Psalms (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)

Craig C. Broyles

• Publisher: Baker Books
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9781441238450
• Topic: Theology & Religion

Craig Broyles examines the Psalms as a diverse collection of poems whose main roots are in Jerusalem's worship services. Both in the past and in the present, they provide dynamic liturgies though which the worshipper encounters God--often with vigorous dialogue--and finds meaning for life. Broyles makes the best of contemporary scholarship on the Psalms accessible to both general readers and serious students.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• §1 Blessed Are Those Who Meditate on the Lord’s Instruction (Ps. 1)
• §2 The Lord’s King and Rebellious Peoples (Ps. 2)
• §3 Security in the Midst of Attack (Ps. 3)
• §4 The True God of Agricultural Blessing (Ps. 4)
• §5 Entering the Lord’s House (Ps. 5)
• §6 Mercy for the Languishing (Ps. 6)
• §7 Acquittal for the Falsely Accused (Ps. 7)
• §8 The Lord’s Majesty and the Crowning of Humanity (Ps. 8)
• §9 Delivering the Helpless from Social Oppression: Part I (Ps. 9)
• §10 Delivering the Helpless from Social Oppression: Part II (Ps. 10)
• §11 The Lord on His Heavenly Throne (Ps. 11)
• §12 The Lord’s Refined Words and Humans with Double Tongues (Ps. 12)
• §13 How Long, O Lord? (Ps. 13)
• §14 There Is No One Who Does Good: Version 1 (Ps. 14)
• §15 Instruction for Temple Entry (Ps. 15)
• §16 Confessing Loyalty to the Lord of the Land and His Benefits (Ps. 16)
• §17 Holding to the Lord’s Paths Amidst Threatening Stalkers (Ps. 17)
• §18 The King’s Thanksgiving for Military Victories (Ps. 18)
• §19 God’s Revelation in the Skies and the Scriptures (Ps. 19)
• §20 Intercession for the King Before Battle (Ps. 20)
• §21 Thanksgiving for the King’s Victories in Battle (Ps. 21)
• §22 My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me? (Ps. 22)
• §23 My Shepherd and My Host (Ps. 23)
• §24 A Victory Procession and Instruction for Temple Entry (Ps. 24)
• §25 A Wisdom Prayer for Those Who Fear the Lord (Ps. 25)
• §26 Walking in Integrity and Loving the Lord’s House (Ps. 26)
• §27 Seeking Security in the House of the Lord (Ps. 27)
• §28 To Be Spared from the Lord’s Judgment on the Wicked (Ps. 28)
• §29 The Voice of the Lord in the Thunderstorm (Ps. 29)
• §30 Living Praise Versus Deathly Silence (Ps. 30)
• §31 My God as Refuge from Social Alienation (Ps. 31)
• §32 Blessed Are Those Whose Transgressions Are Forgiven (Ps. 32)
• §33 The Trustworthy Lord Over Nature, Nations, and Armies (Ps. 33)
• §34 Taste and See that the Lord Hears and Delivers (Ps. 34)
• §35 Images of War, the Hunt, False Accusation, and Wild Beasts (Ps. 35)
• §36 Deceived Deceivers, and the Feasting Followers of the Lord (Ps. 36)
• §37 Cultivating Faithfulness Until the Flourishing Wicked Wither (Ps. 37)
• §38 A Prayer for the Sick (Ps. 38)
• §39 Turn Your Gaze from Me before I Am No More (Ps. 39)
• §40 Past and Future Deliverances and Present Trust and Obedience (Ps. 40)
• §41 Vindication for the Sick Person (Ps. 41)
• §42 The Would-Be Pilgrim Who Thirsts for God: Part I (Ps. 42)
• §43 The Would-Be Pilgrim Who Thirsts for God: Part II (Ps. 43)
• §44 Betrayed by God in Battle? (Ps. 44)
• §45 In Praise of the King at His Wedding (Ps. 45)
• §46 Our Mighty Fortress (Ps. 46)
• §47 Applause for the Ascending King of All the Earth (Ps. 47)
• §48 Zion’s Divine Defender (Ps. 48)
• §49 God Will Redeem My Soul from the Grave (Ps. 49)
• §50 A Misunderstanding of Sacrifice and the Presumption of Hypocrites (Ps. 50)
• §51 The Penitential Psalm (Ps. 51)
• §52 The Wicked Uprooted and the Righteous Flourishing in God’s House (Ps. 52)
• §53 There Is No One Who Does Good: Version 2 (Ps. 53)
• §54 Deliverance from Godless Opponents (Ps. 54)
• §55 Betrayed by a Friend (Ps. 55)
• §56 When I Am Afraid, I Trust in God (Ps. 56)
• §57 God’s Salvation for the Individual and the International Manifestation of His Glory (Ps. 57)
• §58 A God Who Judges Unjust Judges (Ps. 58)
• §59 Threats from Personal Attackers, Urban Unrest, and Foreign Nations (Ps. 59)
• §60 Defeat in Battle with Edom (Ps. 60)
• §61 A Pilgrim’s Prayer to Fulfill Vows at God’s House (Ps. 61)
• §62 Rest in God (Ps. 62)
• §63 The Pilgrim’s Thirst for God in a Dry and Weary Land (Ps. 63)
• §64 The Wicked with Tongues like Arrows and the Divine Archer (Ps. 64)
• §65 Praise to the God of Zion as Creator and God of Agricultural Fertility (Ps. 65)
• §66 Corporate and Individual Thanksgiving to the God Who Acts (Ps.66)
• §67 The God Who Blesses Israel’s Harvests and His International Praise (Ps. 67)
• §68 In Celebration of the Ritual Procession of the Cherubim-Ark (Ps. 68)
• §69 From the Miry Depths (Ps. 69)
• §70 Shame for My Persecutors and Joy for God’s Worshipers (Ps. 70)
• §71 When I Am Old and Gray (Ps. 71)
• §72 Intercession for the King to Bring Prosperity to the Land and Justice to the Needy (Ps. 72)
• §73 God’s Goodness Redefined: The Nearness of God (Ps. 73)
• §74 The Destruction of the Temple and the Eruption of Chaos (Ps. 74)
• §75 It Is God Who Brings Down and Exalts (Ps. 75)
• §76 The God of Zion Breaks the Weapons of War (Ps. 76)
• §77 Has God Forgotten to Be Merciful? (Ps. 77)
• §78 A History Lesson: From Ephraim to Judah, from the Exodus to Zion (Ps. 78)
• §79 God’s Reputation and the Destruction of Jerusalem (Ps. 79)
• §80 The Vinedresser and the Plundered Vine of Israel (Ps. 80)
• §81 Listening to the Liberator (Ps. 81)
• §82 God Judges the Gods (Ps. 82)
• §83 The Conspiracy of the Nations (Ps. 83)
• §84 The Pilgrim’s Longing to “See” the God of Zion (Ps. 84)
• §85 A Forgiven People Seeking Forgiveness and God’s Promise of Shalom (Ps. 85)
• §86 A Servant Appeals to His Lord for Protection (Ps. 86)
• §87 The Nations “Reborn” in Zion (Ps. 87)
• §88 From the Darkness of the Grave (Ps. 88)
• §89 A Hymn of Yahweh’s Kingship, an Oracle of David’s Kingship, and a Lament over David’s Defeat (Ps. 89)
• §90 Human Frailty and Sin, Divine Eternality and Anger, and a Prayer for Mercy (Ps. 90)
• §91 The Protection of My God in the Midst of Threat (Ps. 91)
• §92 The Withering of the Wicked and the Flourishing of the Righteous (Ps. 92)
• §93 The Divine King Is Mightier than the Chaotic Waters (Ps. 93)
• §94 Impending Judgment on the Oppressive Wicked and Interim Promises for the Righteous (Ps. 94)
• §95 Today, If You Hear His Voice (Ps. 95)
• §96 The Divine King Comes to Judge the Earth (Ps. 96)
• §97 The God of the Thunderstorm and the Proclamation of His Righteousness (Ps. 97)
• §98 The Saving Righteousness of the Divine King and the Cheers of Nature and the Nations (Ps. 98)
• §99 Holy, Holy, Holy Is the Responsive Divine King (Ps. 99)
• §100 An Invitatory to Enter the Temple’s Gates with Praise (Ps. 100)
• §101 Vows About Acceptable and Unacceptable Associates (Ps. 101)
• §102 A Prayer for the Afflicted and for the Ruins of Zion (Ps. 102)
• §103 The Lord Compassionate and Slow to Anger (Ps. 103)
• §104 The Creator and His Providential Ordering of Creation (Ps. 104)
• §105 In Praise of the Lord of History: From Abraham to the Settlement in the Land (Ps. 105)
• §106 A Confession of Sin from Israel’s History: Mercy for the Generations of the Exodus and the Exile (Ps. 106)
• §107 The Lord of Reversals: Thanksgiving of Desert Wanderers, Prisoners, the Sick, and Sailors (Ps. 107)
• §108 Prayer for God’s Exaltation and for His Victory over “Edom” (Ps. 108)
• §109 A Prayer Against Those Who Curse and Accuse (Ps. 109)
• §110 The Davidic King Promised Dominion over Enemies (Ps. 110)
• §111 Pondering the Lord’s Great Works of the Exodus and Conquest (Ps. 111)
• §112 Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord (Ps. 112)
• §113 The Incomparable God of Condescension and Exaltation (Ps. 113)
• §114 Trembling at the Appearance of the God of the Exodus (Ps. 114)
• §115 The Maker of Heaven and Earth Praised and Invoked to Bless Israel (Ps. 115)
• §116 A Thank Offering for Deliverance from Death (Ps. 116)
• §117 Nations to Praise the Lord for His Faithfulness (Ps. 117)
• §118 A Festival Procession for Giving Thanks (Ps. 118)
• §119 Meditating on the Lord’s Instruction: From A to Z (Ps. 119)
• §120 Sojourning in a Foreign Land Among the Deceitful and Warlike (Ps. 120)
• §121 The Maker of Heaven and Earth Watching Over His Pilgrims (Ps. 121)
• §122 Peace for Jerusalem, the City of Pilgrims (Ps. 122)
• §123 Seeking Mercy with Eyes Lifted Heavenward (Ps. 123)
• §124 Providing Escape from the Malevolent (Ps. 124)
• §125 Wicked Rule to be Removed from the Land of Zion (Ps. 125)
• §126 The Restored Exiles Sowing in Tears and Reaping with Joy (Ps. 126)
• §127 The Lord, the Builder of the House(hold) (Ps. 127)
• §128 A Blessing on the Family Who Fears the Lord (Ps. 128)
• §129 Oppressed But Not Crushed (Ps. 129)
• §130 Out of the Depths (Ps. 130)
• §131 The Quieted Soul (Ps. 131)
• §132 A Tale of Two Oaths: David’s for the Lord’s Dwelling and the Lord’s for David’s Dynasty in Zion (Ps. 132)
• §133 The Heavenly Blessing of Harmonious Fellowship (Ps. 133)
• §134 Nocturnal Praise (Ps. 134)
• §135 Dumb Idols and the Living God of the Exodus (Ps. 135)
• §136 The Enduring Love of the Creator and Saving God of the Exodus (Ps. 136)
• §137 Remembering Jerusalem by the Rivers of Babylon (Ps. 137)
• §138 The Lord on High Preserves the Lowly in the Midst of Trouble (Ps. 138)
• §139 Surrendering to God’s Inescapable, All-Searching Presence (Ps. 139)
• §140 Just Justice for the Violent and for the Needy (Ps. 140)
• §141 A Prayer for the Heart in the Midst of Threat and Temptation (Ps. 141)
• §142 Alone and Persecuted (Ps. 142)
• §143 No One Is Righteous before God (Ps. 143)
• §144 The Davidic Mercies and Deliverance from Foreigners (Ps. 144)
• §145 The Divine King and His Universal Kingdom (Ps. 145)
• §146 The Helper of Those Who Cannot Help Themselves (Ps. 146)
• §147 God of Creation and Restorer of Jerusalem (Ps. 147)
• §148 Praise from the Heavenly Hosts and Creatures Here Below (Ps. 148)
• §149 Praise in the Mouth and a Sword in the Hand (Ps. 149)
• §150 Doxology to the Book of Psalms (Ps. 150)
• For Further Reading
• Subject Index
• Scripture Index
• Notes
• Back Cover