The Bible in a Year

Psalms

Psalm 93-100
Read this coming week:
Apr 11 Deut 28, Ps 93, Acts 17 Apr 12 Deut 29‐30, Ps 94, Acts 18 Apr 13
Deut 31‐32, Ps 95, Acts 19 Apr 14 Deut 33‐34, Ps 96, Acts 20 Apr 15 Josh
1, Ps 97, Acts 21 Apr 16 Josh 2‐4, Ps 98, Acts 22 Apr 17 Josh 5‐7, Ps 99,
Acts 23Apr 18 Josh 8‐9, Ps 100, Acts 24‐25

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Psalm 93-100. Answer the
following:
• What does nature tell us about God’s power in 93?
• What does 94 say will happen to people who take
advantage of others?
• Psalm 95 warns of falling away from worship with
what historical example from Israel?
• How does Psalm 96 portray the gods of the
surrounding nations?
• In Psalm 97 hills do what?
• What instruments are mentioned in 98??
• What wilderness images come up in 99?
 • What animals are God’s people likened to in 100?

Royal Psalms
Scholars often refer to a number of the psalms as royal
psalms. These psalms are not all of one literary type,
such as prayers of petition and songs of thanksgiving,
but they are linked thematically by their emphasis on
how God works through the office of king.

The royal psalms can be subdivided into smaller

groupings. For example, Psalm 45 is a royal wedding
psalm; Psalms 46, 48, 87 and 122 concern the royal
city, Zion or Jerusalem. We will concentrate on two
categories of royal psalms: the Yahweh-Kingship psalms
and the coronation psalms.

Royal psalms are often interpreted in Christian circles in

relation to Christ as seemingly all of the subdivided
groups work as a framework to understand the person
and work of Christ.

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