Lament
Definition
The dominant genre of Books I–III (about twenty of Book I’s thirty-nine psalms), giving voice to suffering and petition and driving the movement toward crisis.
Episodes
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Biblical References
- Psalm 8; Psalm 19; Psalm 29; Psalm 37 — For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above. From the mouths of…
- Psalm 89:39 — *You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground. *
- Psalms 76; 84; 87 — For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great. He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion. There he…