Liturgical/Pilgrimage Psalms

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Liturgical/PilgrimagePsalms
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Psalm 84
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Psalm 84

• 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD
  Almighty!
• 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of
  the LORD
• my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  
• 3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
• and the swallow a nest for herself,
• where she may have her young--a place near your
  altar,
• O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
• 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house
• they are ever praising you. Selah
• 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
• who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
• 6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
• they make it a place of springs
• the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
• 7 They go from strength to strength,
• till each appears before God in Zion.
• 8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty
• listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah

YHWH Sabaoth ??????? ?????????
Plea to God
Joy of presence
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Psalm 84

• 8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty
• listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
• 9 Look upon our shield, O God
• look with favor on your anointed one.
• 10 Better is one day in your courts
• than a thousand elsewhere
• I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my
  God
• than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield
• the LORD bestows favor and honor
• no good thing does he withhold
• from those whose walk is blameless.
• 12 O LORD Almighty,
• blessed is the man who trusts in you.

YHWH Sabaoth ??????? ?????????

• Plea to God

Reason for trust and prayer
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Psalms 120-134

• Songs of Ascents
• ?????? ????????????? (shir hamaalot) "song of
  the goings up"
• Pilgrimage or celebration of pilgrimage
• "Jerusalem" and "Zion"
• Singular and Plural references
• Liturgical references (invitations, professions,
  benedictions)
• Concerns of normal national life suggest
  "ordinary persons" (McCann)

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Psalm 122

• 1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
• "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
• 2 Our feet are standing in your gates, O
  Jerusalem.
• 3 Jerusalem is built like a city
• that is closely compacted together.
• 4 That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of
  the LORD,
• to praise the name of the LORD
• according to the statute given to Israel.
• 5 There the thrones for judgment stand,
• the thrones of the house of David.
• 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
• "May those who love you be secure.
• 7 May there be peace within your walls
• and security within your citadels."
• 8 For the sake of my brothers and friends,
• I will say, "Peace be within you."
• 9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
• I will seek your prosperity.

The goal!

• The focus

Peaceshalom???????
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Psalm 15
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Psalm 15

• Eternal One, who is invited to stay in Your
  dwelling? Who is granted passage to Your holy
  mountain?
• Here is the answer The one who lives with
  integrity, does what is right, and speaks
  honestly with truth from the heart.
• The one who doesnt speak evil against others or
  wrong his neighbor, or slander his friends. The
  one who loathes the loathsome, honors those who
  fear the Eternal, and keeps all promises no
  matter the cost. The one who does not lend money
  with gain in mind and cannot be bought to harm an
  innocent name.
• If you live this way, you will not be shaken and
  will live together with the Lord.

Presence
Focus
Invitees?
Goal?
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Psalm 24
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Psalm 24

• 1 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it,
  the world, and all who live in it 2 for he
  founded it upon the seas and established it upon
  the waters. 3 Who may ascend the hill of the
  LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 He who
  has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not
  lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is
  false.5 He will receive blessing from the LORD
  and vindication from God his Savior. 6 Such is
  the generation of those who seek him, who seek
  your face, O God of Jacob.

Presence
Focus
Goal?
Invitees?
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Psalm 24

• 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates be lifted up,
  you ancient doors, that the King of glory may
  come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD
  strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9
  Lift up your heads, O you gates lift them up,
  you ancient doors, that the King of glory may
  come in. 10 Who is he, this King of glory? The
  LORD Almighty--he is the King of glory.

Presence
Focus
Plea?
Audience?
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Psalm 24