Compare and Contrast Psalms and Proverbs
The first memory I have of the book of Psalms is my Pastor saying “Turn to Psalms located in the middle of the bible.” Psalms became the first book of the bible I knew how to find instantly. The next memory I have of the book of Psalms is chapter 23, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Taking this class I have learned what the book of Psalms is about. The purpose of the book of Psalms was to express the divine word spoken in rather than to man, to reveal the character of God through the praise, complaint and exhortation of God’s people so that the reader may be willing to submit himself to the Lord, to enable the reader to come into contact with God through the expression of the common, subjective daily experiences of others, to encourage one’s confidence in God’s faithfulness by the words of others when one’s own life experiences do not seem to support that faith, to affirm the certainty of God’s future rule on earth through the line of David wherein the righteous will be blessed and the wicked will be judged, to provide a worship hymnal and a devotional guide for the Temple-centered Jewish faith, and to encourage believers to enjoy God and his benefits. This book is mostly written by David. (Calvin, 37) It is broken up into 5 books, the latter being more of the worship songs. Psalms are closer to poetry than it is wisdom. Proverbs is more wisdom than it is poetry. Nevertheless, Psalms express the one sided expression of the heart of man towards God while expressing fear, sorrow, despair, hope, praise, and skills of life. The book of Psalms is broken up into five books. Book one discusses how God’s blesses humans, how we fall, and how he redeems us. Book two describes how the nation was ruined and then recovered. We are showed how we don’t have to solve our own problems because we can go to God for help. Book three praises God and all of his holiness. Book four shows us how we should remember our...