| SOME NOTABLE PSALMS |
| A listing of some of the best-loved or best-known psalms. |
| A plea for help in time of trouble: 5, 17, 25, 31, 61. A prayer when near despair: 39, 42, 43, 55, 73, 77, 86, 88, 102, 130. A prayer for forgiveness and help: 6, 32, 38, 51, 143. Rest in God's goodness: 4, 11, 23, 63, 67, 91, 115, 125, 139. Israel's cry of anguish at God's anger: 44, 74, 80, 85. Praise with shouts and singing: 33, 47, 66, 81, 95, 96, 98, 149, 150. Praise for God's personal blessings: 18, 30, 34, 40, 92, 103, 107, 113, 116, 118, 146. Praise for God's blessings to Israel: 68, 77, 100, 108, 124, 126, 129. Praise for God's awesome majesty: 8, 24, 29, 46, 50, 90, 93, 114, 145. Praise for God's law: 19, 119. Songs of war and vindication: 35, 58, 76, 79, 83, 109, 137. The history of God and the people of Israel: 78, 105, 106. Nature: 19, 65, 104, 147, 148. The Messiah: 2, 16, 22, 45, 69, 89, 110, 132. Jerusalem and the temple: 48, 84, 87, 122. The fates of the wicked and the righteous: 1, 15, 37, 49. |