Many moments in life, whether moments of joy, sorrow, reverence, strength, wisdom, worship, or petition, require a way of communication that goes beyond normal everyday means. Poetry uses imagery, repetition, contrast, structure, and thought to become more meaningful and powerful than it can be expressed through other means. Psalms, which are defined as sacred songs sung with musical accompaniment (Vines 497), fascinate us and use elements of poetry to help us learn moral lessons and draw closer to God. Tremper Longman III, who wrote How to Read the Psalms, writes: “For their frankness, directness, intensity, and intimacy, they are without equal in all Scripture. » (cover), speaking of the Psalms. Psalm 59 helps us know God by telling us of David's experiences and thoughts in his dealings with Saul to help us identify with him and bring glory to God through his use of poetic devices. There are few things that don't change over time. . Most things, like rivers, the human body, and society, for example, are a matrix of complex, ever-changing factors; this is not true of God. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, as Hebrews 13:8 teaches. He is and always will be the same God who was before the beginning. The state of constant is rare in the world we live in, but there is one thing that is constant other than God, and that is emotion. Emotion has affected and influenced every person who has ever lived and will ever live, and that is emotion. From birth, we experience feelings of anger, excitement, happiness, sadness, fear and kindness. God gave us emotions, as well as guidelines for managing them. We know that God also has emotions, because so many verses in the Bible describe God expressing feelings such as love, tenderness...... middle of paper ...... experiences and thoughts in his relationships with Saul in order to help us identify with him and bring glory to God through his use of poetic devices. Works Cited Coffman, James Burton. "Commentary on Psalm 59:1". Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testaments. . Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. 1983-1999. Internet. February 27, 2014.James Strong. Strong's Complete Concordance of the Bible. Iowa Falls: World Bible, 1986. Print. Longman, Dip. How to read the Psalms. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988. Print. “Psalms 59 (King James Version). » Blue Letter Bible. Sowing Circle. Web. February 28, 2014..Vine, WE, Merrill F. Unger and William White. Vine's Complete Explanatory Dictionary of the Old and New Testaments: with Thematic Index. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1996. Print..