Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Psalms
Psalm 35 to 41
Read this coming week:
Aug 8 Neh 4‐6, Ps 35, Mark 14 Aug 9 Neh 7, Ps 36, Mark 15 Aug 10 Neh
8‐9, Ps 37:1‐22, Mark 16 Aug 11 Neh 10, Ps 37:23‐40, Luke 1 Aug 12 Neh
11, Ps 38, Luke 2 Aug 13 Neh 12‐13, Ps 39, Luke 3 Aug 14 Est 1‐2, Ps 40,
Luke 4 Aug 15 Est 3‐5, Ps 41, Luke 5
Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Psalms 35 to 41. Answer
the following:
• Finish this line from 35 and consider how counter-
intuitive it seems “Great is the Lord, who
delights….”
• What are three things that “the wicked” do in 36?
Do you ever do those things?
• What is disposition of the righteous person
according to 37? What is the righteous person
like?
• What situation do you think Psalm 38 might
accompany in the life of David? In the life of
someone today?
• How long are you going to live? Would you be
tempted to ask like David in 39?
• God does not want sacrifice but rather a ----- ?
(40)
• Psalm 41 ends Book I of the Psalms. What was
Book I about?
7 Genres of Psalms
Throughout the Psalms, we find 7 basic genres of the
writings provided. Over the next few weeks we will look
at each of these genres in greater detail. Although
there is no “official” listing of genres of the Psalms, this
genre listing developed by Tremper Longman III makes
for a suitable and widely accepted listing: