Psalm

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Commentary on Psalm 138

Psalm 138 is a song of thanksgiving in individual style. The opening line, “I give you thanks” [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 71:1-6

Psalm 71 is a prayer for help by an individual. Psalms of this type typically [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 19

Epiphany and the days surrounding it celebrate the “appearance” or “manifestation” (the meaning of the name’s Greek [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 36:5-10

Psalm 36:5-10 contains some of the most beautiful language of any psalm in the Psalter, [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 29

Psalm 29 is a hymn that praises God as ruler of the universe. Like other hymns, this [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

The Greek meaning of “epiphany” means to reveal or uncover.1 [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10

Happy New Year! The Christian church begins its year, just as the secular calendar is [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 147:12-20

Psalm 147 is classified as a Community Hymn—a hymn of the people that celebrates God’s [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 148

The bloom is off the rose and it is not even New Year’s Day. The tree is [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 97

Christianity is, in many ways, a faith built on paradoxes.1 Old and New Testaments alike bear witness [...]