1. Interpreting the Psalms understanding the beauty of biblical poetry

2. Poetic Terminology Metaphor: Comparison between two seeming unlike things (more direct)

3. Poetic Terminology Metaphor: Comparison between two seeming unlike things (more direct) Simile: Comparison between two seeming unlike things using “like” or “as”

4. Poetic Terminology Metaphor: Comparison between two seeming unlike things (more direct) Simile: Comparison between two seeming unlike things using “like” or “as” Personification: Attributing human characteristics to non-human or inanimate objects

5. Poetic Terminology Metaphor: Comparison between two seeming unlike things (more direct) Simile: Comparison between two seeming unlike things using “like” or “as” Personification: Attributing human characteristics to non-human or inanimate objects Apostrophe: A direct address to someone or something absent as though they were present and capable of listening

6. Poetic Terminology Metonymy: The substitution of one word for another word closely associated with it.

7. Poetic Terminology Metonymy: The substitution of one word for another word closely associated with it. Synecdoche: When a part is used to stand for the whole.

8. Poetic Terminology Metonymy: The substitution of one word for another word closely associated with it. Synecdoche: When a part is used to stand for the whole. Hyperbole: Conscious exaggeration for the sake of effect.

9. Poetic Terminology Metonymy: The substitution of one word for another word closely associated with it. Synecdoche: When a part is used to stand for the whole. Hyperbole: Conscious exaggeration for the sake of effect. Paradox: An apparent contradiction that, upon analysis, can be seen to express a truth (the reader has the obligation to resolve the conflict).

10. Types of Psalms Lyric Poems: a short poem, often intended to be sung, that expresses the thoughts and especially the feelings of a speaker. Personal and Subjective Reflective and Emotional Concentrated and Compressed Response to Stimulus Structure: 1.Statement of theme 2.Development of theme 3.Resolution

11. Types of Psalms Lyric Poems Lament Praise Worship Psalms (songs of Zion) Nature Poems Psalms of Ascent

12. Types of Psalms Lyric Poems Love Poems: Song of Solomon

13. Types of Psalms Lyric Poems Love Poems Encomium: - a lyric that praises either an abstract quality or a general character type.

14. Psalm 1 1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in the law of the L ORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the L ORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.

15. Types of Psalms Lyric Poems Lament: Praise: Worship Psalms (songs of Zion): Nature Poems: Psalms of Ascent: Love Poems: Songs of Solomon Encomium: - a lyric that praises either an abstract quality or a general character type.