Wisdom Psalms 1*, 36*, 37, 49, 73, 112, 127, 128, 133

Torah Psalms 1*, 19:7-14, 119

33,89,95

  Wisdom Psalms are so called because they share features with the Wisdom traditions of the Old Testament (Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes) in terms of literary structures, vocabulary, and concepts. They frequently deal with topics such as the injustices of life and the justice of God, the responsibilities of choosing the correct path or manner of living, the relative value of riches, and the transitory nature of human existence.

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Here is one list by Dr. Douglas Stuart that identifies ten different types of Psalms…

http://www.gordonconwell.edu/academics/view-faculty-member.cfm?faculty_id=15891&grp_id=8946

7.   Wisdom Psalms (x/y) 1, 36, 37, 49, 73, 112, 127, 128, 133

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Conclusion - Wisdom in the Psalms joins the instruction of wisdom with the praise of the Lord.  Both of these themes are themes of redemption, theme of the restoration of man from the Fall.  This should mean to us that the Lord Jesus is everywhere in the Psalms.

1.  What is Wisdom

When a man, after the Fall, comes to fear God, the Lord takes him back to the Garden and begins the reversal of the original exchange he made -   In the first exchange,  Adam and Eve exchanged God's wisdom for man's wisdom.  Now the Lord opens his heart and he exchanges his own worldly wisdom for the wisdom of God.  Now he is able to see God's renewing world correctly and handle the issues of life with trust in God.  He sees that God is actively restoring the creation that was ruined in the first exchange.  All of the teaching of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes amounts to this bottom line - restoration.

2.  How does wisdom become praise? 

This is a bad question, almost as if we were trying to fit an oversized foot into a small shoe.  Actually, it fits perfectly.  The problem is our lack of understanding.  The very presence of wisdom in the Psalter proves that wisdom is fitting within the praises of the Psalter.  The presence of wisdom in man is a signal that God is present and renewing his world by his grace.  That is cause for praise. 

3.  Teaching, an identifier of wisdom.

If you look at some proverbs, or what is identified as wisdom in the psalms, it is often labeled as 'didactic' or 'teaching'.  That is because it tells you how things are or ought to be and uses the language of instruction to do so.  Look at Psa 34: 11-22.  The psalms tells his hearer that he is going to 'teach' him, vs. 11.  In vs. 12 he reveals the consequence of listening to this teaching - if you love life and desire to see good days, and in the rest of the verses gives the pathway one has to take to achieve that.  Well, that is wisdom instruction, giving both the way and the consequence of fearing the Lord.

4.  The Differences between Wisdom Psalms and Other Types of Psalms

a.  Wisdom is instruction, the others are praise

b.  Wisdom is wise men teaching other men wisdom, the others are man speaking praise to      God.

Mudroslovna literatura Biblie:

Text je podobny mudrosloviu v knihe Job, Prislovia, / Eccl./Kazatel. a Piesen piesni.

Podobnost: obsah, styl a slovnik.

Hovoria o poriadku vo vesmire, vo svete, ktory ked sa zachovava, clovek ziskava pozehnanie. Ak sa porusuje, prichadza trest.

Sluzia ako vychovne texty. Hovoria o vyzname a dolezitosti ZISKAT MUDROST, stat sa mudrym.

Klucovym elementov celej mudroslovnej literatury, a teda aj zalmov mudroslovia v Biblii je BAZEN pred BOHOM.

a/Vseobecna mudrost alebo

b/ Zakon / tora/

Mnohi tu zaraduju aj zalmy tykajuce sa Tory, pretoze mudrost je zachovavanie zakonov Tory.