Psalm 85: A National Lament: restored to the land but suffering; severe divine discipline on the people; requesting lovingkindness and deliverance.

Psalm 84: A Song of Zion; Zion; hosts; living God; highways to Zion; King of Israel as shield; face of your anointed; a day in your courts; LORD is a […]

Psalm 83: A national lament. On the verge of being wiped out, the psalmist cries out to destroy enemies. God not responding; their plots to destroy. Those who hate God, […]

Psalm 82: A national lament; God’s sovereign over all human rulers; God’s indictment against earthly rulers; assembly of El; sons of the Most High.

Psalm 81: A Pilgrim Psalm; a memorial for deliverance; full moon for Feast of Tabernacles; feasts on the seventh month; Meribah.

Psalm 80: A national lament while the nation is under attack; Israel as a vine; Why Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh are tribes; the land promised; Israel’s analogy to a […]

Psalm 79 National lament over destruction; Asaph; Jerusalem invaded; the faithful are killed; under cursing; turn anger towards enemies.

Psalm 78:52-72: God’s provision in the wilderness, Israel’s rebellion; God’s anger towards them; Hophni and Phinehas killed; Judah’s favored position; David as servant.

Psalm 78:32-51: still sinning despite God’s works in your life; finishing life in vanity; repenting to avoid death; unsteady at faith; God compassionate; atoned for iniquity; confession for forgiveness; repeated […]

Psalm 78:1-31: A descriptive praise Psalm; learning from Israel’s history: God’s works and punishment; parable; riddle; Zoan; Ephraim; disobedience, judgment, confession cycle; steadfast heart.