Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

The Ancient Hymnbook -- The Psalms

Peter Combes – December 17, 2000

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

  1. In Psalm 2, the anointed one appears to be:
  1. the coming Messiah
  2. the King of Persia
  3. the King of Israel
  4. the King of Judah
2.    In Psalm 18, God rides on: 
  1. a cherub
  2. eagle's wings
  3. the wings of the wind
  4. a white horse
3.    The silent sufferer is a famous image from Isaiah.  The image also occurs in Psalm:
  1. 31
  2. 39
  3. 42
  4. 45
4.     Psalm 50 appears to reject:
  1. marriage
  2. sacrifices
  3. tithing
  4. graven images
5.    Psalm 66 indicates the God is involved with:
  1. Israel only
  2. Judah only
  3. Israel and its allies only
  4. all nations
6.    Psalm 82 indicates that the Sons of God are:
  1. divine incarnations
  2. descendants of angels
  3. special creations
  4. everybody
7.    Psalm 95 is famous in the Anglican church as the:
  1. Venite
  2. Nunc Dimittis
  3. Te Deum
  4. Benedictus
8.   Psalm 110 was used by Jesus to argue that:
  1. the Messiah was a son of David
  2. the Messiah was not a son of David
  3. the Messiah was a son of Melchizedek
  4. the Messiah was a son of Gideon
9.   " He who keeps Israel........":
  1. will shatter kings in the day of his wrath
  2. will gather her young as a shepherd gathers his sheep
  3. is enthroned in the heavens
  4. will neither slumber nor sleep
10.   The image in Psalm 140 that is reminiscent of the Book of Enoch is:
  1. pits for the wicked
  2. coals of fire on one's head
  3. snares for the righteous
  4. snake's venom on men's lips