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The Psalms behind the songs

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Twelve songs open twelve Psalms. Read their words, notice their movement, and borrow their language for prayer.

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Notice the words, connect their movement, and reflect on how each Psalm meets its song. This is a learning companion, not a test of faith.

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Four postures in this collection

These selected Psalms chiefly gather around Praise, Thanksgiving, Confidence, and Kingship. They are four broad postures represented by this album—not the only ways the whole Psalter can be understood.

Praise
6
Thanksgiving
3
Confidence
2
Kingship
1

Psalms.org’s “Study the Psalms” describes seven broad categories overall; the album’s twelve selected Psalms chiefly occupy four of them.

The twelve Psalms

Showing 12 Psalms.

  • Psalm 113

    Now and Forever

    PraiseEgyptian Hallel

    Psalm 113 calls for the name of the Lord to be praised from sunrise to sunset, and marvels that the One enthroned on high stoops to lift the poor from the dust and set the needy among princes.

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  • Psalm 115

    Know His Name

    PraiseEgyptian Hallel

    Psalm 115 contrasts idols that cannot see, hear or speak with the living God who does as he pleases, and urges the people to trust him as their help and shield.

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  • Psalm 146

    Temporary Hands

    PraiseGreat Doxology

    Psalm 146 warns against putting trust in mortal rulers whose plans end with their breath, and praises the God who keeps faith forever, feeding the hungry and lifting those bowed down.

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  • Psalm 145

    No Last Hallelujah

    PraiseAcrostic

    Psalm 145 is praise without an ending: one generation tells the next of God's mighty acts, and his kingdom, kindness and compassion endure through all generations.

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  • Psalm 103

    Crown On The Dust

    Praise

    Psalm 103 blesses the God who forgives, heals and crowns his people with loving kindness and tender mercies, and who remembers that we are dust — knowing our frailty and meeting it with compassion.

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  • Psalm 147

    Infinite Attention

    PraiseGreat Doxology

    Psalm 147 holds together the vast and the small: the One who counts and names the stars also heals the broken-hearted and delights in those who hope in his mercy.

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  • Psalm 65

    The Ground Gives You Away

    ThanksgivingTemple Songs

    Psalm 65 sees God's goodness written across the land — rain softening the furrows, hills clothed with gladness, valleys covered with grain — as creation itself joins the song.

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  • Psalm 116

    He Heard My Voice

    ThanksgivingEgyptian Hallel

    Psalm 116 is the testimony of someone rescued: because the Lord heard their voice and their pleading, they will walk before him and keep calling on his name as long as they live.

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  • Psalm 91

    Closer Than Trouble

    Confidence

    Psalm 91 speaks of shelter in the shadow of the Almighty — a refuge and fortress in terror, plague and darkness, and a promise that God answers those who call.

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  • Psalm 35

    Truth with Teeth

    ConfidenceImprecatory

    Psalm 35 is an honest plea for justice against false accusers, ending in thanksgiving and the resolve to praise God among the great assembly.

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  • Psalm 118

    Everlasting

    ThanksgivingMessianicEgyptian Hallel

    Psalm 118 repeats one refrain until it settles in: give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loving kindness endures forever — the rejected stone becomes the cornerstone.

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  • Psalm 2

    Noise Is Not a Throne

    KingshipMessianic

    Psalm 2 watches the nations rage and plot in vain, and answers with the calm of a God who reigns, inviting rulers and readers alike to take refuge in him.

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A gentle rhythm

How to pray through a Psalm

  1. 1 · Pause

    Arrive without rushing.

  2. 2 · Hear

    Notice the Psalm’s movement.

  3. 3 · Name

    Tell the truth about what you carry.

  4. 4 · Borrow

    Receive its language of faith.

  5. 5 · Pray

    Answer in your own words.

This original five-step rhythm is a simple way to slow down with the text. For another introduction, see How to Pray Through a Psalm .