How to study and understand the Psalms plus examples of specific psalms.
How to Study Psalms
01 How to Study the Psalms
How to study the Psalms: understand Hebrew poetry and parallelism, follow structure, and apply wisdom with confidence. Teacher: David John Marotta; Season 12 Episode 16
02 Living the Psalms
Teacher: David Turner (no audio)
03 Interpreting the Psalms
Some people wonder why we should interpret the Psalms at all. Why not just pick up the book and pray them? Interpretation can feel analytical and sterile, like pinning a butterfly. Why spend an hour on interpretation? Teacher: Bill Wilder; Season 12 Episode 17
04 Meeting God in the Psalms
Meeting God in the Psalms: How to take what you learned and transformed it into a talk that will change someone’s life. Teacher: David John Marotta; Season 12 Episode 18
05 Sharing the Psalms
A practical guide to sharing the psalms: choose passages, frame the context, ask great questions, and point people to hope in Christ. Teacher: Ed Scully; Season 12 Episode 19
Resources: Understanding Hebrew Poetry
Individual Psalms
Psalm 1 – The righteous and the wicked
Teacher Krisan Marotta; Season 12 episode 7
Psalm 19 – “The heavens declare the glory of God”
Teacher: Libby Taggart; Season 12 episode 8
Psalm 27 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?…”
Teacher Krisan Marotta; Season 12 episode 9
Psalm 49 – The Folly of Trusting in Riches
Teacher: David John Marotta; Season 12 episode 10
Psalm 73 – The end of the wicked contrasted with that of the righteous
Teacher: David John Marotta; Season 12 episode 11
Psalm 107 – The Lord delivers us from manifold troubles
Teacher: David John Marotta; Season 12 episode 12
Psalm 109 – Vengeance invoked upon adversaries
Teacher: David John Marotta; Season 12 episode 13
Psalm 130 – “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!”
Teacher Libby Taggart; Season 12 episode 14
Psalm 143 – “Hear my prayer, O Lord, Give ear to my supplications!…”
Teacher Krisan Marotta; Season 12 episode 15
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Podcast Season 12, episodes 7-19