The Psalter
All Psalms
Read Psalms 1 through 150 in the King James Version. Psalms marked “Full study” include the complete Scripture, an original summary, a prayer, reflection questions, and key themes.
156 Psalms found.
Psalm 1
Two paths, two destinies: the righteous rooted like a tree by streams, the wicked blown away like chaff.
Psalm 2
The nations rage against the Lord and His Anointed, but God establishes His King on Zion.
Psalm 3
A morning prayer of trust when enemies multiply; salvation belongs to the Lord.
Psalm 4
An evening prayer calling on God in distress and counseling quiet trust.
Psalm 5
A morning prayer seeking God’s leading and rejoicing in His protection.
Psalm 6
A penitent plea for mercy in sickness and distress, ending in confident hope.
Psalm 7
A prayer for justice against false accusation, trusting God as righteous judge.
Psalm 8
Wonder at God’s majesty in creation and the dignity He has given humanity.
Psalm 9
Thanksgiving for God’s righteous judgment and a refuge for the oppressed.
Psalm 10
A lament over the arrogance of the wicked and a plea for God to act for the helpless.
Psalm 11
Confidence in God despite counsel to flee; the Lord’s throne endures.
Psalm 14
A diagnosis of universal corruption and a longing for God’s restoration.
Psalm 15
The marks of those fit to dwell with God: integrity, truth, and justice.
Psalm 16
Confidence in God as the portion and the path of life, with joy at His right hand.
Psalm 18
A royal thanksgiving for deliverance, praising God as rock and rescuer.
Psalm 19
God revealed in creation and Scripture, ending in a prayer of surrender.
Psalm 21
Thanksgiving for the king’s victories and a trust in God’s steadfast love.
Psalm 22
A lament of abandonment that becomes praise, foreshadowing Christ’s suffering.
Psalm 23
The beloved shepherd psalm: provision, guidance, comfort, and eternal dwelling.
Psalm 26
A plea for vindication grounded in integrity and love for God’s house.
Psalm 31
Trust in God amid distress and betrayal, committing the spirit to Him.
Psalm 35
A prayer for God to contend against unjust enemies and vindicate the righteous.
Psalm 36
Contrast of human wickedness with God’s steadfast love and fountain of life.
Psalm 39
A meditation on life’s brevity and a prayer for God to spare and forgive.
Psalm 44
A national lament of defeat despite faithfulness, pleading for God to arise.
Psalm 45
A royal wedding song, often read as pointing to the Messiah and His bride.
Psalm 51
David’s great prayer of repentance; a broken and contrite heart God will not despise.
Psalm 52
A denunciation of the boastful wicked and trust in God’s steadfast love.
Psalm 53
A parallel to Psalm 14 on universal corruption and longing for salvation.
Psalm 58
A protest against unjust rulers and confidence in God’s righteous judgment.
Psalm 63
Thirst for God in the wilderness; His lovingkindness is better than life.
Psalm 66
A call to all the earth to praise God for His awesome deeds and answered prayer.
Psalm 71
A lifelong trust in God from youth to old age, with hope to keep proclaiming.
Psalm 72
A prayer for the king’s righteous reign and flourishing of all, ending doxology of Book II.
Psalm 73
A struggle with the prosperity of the wicked resolved in God’s presence.
Psalm 74
A national lament over the sanctuary’s destruction, pleading for God to remember.
Psalm 79
A lament over Jerusalem’s destruction, pleading for forgiveness and deliverance.
Psalm 81
A festival call to worship, with God’s plea for His people to listen.
Psalm 83
A prayer for God to scatter a confederacy of enemies plotting Israel’s end.
Psalm 84
A pilgrim’s longing for God’s courts; one day there is better than a thousand.
Psalm 85
A prayer for revival, that God’s steadfast love and righteousness meet.
Psalm 86
A prayer of David for mercy, unity of heart, and God’s great steadfast love.
Psalm 88
A dark lament with no resolution, crying to God from the brink of death.
Psalm 89
A meditation on God’s covenant with David and a lament over the king’s fall.
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses on life’s brevity, asking God to teach us to number our days.
Psalm 91
God our refuge and fortress; under His wings we find protection and deliverance.
Psalm 92
A Sabbath psalm praising God’s deeds; the righteous flourish like palms.
Psalm 96
A missionary hymn calling all nations to ascribe glory to the Lord as King.
Psalm 99
The holy King calls His people to justice and worship at His footstool.
Psalm 100
A universal call to joyful worship; the Lord is good, His mercy everlasting.
Psalm 121
Psalm 121 is one of the "Songs of Ascents" sung by pilgrims journeying up to Jerusalem.
Psalm 139
Psalm 139 is a profound meditation on God’s intimate, inescapable knowledge of a person.
Psalm 145
Psalm 145 is an acrostic of praise, the only psalm titled "David’s Psalm of praise," and the gateway to the final doxology of the Psalter (Psalms 145-150).
Psalm 130
Psalm 130 is one of the "Penitential Psalms" and a Song of Ascents, beginning in the depths and rising to hope.
Psalm 101
Psalm 101 is a royal vow of integrity, attributed to David, in which the king pledges to govern his household and his realm according to the steadfast love and justice of the Lord.
Psalm 102
Psalm 102 is an individual lament whose superscription frames it as “a prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed.
Psalm 103
Psalm 103 is a soaring hymn of thanksgiving in which David calls his own soul to bless the Lord and forget none of His benefits.
Psalm 104
Psalm 104 is a majestic hymn of creation that echoes Genesis 1, portraying the Lord as very great, clothed with light, stretching out the heavens like a curtain, and riding the clouds as His chariot.
Psalm 105
Psalm 105 is a historical hymn that recounts God’s faithfulness to His covenant from Abraham to the conquest of Canaan.
Psalm 106
Psalm 106 is a confessional hymn that recounts Israel’s long history of rebellion alongside God’s persistent mercy.
Psalm 107
Psalm 107 is a thanksgiving hymn for the redeemed, structured around four vivid portraits of people in distress whom the Lord rescues.
Psalm 108
Psalm 108 is a composite psalm, drawing its first five verses from Psalm 57:7-11 and its latter half from Psalm 60:5-12.
Psalm 109
Psalm 109 is an imprecatory psalm in which David, falsely accused and repaid evil for good, brings his anguish before the God of justice.
Psalm 110
Psalm 110 is the most quoted Old Testament text in the New Testament, a brief but towering oracle of the Messiah’s kingship and priesthood.
Psalm 111
Psalm 111 is an acrostic hymn of praise that extols the works of the Lord as great, honorable, glorious, and eternal.
Psalm 112
Psalm 112 is an acrostic wisdom psalm that mirrors Psalm 111 in form and theme, tracing the blessings of the person who fears the Lord and delights greatly in His commandments.
Psalm 113
Psalm 113 is the first of the “Hallel” psalms (113-118) sung at Passover and other Jewish festivals.
Psalm 114
Psalm 114 is a short, vivid Hallel psalm that celebrates the exodus with dramatic personification.
Psalm 115
Psalm 115 is a communal hymn that refuses to take glory for itself, directing all praise to the name of the Lord for His mercy and truth.
Psalm 116
Psalm 116 is a personal thanksgiving psalm in which the worshipper declares, “I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Psalm 117
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible, yet its scope is universal.
Psalm 118
Psalm 118 is the climactic Hallel psalm, a personal and communal song of thanksgiving that frames and is framed by the refrain, “His mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 119
Psalm 119 is the longest psalm and the longest chapter in the Bible, an acrostic of 22 stanzas (one for each Hebrew letter) with eight verses per stanza, totaling 176 verses.
Psalm 120
Psalm 120 is the first of the fifteen “Songs of Ascents” (Psalms 120-134), short pilgrim songs sung by worshipers journeying up to Jerusalem.
Psalm 121
Psalm 121 is the second of the Songs of Ascents and one of the most beloved psalms of trust.
Psalm 122
Psalm 122 is a Song of Ascents attributed to David, expressing the joy of pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Psalm 124
Psalm 124 is a Song of Ascents of David that imagines what would have happened “if it had not been the Lord who was on our side.
Psalm 125
Psalm 125 is a Song of Ascents that uses the geography of Jerusalem to portray the security of God’s people.
Psalm 126
Psalm 126 is one of the Songs of Ascents, sung by pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
Psalm 127
Psalm 127 is attributed to Solomon and is one of the Songs of Ascents.
Psalm 128
Psalm 128 continues the Songs of Ascents and builds on the themes of Psalm 127.
Psalm 129
Psalm 129 is a Song of Ascents that gives voice to Israel’s long memory of afflictation.
Psalm 130
Psalm 130 is one of the "Penitential Psalms" and a Song of Ascents.
Psalm 131
Psalm 131 is the shortest of the Songs of Ascents and one of the most quietly profound.
Psalm 132
Psalm 132 is the longest of the Songs of Ascents and recalls David’s passionate resolve to find a dwelling place for the ark of the Lord.
Psalm 133
Psalm 133 is a brief Song of Ascents that celebrates the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly unity.
Psalm 134
Psalm 134 is the last of the Songs of Ascents and functions as a fitting doxology to the collection.
Psalm 135
Psalm 135 is a call to praise that weaves together themes from Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and other psalms.
Psalm 136
Psalm 136 is the great liturgical psalm of thanksgiving, built on a single refrain repeated twenty-six times: "for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 137
Psalm 137 is a lament from the Babylonian exile, one of the most raw and sobering prayers in the Psalter.
Psalm 138
Psalm 138 is a psalm of thanksgiving in which David praises God with his whole heart, even "before the gods"—a bold declaration that the Lord alone is worthy of worship.
Psalm 139
Psalm 139 is one of the most searching and beloved psalms, a meditation on God’s intimate, inescapable knowledge of every person.
Psalm 140
Psalm 140 is a lament of David against violent and deceitful enemies.
Psalm 141
Psalm 141 is an evening prayer of David, asking that his prayer be received as incense and the lifting of his hands as the evening sacrifice.
Psalm 142
Psalm 142 is a maskil of David, composed when he was hiding in a cave—likely during his flight from Saul.
Psalm 143
Psalm 143 is the last of the traditional Penitential Psalms and a lament of David under severe persecution.
Psalm 144
Psalm 144 is a royal psalm of David that blends military thanksgiving, cosmic theophany, and a vision of national flourishing.
Psalm 145
Psalm 145 is the only psalm titled a "Psalm of praise" (Hebrew tehillah) in its superscription and is the grand doxology that opens the final crescendo of the Psalter.
Psalm 146
Psalm 146 opens the final Hallel of the Psalter (Psalms 146-150), each of which begins and ends with "Praise ye the Lord" (Hallelujah).
Psalm 147
Psalm 147 is a hymn of praise that moves with breathtaking ease between the cosmic and the intimate.
Psalm 148
Psalm 148 is a cosmic call to praise that summons every level of creation to worship the Lord.
Psalm 150
Psalm 150 is the doxology not only of the final Hallel but of the entire Book of Psalms.
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