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PSALMS 1–72
Federico G. Villanueva
Asia Bible Commentary Series
Contextualization Consultant
Joseph Too Shao
General Editor
Federico G. Villanueva
Old Testament Consulting Editors
Yohanna Katanacho, Tim Meadowcroft, Joseph Shao
New Testament Consulting Editors
Steve Chang, Andrew Spurgeon, Brian Wintle

© 2016 by Federico Villanueva
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Contents

Cover


Series Preface


Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Introduction


A Book of Praises and Lament


Superscriptions and Suffering


Praying the Psalms


Living the Psalms: The Psalms as God’s Word


Meditating on the Psalms


Reading the Psalms in Asia


Reading the Psalms with Asian Resources


Psalm 1


1:1 What the happy person does not do: the progression of evil


1:2–3 What the happy person does: the importance of meditation of God’s Word


1:4–5 What the wicked person is like


1:6 The blessedness of the righteous and the pitiable end of the wicked


Psalm 2


2:1–3 Lament


2:4–6 “A view from the throne above”: The divine response


2:7–9 The anointed one proclaims the decree of the Lord


2:10–12 Exhortation


Royal Psalms and the Asian Context


Psalm 3


3:1–2 “O Lord, how many are my foes!”


3:3–6 “To the Lord I cry aloud”


3:7–8 Continuing struggle and declaration of trust


Psalm 4


4:1 “Answer me”


4:2 Complaint against enemies


4:3 Declaration of confidence


4:4–5 Exhortation


4:6 Complaint against enemies


4:7–8 Answer to prayer


Split-level Christianity AND THE PSALMS


Psalm 5


5:1–3 “To you I pray”


5:4–8 The kind of God we pray to


5:9–10 What the enemies are like


5:11–12 Prayer for the righteous


Psalm 6


6:1–3 “Have mercy on me, Lord”


6:4–5 “Return, O Lord”


6:6–7 “To you, O Lord, I cry”


6:8–10 “The Lord accepts my prayer”


What is Lament?


Psalm 7


7:1–5 “Lord my God, I take refuge in you”


7:6–9 “Return . . . Establish the righteous”


7:10–14 “If God does not relent”


7:15–17 “The trouble they cause recoils on them”


Psalm 8


8:1–2 “How majestic is your name in all the earth!”


8:3–4 “What is mankind that you are mindful of them?”


8:5–9 God honors human beings


8:10 “How majestic is your name in all the earth!”


Psalms 9–10


9:1–2 “I will give thanks”


9:3–6 What God has done


9:7–11 Sing praises to the Lord


9:13–14 “Be gracious to me”


9:15–20 “Rise up, O Lord!”


10:1–11 “Why, Lord, do you stand far off?”


10:12–18 “Arise, Lord!”


Thanksgiving and Lament


Psalm 11


11:1–3 “In the Lord I take refuge”


11:4–7 The Lord is on his throne


Psalm 12


12:1–2 “Help, Lord”


12:3–4 “Cut off all flattering lips”


12:5 God’s response: “I will now arise”


12:6–8 The psalmist’s response


Psalm 13


13:1–2 Invocation and lament


13:3–4 Petition: “Consider and answer me”


13:5–6 Declaration of trust and vow of thanksgiving


Depression and the Lament Psalms


Psalm 14


14:1–3 What happens when “there is no God”


14:4–7 “God is present in the company of the righteous”


Psalm 15


15:1 “Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?”


15:2–5a Characteristics of those who may dwell on God’s holy hill


15:5b Declaration


Psalm 16


16:1–6 “You are my Lord”


16:7–11 “I have set the Lord always before me”


Psalm 17


17:1–5 “Hear me, Lord, my plea is just”


17:6–12 Prayer to the “Savior of those who seek refuge” in him


17:13–14 “Overthrow them!”


Psalm 18


18:1–6 “I love you, Lord”


18:7–15 Theophany


18:16–24 “The Lord was my support”


18:25–30 “To the blameless you show yourself blameless”


18:31–35 God is our Rock


18:36–50 God gives victory


Psalm 19


19:1–6 Creation declares the glory of God


19:7–11 “The Law is perfect”


19:12–14 “May the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you”


Creation and Meditation


Psalm 20


20:1–5 Prayer for the king


20:6–9 Assurance of being heard


Psalm 21


21:1–6 Rejoicing in God’s blessings


21:7–13 “The king trusts in the Lord”


Psalm 22


22:1–21 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”


22:22–31 “From you comes my praise”


Lament as Pagtatampo sa Diyos (Hurt Feelings against God)


Psalm 23


23:1–4 “The Lord is my shepherd”


23:4–5 God as a generous host


Psalm 24


24:1–2 “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it”


24:3–6 “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?”


24:7–10 “Lift up your heads, you gates!”


Entrance Liturgy and the Katipunan Oath


Psalm 25


25:1–3 “To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul”


25:4–10 “Teach me your ways”


25:11–22 “The friendship of the Lord”


Psalm 26


26:1–3 “Vindicate me, Lord”


26:4–8 “I do not sit with the worthless”


26:9–12 “Be gracious to me”


Psalm 27


27:1–3 Unwavering Faith


27:4–6 One thing I ask


27:7–14 “Hear my voice when I call, Lord”


Psalm 28


28:1–3 Lament: “To you I call”


28:4–5 Lament: Imprecatory prayer


28:6–9 Praise: “Blessed be the L