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  1     His, 2Sam   22:    1(1) |             for having prepared the psalmist for war (2 Sam 22:32-35),
  2   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |          Lord as the rescuer of the psalmist from a desperate situation.
  3   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |           situation. Very often the psalmist will give a flash-back,
  4   WisdB,  Psa  Int          |             the exact nature of the psalmist's plight. However, Psa 51 (
  5   WisdB,  Psa    3:    1(1) |             Despite such taunts the psalmist hopes for God's protection
  6   WisdB,  Psa    4:    1(1) |          petition is based upon the psalmist's vivid experience of God
  7   WisdB,  Psa    4:    1(1) |          Psalm 4:3-6). The faithful psalmist exemplifies the blessings
  8   WisdB,  Psa    5:    1(1) |            Psalm 5:5-7, 10-11). The psalmist therefore prays that God
  9   WisdB,  Psa    6:    1(1) |             express repentance. The psalmist does not, as in many laments,
 10   WisdB,  Psa    6:    1(1) |          Psalm 6:8, 9, 10)[11]. The psalmist prays that the effects of
 11   WisdB,  Psa    6:    6(5) |             for God to preserve the psalmist from death: in the shadowy
 12   WisdB,  Psa    7:    1(1) |           An individual lament. The psalmist flees to God's presence
 13   WisdB,  Psa    7:    1(1) |          Psalm 7:4-6). The innocent psalmist can thus hope for the just
 14   WisdB,  Psa    7:    1(1) |            justice of God leads the psalmist to praise (Psalm 7:17)[18]. ~
 15   WisdB,  Psa    7:    4(2) |       enemies have made against the psalmist.~
 16   WisdB,  Psa    8:    1(1) |           of God (Psalm 8:2-3), the psalmist is struck first by the smallness
 17   WisdB,  Psa    9:    1(1) |          rule over the nations, the psalmist's own concern for rescue (
 18   WisdB,  Psa   11:    1(1) |         Psalm 11:1-3), the innocent psalmist reaffirms confidence in
 19   WisdB,  Psa   12:    1(1) |             Psalm 12] A lament. The psalmist, thrown into a world where
 20   WisdB,  Psa   12:    1(1) |         psalms. In Psalm 12:7-8 the psalmist affirms the intention to
 21   WisdB,  Psa   13:    1(1) |            1] A lament in which the psalmist, seriously ill (Psalm 13:
 22   WisdB,  Psa   13:    1(1) |           to those enemies that the psalmist enjoys God's favor (Psalm
 23   WisdB,  Psa   16:    1(1) |           In the first section, the psalmist rejects the futile worship
 24   WisdB,  Psa   16:    6(4) |            measured out for me: the psalmist is pleased with the plot
 25   WisdB,  Psa   17:    1(1) |           being found innocent, the psalmist cries out for God's just
 26   WisdB,  Psa   17:   15(4) |          When I awake: probably the psalmist has spent the night in the
 27   WisdB,  Psa   19:    1(1) |             8-11), toward which the psalmist prays to be open (Psalm
 28   WisdB,  Psa   22:    1(1) |           intensity of feeling. The psalmist's present distress is contrasted
 29   WisdB,  Psa   22:    1(1) |             22 enemies surround the psalmist. The last third is an invitation
 30   WisdB,  Psa   22:    7(3) |             worm, hardly human: the psalmist's sense of isolation and
 31   WisdB,  Psa   22:   13(4) |           Bulls: the enemies of the psalmist are also portrayed in less-than-human
 32   WisdB,  Psa   22:   23(6) |        summary or a citation of the psalmist's poem of praise.~
 33   WisdB,  Psa   23:    1(1) |           God's loving care for the psalmist is portrayed under the figures
 34   WisdB,  Psa   25:    1(1) |         only loosely connected. The psalmist mixes ardent pleas (Psalm
 35   WisdB,  Psa   26:    1(1) |        altar (Exodus 30:17-21), the psalmist seeks God's protection upon
 36   WisdB,  Psa   27:    1(1) |          rescue (Psalm 27:1-3), the psalmist longs for the presence of
 37   WisdB,  Psa   27:    2(2) |             To devour my flesh: the psalmist's enemies are rapacious
 38   WisdB,  Psa   28:    6(2) |                              6] The psalmist shifts to fervent thanksgiving,
 39   WisdB,  Psa   30:    1(1) |     praising. God has delivered the psalmist from one state to the other.~
 40   WisdB,  Psa   31:    1(1) |       couched in general terms. The psalmist feels overwhelmed by evil
 41   WisdB,  Psa   32:    1(1) |           32:1-2) - arises from the psalmist's own experience. At one
 42   WisdB,  Psa   32:    1(1) |         experience. At one time the psalmist was stubborn and closed,
 43   WisdB,  Psa   32:    1(1) |            Having been rescued, the psalmist can teach others the joys
 44   WisdB,  Psa   34:    1(1) |           are in reverse order. The psalmist, fresh from the experience
 45   WisdB,  Psa   35:    1(1) |            betrayed by friends. The psalmist prays that the evildoers
 46   WisdB,  Psa   35:    1(1) |          for the destruction of the psalmist's persecutors. The psalm
 47   WisdB,  Psa   35:    1(1) |          must keep in mind that the psalmist is praying for public redress
 48   WisdB,  Psa   35:    1(2) |        Psalm 35:11, 15, 20-21). The psalmist seeks lost honor through
 49   WisdB,  Psa   38:    1(1) |            Psalms (cf Psalm 6), the psalmist acknowledges the sin that
 50   WisdB,  Psa   38:    1(1) |            the past and restore the psalmist. ~
 51   WisdB,  Psa   39:    1(1) |            was too much and now the psalmist laments the brevity and
 52   WisdB,  Psa   39:    1(1) |        hopeful (Psalm 39:8-10). The psalmist continues to express both
 53   WisdB,  Psa   40:    1(1) |       appears also in Psalm 70. The psalmist describes the rescue in
 54   WisdB,  Psa   41:    1(1) |             and have ostracized the psalmist (Psalm 41:5-11). The healing
 55   WisdB,  Psa   41:    1(1) |             s favor and rebukes the psalmist's detractors (Psalm 41:12-
 56   WisdB,  Psa   41:    2(2) |            2; 34:9; 40:5; 65:5. The psalmist's statement about God's
 57   WisdB,  Psa   41:   11(4) |           which God decides for the psalmist and against the false friends.
 58   WisdB,  Psa   42:    1(1) |            42:6, 11[12]; 43:5). The psalmist is in the extreme north
 59   WisdB,  Psa   42:    1(1) |       liturgy. Despite sadness, the psalmist hopes once again to join
 60   WisdB,  Psa   42:    8(5) |          deep calls to deep: to the psalmist, the waters arising in the
 61   WisdB,  Psa   43:    3(1) |             for the pilgrimage. The psalmist seeks divine protection
 62   WisdB,  Psa   49:    1(1) |           faith (Psalm 49:2-5), the psalmist depicts the self-delusion
 63   WisdB,  Psa   49:    5(3) |                     5] Problem: the psalmist's personal solution to the
 64   WisdB,  Psa   49:   16(5) |            will rescue the faithful psalmist in the same manner.~
 65   WisdB,  Psa   51:    7(2) |       hyperbole: at no time was the psalmist ever without sin. Cf Psalm
 66   WisdB,  Psa   54:    1(1) |            Refusing to despair, the psalmist hopes in God, who is active
 67   WisdB,  Psa   55:    1(1) |                       Psalm 55] The psalmist, betrayed by intimate friends (
 68   WisdB,  Psa   55:    1(1) |      wronged. The sufferings of the psalmist include both ostracism (
 69   WisdB,  Psa   55:    1(1) |              Numbers 16:31-32). The psalmist, confident of vindication,
 70   WisdB,  Psa   56:    1(1) | psychologically (Psalm 56:6-7), the psalmist maintains a firm confidence
 71   WisdB,  Psa   56:    1(1) |            Nothing will prevent the psalmist from keeping the vow to
 72   WisdB,  Psa   56:    9(3) |           high value on each of the psalmist's troubles.~
 73   WisdB,  Psa   57:    9(4) |          dawn: by a bold figure the psalmist imagines the sound of music
 74   WisdB,  Psa   58:    1(1) |          forces (Psalm 58:4-6). The psalmist prays God to prevent them
 75   WisdB,  Psa   59:    1(1) |             vivid depictions of the psalmist's enemies (Psalm 59:4-5a,
 76   WisdB,  Psa   62:    1(1) |    experience of being rescued, the psalmist can teach others to trust
 77   WisdB,  Psa   63:    1(1) |          from God (Psalm 63:2), the psalmist longs for the divine life
 78   WisdB,  Psa   69:    1(1) |              In the second part the psalmist prays with special emphasis
 79   WisdB,  Psa   69:    1(1) |               Despite the pain, the psalmist does not lose hope that
 80   WisdB,  Psa   69:    5(4) |           What I did not steal: the psalmist, falsely accused of theft,
 81   WisdB,  Psa   69:   10(5) |         your house consumes me: the psalmist's commitment to God's cause
 82   WisdB,  Psa   73:    1(1) |        Psalm 37:49) is actually the psalmist's hard-won conclusion from
 83   WisdB,  Psa   73:    1(1) |           God is just and good! The psalmist describes near loss of faith (
 84   WisdB,  Psa   73:    1(1) |         personal righteousness, the psalmist could not bear the injustice
 85   WisdB,  Psa   73:    1(1) |           be confident, for, as the psalmist now knows, their security
 86   WisdB,  Psa   73:   17(4) |           understand their end: the psalmist receives a double revelation
 87   WisdB,  Psa   73:   24(5) |        Kings 2:11-12; the righteous psalmist in Psalm 49:16. Personal
 88   WisdB,  Psa   75:    1(1) |                       Psalm 75] The psalmist gives thanks and rejoices (
 89   WisdB,  Psa   75:    1(1) |            divine intervention, the psalmist warns evildoers to repent (
 90   WisdB,  Psa   75:    2(2) |             in both places that the psalmist is citing an oracle of God.~
 91   WisdB,  Psa   77:   11(2) |            literally, "I said." The psalmist, after pondering the present
 92   WisdB,  Psa   83:    1(1) |          Israel (Psalm 83:1-8). The psalmist sees all Israel's enemies
 93   WisdB,  Psa   86:    1(1) |           An individual lament. The psalmist, "poor and oppressed" (Psalm
 94   WisdB,  Psa   88:    1(1) |           88] A lament in which the psalmist prays for rescue from the
 95   WisdB,  Psa   88:    4(2) |             4-8] In imagination the psalmist already experiences the
 96   WisdB,  Psa   88:   11(3) |                          11-13] The psalmist seeks to persuade God to
 97   WisdB,  Psa   91:    1(1) |          temple (Psalm 91:1-2). The psalmist is confident that God's
 98   WisdB,  Psa   92:    1(1) |           Psalm 92:10), whereas the psalmist has already experienced
 99   WisdB,  Psa  102:    1(1) |             Penitential Psalms. The psalmist, experiencing psychic and
100   WisdB,  Psa  102:    1(1) |         promised to be present, the psalmist recalls God's venerable
101   WisdB,  Psa  102:    9(2) |            a curse: enemies use the psalmist's name in phrases such as, "
102   WisdB,  Psa  103:    1(1) |    fragility (Psalm 103:14-18). The psalmist invites the heavenly beings
103   WisdB,  Psa  104:    1(1) |        world vibrant with life. The psalmist describes God's splendor
104   WisdB,  Psa  104:    1(1) |           creatures might live. The psalmist reacts to the beauty of
105   WisdB,  Psa  109:    1(1) |            brief in comparison. The psalmist is apparently the victim
106   WisdB,  Psa  109:    1(1) |             their poor victims. The psalmist is a poor victim (Psalm
107   WisdB,  Psa  109:    1(1) |            enemy of the wicked. The psalmist seeks vindication not on
108   WisdB,  Psa  109:   20(3) |            LORD bring all this: the psalmist prays that God ratify the
109   WisdB,  Psa  110:    1(2) |            and parallels) takes the psalmist to be David and hence "my
110   WisdB,  Psa  116:    1(1) |           thanksgiving in which the psalmist responds to divine rescue
111   WisdB,  Psa  116:    3(2) |             attempts to capture the psalmist with snares and nets. Cf
112   WisdB,  Psa  116:    9(3) |            Isaiah 38:11). Hence the psalmist probably refers to being
113   WisdB,  Psa  116:   10(4) |            the days of despair, the psalmist did not lose all hope.~
114   WisdB,  Psa  118:    1(1) |         litany (Psalm 118:1-4), the psalmist (very likely speaking in
115   WisdB,  Psa  118:    1(1) |         between the priests and the psalmist as the latter enters to
116   WisdB,  Psa  118:    1(1) |           Psalm 118:26-27), and the psalmist sings in gratitude (Psalm
117   WisdB,  Psa  119:   19(2) |            a native inhabitant, the psalmist has a special need for the
118   WisdB,  Psa  120:    1(1) |      attackers (Psalm 120:2-4). The psalmist is acutely conscious of
119   WisdB,  Psa  120:    3(3) |              14:44; 25:22. Here the psalmist is at a loss for a suitable
120   WisdB,  Psa  120:    4(4) |         burn with intense heat. The psalmist thinks of lighted coals
121   WisdB,  Psa  120:    5(5) |         desert (Genesis 25:13). The psalmist may be thinking generally
122   WisdB,  Psa  121:    1(2) |              causing anxiety to the psalmist. ~
123   WisdB,  Psa  126:    4(2) |       stream beds of the Negeb: the psalmist prays for rain in such abundance
124   WisdB,  Psa  130:    1(1) |        departed. In deep sorrow the psalmist cries to God (Psalm 130:
125   WisdB,  Psa  130:    1(1) |          mercy (Psalm 130:3-4). The psalmist's trust (Psalm 130:5-6)
126   WisdB,  Psa  130:    1(2) |              Deep anguish makes the psalmist feel "like those descending
127   WisdB,  Psa  131:    1(1) |         song of trust, in which the psalmist gives up self-sufficiency (
128   WisdB,  Psa  138:    1(1) |           came to the rescue of the psalmist. Divine rescue was not the
129   WisdB,  Psa  138:    1(1) |           was not the result of the psalmist's virtues but of God's loving
130   WisdB,  Psa  138:    1(1) |         people (Psalm 138:4-6). The psalmist, having experienced salvation,
131   WisdB,  Psa  139:    1(1) |   omnipresence and omniscience. The psalmist is keenly aware of God's
132   WisdB,  Psa  139:    1(1) |           of God's control over the psalmist's very self (Psalm 139:13-
133   WisdB,  Psa  139:    1(1) |           rule - wicked people. The psalmist prays to be removed from
134   WisdB,  Psa  140:    1(1) |           foes (Psalm 140:2-6). The psalmist remains trusting (Psalm
135   WisdB,  Psa  140:    1(1) |           psalm (Psalm 140:13). The psalmist is content to be known as
136   WisdB,  Psa  142:    1(1) |           help (Psalm 142:2-4), the psalmist tells how enemies have set
137   WisdB,  Psa  142:    8(3) |             in the temple, when the psalmist offers a thanksgiving sacrifice.~
138   WisdB,  Psa  143:    1(1) |          death-dealing enemies. The psalmist addresses God, aware that
139   WisdB,  Psa  143:    1(1) |         people (Psalm 143:3-4), the psalmist recites ("remembers") God'
140   WisdB,  Psa  144:    8(6) |          raised in lying oaths: the psalmist's enemies give false testimony.~
141  ProphB                     |            some details of what the Psalmist said of the kingdom of David
142  ProphB,  Isa   28:   16(6) |           time, is reflected by the psalmist (Psalm 118:22) and fulfilled
143    Gosp,  Mat    1:    7(3) |         deliberately introduced the psalmist Asaph into the genealogy (
144   NTLet,  Rom    3:   20(5) |        Psalm 143:2. In place of the psalmist's "no living person," Paul
145   NTLet, 2Cor    4:   13(10)|                     13-14] Like the Psalmist, Paul clearly proclaims
146   NTLet,  Heb    1:    8(4) |     mentioned in Hebrews 1:2-3; the psalmist had already used it of the