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AllFaith Community Worship:
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Welcome to AllFaith.com and Beit Emunah's AllFaith Community Worship! We are a community of diverse people from different and unique backgrounds united in the belief that God is ONE and desires us to be of One Spirit.

We honor all faith traditions here. Each of our Sunday gatherings have a different focus. Today we are taking a look at the Tehilim, the Book of Psalms.

Psalm 1 The Psalms Project

What is a Psalm?

A psalm is a sacred song, hymn, or poem expressing our human emotions to God. Some Tehilim evoke our lamentations over our failings, while others bring out our joyful praises and thanksgivings to God. The Psalms are an anthology of Hebrew religious hymns written over a vast span of time, although most were written by David c circa 1040 BCE. Other Psalms are attributed to: The Psalms as we have them today number 150 according to both standard Jewish and Christian cannons. However there are more. Psalm 151 is included in some early Bibles, such as the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible, the Septuagint and the Orthodox Study Bible. It is considered Apocrypha in most Jewish and Protestant canons. Additionally, Psalms 152-155 also appear in some Syriac manuscripts and are considered the "Five Syriac Psalms" along with Psalm 151. Some of these additional psalms were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, indicating they were known in antiquity.

What all of the Psalms have in common is the hope and faith that one day God will send the Messiah and enlighten all people, and establish eternal blessings throughout the world. The Messiah and our redemption is therefore the heart of the Psalms as demonstraterd here:

Book of Psalms Summary Bible Project

With emunah, faith, in God all things are possible.

Psalm 91 Victory Boyd

Psalm 96 is a praise hymn and enthronement psalm that calls all people and all creation to worship One God as the universal hope, strength, and Creator of the universe. The Psalms were written in Evrit, Hebrew:

Psalm 96 n Evrit Aleph with Beth

David was a master of the lyre. When he composed the well-known 23rd Psalm it probably sounded like this:

Psalm 23 in Evrit on a lyre

Here's a nice modern revision of that Psalm that draws out it's intent:

Psalm 23 in English revisionAaron Shust

Please turn in our Beit Emunah Song book to page 26 for Adonay Mâlâch Adonai Reigns! Psalm 93

I just love the 23rd Tehillim:

Psalm 23 in Evrit Tim McNinch

We began today with Psalm 1. In our songbook on page 11, we now sing together the last Psalm 150, the Halleluyah. With you mics muted, let's sing this together.

Praises and Prayers to God.

We invite you to share your prayers with us and with God now. Hold those you would pray for in your heart and release them to GOD for healing and blessing as we sing, The Lord Bless you.

Let us join our hearts and minds. May One GOD hear our prayers and respond favorably to us and awaken us all to Light of Truth.

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