Commentary on Psalm 43
Hermann Gunkel, famous for his work on the psalms,1 once noted, “The individual complaint songs form the basic [...]
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Commentary on Psalm 46
Psalm 46 is a community hymn that is more specifically classified as a “Song of Zion.”1 While [...]
Commentary on Psalm 1
This deceptively simple psalm serves as the introduction to the Psalter and sets before us, the readers, [...]
Commentary on Psalm 96:1-9 [10-13]
“It’s like those miserable psalms. They’re so depressing.” At least, [...]
Commentary on Psalm 23
Many of us can only hear the first line of the psalm in the King James Version: [...]
Commentary on Psalm 80:7-15
Psalm 80 is a communal lament.1 It seems have been written in response to a [...]
Commentary on Psalm 25:1-9
Are we teachable? Can we change? Can we grow into the image of God in [...]
Commentary on Psalm 145:1-8
Psalm 145 occurs just before the five-psalm doxological close to the book of Psalms (Psalms [...]
Commentary on Psalm 103:[1-7] 8-13
Psalm 103, a masterful and well-loved composition, is classified as [...]
Commentary on Psalm 119:33-40
Reading Psalm 119, one can appreciate why Jesus’ contemporaries objected to his ambivalence about the [...]
