Psalm

Luke 2:51
Commentary on Psalm 148

The bloom is off the rose and it is not even New Year’s Day. The tree is [...]

The Nativity (2017)
Commentary on Psalm 97

Christianity is, in many ways, a faith built on paradoxes. Old and New Testaments alike bear witness [...]

Matthew 2:10
Commentary on Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

The Greek meaning of “epiphany” is to reveal or uncover. [...]

Luke 3:22
Commentary on Psalm 29

In many ways, Psalm 29 conforms to typical expectations for the book of Psalms, which bears the [...]

John 2:7
Commentary on Psalm 36:5-10

As is often the case with lectionary readings from the Psalms, the preacher must decide [...]

Luke 4:14
Commentary on Psalm 19

Epiphany and the days surrounding it celebrate the “appearance” or “manifestation” (the meaning of the name’s Greek [...]

Psalm 71:3
Commentary on Psalm 71:1-6

Despite the limited number of verses included from this psalm in the lectionary, Psalm 71 [...]

Luke 5:4
Commentary on Psalm 138

Psalm 138 is almost always categorized as a song of thanksgiving.1 God has answered the psalmist’s prayer [...]

Luke 6:23
Commentary on Psalm 1

The poets and compilers of the Book of Psalms were clearly in touch with a perennial human [...]

Luke 6:38
Commentary on Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40

Neither prayer nor praise, Psalm 37 is an alphabetic acrostic, [...]