Psalms Through the Year: Spiritual Exercises for Every DayAugsburg Books, 2006 M10 1 - 393 pages By reading one page each day, along with the assigned psalm text from the Bible, readers will be comforted and strengthened as they gain a better understanding of the concerns and themes of the psalmists of old as well as come to recognize the various forms of the psalms. Each meditation concludes with a prayer that invites readers to add their own petitions. A glossary, index, and a list of books for further reading are included. |
Contents
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Postscript | 367 |
A Short Introduction to the Psalms | 368 |
The Origin of the Psalms and Their Major Types | 369 |
The Psalms as Hebrew Poetry | 373 |
The Present Edition of the Book of Psalms | 377 |
Two Ongoing Issues of Interpretation | 378 |
Major Motifs of the Psalms | 383 |
For Further Reading | 385 |
Notes | 386 |
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Common terms and phrases
acrostic Amen ancient Israelites beauty Bible biblical blessings book of Proverbs book of Psalms Canaan Christians covenant creation curses David death deliverance despair Deuteronomy divine earth enemies evil evildoers Exodus experience face faith fear forgiveness Genesis give thanks glory God's steadfast love grace guilt heart heaven Hebrew alphabet holy hope human hymn Isaiah Israel Jeremiah Jerusalem temple Jesus Judah justice king lament land live LORD Luke mercy military Moses nations night Numbers Old Testament original Hebrew text peace persons petitioner plea poet praise pray prayer presence promise prophets Proverbs psalmist refers reflect rejoice reminds Revised Standard Version righteous salvation Samuel shame Sheol sing song soul speaks stanza begin steadfast love suffering superscription temple in Jerusalem temple singers thanksgiving things thought tion Torah translated trust verse 11 verse 9 wicked wisdom words worship wrath Yahweh Zion