Psalm

Toddler reaching hand into puddle
Commentary on Psalm 54

Perhaps you’ve heard the old saw, “Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh” [...]

Cross alongside road on mountain pass
Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 24B) is the only instance of Psalm 116:1-9 as [...]

Elder adults sitting together on boardwalk
Commentary on Psalm 146

Psalm 146 opens a collection of five hallelujah psalms at the end of the book of Psalms [...]

Dear standing in forest
Commentary on Psalm 15

What makes a good guest?1 At summer’s end, when many people are returning from visits with family [...]

Stay Awhile sign on bookshelf
Commentary on Psalm 34:15-22

With the concluding verses of Psalm 34, the author has returned to the subject matter [...]

dried fish on a board
Commentary on Psalm 34:9-14

Last Sunday’s Psalm lection (34:1-8) contained some of the typical features of individual Psalms of [...]

Commentary on Psalm 34:9-14

Commentary is forthcoming for this text.

hands clasped in mutuality
Commentary on Psalm 34:1-8

Music has a way of provoking memories of events long forgotten.1 Acting as aural time [...]

Silhouetted figures on hill at sunset
Commentary on Psalm 78:23-29

When one approaches an abstract painting by any one of the 20th century abstract painters—Mark [...]

bread baked with crosses on top
Commentary on Psalm 145:10-18

The main subject of Psalm 145 is the eternal kingship of the Lord.1 The psalm [...]