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Psalm Chapter 47

Season 7 Episode 47

Psalm 47: The Coronation of the King of All the Earth

One does not usually think of clapping as a theological act, but the sons of Korah apparently di…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 46

Season 7 Episode 46

Psalm 46: The Stillness at the Center of the Storm

There is a kind of courage that holds its ground, and there is a deeper kind that sits down. "Be st…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 45

Season 7 Episode 45

Psalm 45: The King in His Beauty

The Psalter interrupts its run of laments with something unexpected: a love song. "My heart is inditing a good matter…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 44

Season 7 Episode 44

Psalm 44: The Complaint of the Faithful

This is perhaps the most audacious psalm in the Psalter — a corporate lament that dares to say what most praye…

4 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 43

Season 7 Episode 43

Psalm 43: Send Out Thy Light

This brief psalm is almost certainly the final stanza of Psalm 42 — it shares the same refrain, the same ache, the same d…

4 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 42

Season 7 Episode 42

Psalm 42: The Thirst That Teaches

"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." The image is not decorative — it…

4 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 41

Season 7 Episode 41

Psalm 41: The Friend Who Lifted His Heel

This psalm closes the first book of the Psalter, and it does so with a wound. "Yea, mine own familiar friend,…

4 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 40

Season 7 Episode 40

Psalm 40: The New Song from the Pit

The psalm begins with a completed rescue. "I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my …

4 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 39

Season 7 Episode 39

Psalm 39: The Brevity That Burns

David tried to stay silent. He bridled his tongue, held his peace — even from good, he tells us, which is a remarkabl…

4 months ago

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Psalm Chapter 38

Season 7 Episode 38

Psalm 38: A Body That Keeps the Score

If Psalm 32 describes the relief of confession, Psalm 38 gives us the full, unsparing portrait of what the silen…

4 months, 1 week ago

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