| I | Orphan | Wisdom | How to find human happiness | Blessed | Inspiration | The Blessed Man | Facts | Parallel | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| I | David | Royal | Nations need to surrender to God’s authority. | Psalm of Messian the Prince | Easter Reading | Act 4:25; 13:33 | Book | Author | Genre | Theme | Key Words | Inspiration | ||
| I | David | Lament | Thanksgiving to God | Lord | God Our Deliverer | Morning Hymn | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Evening Psalm | A Conversation With God | A | Book | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Worship, Prayer, Morning | An Appeal for the Lord's Protection | Morning Prayer | B | Author | |||||||
| I | David | Penitential | Penitential Psalm | Victory Out of Defeat | 1/7 Penitential Psalm | C | Genre | |||||||
| I | David | Lament | God the Judge | Song of the Slandered Saint | D | Theme | ||||||||
| I | David | Praise | God the Creator. | Psalm of the Shepherd Boy/Song of the Astronomer | Ascension | E | Key Words | |||||||
| I | David | Thanksgiving | the final end of the way of the wicked | Acrostic | The Lord Reigns Over Humans | Acrostic | F | Inspiration | ||||||
| I | David | Lament | The goodness of God | Acrostic | Psalm of Antichrist | Acrostic | G | Titles | ||||||
| I | David | Meditation | God the Judge in Time of Trouble/Righteousness | The Song of the Steadfast | H | Facts | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Righteousness In Time of Trouble | Society's Lies vs. the Lord's Truths | I | Parallel | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Time of Trouble/Evening | How long | The Lord is Always There for Us | Shortest prayer for help | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | faith isn't foolish – lack of faith is | The Lord Triumphs Over Unbelievers | Psalm 53 | |||||||||
| I | David | Wisdom | God the Righteous Redeemer (after communion) | Ascension Day | David's Ten Commandments | Summarized 316 rules of the Torah | ||||||||
| I | David | Prayer | Hope of Immortality | Easter Psalm | evening worship | Acts 2:27; 13:35 | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | God Our Refuge Prayer (Evening) | A Prayer of David | evening worship | |||||||||
| I | David | Thanksgiving | God’s Mercy: Trust in God in Time of Trouble | After Communion | Thanksgiving to the God Who Acts | 4th Longest Psalm | 2 Sam. 22 | |||||||
| I | David | Praise | God the Creator | God in Nature and Scripture | Rm 10:18 | |||||||||
| I | David | Royal | Prayer: God Our Refuge in Times of Trouble | Morming Worship | Preparation for Battle | God Save the King | ||||||||
| I | David | Royal | The king's strength depends upon the Lord | Messianic | A Celebration of the King's Victories | |||||||||
| I | David | Messianic | The Passion | The Psalm of the Cross | Isaiah 53 | |||||||||
| I | David | Reflection | God's Law & Mercy | The Shepherd Psalm | Preparation for Holy Communion | |||||||||
| I | David | Zion, Torah | Obedience to the Law is a requirement | Moving ther Ark into Jerusalem | Song of Ascension | Jews sing it on Sunday mornings | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Divine Guidance | Acrostic | Preparation for Communion | The Soul's Upward Lift to God | 3/9 Acroctic Psalms | |||||||
| I | David | Lament | Worship & Righteousness | Preparation for Communion | An Avowel of Innoscency | |||||||||
| I | David | Lament/Thanksgiving | Trust in God | Thanksgiving after Communion | Fearless Trust in God | |||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Prayer | Inspiration | Trusting the Lord in Times of Trouble | Facts | A | Book | ||||||
| I | David | Praise | God's Glory & Peace | The Voice of the Lord | Thanksgiving after Communion | Song of the Thunderstorm | Last Day of the Feast of the Tabernacles | B | Author | |||||
| I | David | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving in Time of Trouble | Song | For the Dedication of the Temple | Thankgiving for Answered Prayer | Hanakah/vs. the Spanish Inquisition | Ezra 6:16 | C | Genre | ||||
| I | David | Lament/Thanksgiving | Prayer & Trust in God | Evening Worship | A Refuge in Time of Trouble | Quoted by John Huss | Jer, Jonah, Lk, Ps. 71 | D | Theme | |||||
| I | David | Penitential | Maskil | Blessed | Bathsheba | The Joy of God's Forgiveness | Augustine's & Luther's favorite /Pauline Psalm | Psalm 51 | E | Key Words | ||||
| I | David | Praise | God the Creator, God’s Wisdom | A Call to Praise the Soverign Lord | Psalm 32 | F | Inspiration | |||||||
| I | David | Wisdom | Righteousness in God's Law | Acrostic | Thanksgiving after Communion | The Lord's Protecting Care | v, 8 Communion, Easter/Acrostic | 1 Sam. 21:10-15 | G | Titles | ||||
| I | David | Imprecatory | vindication, defeat of enemies, and praise of God | The Rightful Fate of Ungodly Enemies | Jer. 18:20, 22 | H | Facts | |||||||
| I | David | Lament | God's Glory | Preparation for Communion | Triumph of the Lord's Goodness | After You Put on Your Prayer Shawl | I | Parallel | ||||||
| I | David | Wisdom | God Our Refuse & His Law | Acrostic | Trusting God's Prodidences | Acrostic | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | Penitential Psalm | Physical Suffering X 15 | Confession to Win Forgiveness and healing | 3rd Penitential Psalm | ||||||||
| I | David | Lament | The Transitoriness of Life | Life is Only a Vapor | ||||||||||
| I | David | Messianic/Lament/Thanksgiving | The Passionn/ Peace in Time of Trouble | Last 5 Verses | Christmas Psalm | Psalm 70 | ||||||||
| I | David | Thanksgiving/Lament | Preparation for Communion | Blessed | A Plea for Devine Help | Jesus quoted v. 9 | ||||||||
| II | Korah | Lament | Plight of a Believer | Maskil | A Thirst For God | Linked to Psalm 43 | Psalm 43 | |||||||
| II | Orphan | Lament | Messianic Rule | The Cure for Depression | Psalm 42 | |||||||||
| II | Korah | Lament | calling out to God for rescue | 3/13 Maskil | Do It Again God | Psalm 60 | ||||||||
| II | Korah | Royal/Messianic | God's abundant blessing on his Messiah | A Royal Wedding Song | ||||||||||
| II | Korah | Zion/Messianic | God's Victory Over Nature & Nations | Song | Used to reassure civilians (war) | The Song of Holy Confidence | Inspired "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" | |||||||
| II | Korah | Messianic | Messianic Rule | Praise to God the King | Synagogue New Year Observances/Ascension | |||||||||
| II | Korah | Zion | Messianic Rule | Commemorated the Repulse of Armies | Acclaim to the Great King of Zion | Sung by Pilgrims entering Perusalem | ||||||||
| II | Korah | Wisdom | The Rich Fool | An Appeal Not to Trust Riches | Call People to Heed What is to Follow | |||||||||
| II | Asaph | Prophecy | The Law & God the Judge | 1/12 Asaph | God Judges Formalists and Hypocrits | |||||||||
| II | David | Penitential | Penitential Psalm | Miserere | David's Great Penitintial Cry | Voltaire couldn't satarize | 2 Sam. 11-12 | |||||||
| II | David | Trust | Your tongue devises destruction | The Folly of a Wicked Man | When Doeg murdered 85 priests | 1 Sam. 22:9-19 | ||||||||
| II | David | Lament | we should be grieved by who we were and overwhelmed that God would choose to save us | Maskil | The Lord Triumphs Over Unbelievers | Psalm 14 | ||||||||
| II | David | Lament | The Passion/Prayer/God Our Judge | Maskil | Ziph Betryed David to Saul | An Account of God's Deliverance | 1 Sam. 23:19-29 | |||||||
| II | David | Lament | David asks God to bring swift, immediate justice on these enemies | Casting One's Cares Upon the Lord | A | Book | ||||||||
| II | David | Lament | no suffering is purposeless | 1/5 Miktam | Coping with Enemies by Trusting God | When David fled to Gath | 1 Sam. 21:10-14 | B | Author | |||||
| II | David | Lament | Trust in God & His Mercy in Times of Trouble | Miktam | Faith Even in a Cave | Identical to Ps. 108:1-5 | 1 Sam. 22:1-2, 1 Sam. 24:1-8 | C | Genre | |||||
| II | David | Imprecatory | Rulers Who Are Silent at Injustice | Miktam | A Protest Against Dissolute Rulers | D | Theme | |||||||
| II | David | Lament | fairness or justice | Miktam | An escape from Saul through an upper window | An Appeal to God to Dispose of Enemies | 1 Sam. 19:11-17, Psalm 2 | E | Key Words | |||||
| II | David | Lament | For Teaching | 5/5 Miktams | God's Help: Key to Victory | 2 Sam. 8:3-13, Ps. 108:6-13 | F | Inspiration | ||||||
| II | David | Lament | God's Refuge & Mercy with Prayer | The Secret of Security | G | Titles | ||||||||
| II | David | Wisdom | Trust in God the Judge & His Law in Times of Trouble (Mercy) | only | Absalom's Rebellion | The Soul's Refuge in Covenant Love | The Only Psalm | H | Facts | |||||
| II | David | Lament | Trust in God in Times of Trouble (Mercy & Worship) | Morning | David was in the Judean Wilderness | Enjoying God's Love | Morning Hymn | I | Parallel | |||||
| II | David | Lament | God can and does act to protect his people | God Will Cope with My Enemies | ||||||||||
| II | David | Thanksgiving | God the Creator | Song | God's Glory in Lives and in the Land | Thanksgiving Psalm | ||||||||
| II | Orphan | Thanksgiving | Worship & the Hope of Imortality | Selah/Song | Lord's Prayer of the Old Testament | Orthodox Easter Sunday | ||||||||
| II | Orphan | Praise/Thanksgiving | Worship Literagy | Song | Cose of the Sabbath | An Invitation to Praise God | Missionary Song/Millenial Song | |||||||
| II | David | Messianic | Hapax Legomenon | Song | Feast of Weeks | The Lord's Universal Victories | at Napoleon's Retreat | |||||||
| II | David | Lament | The Passion | 17 New Testament quotes | A Response to Persecution | Good Friday | ||||||||
| II | David | Lament | You are my help and my deliverer | For the Memorial Offering | Help Me Quickly God | Psalm 40:13-17 | ||||||||
| II | Orphan | Lament | Trust in God Our Refuge | Testimony/Praise | A Psalm for Old Age | 50 Quotes from 26 other Psalms | Psalm 70 | |||||||
| II | Solomon | Royal | God's Soverignty | Royal Son | Epiphany Psalm | |||||||||
| III | Asaph | Lament | Trust in God's Mercy/Hope for Immortality | Surely/Heart | The Illusionary Properity of the Wicked | |||||||||
| III | Asaph | Lament | teaches us how we can and should face difficult times in our lives realizing that our only hope in good and bad times is the great God of power and love we find in the bible | X | Destruction of the Temple (6 c. BC) | A Lament for the Temple | ||||||||
| III | Asaph | Thanksgiving | God the Judge | God Disposes and God Exalts. | Luke 1:52-53 | |||||||||
| III | Asaph | Zion | God the Judge of Peace | Selah | The Warrior Who dwells in Zion | Salem was named for this psalm | ||||||||
| III | 6/12 Asaph | Lament/Hymn | Trust in God's Mercy | I/my | Evening Worship | Hope Returns with a Vision of God | Hab. 3:8-15 | |||||||
| III | Asaph | Historical | Trust in God's Mercy | O My People Hear My Teaching | Evening Worship | Lessons from History | 2nd Longest Psalm | |||||||
| III | Asaph | Lament | God's vengeance upon those who have trashed His people | Destruction of the Temple | A Response to Disaster | Resited on the Eve of the Sabbath | Psalm 74 | |||||||
| III | Asaph | Lament | Divine Guidance in Times of Trouble | Hear us | Israel under Assyria | A Plea for National Restoration | ||||||||
| III | Asaph | Covenent | God's faithfulness in the face of Israel's disobedience | A Call to Worship and Obey | ||||||||||
| III | Asaph | Temple Hymn | The Problem of Unjust Rulers | An Appeal for God to Restore Justice | Sung on Tuesdays at Synagouges | Is. 3:13-15 | A | Book | ||||||
| III | Asaph | Lament | the better purpose of God's judgment is leading people to acknowledge Him as Most High | A Call for God's Protection | Good Friday reading | B | Author | |||||||
| III | Korah | Zion | Worship & Prayer | calling out to God for rescue | Pilgrims Seeking the Living God | 1956 US VP Alben Barkley recited this Psalm ans died | C | Genre | ||||||
| III | Korah | Lament | God's Mercy & Divine Guidance in Time of Trouble | calling out to God for rescue | Prayer for Mercy to Continue | D | Theme | |||||||
| III | David | Lament | Prayer for God's Mercy in time of Trouble | Jhvh4, Adonai7, Elohim4, El1 | Preparation for Communion | A Needy Man Cries to the Lord | 40 quotations | E | Key Words | |||||
| III | Korah | Zion | God will once again dwell with His people | Zion, the Eternal Spiritual | F | Inspiration | ||||||||
| III | Heman son of Korah | Lament | The Passion | Song Psalm Maskil | Good Friday Psalm | A Sufferer Cries Out to God | Saddest of all the Psalms | G | Titles | |||||
| III | Ethan | Royal | God's Law & Soverignty | The Lord's Covenant with David | His Incarnation | 1 Ki. 4:31, 1Chr. 2:6 | H | Facts | ||||||
| IV | Moses | Lament | Comparison of God and human time | Prayer | Funeral Psalm | The Brevity of Life on Earth | God Our Help in Ages Past inspiration | I | Parallel | |||||
| IV | Moses | Wisdom | Security of the Believer | Used before retiring | Security for the Child of God | Used to reassure soldiers | ||||||||
| IV | Orphan | Thanksgiving | Righteousness Thanksgiving | A Song for the Sabbath day | Reasons to Praise the Lord | |||||||||
| IV | David | Messianic | God’s Sovereignty | Friday afternoon temple psalm | The Lord Reigns | first of 8 kingship psalms | ||||||||
| IV | David | Lament | evildoers and their atheistic attitude | destroy, avenges | A Call for the Lord to Repay | Wednesday temple Psalm | ||||||||
| IV | David | Praise | the Lord is a great King | Friday evening & New Years | The Worshiper's Hymn (Ventine) | used for a call to worship | Heb. 4:7 | |||||||
| IV | David | Messianic | Enthronement Psalm | mosaic | The Lord Reigns | A Celebration of the Lord's Kingship | quoted when the ark was installed in Zion | 1 Chron. 16:23-33 | ||||||
| IV | David | Royal | Enthronement Psalm | mosaic | The Lord Reigns | The Lord Will Conquor Evil | ||||||||
| IV | Orphan | Thanksgiving | Enthronement Psalm | Psalm | A New Song to the Lord (Cantate Domino) | Joy to the World inspiration | Psalm 96 | |||||||
| IV | David | Royal | Enthronement Psalm | The Lord Reigns | A Call to Exalt the Lord (The Sanctus) | Psalms 93, 94 | ||||||||
| IV | Orphan | Royal | Old 100th Song | 7 Commands in 1st 4 verses | A Summons to Praise (Jubilate Deo) | For Thanksgiving | ||||||||
| IV | David | Royal | 10 promises of the king | will (16) | Standards for a Godly Ruler | Prince's Psalm | ||||||||
| IV | Orphan | Penitential | God the Redeemer; The Incarnation; Worship | Hebrews 1:1-12 | The Afflicted One's Prayer | Read during fasting | ||||||||
| IV | David | Thanksgiving | David's Hallelujah Chorus | The Lord (11) | Thanksgiving for God's Mercy | at the close of communion | ||||||||
| IV | Orphan | Praise | God the Creator, God’s Wisdom | The Lord's Glory in Creation | Luther - a praise of God from the book of nature | |||||||||
| IV | Orphan | Praise | Historical Psalm | Praise the Lord | Inclusio | The Works of a Faithful God | Used as a protest vs. Ceasar's authority | 1 Chron. 16:8-22 | ||||||
| IV | Orphan | Lament | Israel's past failures and Yahweh's generous grace | The Disobedience of Israel | ||||||||||
| V | Orphan | Thanksgiving | The Lord's Rule Motivated by Covenant Love | Let us give thanks to the Lord | Jews returning from Assyria/Babylon | The Lord Lovingly Delivers the Distressed | They cried to the Lord on their trouble | |||||||
| V | David | Lament | The Warrior's Morning Song | An Apppeal for God's Help | Psalm 57:7-11, 60:5-12 | |||||||||
| V | David | Imprecatory | repay my enemies | 24 Curses | prophecy for Jesus' crucifiction | Call of Vengeance | Never used in Jewish worship | A | Book | |||||
| V | David | Messianic | used for Sunday vespers | Luther's favorite | The Devinine Messiah, Priest and King | most references to this psalm in the NT | Mt. 22:41-46 | B | Author | |||||
| V | Orphan | Wisdom | extols the person and works of the Lord | Acrostic | 11:2 Carved over the science blg at Cambridge | A Song of Praise to the Lord | Hallelujah Psalm | C | Genre | |||||
| V | Orphan | Wisdom | blessedness of those who serve the Lord | Acrostic | Blessed | Rewards of Fearing the Lord | Hallelujah Psalm | Psalm 111 | D | Theme | ||||
| V | Orphan | Praise | Egyptian Hallel Psalm | The Lord's Praises Should Be Ongoing | Before Passover | E | Key Words | |||||||
| V | Orphan | Royal | Egyptian Hallel Psalm | Easter Hymn | Heaven's Miracles | Before Passover | Psalm 115 | F | Inspiration | |||||
| V | Orphan | Liturgical | Where is God? In the heavens. | Non Nobis Domine, Non Nobis, Sed Nomini Tua Da Gloriam | Passover / Responsive Reading | God Desires Our Praise | Sung at the Last Supper / Battle of Agincourt | G | Titles | 1 L, 2-8 P, 9-11 L, 12-13 P, 14-15 L, 16-18 E | ||||
| V | Orphan | Thanksgiving | Egyptian Hallel Psalm | I will fulfill my vows | Communion | Responding to the Lord's Deliverence | After Passover | H | Facts | |||||
| V | Orphan | Praise | Egyptian Hallel Psalm | shortest Psalm &n chapter, middle of the Bible | An Appeal for the Nations to Praise the Lord | After Passover | Book of Acts | I | Parallel | |||||
| V | Orphan | Thanksgiving | Egyptian Hallel Psalm | between the shortest and longest Psalm | Feast of Tabernacles | A Celebration of Thanksgiving | After Passover | Easter v. 17-18, 22-24 | ||||||
| V | Orphan | Wisdom | 8 symonyms for God's Word | Acrostic | Blessed | Acclaiming the Law of the Lord | 176 verses | Psalm 19:7-11 | ||||||
| V | David | Lament/Thanksgiving | Song of Ascent | A Cry for Peace | as pilgrims went up to Jerusalem | |||||||||
| V | Orphan | Thanksgiving | Song of Ascent | Family Devotions | The Helper of the Pilgrims | dialogue/traveling pilgrims | ||||||||
| V | David | Zion | Song of Ascent | Church of Scotland closes with it | A Tribute to Jerusalem | Wolfgang Schurtz sang it at execution | ||||||||
| V | Orphan | Lament | Song of Ascent | An Appeal For Mercy | An Appeal for Mercy | |||||||||
| V | David | Thanksgiving | Song of Ascent | Martin Luther endorsed | Celebrating God's Help in Surviving Attacks | crowd sang whileJohn Durie returned to Edinburgh | ||||||||
| V | Orphan | Confidence | Song of Ascent | The Lord Guards His People | ||||||||||
| V | Orphan | Lament | Song of Ascent | Sung after meals | The Song of Freed Captives | Inspired the Abolishon of Slavery | ||||||||
| V | Solomon | Wisdom | Song of Ascent | Nisi Dominus frusta | motto of Edinburgh | The Vital Necessity of God's Blessing | Eisenhower inauguration, 1787 Constitutional Convention w/Ben Franklin | X | ||||||
| V | Orphan | Wisdom | Song of Ascent | Blessed | Luther's marriage song | Family Joys for Those Who Fear the Lord | Ps. 1, 32, 41, 112, 119 | |||||||
| V | Orphan | Lament | Song of Ascent | Thanksgiving | A Plea for Israel's Coninued Survival | |||||||||
| V | Orphan | Penitential | Song of Ascent | De profundis | funerals | A Cry in the Night | conversion of john Wesley | |||||||
| V | David | Trust | Song of Ascent | A Humble Heart Approaches God | ||||||||||
| V | David | Royal/Messianic | longest Song of Ascent | Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem | The Davidic Dynasty and the Lord's House | Solomon quotes | Lk. 1:69 | |||||||
| V | David | Wisdom | Song of Ascent | In Praise of Unity | ||||||||||
| V | Orphan | Worship | shortest Song of Ascent | Greeting of Pilgrims and Priests | A Call to Praise the Lord | Great Hallel Psalm | ||||||||
| V | Orphan | Praise | anthology of praise-- | Morning of Passover | Praise the Lord for All His Works | every verse quoted | ||||||||
| V | Orphan | Praise | Great Psalm of Praise | love endures forever | Passover | A Celebration of the Lord's Covenant Love | mass recitaytion saved Athanasius/outlined the 1st 6 books | Psalm 135 | A | Book | ||||
| V | Orphan | Lament | the yearning for Jerusalem | Lament of a People Rescued from Exile | returee from Babylon | B | Author | |||||||
| V | David/Zechariah | Thanksgiving | God the Redeemer, Thanksgiving, Worship | Praise the Lord | A Commitment to Praise the Lord | 2 Samuel 7 | C | Genre | ||||||
| V | David | Thanksgiving | God’s Wisdom, Law; Preparation for Holy Communion | Pronouns | The Lord's Involvement With Humans | Francis Thompson's The Hound of Heaven | D | Theme | ||||||
| V | David | Lament | righteous shall enjoy the favor and protection of God | An Appeal for Protectioon | E | Key Words | ||||||||
| V | David | Lament | Prayer | A Plea to be Separate from Evildoers | evening worship | F | Inspiration | |||||||
| V | David | Lament | Prayer | A Distressed Cry to the Lord | favorite of Francis of Assisi | Psalm 57 | G | Titles | ||||||
| V | David | Penitential | Trust in God, Morning Penitential Psalm | Justice That Works by Love | Ash Wednesday | H | Facts | |||||||
| V | David | Lament | In Time of Trouble | Lord Come Down and Deliver | only verses 12-15 are original | Psalm 18 | I | Parallel | ||||||
| V | David | Thanksgiving | God the Creator, God’s Wisdom | Acrostic Praise | Morning Service | Praises to the God of Majesty and Love | Psalm of Praise | |||||||
| V | Haggai/Zechariah | Praise | Hallel | Praise the Lord | The Lord's Caring Rule | Psalm 147 | ||||||||
| V | Haggai/Zechariah | Community Hymn | God the Creator | the Lord & pronouns | The Goodness of the Great God | postexilic | v12-20 are a separate psalm | |||||||
| V | Orphan | Praise | Praise to Higher Praise | Doxology | A General Call to Praise the Lord | Paradise Lost (John Milton), Canticle of the Sun (Francis of Assissi) | ||||||||
| V | Orphan | Praise | War Dance | Doxology | War of the Peasants: Thomas Muntzer | Praise a New Song | 30 Years Religiuos War: Ccaspar Scioppius | |||||||
| V | Adam, Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Heman, Jeduthun, Asaph, and the three sons of Korah | Praise | God's Glory, Thanksgiving, after communion | Doxology | Psalm for casting bells | All Life is to Praise the Lord | Praise Him | |||||||
| X | David | Apocryphal | David and Goliath | David and Goliath | ||||||||||
| X | David | Apocryphal | Join Yourselves to the Good | The Lion and the Wolf | Morning Devotional | |||||||||
| X | David | Apocryphal | Praise | Look on my Suffering and Deliver Me | Psalm 151 | |||||||||
| X | Orphan | Apocryphal | the request to "join yourselves to the good and to the perfect, to glorify the Most High | The Prayer of Hezekiah | ||||||||||
| X | David | Apocryphal | confession of sin | Salvation is far from the wicked |
