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• Psalm 22Bible

  Psalm 22 is a psalm of David that moves from lament over suffering, as though forsaken by God, to praise for deliverance. In the New Testament it is one of the psalms most closely associated with the suffering of Jesus on the cross.

• Psalm 26Bible

  Psalm 26 is a twelve-verse prayer bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist declares his integrity, asks God to examine and judge him, and pleads not to perish together with the wicked.

• Psalm 44Bible

  Psalm 44 is a song of the sons of Korah. In this lament, the community recalls God's deliverance in the days of their fathers and then cries out "Awake" because it has suffered defeat and shame despite keeping the covenant.

• Psalm 78Bible

  Psalm 78 is a didactic psalm (maschil) of Asaph that retraces Israel's history from the Exodus to the accession of David. It contrasts God's faithfulness with the people's repeated disobedience and urges that these things be passed on to the next generation.

• Psalm 77Bible

  Psalm 77 is a lament and a psalm of Asaph. In a time of trouble, the psalmist asks whether God has cast him off, then takes heart again by remembering God's works of old, especially His leading of the people through the sea at the Exodus.

• Psalm 111Bible

  Psalm 111 is a ten-verse hymn of praise that gives thanks to God while remembering His works and His covenant. It is an acrostic poem arranged according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet, and it closes with the confession that "the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."

• Psalm 102Bible

  Psalm 102 is a prayer that joins the lament of a sufferer broken in body and spirit with a confession concerning Zion's restoration and the eternal, unchanging God.

• Psalm 101Bible

  Psalm 101 is an eight-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David," in which the king pledges before God to govern his own life, his household, and his kingdom with integrity.

• Psalm 120Bible

  A short poem of seven verses in Book V of the Psalms and the first of the fifteen "Songs of Ascents." The psalmist prays for deliverance from a lying tongue and laments the distress of living among those who hate peace.

• Psalm 147Bible

  Psalm 147 is a twenty-verse hymn of praise to God, who rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers his scattered people, governs the natural world, and gives his word to Israel.

• Psalm 142Bible

  Psalm 142 is an individual lament that its superscription introduces as a prayer of David "when he was in the cave." Isolated, with no one to care for him, the psalmist confesses that the LORD alone is his refuge and his portion, and he pleads for deliverance.

• Psalm 139:13–14Bible Verses

  A hymn of praise attributed to David, declaring that God formed him in his mother's womb. Cherished as a passage on the dignity of human life, it is frequently cited in debates over abortion and bioethics as support for the personhood of the unborn.

• Psalm 19:7–11Bible Verses

  A passage in Psalm 19 that calls the law of the LORD by six names and celebrates its perfection and benefits. Paired with the psalm's opening hymn to creation, it is frequently cited in discussions of the value of God's word.

• Psalm 118:22Bible Verses

  A verse of Psalm 118 confessing that the stone people rejected has become the most important stone of the house. Quoted several times in the New Testament, it is widely used to refer to the rejection and exaltation of Jesus Christ.

• Psalm 37:5Bible Verses

  Psalm 37:5 urges the righteous, who are shaken by the prosperity of the wicked, to commit their way to God and trust in him. It is frequently cited to believers facing decisions about their future, and discussion of the verse often turns to how "he shall bring it to pass" should be read.

• Psalm 103:11-12Bible Verses

  Psalm 103:11-12 is a passage from a psalm traditionally attributed to David. It compares God's lovingkindness to the height of the heavens above the earth and His removal of sin to the distance between east and west. Regarded as an expression of the completeness of divine forgiveness, it is frequently cited in preaching and as a word of comfort.

• Psalm 139:15-16Bible Verses

  A passage in Psalm 139 in which the psalmist confesses that God saw him before he was formed in the womb and recorded the days of his life in God's book. It is frequently cited in discussions of providence and predestination and in debates about the life of the unborn.

• Psalm 103:5Bible Verses

  Psalm 103:5 is the final item in the psalmist's list of God's benefits in Psalm 103. It declares that God satisfies with good things and renews youth like the eagle's. The verse is often cited in connection with restoration and renewed strength. Discussion centers on how to translate a Hebrew word variously rendered "desire" or "lifetime," and on how to interpret the eagle imagery.

• Psalm 8:5-8Bible Verses

  Psalm 8:5-8 praises God for making human beings "a little lower than the angels" (or "than God"), crowning them with honor, and giving them dominion over all things. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of human dignity and of responsibility for creation. It is also known as a text that the Epistle to the Hebrews applies to Jesus Christ.

• Psalm 105:16–22Bible Verses

  This passage retells, as an act of God's providence, the story of Joseph, who was sold as a slave and imprisoned before becoming ruler in Egypt. It is frequently cited in discussions of suffering, refinement, and providence.