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Psalm 118 is the psalm of psalms for the Easter season.1 The early church found in Psalm 118 the words of Jesus, who remembered his suffering and persecution during Holy Week and who gave thanks (...)

Born out of a gut-wrenching anguish, Psalm 22 is the cry of one who knows what it is to be bullied by his enemies, rejected by his community, and abandoned by God.1 The threat for (...)

What are the stories that you replay over and over again in your mind?1 What are notes that you choose to hear in your inner ear long after an event has played its tune? What (...)

Psalm 27 is one of the most profound prayers in the entire Bible. The depth of the psalmist’s trust in God echoes across the ages, leading James L. Mays to rank it right up there (...)

This psalm is a prayer of penitence, confession, remorse, owning mistakes made, and seeking a fresh start of new life with a restored soul upon receiving God’s forgiveness.1  Psalm 51 is traditionally attributed to David, (...)

Psalm 138 is a song of thanksgiving in individual style.1 The opening line, “I give you thanks” (verse 1a) is a common feature of thanksgiving songs. Such songs perhaps served as liturgies for the offering (...)

This week’s passage contains a song of David, curiously introduced with the superscription, “The Last Words of David,” even though his narrative will continue to his death in 2 Kings 2:10. The reference to words (...)

Psalm 146 lacks any evidence of context, enabling the reader to hear it in her own time and place.1 In the psalm God is the author of liberation (v. 7), the only one worthy of (...)

Type “Psalm 46” in the Working Preacher search box and you’ll discover that there are 11 other scholars whose commentaries on this psalm have been posted (or re-posted) a total of 19 times!1 We are (...)

The lectionary texts from Hebrews for the previous week, this week, and the coming two weeks revolve around the identity of Jesus as the great high priest, the manner of his priestly service, and the (...)