Studying the Psalms
In the past I felt that the Psalms, while wonderful expressions of adorations to God, were apparently disjointed and unassociated one with the other. Most were magnificent praises that David, and others, expressed to Almighty God, while others expressed confession, repentance, regret, even, prayers of retribution upon enemies.
After searching inquisitively, taking a closer look into each Psalm, I found what others must have known down through the years. I learned that each Psalm had a message to teach and that there was far more connection and relationship between the Psalms than I realized. I discovered that the Psalms were actually “songs” written to be sung by the Old Testament Hebrew saints, and the early New Testament Church. In fact, they were the songs Jesus sang when He lived on earth.
The purpose of this study is to provide a brief summation of each Psalm, an annotation for each chapter, to be read prior to the reading of a Psalm. Hopefully each synopsis will provide a deeper understanding of why a certain Psalm was written–under what circumstance was it penned–and what message it has for the Church–and us, personally–today!