Hebrew Poetic Acrostics, the Egyptian Hallel, and Lamenting the Loss of Liturgy

Bible in a Year Series - Day #148 - This post is part of a year-long series where we are reading chronologically through the Bible.  Click here to learn more.  You are most welcome to join along at any time. 

Today's text from the ESV Study Bible: Psalms 111-118.

Today, besides the text of these wonderful Psalms, we find that Psalms 111-112 go together and are wonderful examples of the Hebrew use of acrostics in their poetry.

Further, Psalms 113-118 are called the Egyptian Hallel and some scholars suggest that Christ and his disciples may have sang these after their Passover Meal.

I have often felt that the evangelical church suffers when the liturgical features of the early church are seemingly ignored.

I am not suggesting that the church must be operated by a liturgical dogma, but understanding that there exists something such as the Egyptian Hallel is, I think, profitable, and brings a different perspective on the prose.

OK!  I end my lament.

I enjoyed the Egyptian Hallel today, and in particular, I enjoyed the personalization found in the last stanza:

"You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!" (Psalm 118:28-29)