Psalm

Elijah taken up to heaven
Commentary on Psalm 16

In recent years, Psalms scholarship has been inclined to attend more carefully to the sequencing of the [...]

Harvest in Provence
Commentary on Psalm 66:1-9

Chosen for a Sunday toward the end of the liturgical season of Ordinary Time that [...]

Harvest in Provence
Commentary on Psalm 66:1-9

As suggested in last week’s essay on Psalm 16, the sequencing of psalms sometimes seems intentional, [...]

The Good Samaritan
Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10

Psalm 25 may qualify as a poetic epitome of teaching ministry of the church. The [...]

The Good Samaritan
Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10

The Good Samaritan text for this Sunday is the equivalent of a fastball right down [...]

Cold Spring
Commentary on Psalm 49:1-12

So here is the hard truth. The one that the psalmist doesn’t really want to [...]

Cold Spring
Commentary on Psalm 49:1-12

“The One Who Dies with the Most Toys Wins.” Forgive my crude attempt at upending [...]

Visit of Three Angels
Commentary on Psalm 15

Psalm 15 is usually categorized as an entrance liturgy. The mention of God’s “tent” in v. 1 [...]

Visit of Three Angels
Commentary on Psalm 15

Our question was, “How do we get into this place?” A half-dozen of us were seeking entrance [...]

Blind Man's Meal
Commentary on Psalm 34:9-14

How many times a day do you use the phrase “It’s all good?”1 It’s an [...]