Psalm Analysis

Psalm 8:

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This Psalm is about praising God for all animals on the earth, and praising God’s greatness. It is about praising God for how great he is and all the things he has done on the earth.

2. The tone of the first verse is just praise and adoration toward God. It sets the tone for the rest of the psalm because the rest of it is about praising God’s greatness and such. When the first phrase is repeated it sets great emphasis on the rest of the psalm by putting even more emphasis on the praise of God.

4. Poetry is a good way of expressing praise because it can sound especially dramatic, and overemphasizes things when they are repeated. It is also good because writing good poems can take a lot of effort and be very thoughtful.

Psalm 19:

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This psalm is about the speech or the teachings of God. It also talks about how God’s judgment is more desired than Gold. It is weird though because it seems like the psalm is a combination of two different ones. It seems like this because the praise and the direction of the psalm is toward two completely different subjects.

1. The first part of the psalm praises God’s speech, and the call of the heavens. The second part of the psalm, on the other hand, praises the righteousness of God. It praises God’s judgment, and the fear of him.

Psalm 23:

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This psalm is talking about how God is a leader, and shows the way through life. It also talks about how if God is followed through life, then you will live in his house after death, meaning heaven.

5. This showing that God is like a shepherd is like in David and Goliath, when David says that God will lead him through the struggles forthcoming. This is the same as showing that God is a shepherd because the shepherd leads and guards his flock through hardships.

6. This psalm is recited in a person’s final moments of life to help them remember that God is with them, and that he will guide them to his house.

Psalm 137:

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This psalm is from the viewpoint of a person who was kidnapped from Jerusalem, who is being forced to sing by his captors. This reminds him of Jerusalem and saddens him because they are in a strange land that is unaccustomed to God.

1. This situation is different because the one who wrote it is mourning instead of worshiping. He is still praising God, but he is not praising his greatness in writing in the psalm. The problem this presents is that they aren’t able to praise God out loud, and was being suppressed by their captors – who don’t believe in God.

2. This psalm would appeal to God’s pity and mercy. This is because the people are mourning about no being able to praise him openly.