Psalm 51 is a penitential psalm (others are Psalms 36, 32, 38, 102, 130, and 143). Let’s look first at this psalm’s historical note: “A...

Genre : Ps. 1 is one of three psalms whose focus is torah , which means both law and instruction. The others are 19 and 119. Torah...

1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 is part of the Deuteronomistic history, which runs from Deuteronomy through 2 Kings. This portion of the Old...