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Articles and lessons on the Psalms, worship, and the life of the church.

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Great is the LORD

A lesson on Psalm 145: David's alphabet of praise and its missing letter, the unsearchable greatness of the King, his goodness to all and his nearness to those who call, the psalm at Luther's table and in the Talmud, and notes for singing it in November.

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His Mercy Endureth Forever

A lesson on Psalm 136: the refrain said twenty-six times and the covenant word inside it, creation, the exodus and the conquest set under one sentence, the refrain in Israel's worship and at Luther's table, and notes for singing it antiphonally in November.

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What Shall I Render?

A lesson on Psalm 116: love that answers being heard, the cords of death and the bonds loosed, the cup of salvation and the vows paid in public, the costly death of the saints, and notes for singing it in November.

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Let the Redeemed Say So

A lesson on Psalm 107: four deliverances and one refrain, the covenant love the Authorised Version translates three ways, the God who turns deserts into pools and princes into wanderers, and notes for singing it in November.

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Bless the LORD, O My Soul

A lesson on Psalm 103: a soul commanded to bless and not to forget, the benefits of verses 3–5, the Exodus 34 creed sung back to God, mercy measured against the sky, grass and everlasting love, and notes for singing it in November.

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Enter with Thanksgiving

A lesson on Psalm 100: the seven imperatives, the knowledge that the LORD is God, the thank-offering at the gates, Kethe's Old Hundredth, and notes for singing it in November.