Psalm

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Commentary on Psalm 112

What do people want from life?  When asked, a lot of us will say something like “Happiness.”  [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 103:1-8

Psalm 103 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm in which a [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 82:1-8

Psalm 81 is a hymn with a prophetic warning pleading for faithfulness from the covenant [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 33:12-22

Preaching Psalm 33 is likely to be a challenge for any preacher who has an [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 49:1-12

As1 Brueggemann and Bellinger say about Psalm 49, “The psalm is particularly important and surely [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 138

In Hebrew, the name for the book of Psalms is tehillim, or “praises,” because from beginning to [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 15

The question posed by Psalm 15:1 in two parallel clauses—“O LORD, who may abide in your tent? [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10

Psalm 25 is an alphabetic acrostic poem.1 Though its structure is obvious in Hebrew, it [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 66:1-9

This is a psalm about God’s awesome deeds for the people of God.1 Overhearing the [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 16

Life comes with the blessing of choices, although some philosophers have endeavored to make us think of [...]