The psalm’s careful Mosaic structure reveals its comforts to be the spoils of conquest. In contrast to David’s songs of complaint, Psalm 23 is a precious song of comforts....
The final “Song of Ascent” completes the liturgical reconstruction of the Tabernacle of God and calls Him to appear in the clouds. For the...
The “Old 100th” works through the steps of the Pentateuch, cleverly highlighting the main thesis of all Scripture by placing it at the very...
Instead of a sevenfold “song of ascent” for his captors, the Levite musician composed a sixfold imprecation calling on God to come down and...
Once its priestly context is understood, Psalm 137 can be emancipated from its incidental “Zionist” trappings, and our own hearts can be pierced as...
In Psalm 63, David the minstrel king likens himself to Israel, and his sufferings and hope not only take on the form of his...
The Covenant-literary shape of Psalm 8 allows David to make allusions to some surprising parts of the Torah as well as predicting the Temple...
“Songs of Ascent” is the title given to fifteen of the Psalms (120-134) whose theme is drawing near to God on His holy hill...
Psalm 110 is one of the two most frequently quoted Psalms in the New Testament, yet its purpose and content remain mysterious unless we...
Psalm 82 begins with the Lord in his “house of lords,” but He is there because they have been doing what is right in their...