This summer, I am studying several Psalms with a great group of women! It’s a twelve (12) week study called Psalms: Prayers of the Heart by Eugene Petersen. It’s a really tiny book with very little commentary, and some powerful questions. I say this to explain the reason for choosing the Psalms that I’ll be writing about over the next twelve weeks. Here is the schedule:
Week 1 – Psalm 1
Week 2 – Psalm 2
Week 3 – Psalm 3
Week 4 – Psalm 8
Week 5 – Psalm 51
Week 6 – Psalm 103
Week 7 – Psalm 23
Week 8 – Psalm 137
Week 9 – Psalm 6
Week 10 – Psalm 73
Week 11 – Psalm 90
Week 12 – Psalm 150
The Psalms are broken into five books. Psalm 1-41 is Book 1. Psalm 42-72 is Book 2. Psalm 73-89 is Book 3. Psalm 90-106 is Book 4. Psalm 107-150 is Book 5. Each book ends with the phrase, “Praise be to
the Lord… Amen and Amen!” These five
books correspond with the five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, and Deuteronomy). According to
the YouVersion introduction to the NIV version of Psalms, the Psalms tell a
three-part story of Israel’s redemption: monarchy (Book 1 and 2), exile (Book 3
and 4) and return (Book 5). The individual
Psalms express a wide variety of responses to God. The overall collection celebrates the work of
God in history to save His people.
I hope you will join me as we examine a selection of Psalms
this summer! Posts will begin this weekend!
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