Kings, priests, and the books
Table of the Psalms
Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 37
Begins on Vol. I, p. 37
Adapted to the purposes of private devotion.
§Prayers Adapted to Various Subjects
| No. | Prayers Adapted to Various Subjects |
|---|---|
| 1. | Prayers for pardon of sin, Ps. vi., xxv., xxxviii., li., cxxx. Psalms styled penitential, vi., xxxii., xxxviii., li., cii., cxxx., cxliii. |
| 2. | Prayers composed when the Psalmist was deprived of the public exercise of religion, Ps. xlii., xliii., lxiii., lxxxiv. |
| 3. | Prayers in which the Psalmist appears extremely dejected, though not totally deprived of consolation, under his afflictions, Ps. xiii., xxii., lxix., lxxvii., lxxxviii., cxliii. |
| 4. | Prayers in which the Psalmist asks help of GOD, in consideration of his own integrity and the uprightness of his cause, Ps. vii., xvii., xxvi., xxxv. |
| 5. | Prayers expressing the firmest trust and confidence in GOD under afflictions, Ps. iii., xvi., xxvii., xxxi., liv., lvi., lvii., lxi., lxxi., lxxxvi. |
| 6. | Prayers composed when the people of GOD were under affliction or persecution, Ps. xliv., lx., lxxiv., lxxix., lxxx., lxxxiii., lxxxix., xciv., cii.?, cxxiii., cxxxvii. |
| 7. | The following are also prayers in time of trouble and affliction: Ps. iv., v., xi., xxviii., xli., lv., lix., lxiv., lxx., cix., cxx., cxl., cxli., cxlii. |
| 8. | Prayers of intercession, Ps. xx., lxvii., cxxii., cxxxii., cxliv. |
§Psalms of Thanksgiving
| No. | Psalms of Thanksgiving |
|---|---|
| 1. | Thanksgivings for mercies bestowed on particular persons, Ps. ix., xviii., xxi., xxx., xxxiv., xl., lxxv., ciii., cviii., cxvi., cxviii., cxxxviii., cxliv. |
| 2. | Thanksgivings for mercies bestowed upon the Israelites in general, Ps. xlvi., xlviii., lxv., lxvi., lxviii., lxxvi., lxxxi., lxxxv., xcviii., cv., cxxiv., cxxvi., cxxix., cxxxv., cxxxvi., cxlix. |
§Psalms of Praise and Adoration
Displaying the Attributes of God.
| No. | Psalms of Praise and Adoration |
|---|---|
| 1. | General acknowledgments of GOD'S goodness and mercy, and particularly his care and protection of good men, Ps. xxiii., xxxiv., xxxvi., xci., c., ciii., cvii., cxvii., cxxi., cxlv., cxlvi. |
| 2. | Psalms displaying the power, majesty, glory and other attributes of JEHOVAH, Ps. viii., xix., xxiv., xxix., xxxiii., xlvii., l., lxv., lxvi., lxxvi., lxxvii., xciii., xcv., xcvi., xcvii., xcix., civ., cxi., cxiii., cxv., cxxxiv., cxxxix., cxlvii., cxlviii., cl. |
§Instructive Psalms
| No. | Instructive Psalms |
|---|---|
| 1. | The different characters of good and bad men—the happiness of the one and the misery of the other, Ps. i., v., vii., ix., x., xi., xii., xiv., xv., xvii., xxiv., xxv., xxxii., xxxiv., xxxvi., xxxvii., l., lii., liii., lviii.. lxxii., lxxv., lxxxiv., xci., xcii., xciv., cxii., cxix., cxxi., cxxv., cxxvii., cxxviii., cxxxiii. |
| 2. | The excellence of GOD'S law, Ps. xix., cxix. |
| 3. | The vanity of human life, Ps. xxxix., xlix., xc. |
| 4. | Advice to magistrates, Ps. lxxii., ci. |
| 5. | The virtue of humility, Ps. cxxxi. |
§Prophetical Psalms
Ps. ii., xvi., xxii., xl., xlv., lxviii., lxxii., lxxxvii., cx., cxviii.