Songs for Weary Shepherds

Psalm 134:1-3 | Transcription: So if you just read Psalm one thirty four, you noticed one thing right away. It's short. The Greeks were known for memorizing massive, massive poems, the Aeneid, which is ten thousand lines of poetry. It was almost a rite of passage for any Greek gentleman, although they did not use the word gentleman, but for any Greek man of dignity to have memorized most, if not all, of the Aeneid. Ten thousand lines. It was typical for both Greeks and Romans

Psalm 110:1-7 | Transcription: Some one hundred and ten. Yahweh says to my Lord, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool. Yahweh sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power in holy garments from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. Yahweh has sworn and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizede

Psalm 118 | Transcription: This morning. In our worship, we are looking at Psalm one hundred and eighteen. It is a very long text, but an incredible psalm. And so I think we would cheat ourselves if we didn't read the whole thing. So indeed, I'm going to read the entirety of Psalm one hundred and eighteen. Let me invite you to look at Psalm one hundred and eighteen and follow with me as I read from God's Word beginning in verse one, the Word of God says this. O give thanks to

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Psalm 132:1-8 | Transcription: We're starting an advent series called songs for Weary Shepherds. And the idea behind this is behind this series that we'll go now through Christmas Eve is that there are. The shepherds came to Jesus's birth and sang songs when when he was born. And so we don't know what songs they sang, but we know that they had many of the psalms memorized. And so it is likely that the song sung by those shepherds on that first Christmas morning would have bee