Dr. Bruce Waltke, Psalms, Lecture 5, Psalm 4, Hebrew Poetry, Psalm 23
Bruce Waltke
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11 July 2016
20 August 2025
Biblical eLearning (https://biblicalelearning.org) and Biblical Training (https://www.biblicaltraining.org/book-of-psalms/bruce-waltke) present (audio is also available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6x4S7N4szzFzzVIwkjvF2s?si=c2ad26137e7246bc): Dr. Bruce Waltke on Psalms. A free Digital Psalms Course with multiple lecturers and resources is available at: https://biblicalelearning.org/old-testament/psalms-2/ Dr. Bruce Waltke after receiving a Th. D. from Dallas seminary and Ph. D. from Harvard University Dr. Waltke had an extensive teaching career spanning Dallas Seminary, Westminster Seminary and Regent Graduate School (Vancouver, BC). He has published numerous books and articles including: Hebrew Grammar, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Eisenbrauns), Proverbs (NICOT, 2 vols.), Micah (Tyndale Commentary Series), An Old Testament Theology (Zondervan), and with C. J. Fredricks Genesis (Zondervan) among others. He is currently publishing a series on Psalms with James Houston (The Psalms as Christian Lament and The Psalms as Christian Worship: An Historical Commentary (Eerdmans). This series was taped by Dr. Bill Mounce of biblicaltraining.org in conjunction with Ted Hildebrandt of biblicalelearning.org. This series is available on both web sites. The audio, full text in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and others are freely available at https://biblicalelearning.org. Also found there are AI-generated study guides, FAQs, and a dialogic audio Podcast summarizing the presentation. I invite you to click on the "CC" [Closed Captioning] to turn on/off the Closed Captioning option. Oultine: 00:22 A. Introduction: Accents and Music, SuperscriptsMizmor 5:42 B. Structure of Psalm 4 10:23 C. How did he know he was the king? 11:03 D. 3 Pairs of Admonitions in Psalm 4: 1) Tremble and sin not 14:52 E. Search Your Hearts 18:30 F. Third Pair of Admonitions: Trust I Am 20:00 G. People's Petition for Favor and King's Prayer 21:38 H. King's Sleep in Security 23:11 I. Application of Psalm 4 24:47 J. Extent of Hebrew Poetry 27:07 K. Approaches to Hebrew Poetry 28:38 L. Parallelism: Lowth's Approach 34:24 M. Moses as Prophet 39:09 M. Parallelism a la Lowth 46:00 O. Parallelism a la Kugel and Alter 51:47 P. Verification of Kugel's and Alter's Approach 1:04:29 Q. Psalm 23 1:14:32 End Dr. Waltke's teaching in audio format is now available on Spotify Podcasting playlist [Biblical eLearning - Ted Hildebrandt]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02YHtyKqEGyhfSQzdT2akp?si=aac7b84dbc824c0f
