#National Poetry Day

#National Poetry Day - A Christian poem of great note. 

http://bible.com/1/1ti.3.16.kjv

OLD TESTAMENT POETRY

GENESIS 49 - Jacob - one of the Fathers of the Nation of Israel - on his deathbed

EXODUS 15 - The Song of Israel post Egypt

NUMBERS 24:16-19 - Balaams prediction in poem

THE POETRY SECTION OF SCRIPTURE

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiasties

Job 14

“"Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil. "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. "You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself. "Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one! "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass. "Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man. "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. "Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil, At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant. "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he? " As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up, So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep. "Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me! "If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes. "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands. "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin. "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.”

Job 14:1-17 NASB

http://bible.com/100/job.14.1-17.nasb

NEW TESTAMENT POETRY

LUKE 1:46-55 The Magnificat - A Poem by Mary, the mother of Jesus

1 TIMOTHY 3:16

An early church poem summarising their belief about Jesus. 

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