Psalm

The Lamp
Commentary on Psalm 33:12-22

God Watches. We Wait. I’m showing my age by saying that I grew up listening [...]

In the Vineyard
Commentary on Psalm 82:1-8

In Psalm 82, the poetic imagination of the Psalmist conjures a mythic heavenly court. This [...]

In the Vineyard
Commentary on Psalm 82:1-8

“The gods may be crazy . . . but they are definitely unjust!” Psalm 82 [...]

Christ Healing the Crippled Woman
Commentary on Psalm 103:1-8

Psalm 103 begins as a shout. “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” It is an [...]

Christ Healing the Crippled Woman
Commentary on Psalm 103:1-8

Psalm 103 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm in which a [...]

The Poor Invited to the Feast
Commentary on Psalm 112

Psalm 112 is an alphabetic acrostic that presents us, the readers, with a totalizing view of its [...]

The Poor Invited to the Feast
Commentary on Psalm 112

The lectionary readings for this Sunday offer a variety of preachable texts. The Gospel is the story [...]

Delicate - Artisanal Hands X
Commentary on Psalm 1

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

Delicate - Artisanal Hands X
Commentary on Psalm 1

Albeit an unlikely starting point, the place to begin any discussion of this short psalm is at [...]

Lost Drachma
Commentary on Psalm 51:1-10

Psalm 51:1-10 provides us, the readers, with an opportunity to think deeply and critically about [...]