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Commentary on Psalm 22
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/good-friday/commentary-on-psalm-22-2Psalm 22 is a prayer of complaint that, perhaps more than any psalm, serves as a link between the Old Testament and the story of Jesus’ passion. Indeed, this psalm is an appropriate lectionary reading (...)
Commentary on Psalm 22
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/good-friday/commentary-on-psalm-22-3This is one of the Bible’s saddest texts, appropriately read by Christians on Good Friday, the saddest day of the church year. I find myself emotionally drawn into the agony of the speaker, and I (...)
Commentary on Psalm 22
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/good-friday/commentary-on-psalm-22-4Psalm 22 has been described rather glibly as “the fifth passion narrative” for the imagery it has contributed to the evangelists’ depictions of the closing events of Good Friday. While this description does wrench the (...)
Commentary on Psalm 22
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/good-friday/commentary-on-psalm-22-5This is one of the Bible’s saddest texts, appropriately read by Christians on Good Friday, the saddest day of the church year. I find myself emotionally drawn into the agony of the speaker, and I (...)
Commentary on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/resurrection-of-our-lord-3/commentary-on-psalm-1181-2-14-24-4It is easy to see why Psalm 118 is the psalm selection for Easter for all three lectionary years. The psalm is bursting with exuberance and joy, the language barely adequate to the task of (...)
Commentary on Psalm 47
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ascension-of-our-lord/commentary-on-psalm-47Since ancient times Psalm 47 has been used for worship. It is plain to see why Christians have used it on Ascension Day. “God has gone up with a shout” (verse 5) brings to mind (...)
Commentary on Psalm 67
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/sixth-sunday-of-easter-3/commentary-on-psalm-67-2As we had occasion to observe in relation to Psalm 148, last week’s psalm, Israel’s songs of praise regularly invite an expansive congregation to praise God. Whereas last week’s essay explored the ecological implications of (...)
Commentary on Psalm 22:19-28
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-12-3/commentary-on-psalm-2219-28-2This psalm selection begins with a sharp transition calling upon God (“But you, O LORD,” v. 19a). The Hebrew construction invites us to emphatically pronounce “you” (referring to God). The urgency of his plea is (...)
Commentary on Psalm 66:1-9
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-14-3/commentary-on-psalm-661-9-2Chosen for a Sunday toward the end of the liturgical season of Ordinary Time that confirms the constancy of grace manifested mysteriously in the middle of doldrums, Psalm 66 blows in fresh air with its (...)
Commentary on Psalm 49:1-12
https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/ordinary-18-3/commentary-on-psalm-491-12-3“The One Who Dies with the Most Toys Wins.” Forgive my crude attempt at upending the philosophy of a well-known bumper sticker (“The one who dies with the most toys wins”) at least from my (...)