Jensens survey of the old testament adam 163
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circumstances, David talked to God, pouring
forth his heart, his thoughts, his feelings to
his Maker. David’s utterances to God at
these times are recorded in the psalms, and,
as the psalms are inspired by the Holy Spirit,
they show us what kind of talking to God
and what kind of heart attitude is acceptable
to Him when we, too, pass through similar
experiences.
B. NAMES OF GOD
God Himself is the key Person of the
Psalms, for without Him there could be no
song at all. In studying the di erent psalms,
it is always interesting to observe how God
is identi ed, whether by name, attribute, or
action ascribed to Him.
Four names of God are prominent in
Psalms: El, Adonai, Jehovah, and Shaddal.
The meanings of the names, and the
frequency of each in the ve books of the
Psalms, are tabulated in Chart 69.11
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C. WORSHIP AND PRAISE
Many of the psalms are about Mount Zion,
its sanctuary, and worship by God’s people.
Beginning at Psalm 90, most of the hymns
are of a liturgical nature, associated with
public worship. It is not di cult to see why
Psalms is sometimes called the hymnbook of
Scripture. Praise is the dominant note of
these psalms. The last ve psalms (Psalms
146-50) are the climactic group, and are
appropriately called “The Great Hallel,” or
“The Hallelujah Chorus.” This is what C.H.
Spurgeon writes of Psalm 150:
We have now reached the last summit
of the mountain chain of Psalms. It
rises high into the clear azure, and its
brow is bathed in the sunlight of the
eternal world of worship. It is a
rapture. The poet-prophet is full of
inspiration and enthusiasm. He stays
not to argue, to teach, to explain; but
cries with burning words, “Praise him,
Praise him, Praise ye the Lord.”14
D. SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Since man’s worship of God is a prominent
theme in the Psalms, the spiritual conditions
for such access to a holy God are referred to
throughout the book. Psalm 1, which in
many ways introduces the whole book of
Psalms, clearly distinguishes between the
righteous man and the wicked man. The
righteous man fellowships with God; sin is a
wall that separates sinful man from God.
Scroggie compares this subject with just one
part of the New Testament when he says,
“Scarcely less distinct in the Psalms than in
the Johannine Writings is the clean-cut
distinction between sin and righteousness,
the wicked and the righteous.”15 The
prominence of this subject in Psalms is
supported by the repetition of such words as
these:
“righteous” and “righteousness”—over 130
times
“sin” and “iniquity”—at least 65 times16
“good” and “evil”—about 40 times each
“judgment” and its cognates—more than
100 times
E. PROPHECIES OF CHRIST
As noted earlier, the Messianic psalms
prophesy about the person and work of.
Christ. In many ways the prophecies
supplement what the New Testament
