Tag: psalms

A couple weeks ago, the topic of Hermeneutics was Psalms during our Wednesday night fellowship. Much of it was taken from Gordon Fee’s “How to read the Bible for All Its Worth.”

Uniqueness of Psalms

• They are God’s word (is word supposed to be capitalized?) written in the form of words directed to God.
• They are poetic and therefore need a different type of interpretation
• Not meant as a specific doctrine
• Meant to be emotional so it requires an emotional “softness” to fully experience
• Each psalm operates more as its own unit and less as a whole book
• There are different types of psalms written for different purposes

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