Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
Psalm 1 Only Two Ways 11
Psalm 2 The Father and His Son 13
Psalm 3 Advice for Insomniacs 15
Psalm 4 A Prayer for Compline 17
Psalm 5 Encouragement for the Slandered 19
Psalm 6 Sickness and Sin 21
Psalm 7 How to Handle Bad News 23
Psalm 8 The Crown of Creation 26
Psalm 9 Groaning about the Goyim 28
Psalm 10 When Good Things Happen to Bad People 31
Psalm 11 When to Flee and When to Stick it Out 34
Psalm 12 The Flatterers and the Faithful 36
Psalm 13 From Questions to Quietness 38
Psalm 14 The Practical Atheist 40
Psalm 15 Getting Dressed for Church 42
Psalm 16 Messiah Lives! 44
Psalm 17 An Honest Plea 46
Psalm 18 Hind's Feet on High Places 48
Psalm 19 God's Three Books 52
Psalm 20 Messiah Prays for You 55
Psalm 21 When We Receive Our Heart's Desire 57
Psalm 22 A Song of the Singing Sufferer 59
Psalm 22 (part 2) Of Whom Does David Speak? 62
Psalm 23 Our Forever Shepherd 64
Psalm 24 The King of Glory 66
Psalm 25 The Holy Alphabet 68
Psalm 26 A Claim to Integrity 71
Psalm 27 One Thing 73
Psalm 27 (part 2) Forsaken But Not Abandoned 75
Psalm 28 Answered Prayer 77
Psalm 29 Orientation 79
Psalm 30 Joy in the Morning 81
Psalm 31 Into Your Hands 83
Psalm 32 Forgiven 86
Psalm 33 Maker and Monarch 88
Psalm 34 Thriving in Crisis 90
Psalm 35 A Cry for Help 93
Psalm 36 Hesed Forever! 96
Psalm 37 Meek Shall Inherit 98
Psalm 37 (part 2) He Shall Not Fall 101
Psalm 38 A Penitent 103
Psalm 39 Lament 105
Psalm 39 (part 2) O Lord 107
Psalm 40 Up from the Bog 109
Psalm 40 (part 2) "To Do Your Will" 111
Psalm 41 When You're Down 113
Psalm 42&43 Drought and Deliverance 115
Psalm 42&43 (part 2) Drought and Deliverance 118
Psalm 44 A National Lament 120
Psalm 45 The King in His Beauty 123
Psalm 46 City of the King 126
Psalm 47 I'm the King of the World! 128
Psalm 48 Zion, City of God 130
Psalm 49 Ransomed From Sheol 132
Psalm 50 Here Comes the Judge 135
Psalm 51 Have Mercy 138
Psalm 52 A Really Bad Dude 141
Psalm 53 Salvation for Israel 143
Psalm 54 My Helper 145
Psalm 55 Betrayed!! 147
Psalm 56 When I am Afraid 150
Psalm 57 In the Cave with Dave 152
Psalm 58 Retribution and Reward 154
Psalm 59 Night and Morning 156
Psalm 60 Trouble Back Home 158
Psalm 61 Messiah and Me 160
Theme of the Psalms-Hesed Va'emet 162
Psalm 62 Absalom, Again! 164
Psalm 63 General Patton 166
Psalm 64 Bad and Good Fear 168
Psalm 65 Now Thank We All Our God 170
Psalm 66 The Many and the One 172
Psalm 67 Let the Nations be Glad 174
Psalm 68 The Most Difficult of All 176
Psalm 69 Persecuted But Not Forsaken 179
Psalm 70 Hurry Up, God! 182
Psalm 71 Growing Old Gracefully 184
Psalm 72 The Perfect King 187
Psalm 73 Whom Do I Have But You? 190
Psalm 74 When Heaven Seems Silent 193
Psalm 75 The Just Judge 196
Psalm 76 Resplendent, Majestic, Awe-Inspiring 198
Psalm 77 Asaph's Autobiography 200
Psalm 78 Don't Know Much About History 202
Psalm 79 The Psalms and Jeremiah 206
Psalm 80 A Flock and a Vine 208
Psalm 81 The Shofar Blows 211
Psalm 82 God and the Gods 213
Psalm 83 Let's Wipe Them Out! 215
Psalm 84 Longing For God 217
Psalm 85 Revival!! 85 219
Psalm 86 In The Day of My Trouble 221
Psalm 87 Glorious Things of Three Are Spoken 223
Psalm 88 "Song Sung Blue" 225
Psalm 89 Sure Mercies of David 228
Psalm 90 O God Our Help in Ages Past 231
Psalm 91 Under His Wings 233
Psalm 92 How to Thrive 235
Psalm 93 The Lord Reigns! 237
Psalm 94 How Do They Get Away With It? 239
Psalm 95 The Way to Worship 241
Psalm 96 Tell His Glory Among the Gentiles 243
Psalm 97 Reigning and Ruling 245
Psalm 98 King and Savior 247
Psalm 99 Holy Is He! 249
Psalm 100 Is It Thanksgiving Yet? 251
Psalm 100 (part 2) "The Old Hundredth" 253
Psalm 101 The Ruler and the Ruled 255
Psalm 102 "But You…" 257
Psalm 103 "Don't You Forget It!" 260
Psalm 104 Creator - Sustainer 262
Psalm 105 Faithful! 265
Psalm 105 (part 2) Faithful 105 268
Psalm 106 Nevertheless! 270
Psalm 107 "They Cried…He Saved" 273
Psalm 108 "We Shall Do Valiantly" 276
Psalm 109 With Yahweh at Hand 278
Psalm 110 The Lord and My Lord 281
Psalm 111 A Student's Psalm 283
Psalm 112 A God-Fearer 285
Psalm 113 Hallel! 287
Psalm 114 The Exodus and Us 289
Psalm 115 Soli Deo Gloria 291
Psalm 116 How Can I Say Thanks? 293
Psalm 117 Let's Hear It For the Goyim! 295
Psalm 118 Luther's Favorite 297
Psalm 118 (part 2) An Overlooked Messianic Text 299
Psalm 119 Overview The Golden Alphabet 301
Psalm 119 vv. 1-24 Aleph, Bet, Gimel 303
Psalm 119 vv. 25-48 Dalet, Hay, Vav 306
Psalm 119 vv. 49-72 Zayin, Het, Tet 308
Psalm 119 vv. 73-96 Yod, Kaf, Lamed 310
Psalm 119 vv. 97-120 Mem, Nun, Samek 313
Psalm 119 vv. 121-144 Ayin, Pe, Tsade 315
Psalm 119 vv. 145-168 Qof, Resh, Shin 317
Psalm 119 vv. 169-176 "Tav and the Sof" 319
Psalm 119 What is the Sof? 320
Psalm 120-134 Introduction to the Psalms of Ascent 321
Psalm 120 Depressed In the Diaspora 322
Psalm 121 The Keeper 324
Psalm 122 Let's Go 326
Psalm 123 Desiring God's Favor 328
Psalm 124 What If the Lord Wasn't Three? 330
Psalm 125 Mountains Around The City 332
Psalm 126 From Joy to Tears to Joy 334
Psalm 127 A Quiver Full of Arrows 336
Psalm 128 Kids as House Plants 338
Psalm 129 Anti-Semitism, Then and Now 340
Psalm 130 Out of the Depths 342
Psalm 131 A Calm and Quiet Soul 344
Psalm 132 David - Messianic King 346
Psalm 133 Unity, O to Dwell In Unity 348
Psalm 134 Blessings 24/7 350
Psalm 135 God Is Great, God is Good 352
Psalm 136 First the Boys, Then the Girls 354
Psalm 137 By The Rivers of Babylon 356
Psalm 138 Goodness Beyond Measure 358
Psalm 139 The Omni Psalm 360
Psalm 140 "That's Not True" 363
Psalm 141 Set a Guard for My Mouth 365
Psalm 142 In The Cave With Dave, Again! 367
Psalm 143 In Your Righteousness 369
Psalm 144 A King's Song 371
Psalm 145 Who He Is and What He Does 373
Psalm 146 Faith, Hope, Love 376
Psalm 147 No Other Nation 378
Psalm 148 A Choir of Creation 380
Psalm 149 Sing Along 382
Psalm 150 What a Way to End! 384
What I've Learned During My Journey Through The Psalms 386
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