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Psalm Chapter 53

Season 7 Episode 53

Psalm 53: The Fool's Declaration

This psalm is nearly a twin of Psalm 14, and the repetition is itself instructive — some truths must be said more tha…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Psalm Chapter 52

Season 7 Episode 52

Psalm 52: The Green Olive Tree and the Uprooted Man

The superscription places us in one of the ugliest moments in David's story: Doeg the Edomite, tha…

3 weeks ago

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Psalm Chapter 51

Season 7 Episode 51

Psalm 51: The Prayer That Begins at the Bottom

David's great penitential psalm is not, as we might expect, the prayer of a man making excuses. There a…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Psalm Chapter 50

Season 7 Episode 50

Psalm 50: The God Who Owns the Cattle

Asaph opens with a theophany so vast it silences every other voice: "The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken,…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Psalm Chapter 49

Season 7 Episode 49

Psalm 49: The Wealth That Cannot Ransom

Here is the Psalter doing something unexpected: philosophy. "Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabi…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Psalm Chapter 48

Season 7 Episode 48

Psalm 48: The City Beautiful

The sons of Korah were in love with a city. "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion." To mode…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

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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 weeks, 5 days 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 weeks, 6 days 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…

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 weeks, 1 day ago

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