Psalm 23 is by far my favorite Psalm; it has gotten me through a lot in life. In this reflection paper I will be discussing what I think the psalm means, how it applies to life, the genre and set-up of the Psalm. I will first discuss what I think it means and how it has affected me. I think that Psalm 23 has a very powerful message for everyone as long as you are open to hearing it. I think it talks a lot about protection and not having to fear the things of the world. That God will be there to protect you through everything and will comfort you. The one line that stands out to me is “I will fear no evil, for you are with me;” (Psalms 23:4 New International Version). I think this is really powerful because it says I will fear nothing because I know that you are with me. I have used this Psalm and that verse many times to get through a hard time in life. My grandpa passed away three days into basic training. The only thing that comforted me was knowing that he was with me and would comfort me through this hard time. Now I will move on and talk about the genre of the Psalm, how it is set up and the format. …show more content…
It is showing that David trusts the Lord and has confidence in him and his word. Figures of speech are used multiple times in this Psalm. The first one that stands out to me is in verse 1 “In the word Shepherd, David uses the most comprehensive and intimate metaphor yet…” (Kidner, p 127). He uses the word Shepherd as a metaphor for the Lord himself. Another that I found is in verse 4, a metonymy is used the words rod and staff can be substituted for care and defense. In this paper we discussed many elements in Psalm 23 including what I think it means, how it applies, the genre and format of the psalm
St. Albans Psalter Psalm 68 is not long, but it does have lots of detailed material to study the author’s choice of language, and the power of the images that are being conveyed to the readers through an emotional and sentimental way. The simplicity of this psalm’s gives it power, since it expresses an emotional despair in a careful shaped prayer, which comes from a human being in what seems to be a life-threatening situation. In the image and the content, the psalmist’s travels an arc of desperation to salvation, in a vivid personal plea to Christ to save him from what seems to be a swirling vortex of hopelessness that threatens to pull him under forever.
Jane Shore builds the tension of the poem from beginning to end with descriptive figurative language such as metaphors and symbols of great significance. The reader is able to gain a sense of contrast from the vivid imagery of the torah and the plain clothing described by the speaker. She appeals to the readers’ general senses through her writing technique, bringing to life emotions that are hard to put into words. As the biblical references attain much of the poem the idea of significant determination to rise up and stand for yourself and your religion is acknowledged.
Psalm 89 of the Book of Psalms, advocates the message of consequentialism, foreground by man’s relationship with God, with direct lin...
When I first got this assignment I racked my brain for a topic that would interest me as well as something I could learn from. When I came across Alfred Lord Tennyson it sparked my interest and as I read on I decided that I would write about him. My next decision was to pick one of his poems to research. I finally chose In Memoriam I read the background on it and it interested me. In Memoriam is very long so I'm only going to discuss some it. But I want to begin by discussing the Victorian Doubt in God.
Psalm 113 reads like a 1st century pep talk for those with spiritual burnout. The writer makes his case for the Lord by pointing to the many ways that God earns our praise. These nine verses of scripture are saturated with three specific reasons to praise the Lord – He is Su...
Just as Adam and Eve sinned and ate an apple from the Garden of Eden, Jesus told us that he would sacrifice his life for us someday, and it would be his gift to us. Even though our sin seems as a barrier to our lives, we know that through God’s sacrifice, we can be transcended and made new. In the anonymous folk ballad, ‘’The Holy Well”, the poet uses thirteen quatrains with an ABCB rhyme scheme and does not follow a specific underlying rhyme pattern, as it is sporadic. When our lives are filled with compassion, we present the knowledge and understanding of God’s love on earth through what we do, what we say and how we act.
The first of our messages is one from the poem “The Wanderer”, which tells a message about religion and faith and how one must handle it. In “The Wanderer” the character is set out into the sea on a voyage and on the ...
In order to better appreciate the “Psalm of Nephi” as poetry, and to more clearly understand the elements of poetry it uses, it is helpful to set aside the traditional format found in the LDS standard works—numbered verses and two columns of text-- and separate the text into lines of poetry as they ...
This is to say that the combination of the two conflicting theologies actually resulted from the reality of living in a time of transition from one set of beliefs to the next. The poem’s melting together of Christian and pagan values reflects the time in which it was written, a period in which the virtues of one age began fading and another began to emerge.
In the introductory section, consisting of verses 1-5, David makes two claims: “(1) his innocence and (2) the sins of his enemies” (Spurgeon 28). When you read a Psalm by David, God is usually the subject of Praise and thanksgiving, but that is not the case here, God is instead the one who is being petitioned to do something. The plea that David makes for God to not remain silent in verse 1b is a cry for help. The basis for David’s petition is then given in verses 2-5:
Also, she reminisces the love for Christianity as a child and compares that love to suffering. The similarity of Christ dying on the cross and the suffering she feels in a way symbolizes strength. This strength is shown in the repetition of “I love thee”, these words are very powerful and send the message of how the speaker actually is. The speaker concludes that their love will not die as they do but it will ascend with them to heaven, “I love thee with the breath,/ Smile, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose,/ I shall but love thee better after death.”
This poem also grasps the concept of religion and how it plays a role in this work. The character sets himself on religion and makes that as his "sanctuary" from the sea. "Thus the joys of God are fervent wit...
The purpose of this paper, then, is to discuss Dickinson's poetry with reference to the Bible‹especially, the Book of Revelation. One of her poems poses a question: "To that etherial throng / Have not each one of us the rig...
For this reader, Hopkins has chosen the favorable mode of expression. The poetics of "The Windhover" reverberate with the resonance of the fundamental principle of the gospel: "The Windhover" represents "what oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed."
There is a very straight forward structure to this poem that contributes to the complexity and unity of the poem as a whole. The rhyme scheme follows a very straight forward ABAAB variation. This rhyme scheme flows throughout the poem with no variations and adds to the organic unity of the work. The meter of this work follows iambic tetrameter which, when read aloud, adds to the thoughtfulness of the speaker. However, the meter is interrupted during one line of the poem which reads, “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (line 16). This line brings attention to itself in order to alert the reader to the ambiguity of the statement, which will be discussed later. The poem itself is constructed with four stanzas with five lines in each stanza which adds to the unity by giving the poem a sense of a full circle and rounded out. Throughout the poem, the rhythm is slow and thoughtful, as if the speaker is reflecting on the choices that he has made in his lifetime. This slow rhythm adds a layer of complexity by demonstra...