The Woven Psalms
The Woven Psalms is a reflective, unhurried, and practical podcast about praying every psalm in the Bible.
Learn more at www.wovenpsalms.com.
Episodes
54 episodes
Psalm 51: The Song of Confession
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love…” (Psalm 51:1)The Psalms teach us how to come back to God. Where do we turn when we know we’ve done wrong, when our mistakes are causing the whole house of cards to crash and bur...
Psalm 50: The Song of the Judge
“The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.” (Psalm 50:1)The Psalms give us the voice of God. When we think of the Psalms, we typically think of a poet pouring his heart out to t...
Psalm 49: The Song of the Riddle
“[1] Hear this, all peoples! Give ear, all inhabitants of the world…” (Psalm 49:1)The Psalms are teachers pointing us toward the way of wisdom. The psalmists intend for you to learn not simply about God and spiritual things but also abou...
Psalm 48: The Song of the City of God
“Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God!!” (Psalm 48:1)The Psalms are both local and global. They place us in a place, because they were written in a certain time and in a certain region of the world. We’re in...
Psalm 47: The Song of the Royal Ascension
“Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!” (Psalm 47:1)The Psalms are physical. They encourage us to move our bodies and not just our minds or our mouths. After all, God is the creator of all things, body and so...
Psalm 46: The Song of the City of Refuge
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1)The Psalms are tremendously cosmic in scope. Sometimes the Psalms are like an intense private conversation between the psalmist and God, but at other times the...
Psalm 45: The Song of the Royal Wedding
“My heart overflows with a pleasing theme…” (Psalm 45:1)The Psalms were sometimes composed for special occasions. There are many that were written by poets praying alone in their rooms, but there are also psalms for weddings, for funeral...
Psalm 44: The Song of the Slaughtered
“O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old…” (Psalm 44:1)The Psalms are at times prayers for the confused. When we are suffering and we don’t know why, when w...
Psalm 43: The Song of the Downcast Soul (Part 2)
“Vindicate me, O God…” (Psalm 43:1)The Psalms build upon one another in a tapestry of praise, lament, and everything in between. One psalm alone is powerful and meaningful, but layering one onto another or reading related psalms side-by-...
Psalm 42: The Song of the Downcast Soul (Part 1)
“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. (Psalm 42:1)The Psalms invite us to speak to our own souls. They are prayers to God, but even as we bring our suffering and sorrow to the Lord, we are also wrestling ...
Psalm 41: The Song of Blessed Sickness
“Blessed is the one who considers the poor!” (Psalm 41:1)The Psalms interpret everything in life as spiritual — because everything is spiritual. From the sunshine of a new day to terrible illness, from friendships to enemies, everything ...
Psalm 40: The Song of Thankful Deliverance
“I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1)The Psalms teach us to praise and to weep, to laugh about the goodness of God and to cry out in pain and confusion. The more time we spend in the Psalms, ...
Psalm 39: The Song of Breath
“I said, ‘I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue…’” (Psalm 39:1)The Psalms are not the songs of immortal angels but mortal human beings, frail and feeble, aging and dying. When we sing these songs and pray these prayers,...
Psalm 38: The Song of Sin-Sickness
“O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.” (Psalm 38:1)The Psalms are not afraid to attribute our pain to God. God’s goodness is not negated by his discipline, because his character is not dependent on our c...
Psalm 37: The Song of Alphabetical Humility
“Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!” (Psalm 37:1)The Psalms sometimes speak to us as fellow travelers on the journey of faith. They’ll wrap their arm around our shoulders and say, “Listen, here’s what ...
Psalm 36: The Song of the Servant’s Light
“Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.” (Psalm 36:1)The Psalms are unashamed to be songs of love to God, even amidst troubling circumstances. If God’s love is truly steadfast, the...
Psalm 35: The Song of Vindication
“Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me” (Psalm 35:1)The Psalms contend with evil. They give us words when we experience true injustice, despicable prejudice, malicious schemes, and even traumatic violence. The Psalms are not s...
Psalm 34: The Song of Alphabetical Thanksgiving
“I will bless the LORD at all times…” (Psalm 34:1)The Psalms invite us into both weakness and strength. They welcome the one who is overly confident in their position to rely on the mercy of the Lord and humble themselves, but they also...
Psalm 33: The Song of the New Song
“Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!” (Psalm 33:1)The Psalms are at times less about our human experiences and more about our Creator. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say that the Psalms are often concerned with our experience ...
Psalm 32: The Song of the Forgiven
“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” (Psalm 32:1)The Psalms assume that your relationship with God is fractured. They were written in the context of the biblical story in which we were made by a ho...
Psalm 31: The Song of Crisis
“In you, O LORD, do I take refuge…” (Psalm 31:1)The Psalms meet a variety of needs beyond just the experiences of the authors. When we hear someone tell their story, there are elements that don’t match our experiences but still resonate...
Psalm 30: The Song of Dancing
“I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up…” (Psalm 30:1)The Psalms teach us to be storytellers. They invite us to tell our individual stories to the corporate people of God so that they may learn from our mistakes, rejoice in ...
Psalm 29: The Song of the Storm
“Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.” (Psalm 29:1)The Psalms present nature – even natural disasters – as part of God’s creation and under God’s rule. The natural world serves the Creator and ...
Psalm 28: The Song of the Strong Sanctuary
“To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me…” (Psalm 28:1)The Psalms are pledges of allegiance to God. They are declarations of our desire to be aligned with God and no one else. When the world says, “I reject God,” the psalms g...
Psalm 27: The Song of the Secure Sanctuary
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” (Psalm 27:1)The Psalms find no contradiction between confidence and crisis. We sometimes believe we can only have one or the other, either entirely trusting or entirely doubtin...