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• Psalm 88Bible

  Psalm 88 is a lament psalm of the sons of Korah whose superscription identifies it as a "Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite." The psalmist cries out to God from suffering that has brought him near to death. The psalm is known for ending without comfort or praise, closing on the word "darkness."

• Psalm 89Bible

  Psalm 89 is a fifty-two-verse poem that praises the everlasting nature of God's covenant with David. Confronted with the collapse of the dynasty, it then laments and asks where that promise has gone. Its final verse is a doxology that closes Book III of the Psalms.

• 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 32Bible

  Psalm 32 is an eleven-verse psalm titled "A Psalm of David, Maschil." It describes the anguish of concealing sin and the joy of forgiveness after confession. Church tradition counts it among the seven Penitential Psalms.

• Psalm 55Bible

  Psalm 55 is a lament psalm of David in which one betrayed by a close friend cries out to God amid an enemy's oppression and the terror of death, and finally arrives at the confession of trust, "Cast thy burden upon the LORD."

• 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 54Bible

  Psalm 54 is a seven-verse individual lament of David, set at the time when the Ziphites informed Saul of David's hiding place. It opens with a prayer for deliverance, confesses God as the psalmist's helper, and closes with a vow to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

• Psalm 74Bible

  Psalm 74 is a lament in which, after enemies have burned and defiled the sanctuary, the community asks God why he has cast them off. It pleads with God, the King who has worked salvation from of old, to remember his covenant and arise.

• Psalm 42Bible

  Psalm 42, a psalm of the sons of Korah that opens Book II of the Psalter, is a lament in which the psalmist, separated from temple worship, longs for God as a deer pants for streams of water and urges his own downcast soul to hope in God.

• Psalm 52Bible

  Psalm 52 is a psalm of David that contrasts the downfall of the mighty man, who boasts in evil schemes and trusts in his wealth, with the thanksgiving of the psalmist, who trusts in the mercy of God.

• Psalm 53Bible

  Psalm 53 is a psalm of David that laments the corruption of the fool who says there is no God and the sinfulness of all humanity, and that longs for salvation to come out of Zion. Its content is nearly identical to that of Psalm 14.

• 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 44:22Bible Verses

  A verse from Psalm 44, a communal lament, in which Israel protests to God that its people are being killed not because of their sin but "for thy sake." Because Paul quotes it in Romans 8:36, it is frequently cited in discussions of suffering and faith.

• Psalm 32:5Bible Verses

  Psalm 32:5 is a verse from Psalm 32, a psalm traditionally attributed to David. In it the psalmist testifies that when he stopped concealing his sin and confessed it to God, he was promptly forgiven. It is one of the passages most often cited on the confession and forgiveness of sin.

• Psalm 42:1Bible Verses

  Psalm 42:1 is the opening verse of Psalm 42, which compares longing for God to a thirsty deer seeking water. It is widely quoted as a classic expression of spiritual longing and is also well known through the worship song "As the Deer."