly of the Psalter? _David and his soldiers _the succeeding kings of Judah over many years _a small group of men or even by one man _the early Christians as they began to worship | a small group of men or maybe even one man |
The Greek translation of the Old Testament made about 250 B.C., in Alexandria, became known as the ______ . | Septuagint |
List three characteristics that define the psalms. | 1. Religious songs originally meant to be accompanied by stringed instruments 2. Prayers inspired by God and written by human authors 3. Hebrew poetry |
What are the three sub-categories of Hymn Psalms? | 1. General hymns of praise 2. Hymns of the Lord's kingship 3. Songs of Zion |
List 4 common uses of the Psalms. | 1. theological 2. historical 3. practical 4. devotional |
How did Christians help preserve the Psalms? | 1. They quoted them in their writings. 2. Early Christian pastors had to memorize most of them 3. Many 3rd and 4th century Christians memorized the entire psalter |
What is a lament psalm? | A psalm that cries out about distress/trials/suffering |