Psalm

Judean wilderness
Commentary on Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13

The opening line of this psalm is indicative of its [...]

Commentary on Psalm 98

Psalm 98 invites hearers and readers into a new frame of reflection about the activity of God.1 [...]

Commentary on Psalm 97

The first line of Psalm 97 marks it as one of several “enthronement psalms” found in the [...]

Commentary on Psalm 96

The Lord is king!1 One of the most consistent, counter-cultural, and evangelical messages of the Bible is [...]

Rooster crowing
Commentary on Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19

God has seemingly turned God’s face away. So distant, so [...]

Detail from mural depicting Christ in Majesty in the apse of Vä Church. Romanesque period.
Commentary on Psalm 95:1-7a

If you are considering this psalm selection for Christ the King/Reign of Christ Sunday, one [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12

In ancient Israel, crisis brought a response of gathering at [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 34:1-10, 22

Psalm 34 belongs to the so-called wisdom psalms in the [...]

Detail from English Alabaster Panel depicting Christ's Resurrection, Late 14th Century.
Commentary on Psalm 70

Psalm 70 is a prayer from an individual, almost a kind of sigh from this person of [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 43

Hermann Gunkel, famous for his work on the psalms,1 once noted, “The individual complaint songs form the basic [...]