Budavári Evangélikus Egyházközség (Táncsics M. u. 28. Kápolna) Thursday May 7th 6 pm Topic: The Psalms

1. OPENING PRAYER

Father in heaven, / when we read your Word / let it not be merely knowledge. / Let it become truth in our lives. / Give us courage / to obey / what we have understood / and humility/where we do not yet understand. — Søren Kierkegaard

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE PSALMS (PPT).

What are the Psalms? Psalms quoted by Jesus and the Evangelists in the 4 gospels (PPT)

3. LISTENING OF THE COVERDALE PSALMS READ BY PAUL EDMONDSON

https://soundcloud.com/pauledmondson/sets/psalms Text: https://ia600607.us.archive.org/14/items/Elijah%20Elisha/Psalms.pdf

3. READING PSALM 1 IN THE KING JAMES’ BIBLE

HOW to use the EBO: Click: ebo.kre.hu; Click up right: „EN", Left: Bibles; Roll down: King James Bible; Click: Genesis; Roll down: Psalms

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

4. DISCUSSING PSALM 1

a) Words (Latin motto Beatus vir qui non abiit “has not gone away”) b) Other Translations (?) “Blessed” or “Happy”? c) Imagery (“way”, “water”, “tree”, “river”, „fruit", „chaff", “wind”) d) References to the same images in the Bible e) Spiritual Significance

5. MEDIEVAL ICONOGRAPHY

WA FRANV The medieval moral diagram often called the “Y of Life” (split / fork in the road) Cf. “The Choice of Hercules”: Two Women: Vice / Virtue (Xenophon) Parabolae Salomonis (“Parables of Solomon”),

In Proverbs 9: these two women symbolize two paths:

1. Woman Wisdom (the good choice), Proverbs 9:1, 5-6 (KJV): „Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding."
2. The Foolish / Strange Woman (the bad choice) Proverbs 9:13, 17-18 (KJV): „Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant…But he (!) knoweth not that the dead are there that he guests are there in the depth of hell."

Also earlier: Proverbs 7:21-23 (KJV): With her much fair speech she caused him to yield. Till a dart strike through his liver…

6. VISUAL COMMENTARY OF SCRIPTURE

https://thevcs.org/

7. WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE PSALM?

(Use: ebo.kre.hu/King James Version)

8. PSALM 1 IN THE GENEVAN PSALTER (with contemporary instruments)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOQOZBR3eR0 Tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxmGx57CSA

9. CLOSING PRAYER

We thank you, / Heavenly Father, / For your holy Word, / Write it in our hearts / by your Spirit./ Guard us from forgetting it / when we return / to our daily tasks. / Let it strengthen our faith / and guide our lives. Source: Luther’s catechetical prayer themes; cf. Small Catechism (1529).