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Two Trees: Psalm 1
The opening doorway of the Psalter — a tree by the rivers and chaff before the wind.
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The Shepherd Psalm
Psalm 23 — green pastures, still waters, the valley of the shadow, and a table in the presence of enemies.
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Job: When the Righteous Suffer
A blameless man, a heavenly wager, four wrong friends, and the LORD answering out of the whirlwind.
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The Fear of the LORD
Proverbs opens its school with a single sentence — and Christ is its hidden centre.
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Vanity of Vanities: Ecclesiastes
A king who tried everything under the sun and found no rest till he remembered his Creator.
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Lament and Trust
Psalms that pray honest tears — and rise, again and again, to the steady refrain of trust.
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Songs of Praise
Psalms that lift the soul above its weather — and the great Hallelujahs that close the Psalter.
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Song of Songs
A tender love poem that sings of marriage — and, the church has always heard, of Christ and His bride.
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The Wisdom of the Cross
The wisdom of the Old Testament finds its centre at Calvary — the foolishness of God wiser than men.