EXPOSITORY OUTLINE SERIES THE BOOK OF PSALMS

1 EXPOSITORY OUTLINE SERIESTHE book OF PSALMSINTRODUCTIONPSALMS: The Greek word is "psalmos", from the Hebrew word "zmr" meaning "to pluck"; , taking hold of the strings of an instrument with the fingers. It implies that the PSALMS wereoriginally composed to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. AUTHORS: Most of the PSALMS were written by King David with the exception of thefollowing:-Asaph:50; 73-83-Heman:88-Ethan:89-Solomon:l27-Mose s:90-Hezekiah:l20, l2l,l23,l25,l26,l28-l30,l32, l34-Author Unknown:1, 10, 33, 43, 66, 67, 7l, 9l-94, 96-l00, l02, l04, l06, l07, 111-119,l35, l36, 137, l46-l50 TO WHOM: The book of PSALMS was written to Israel--but the book has been used for devotion,prayer, and praise by believers down through the centuries. It is a powerful book for personalpraise and worship. The Personalized PSALMS , which is a separate part of this study, will enableyou to use each psalm as a personal prayer, praise, or petition to : The book of PSALMS was known as the hymn book of Israel.

Jesus used the psalms (Luke 24:44-47), as did the Apostle Peter (Acts 2:25-28,34-35). CHARACTERISTICS OF HEBREW POETRY: The Psalms are classic Hebrew poetry and to better understand them, it is important to have some knowledge of Hebrew poetry: 1. Parallelism: There are several kinds of parallelism in Psalms:

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