Psalm

grapes on vine in sunlight
Commentary on Psalm 22:25-31

Anne Lamott has famously said, “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if [...]

lamb in green field
Commentary on Psalm 23

Many of us can only hear the first line of the Psalm in the King James Version [...]

cross on blue sky horizon
Commentary on Psalm 22

Psalm 22 is a prayer of complaint that, perhaps more than any psalm, serves as a link [...]

fish on broiler
Commentary on Psalm 4

Commentary is forthcoming for this text.

Man spraying water into the air
Commentary on Psalm 133

Psalm 133 is a Song of Ascents—a song for going up to a high place.1 For the [...]

round stone in obscuring tomb entry
Commentary on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24

Psalm 118 is the psalm of psalms for the Easter [...]

bare feet on black background
Commentary on Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

The psalm text appointed for Maundy Thursday worship contains some [...]

hand stroking colt's head
Commentary on Psalm 31:9-16

Psalm 31 is one of three psalms that appear prominently in the story of Jesus’ [...]

Mural of silhouette girl reaching out; birds flying upward
Commentary on Psalm 51:1-12

Psalm 51 is, by any measure, one of the best-known and most often read penitential [...]

bird silhouette in twilight
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22

The appointed psalm comprises two sections of the lengthy song [...]