The Bible in a Year

Psalms

Psalm 62 to 68
Read this coming week:
Mar 7 Num 2, Ps 62, John 2 Mar 8 Num 3, Ps 63, John 3 Mar 9 Num 4, Ps
64, John 4
Mar 10 Num 5‐6, Ps 65, John 5 Mar 11 Num 7, Ps 66, John 6 Mar 12 Num
8‐9, Ps 67, John 7
Mar 13 Num 10‐11, Ps 68:1‐18, John 8 Mar 14 Num 12‐13, Ps 68:19‐35,
John 9

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Psalm 62 to 68. Answer
the following:
• What is the similarity of those of low and high
estates in 62?
• What do you think David may have been longing
for in his time in the wilderness in 63?
• What do the people do after God shoots his
arrows in 64?
 • Psalm 65 mentions “vows”. What are “vows”
having read Leviticus 26?
• How are people supposed to talk of God in 66?
• “Nations” normally mean “Gentiles”. Knowing
this, what are the Gentiles to know about God in
67?
• Which countries are mentioned in 68?
Lament Psalms
A “lament” psalm is a psalm in which the psalmist
brings his complaint or cry to help to God in the form of
a song.

The source of the lament normally comes from one of

three possible sources:
a.) The “enemy”, normally unnamed which provides
for longevity of the psalms use by individuals for
their own laments
b.) Self as enemy. In these psalms, the psalmist
bemoans the consequences that he has called
upon himself.
c.) God’s seeming forsaking of the psalmist. In these
psalms the psalmist cries out to heaven asking
why he is not experiencing God’s grace any
longer.

These three sources of the lament make up the basic

cast of characters in a lament psalm. You can find
examples of lament psalms in psalm 22, 57, 70, and
102.
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