Psalm

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Commentary on Psalm 46

Psalm 46 is a community hymn that is more specifically classified as a “Song of Zion.”1 While [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 1

This deceptively simple psalm serves as the introduction to the Psalter and sets before us, the readers, [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 96:1-9 [10-13]

“It’s like those miserable psalms. They’re so depressing.” At least, [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 23

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

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Commentary on Psalm 80:7-15

Psalm 80 is a communal lament.1 It seems have been written in response to a [...]

Commentary on Psalm 25:1-9

Are we teachable? Can we change? Can we grow into the image of God in [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 145:1-8

Psalm 145 occurs just before the five-psalm doxological close to the book of Psalms (Psalms [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 103:[1-7] 8-13

Psalm 103, a masterful and well-loved composition, is classified as [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 119:33-40

Reading Psalm 119, one can appreciate why Jesus’ contemporaries objected to his ambivalence about the [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 26:1-8

Psalm 26 is a sturdy prayer that can be prayed by any individual at any [...]