Commentary on Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Psalm 80’s thrice-repeated refrain (vv. 3, 7, 19) is a [...]
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Commentary on Psalm 119:1-8
Christians generally have not been in love with Psalm 119. It is too long: 187 [...]
Commentary on Psalm 46
“A Mighty Fortress is Our God”–the hymn, which according to Ulrich Leupold, “more than any other epitomizes [...]
Commentary on Psalm 126
The psalm selected for the Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost, for those traditions and congregations that do [...]
Commentary on Psalm 91:9-16
The psalm text for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is the “promise” section of the [...]
Commentary on Psalm 90:12-17
This week’s psalm selection is the closing section of one of the great lyrics of [...]
Commentary on Psalm 8
A problem with our hearing of Psalm 8, as with so many other biblical texts, may be [...]
Commentary on Psalm 19:7-14
The lectionary tries to steal this psalm from us, but we don’t need to let [...]
Commentary on Psalm 54
Why the passion of this psalm? Why its sharp, even repellant characterization of the enemies? Why the [...]
Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9
In the lectionary portion of Psalm 116, we do not get to the question of [...]