The Bible in a Year

Psalms

Psalm 17 to 22
Read this coming week:
Jan 17 Gen 31, Ps 17, Matt 20 Jan 18 Gen 32‐33, Ps 18:1‐24, Matt 21 Jan
19 Gen 34‐35, Ps 18:25‐50, Matt 22 Jan 20 Gen 36, Ps 19:1‐6, Matt 23 Jan
21 Gen 37‐38, Ps 19:7‐14, Matt 24 Jan 22 Gen 39‐40, Ps 20, Matt 25 Jan
23 Gen 41‐42, Ps 21, Matt 26 Jan 24 Gen 43‐44, Ps 22:1‐18, Matt 27‐28

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Psalm 17 through 22.
Answer the following:
• Psalm 17 challenges common values that
replaced God during David’s day, such as security
and having many children, what values threaten
to replace God today?
• “…the Lord dealt with me according to my
righteousness” may sound odd coming from an
adulterous murderer in Ps. 18. How do you match
up this verse and David’s life (or your own)?
• The second half of Psalm 18 focuses on David’s
reliance on God. What does God provide him?
• Remember Psalm 119? Psalm 19 is like its praise
for the Law of God.
• Some trust in chariots in Psalm 20. What do
people today put their trust in (both positive trust
and misguided trust)?
 • 21 is a rare Psalm in Book 1 because scholars
think that its author is Solomon, not David. Why
might they think that?
• Psalm 22 is quoted by Jesus on the cross. How
does seeing its context provide richer application?
The Psalms and the Kingdom
The Psalms often function as the rallying cries of the
Kingdom of God, both the Kingdom that was under the
headship of David, and the Kingdom now under the
headship of Jesus Christ.

As we approach these Psalms, we are often drawn into

the acknowledgement that we are not alone in this
Kingdom, but that we are a part of a great host of
witnesses who have gone before us and will come after
us.

Please don’t throw this away. If you’re not going to use it, leave it for
someone else to use.