Psalms 73–150 , livre ebook

PSALMS 73–150
Federico G. Villanueva
General Editor
Andrew B. Spurgeon
Old Testament Consulting Editors
Yohanna Katanacho, Joseph Shao, Havilah Dharamraj, Koowon Kim
New Testament Consulting Editors
Steve Chang, Brian Wintle

© 2022 Federico G. Villanueva
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Contents

Cover


Author’s Preface


Series Preface


List of Abbreviations


Introduction


Why emphasize the application?


Reading the Psalms in the time of the Pandemic


A Community of lament


Lingering lament


Persistence in faith


Psalm 73


73:1–17 “God Is good, all the time”?


73:18–28 “It is good to be near God”


Psalm 74


74:1–11 “Why, O God?


74:12–17 “But God is my King from long ago”


74:18–23 “Arise, O God!”


Psalm 75


75:1–3 Thanksgiving


75:4–8 Divine Speech


75:9–10 Thanksgiving


Psalm 76


76:1–3 God is in Zion


76:4–10 The awesome Warrior God


76:11–12 Exhortation


Psalm 77


77:1–10 Lament: “My soul refuses to be comforted”


77:11–20 “I will continue to remember even if God does not”


Psalm 78


78:1–11 Introduction: “Give ear that you will not forget”


78:12–20 God’s gracious actS and the people’s rebellion


78:21–31 God’s anger and divine judgment


78:32–39 Mercy in spite of sinfulness


78:40–58 “No debt of gratitude”


78:59–64 Judgment starts in the household of God


78:65–72 Divine anger and a new beginning


Psalm 79


79:1–5 Invocation and complaint


79:6–13 Petitions


Psalm 80


80:1–3 Invocation and petition


80:4–7 Complaint: “How long?”


80:8–14 Complaint: “Why?”


80:15–19 Petitions


Psalm 81


81:1–5 a Call to worship and celebration


81:5b “I hear a language I had not known”


81:6–16 God’s lament


Psalm 82


82:1 God in the assembly of the gods


82:2–4 God laments against the gods


82:5 God complains against the gods


82:6–7 God judges the “gods”


82:8 “Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”


Psalm 83


83:1–8 Petition with motivations


83:9–18 Imprecatory prayers


Psalm 84


84:1–3 Praise for God’s dwelling


84:4–7a Declaration: Who the blessed ones are


84:7b–11 Petition with motivation


84:12 Refrain


Psalm 85


85:1–3 Restoration: “you restored the fortunes of Jacob”


85:4–7 Petition and lament


85:8–13 Yearning for restoration


Psalm 86


86:1–5 Petition with motivations


86:6–13 Petition, hymn, and vow of thanksgiving


86:14–17 Return to lament


Psalm 87


87:1–2 The LORD loves Zion


87:3–5 “Glorious things are said of you”


87:6–7 Zion as the source of well-being


Psalm 88


88:1–9a “LORD . . . day and night I cry out to you”


88:9b–12 “I call to you, LORD, every day”


88:13-18 “I cry to you For Help”


Psalm 89


89:1–4 Let me sing of the LORD’s great love


89:5–8 Let heavens sing of the LORD’s faithfulness


89:9–18 The victorious King whose throne is founded on righteousness and justice


89:19–37 The Lord’s everlasting covenant with David


89:38–52 Lament against God and doxology


Psalm 90


90:1–12 The community pours out their heart to God


90:13–17 The community asks God for relief ( ginhawa )


Psalm 91


91:1–13 Dwelling in the shelter of the Most High


91:14–16 Divine oracle


Psalm 92


92:1–5 “It is good to praise the LORD”


92:6–9 Seeing the world through the eyes of faith


92:10–15 “You have exalted my horn”


Psalm 93


93:1–2 “The LORD reigns”


93:3–4 “The seas have lifted up, LORD”


93:5 “Your statutes stand firm”


Psalm 94


94:1–7 Communal lament


94:8–15 Exhortation


94:16–23 Continuing lament


Psalm 95


95:1–7b Call to worship


95:7c–11 Rebuke


Psalm 96


96:1–6 Sing a new song to the LORD


96:7–10 Worship the LORD


96:11–13 “He will judge the world in righteousness”


Psalm 97


97:1–6 Theophany of Yahweh, the King


97:7–12 The outcome of the coming of the King


Psalm 98


98:1–3 “Sing to the LORD a new song”


98:4–9 Rejoice, for the King is coming to judge with equity


Psalm 99


99:1–3 The King who dwells among the cherubim


99:4–5 The King who loves justice


99:6–9 Response to the King


Psalm 100


100:1–3 What does it mean to worship the LORD?


100:4–5 Why worship the LORD


Psalm 101


101:1–2 Worship and Justice


101:3–8 Hating evil


Psalm 102


102:1–11 Lament


102:12–22 Hymn


102:23–24 Lament


102:25–28 Hymn


Psalm 103


103:1–6 Praising God with one’s inmost being


103:7–18 Praising God with one’s community


103:19–22 Praising God with all of creation


Psalm 104


104:1–4 The LORD who is my God


104:5–9 From the heavens to the earth


104:10–18 The God who feeds his creatures


104:19–30 “All creatures look to you”


104:31–35 A realistic view of creation


Psalm 105


105:1–6 Call to praise


105:7–11 God remembers his covenant


105:12–22 God prepares the way to Egypt


105:23–36 God works marvelously in Egypt


105:37–45 God sets his people free and brings them to the Promised land


Psalm 106


106:1–3 Introduction


106:4–5 Petition


106:6–46 Confession


106:47–48 Petition and Doxology


Psalm 107


107:1–3 Introduction


107:4–9 Hunger


107:10–16 Imprisonment


107:17–22 “Near the gates of death”


107:23–32 Dangers at sea


107:33–43 Instruction


Psalm 108


108:1–5 praise


108:6-11 Return to lament


108:12-13 Persistence of faith amidst uncertainties


Psalm 109


109:1–5 Complaints against enemies


109:6–19 Prayers against enemies


109:20–29 Petition and motivation


109:30–31 Vow of praise


Psalm 110


110:1–3 The word of the LORD to “my lord”


110:4–7 “The LORD has sworn”


Psalm 111


111:1 Lessons in Thanksgiving


111:2–3 Pondering the works of the LORD


111:4–9 God’s works as manifestations of his grace and compassion


111:10 The fear of the LORD


Psalm 112


112:1–4 The blessedness of those who fear the LORD


112:5–9 Those who fear the LORD as gracious and just


112:10 The judgment of the wicked


Psalm 113


113:1–3 Praise the LORD


113:4–9 Why the LORD is to be praised


Psalm 114


114:1–2 “When Israel came out of Egypt”


114:3–4 “The sea looked and fled”


114:5–6 “Why was it, sea, that you fled?”


114:7–8 “Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord”


Psalm 115


115:1–3 Lament of the community


115:4–8 The Living God and the Idols


115:9–16 Exhortation to trust and petition for blessing


115:17–18 Worshipers of the Living God


Psalm 116


116:1–6 Thanksgiving


116:7–11 Recollection of past distress


116:12–14 Thanksgiving


116:15–16b Situation of lament


116:16c–19 Answer and vow of thanksgiving


Psalm 117


117:1 Call to praise


117:2 Motivation for praise


Psalm 118


118:1–4 Thanksgiving of the Community


118:5–18 Thanksgiving of the Individu