Ten Psalm Categories According to

Literary Genre 

 

Hymns of Praise 

8, 19, 33, 66, 100, 103, 104, 111, 113, 114, 117, 145-150. 

  

Thanksgiving Hymns 

18, 30, 32, 34, 40, 65, 66, 67, 75, 92, 107, 116, 118, 124, 136, 138. 

 

Individual Laments 

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9-10, 13, 14, 17, 22,  25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41,  42-43, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 69, 70, 71, 77, 86, 88, 89, 102, 109,  120, 130, 139, 141, 142, 143. 

 

Community Laments 

12, 44, 58, 60, 74, 79, 80, 83,  85, 90, 94, 123, 126, 129, 137. 

 

Liturgical Psalms 

15, 24, 50, 68, 81, 82, 115, 134. 

 

Wisdom Psalms 

1, 19, 36, 37, 49, 73, 78, 112, 119, 127, 128. 

 

Trust Songs 

11, 16, 23, 27, 62, 63, 91, 121, 125,  131. 

 

Royal Psalms of the King 

2, 18, 20, 21, 45, 72, 78, 89, 101,  110, 132, 144. 

 

Zion Hymns 

46, 48, 76, 84, 87, 122. 

 

Royal Psalms of Yahweh 

As King 

29, 47, 93, 95-99. 

 

Source: Lawrence Boadt, “Israelite Worship and Prayer”, in Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction (New York: Paulist Press, 1984), 282.

  

 

 

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SPIRITUALITY REFLECTION

When the night grows chill, don't you draw the blanket closer around you? So, when grief assails you, draw the warmth of the Name of the Lord closer around your mind. (Satha Sai Speaks, Vol. 4, p. 33)

Similar thought: "Our help is in the name of the LORD" (Psalm 124:8, NIV).