Spiritual Gems from the Book of Psalms - St John Chrysostom - Bible Commentary - Book

Introduction

p. 1

On my calling upon Him, the God of my righteousness hearkened unto me (Ps 4:1)

p. 7

On my calling upon Him, the God of my righteousness hearkened unto me (Ps 4:1)

p. 10

Lord, You have crowned us with a shield of blessing (Ps 5:12)

p. 13

I will drench my couch with my tears (Ps 6:6)

p. 16

May all my enemies feel shame and confusion (Ps 6:10)

p. 19

If you do not repent, God will wield his sword (Ps 7:12)

p. 22

O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful your name in all the earth (Ps 8:1)

p. 24

What is it about human beings that makes You call them to mind? (Ps 8:4)

p. 27

I shall confess to You, O Lord, with all my heart (Ps 9:1)

p. 30

I shall describe all Your marvels (Ps 9:1)

p. 32

Save me, O Lord, because there are no holy people left (Ps 12:1)

p. 35

Those who say, Who is our master? (Ps 12:4)

p. 38

How long, O Lord, will You forget me in the end? (Ps 13:1)

p. 41

I shall sing to the name of the Lord Most High (Ps 13:6)

p. 44

As the deer longs for springs of water (Ps 42:1)

p. 46

So my soul longs for You, O God (Ps 42:1)

p. 49

My soul thirsted for God (Ps 42:2)

p. 51

Our fathers told us (Ps 44:1)

p. 53

The work You performed in their days, in days gone by (Ps 44:1)

p. 56

Comely to behold beyond all human beings (Ps 45:2)

p. 58

Hence God, your God, anointed you (Ps 45:7)

p. 61

Shout to God in a voice of happiness (Ps 47:1)

p. 64

Because the Lord the Most High is fearsome (Ps 47:2)

p. 67

He subjected peoples to us, and nations under our feet (Ps 47:3)

p. 69

Walk around Sion, walk about her (Ps 48:12)

p. 72

Rich and poor together (Ps 49:2)

p. 74

I shall incline my ear to a parable (Ps 49:4)

p. 77

Those who boast of the abundance of their wealth (Ps 49:6)

p. 80

Their tombs are their homes forever (Ps 49:11)

p. 83

Human beings, though held in honor, did not understand (Ps 49:12)

p. 86

At their dying they will not take it all with them (Ps 49:17)

p. 89

God will come openly, our God (Ps 50:3)

p. 92

God said, Why do you tell of my righteous deeds? (Ps 50:16)

p. 95

You sat down to malign your brother (Ps 50:20)

p. 98

Exercise dominion in the midst of your foes (Ps 110:2)

p. 101

With you is dominance in the day of your power (Ps 110:3)

p. 104

With you is dominance in the day of your power (Ps 110:3)

p. 107

He will drink from the torrent by the wayside (Ps 110: 7)

p. 110

In the assembly of the upright the mighty works of the Lord (Ps 111:1-2)

p. 113

Confession in magnificence his works (Ps 111:3)

p. 116

He has dispersed, given to the needy (Ps 112:9)

p. 119

The sinner will be enraged; he will gnash his teeth and pine away (Ps 112:10)

p. 122

Praise the name of the Lord (Ps 113:1)

p. 124

Giving the barren woman a home (Ps 113:9)

p. 127

Israel His dominion (Ps 114:2)

p. 129

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory (Ps 115:1)

p. 132

I called upon the name of the Lord (Ps 116:4)

p. 134

I believed - hence I spoke (Ps 116:10)

p. 137

His mercy is forever (Ps 118:3)

p. 140

The stone the builders rejected has become the head of the corner (Ps 118:22)

p. 143

In my tribulation I cried aloud to the Lord (Ps 120:1)

p. 146

With those who hated peace I was peaceable (Ps 120:7)

p. 149

My help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth (Ps 121:2)

p. 151

As the eyes of slaves are on the hands of their masters (Ps 123:2)

p. 154

Surely they would have swallowed us alive (Ps 124:3)

p. 157

Our hope is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth (Ps 124:8)

p. 159

Those trusting in the Lord are like a mountain of Sion (Ps 125:1)

p. 162

Do good, Lord, to the good and to the upright of heart (Ps 125:4)

p. 165

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy (Ps 126:5)

p. 167

Blessed are all those who fear the Lord (Ps 128:1)

p. 169

Blessed are those who travel in the Lord’s ways (Ps 128:1)

p. 172

And may you see your children’s children (Ps 128:6)

p. 175

Out of the depths I cried to you, O Lord (Ps 130:1)

p. 178

If you were to take notes of crimes, Lord, who would stand? (Ps 130:3)

p. 180

Because with the Lord there is mercy (Ps 130:7)

p. 183

I lifted up my soul like a weaned child with its mother (Ps 131:2)

p. 186

Lo, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord (Ps 134:1)

p. 188

In the seas and in all the depths (Ps 135:6)

p. 191

Rescue me, Lord, from an evil person (Ps 140:1)

p. 193

Lord, I cried to you; hearken to me (Ps 141:1)

p. 196

The lifting up of my hands an evening sacrifice (Ps 141:2)

p. 199

Set a guard on my mouth, Lord (Ps 141:3)

p. 202

They hid a trap for me, there was no one who recognized me (Ps 142:4-5)

p. 205

Blessed be the Lord my God, who trains my hands for fighting (Ps 144:1)

p. 208

Every day I shall sing praise to your name forever (Ps 145:2)

p. 211

Generation upon generation will praise your works (Ps 145:4)

p. 214

Praise the Lord, O my soul (Ps 146:1)

p. 217

Praise the Lord, O my soul (Ps 146:1)

p. 219

Let Israel be glad in its maker (Ps 149:2)

p. 222

Praise Him with harp and lyre (Ps 150:3)

p. 226

General Index

p. 229

Index of Biblical Citations

p. 234

Paperback:

237 Pages

Publisher:

Holy Cross Orthodox Press

ISBN:

978-1-885652-84-3