Category: Wisdom & Poetry

Psalm 1 Genre: Psalm 1 is a reflective or meditative psalm. Here’s what that means. Psalm 1 Genre: Not a Lament Psalm This isn’t a psalm where you’re going to see the psalmist working through some crisis in his life. Neither are you going to see a catalog of praiseworthy attributes of the Lord. Psalm…

Psalm 1 Commentary: (See the type of psalm Psalm 1 is at our Psalm 1 Genre article.) Psalm 1 Commentary: Topic & Theme So, what is Psalm 1 talking about? Psalm 1 is about the blessings of the righteous. And that blessing is contrasted with the unenviable end of the wicked – judgment. So a fuller statement…

Today we’ll be starting into a new type of psalm – the praise psalm. We’ve studied five lament psalms so far (Psalm 3, 4, 5, 7, and 10). And we covered only about 1/10th of all the psalms in that genre. So hopefully now when you come across the other 9/10ths of those psalms you’ll be better…

This commentary on Psalm 10 illustrates the preparation of a message focused on interpreting Hebrew poetry, specifically lament psalms. It emphasizes identifying complaints within psalms, understanding their structures, and recognizing themes of oppression, petitions, and reliance on God’s justice. Ultimately, the lesson encourages readers to apply these interpretations in their biblical studies.

The tongue is a fire. It’s the very world of iniquity. With the tongue, men simultaneously bless God and curse those made in his image. The tongue is out of control. Even powerful things like ships and horses can be tamed and directed. But no one can tame the tongue. This is what the book…

We’ll approach Psalm 5 like we have all the psalms. We’ll explore its genre, underlying situation, structure, topic, and theme. And finally we’ll study each verse of this psalm. Psalm 5 Genre As has been our custom, we start these lessons considering the genre of the psalm that we’re studying. And Psalm 5 is another lament…

This is our lesson studying the Psalms. We started last time studying a sub-set of psalms known as lament or complaint psalms. Last week we dealt with Psalm 3. Now we’ll move one psalm further onto Psalm 4. Psalm 4’s Genre We’re again talking about a lament Psalm. So we can expect a certain type of structure in…