Music of

Chichester psalms:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester\_Psalms
• begin 4:00 min https://youtu.be/7Yhnml4DW9g
  7:18 ps. 2 comes in, then wrapping together, until
  9:30 second part, ps. 2
• Bernstein: Chichester psalms interweaving ps. 23 & 2?

monks of Gethsemani: good notes re. prayer\\

https://youtu.be/rfHxH1XrKos

• familiar gregorian ps. 150: https://youtu.be/W2D8rEx9Qqs

Bruce Cockburn: launch a rocket. imprecatory psalms

• https://youtu.be/N7vCww3j2-w

Challenge of poetry vs. prose

Compare 2 translations:

• comparing translations
• again compare Rumi translations:

Rumi translations

• Which best?

Hebrew slow reading of psalm 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EMv0TtIhd0

• psalm 1 with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/9pSe4xLNMmI
• psalm 1 with English better rendering

psalm 119 in Hebrew

• https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119

Everyday life …

Rule of St. Benedict: http://www.osb.org/rb/text/toc.html

• Therefore we must prepare our hearts and our bodies
  to do battle under the holy obedience of His commands;
  and let us ask God …

Little gidding

• Richard Ferrar: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicholas-Ferrar

Terry waite

Psalms as survival tool

• http://www.newsweek.com/i-know-ill-get-through-192888
• http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/24/books/kidnapped-in-beirut.html?pagewanted=all

Overview from text

Israelite poetry

• parallelism
• symbol
• Metaphor
  • spare language
  • everyday life
  • David & God

Features of Psalms

• ancient music
• 150 psalms (box p. 223)
• titles, notes etc.
• 2 main types:
  • Praise
  • Lament

Near Eastern Context

Classic studies?

Resources

Reflections on the Psalms by C. S. Lewis

Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Have each of students read a psalm and talk about its thrust, meaning, etc. cf. https://bible.org/series/psalm-all-seasons-studies-book-psalms

http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1548 (overview)