Poetry and prayerPsalms 65:1–13
Praise Awaits God in Zion
Psalm 65 is a song of praise to God. It begins in Zion, then widens to show God hearing prayer, dealing with sin, ruling creation, and filling the earth with joyful abundance.
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Poetry and prayerPsalms 65:1–13
Psalm 65 is a song of praise to God. It begins in Zion, then widens to show God hearing prayer, dealing with sin, ruling creation, and filling the earth with joyful abundance.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 66:1–20
Psalm 66 is a song that calls everyone to praise God, then moves from the voice of a gathered people to the voice of one worshipper.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 67:1–7
Psalm 67 is a prayer-song asking God for mercy and blessing, then turning that request outward.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 68:1–35
Psalm 68 is a song that praises God as strong against enemies, kind to vulnerable people, present with his people, and worthy of praise from Israel and the nations.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 69:1–36
Psalm 69 is a prayer-song from overwhelming trouble. The singer uses water and sinking images, speaks about shame and enemies, pleads for God’s rescue, and finally turns toward praise and shared hope.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 70:1–5
Psalm 70 is a short, urgent prayer. It asks God to come quickly, names the shame of enemies, and contrasts them with people who seek God and rejoice in his salvation.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 71:1–24
Psalm 71 is a prayer-song that asks God for rescue and keeps returning to praise. The speaker moves from danger and weakness to confident worship, using pictures like rock, fortress and refuge.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 72:1–20
Psalm 72 is a prayer-song asking God to give a king justice and righteousness. It describes the kind of rule that protects the poor, brings peace, and leads to praise for God, who alone does marvellous deeds.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 73:1–28
Psalm 73 is a song about a hard question: why do wicked people seem to do well? The writer begins with God’s goodness, admits envy, and then explains how his understanding changed.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 74:1–23
Psalm 74 is a sorrowful song that asks God why his people seem rejected and why enemies have ruined places connected with his name.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 75:1–10
Psalm 75 is a song that gives thanks to God, then speaks about his judgment. It moves from praise, to God’s own words, to a closing contrast between the wicked and the righteous.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 76:1–12
Psalm 76 is a song that praises God’s greatness in Israel and his power over war. It speaks in vivid poetry about God’s dwelling, his judgment, and the fitting response of honour and reverence.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 77:1–20
Psalm 77 is a prayer-song that moves from distress and hard questions to deliberate remembrance of God’s deeds.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 78:1–72
Psalm 78 is a teaching song about remembering Yahweh’s deeds. It calls one generation to teach the next, and it uses Israel’s repeated unbelief as a warning.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 79:1–13
Psalm 79 is a prayer from deep ruin and shame. It speaks plainly about loss, asks hard questions, pleads for mercy, and appeals to God’s name as the reason for help.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 80:1–19
Psalm 80 is a prayer-song asking God to hear, save, and turn his people again. It speaks with vivid pictures of a shepherd, tears, and a vine, moving from urgent need to repeated requests for renewed help.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 81:1–16
Psalm 81 starts as a festival song full of shouting, instruments and trumpet blasts. Then the poem speaks in God’s voice, joining joyful worship with remembered rescue, a call to listen, and a warning about refusing him.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 82:1–8
Psalm 82 is a poem about God’s judgment and justice. It shows God presiding, confronting unjust judgment, calling for the weak to be defended, and ending with a prayer for God to judge the whole earth.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 83:1–18
Psalm 83 is a prayer-song from a time of threat. The singer asks God to act because many enemies are united against God’s people, and the psalm ends by pointing to God’s name above all the earth.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 84:1–12
Psalm 84 is a song of deep desire for God’s presence. It speaks about God’s house, the journey towards him, and the joy of trusting him more than any other place or advantage.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 85:1–13
Psalm 85 is a prayer-song that remembers Yahweh’s past mercy, asks for fresh help, and listens for his peace.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 86:1–17
Psalm 86 is a prayer that speaks honestly about trouble while holding firmly to who the Lord is.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 87:1–7
Psalm 87 is a song about Zion, the city of God. It honours the place Yahweh loves, then speaks of people from several nations being counted in connection with Zion, and ends with joyful words addressed to her.
Poetry and prayerPsalms 88:1–18
Psalm 88 is a prayer-song that speaks to God from deep trouble. It does not quickly turn to relief.