The psalms are poetry intended to be set to music and prayer intended to be prayed in worship. In ancient Israel, music and poetry were the means by which the people expressed the deepest emotions of their hearts. Through joy and tragedy, faith and failure, people sang and spoke to God through the Psalm The primary purpose for the psalms is to be a vehicle for the expression of God's people in worship. The psalms …showed first 75 words of 449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 449 total…to God for answering the prayer. Thanksgiving Psalms These psalms are also called psalms of declarative praise. Their arrangement is different from the laments: Proclamation to praise God, usually expressed by "I will praise . . ."; Introductory statement of what God has done; Report of deliverance in which the psalmist explains that he cried out, the Lord heard, and the Lord delivered him; Renewed vow of praise where praise actually occurs; Descriptive praise or instruction of others.