Larry Herzog Jr. Ordinary Means Faith · Grace · Vocation
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Psalms

Volume Two of The Things Concerning Himself

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44)

In the upper room on the evening of the resurrection, the Lord Jesus named the Psalms among the Scriptures written about Him. This second volume of The Things Concerning Himself reads the Psalter the way He taught His church to read it: as the prayer book of Christ. The Psalms are not only about Him; He prayed them, from His childhood to the cross, and He prays them still in His church.

Thirty-two sessions walk through the cross and the empty tomb in the Psalter, the royal psalms and the King at God’s right hand, the laments and the penitential psalms, the hard imprecatory psalms, the songs of ascents, the great psalms of trust and praise, and the Emmaus road where the whole volume comes together. Each session closes with discussion questions for an adult class or small group and a closing prayer.

Start with the Introduction and the Front Matter, then take the sessions in order.

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Cover of Psalms
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Study contents

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  1. Introduction Reading the Psalms with Lutheran Eyes 7 min read
  2. Before you begin Front Matter 3 min read

Thirty-two sessions

  1. Session 1 · Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 The Prayer Book of Christ 32 min read
  2. Session 2 · Psalm 22 The Cross from the Psalter 34 min read
  3. Session 3 · Psalm 16 (with Acts 2:22–32 and Acts 13:32–37) The Empty Tomb from the Psalter 31 min read
  4. Session 4 · Psalms 13, 110, 1, 121, 100, and 137 (representative psalms across the genres) A Map of the Prayer Book 27 min read
  5. Session 5 · Psalm 37 The Inheritance of the Meek 29 min read
  6. Session 6 · Psalm 73 Until I Went into the Sanctuary 30 min read
  7. Session 7 · Psalm 119 (selected strophes) Oh How I Love Your Law 28 min read
  8. Session 8 · Psalm 110 (with Matthew 22:41–46 and Hebrews 7) David's Son and David's Lord 29 min read
  9. Session 9 · Psalm 45 (with Hebrews 1:8–9 and Ephesians 5:25–32) The King and His Bride 29 min read
  10. Session 10 · Psalm 72 Him Who Has No Helper 28 min read
  11. Session 11 · Psalm 13 How Long, O LORD? 29 min read
  12. Session 12 · Psalms 42 and 43 (read as one) Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? 29 min read
  13. Session 13 · Psalm 51 (with 2 Samuel 11–12) Create in Me a Clean Heart 28 min read
  14. Session 14 · Psalm 32 (with Romans 4:6–8) Blessed Is the One Whose Sin Is Forgiven 28 min read
  15. Session 15 · Psalm 88 O LORD, God of My Salvation 28 min read
  16. Session 16 · Psalm 130 Out of the Depths 27 min read
  17. Session 17 · Psalm 109 I Give Myself to Prayer 28 min read
  18. Session 18 · Psalm 137 By the Rivers of Babylon 28 min read
  19. Session 19 · Psalm 121 The LORD Is Your Keeper 27 min read
  20. Session 20 · Psalm 122 I Was Glad 26 min read
  21. Session 21 · Psalm 133 How Good and Pleasant 27 min read
  22. Session 22 · Psalm 23 The LORD Is My Shepherd 27 min read
  23. Session 23 · Psalm 100 Make a Joyful Noise 27 min read
  24. Session 24 · Psalm 103 Bless the LORD, O My Soul 27 min read
  25. Session 25 · Psalm 116 The Cup of Salvation 27 min read
  26. Session 26 · Psalm 19 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God 26 min read
  27. Session 27 · Psalm 145 The LORD Is Near 26 min read
  28. Session 28 · Psalm 150 Let Everything That Has Breath 26 min read
  29. Session 29 · Psalm 78 Tell the Coming Generation 26 min read
  30. Session 30 · Psalm 8 What Is Man? 26 min read
  31. Session 31 · Luke 24:13–35, 44–47 Everything Written About Me 26 min read
  32. Session 32 · Psalm 22:22–31 and Isaiah 52:13–53:12 (with Acts 8:26–39) The Harvest and the Road 24 min read