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God makes the whole world shout “Hooray!” It’s just this sort of shout, hari‘u, that begins Psalm 66. Hari‘u is an imperative verb meaning: “(Hey, all of you) make some noise! Shout!” The verb appears (...)

Psalm 66:8-20 is part of a hymn that extols God’s mighty deeds on behalf of God’s people. God’s mighty deeds on behalf of God’s people. Verses 1-12 are oriented toward the Israelites and how God (...)

Psalm 47 is a hymn that celebrates God’s reign as king over the earth. The psalm also portrays a procession for the purpose of celebrating God’s kingship. This is most evident in the declaration that (...)

While Psalm 68 is fraught with interpretive difficulties — several one-of-a-kind words, obscure allusions, unknown geographical locations, and a less-than-clear structure — its general character and movement are clear enough.1 As Konrad Schaefer helpfully suggests, (...)

While Psalm 68 is fraught with interpretive difficulties — several one-of-a-kind words, obscure allusions, unknown geographical locations, and a less-than-clear structure — its general character and movement are clear enough. As Konrad Schaefer helpfully suggests, (...)

It was my favorite children’s game for a summer evening. There was a whole street-full of players, including some of the “older kids” and then those of us who were in grade school. It was (...)

The assigned verses are a portion of a much larger psalm that concludes book three of the psalter. The context of both the verses and the psalm are interpretively significant. Verses 1 to 4 introduce (...)

Although the central section of this psalm is comprised of hymnic praise of God, the psalm as a whole suggests that the prayer exemplifies what Walter Brueggemann categorized as psalms of reorientation. Psalms of reorientation (...)

This psalm lection contains a magnificent constellation of biblical terms, portraying them with a striking intimacy that catches modern readers off guard: “righteousness and peace will kiss each other” (verse 10)? This psalm lection contains (...)

A Liturgy of Blessing As the twice-repeated refrain (verses 3, 5) indicates, Psalm 67 is a song meant for public worship.1 We can imagine a worship leader or choir singing the body of the psalm, (...)