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The Psalms capture our emotions in a unique way, but they’re not limited to one book of the Bible. Study more sacred songs that appear from Exodus to Revelation.

Explore the beauty and delight of the psalms that appear throughout the Bible. You’ll learn about songs of lament and praise as you immerse yourself in the lesser-known poems of Scripture, written by people of faith, like Moses, Esther, Mary, and more.

Biblical psalms recognize what God has done throughout the history of his people. Beyond Psalm 150 is a treasure that helps you to uncover these awe-inspiring songs of worship and praise that often get missed in the study of God’s Word.

Both a devotional and a Bible study, Beyond Psalm 150 gathers these buried passages to make it easy to immerse yourself in their themes, meaning, and poetic style.

Each psalm in this book includes a reflection, a thought-provoking question, and a blessing, giving you the chance to understand and appreciate these expressions of worship in a fresh, new way.

In Beyond Psalm 150, you’ll:

- Discover sixty-seven songs of worship that don’t appear in the book of Psalms
- Explore how you can apply these words to your life today
- Develop insights about each psalm in the context of the story
- Dive deeper into the Word to better understand each song
- Explore Biblical worship songs throughout the Old and New Testament

Beyond Psalm 150 will help you gain a greater appreciation for the God who holds history in his hands and how he has shaped the lives of people just like us.

Peter DeHaan, PhD, is an author of over 18 devotionals, biblical-based studies, and church resources. He yearns for Christians to push past the status quo and reconsider how they practice their faith in every area of their lives.

If you desire to deepen your faith and embrace the variety of psalms scattered across the pages of the Bible, then dive into Beyond Psalm 150.

Perfect for your personal study time or small group, Beyond Psalm 150 will help you to understand these beautiful songs of praise as you worship a mighty God.

Read Beyond Psalm 150 and enhance your understanding of the psalms throughout God’s Word.

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Beyond Psalm 150

Discover More Sacred Songs of Praise, Petition, and Lament throughout the Bible

Peter DeHaan

All rights reserved: No part of this book may be reproduced, disseminated, or transmitted in any form, by any means, or for any purpose without the express written consent of the author or his legal representatives. The only exceptions are brief excerpts, and the cover image, for reviews or academic research. For permissions: peterdehaan.com/contact.

Scripture quotations taken from the World English Bible (WEB), public domain. Learn more at https://worldenglish.bible/. "World English Bible" is a Trademark of eBible.org. The Greek version of Esther (Esther 4:19–27 and Esther 4:31–47) is taken from the WEBC.

ISBN:

978-1-948082-70-9 (e-book)

978-1-948082-71-6 (paperback)

978-1-948082-72-3 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021923306

Published by Rock Rooster Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Credits:

Developmental editor: Kathryn Wilmotte

Copy editor/proofreader: Robyn Mulder

Cover design: Taryn Nergaard

Author photo: Chelsie Jensen Photography

To Laura Alexander

Contents

Celebrating Scripture’s Other Psalms

Psalm 152: Song of Moses

Psalm 153: Song of Miriam

Psalm 154: The Nation Sings

Psalm 155: A Song of Victory

Psalm 156: An Interactive Liturgy

Psalm 157: Moses’s Final Song

Psalm 158: Moses’s Parting Blessing

Psalm 159: Deborah’s Song

Psalm 160: God’s Provision

Psalm 161: Hannah’s Prayer of Praise

Psalm 162: David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan

Psalm 163: David Mourns Abner’s Death

Psalm 164: David Praises God

Psalm 165: David’s Song of Praise

Psalm 166: David Affirms God

Psalm 167: David Worships God for Deliverance

Psalm 168: David’s Last Words

Psalm 169: King Hiram’s Testimony

Psalm 170: Solomon Brings the Ark into the Temple

Psalm 171: Solomon Dedicates the Temple

Psalm 172: Solomon’s Blessing

Psalm 173: The People Praise God

Psalm 174: Jehoshaphat’s Prayer

Psalm 175: A Historical Remembrance

Psalm 176: Mordecai’s Plea

Psalm 177: Esther’s Petition

Psalm 178: Job’s Lament

Psalm 179: Job Speaks to God

Psalm 180: To Everything There Is a Season

Psalm 181: Jonah’s Testimony

Psalm 182: Angels Sing Praise

Psalm 183: The People’s Song of Praise

Psalm 184: Confident in God

Psalm 185: A Song of Praise

Psalm 186: Hezekiah’s Lament and Praise

Psalm 187: Isaiah’s Prophetic Psalm

Psalm 188: Song of Praise to God

Psalm 189: Awake and Depart

Psalm 190: Isaiah’s Lament

Psalm 191: Request for Deliverance

Psalm 192: Jeremiah’s Complaint

Psalm 193: A Lament of Desolation

Psalm 194: A Lament of Judgment

Psalm 195: A Lament from Jeremiah

Psalm 196: A Lament of God’s Anger

Psalm 197: A Lament from the Remnant

Psalm 198: Habakkuk’s Plea

Psalm 199: Habakkuk’s Complaint

Psalm 200: Habakkuk’s Prayer

Psalm 201: Daniel Blesses God

Psalm 202: King Nebuchadnezzar’s Proclamation

Psalm 203: King Darius’s Proclamation

Psalm 204: Mary’s Psalm of Praise

Psalm 205: Zechariah’s Prophetic Psalm of Praise

Psalm 206: An Angel Chorus

Psalm 207: Simeon Praises God

Psalm 208: Hosanna

Psalm 209: The Hymn of Christ

Psalm 210: Holy, Holy, Holy

Psalm 211: Worthy

Psalm 212: A New Song

Psalm 213: The Angel Chorus

Psalm 214: Everyone Joins In

Psalm 215: Salvation

Psalm 216: Thanksgiving and Judgment

Psalm 217: A Psalm of Deliverance

Psalm 218: Hallelujah, the Lamb’s Wedding

Psalm 219: Your Turn

For Small Groups, Sunday Schools, and Classrooms

Acknowledgments

About Peter DeHaan

Peter DeHaan’s Books

Celebrating Scripture’s Other Psalms

Paul writes to the church in Colossae that they are to teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in their heart to the Lord (Colossians 3:16).

He writes a similar sentiment to the church in Ephesus: “Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:18–19).

The book of Psalms feels like an ideal place to start this quest.

Some people think of the Psalms as a collection of Hebrew poems. I like that. Others call it a prayer journal. I like this perspective too. Just as our prayers cover a range of styles and emotions, so do the Psalms. We can have Psalms (and prayers) of praise, lament, thanksgiving, and so forth. Some Psalms burst forth as a corporate hymn, while others seep out slowly as a personal prayer of anguish.

Whatever our mood or perspective there’s likely a psalm that captures our emotion and our heart. It’s no wonder, then, that people over the centuries have so treasured the Psalms.

The range of content addressed by the Psalms covers a wide array of themes. Bible scholars attempt to classify the Psalms by topic, but there’s little agreement in their groupings. The labels they use include hymns, laments, thanksgiving, praise, compassion, liturgy, prophecy, petition, and so on.

Yet not all the Bible’s psalms reside in the book of Psalms. Other psalms occur throughout Scripture from Exodus to Revelation. This book collects these randomly located passages to make it easy to find them and to immerse ourselves in them.

Compiling this list of psalms scattered throughout Scripture has been a time-consuming yet stimulating task. To create this list, I looked for passages of song and poetry that provided personal or community prayer and worship. This book contains those passages, with sixty-seven more biblical psalms for us to contemplate, commiserate, or celebrate. As we do, may God receive our attention and adoration.

Some of these psalms appear in paragraph form instead of as poetry. This is because of the translation used, not because these passages aren’t biblical poetry. Regardless of the format, embrace each one as a psalm.

Given that Psalm 151 is in the Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew, used in Jesus’s day), we’ll start our numbering of these additional psalms at 152. This is for convenience and structure, nothing more.

In exploring these other psalms scattered throughout the Bible, we’ll use the World English Bible (WEB) as our text. It’s based on the revered American Standard Version of 1901 and updated for today’s readers. Notable in the WEB is the use of the Hebrew name Yahweh (or sometimes just Yah) instead of Lord or Jehovah. It adds a sense of awe, connecting us today with our faith’s Hebrew heritage.

[Most versions of the Bible are under copyright, which prohibits their use in this book. The WEB, without copyright restrictions, is the ideal option for our exploration.]

Psalm 152: Song of Moses

Exodus 15:1–18

Psalm 90 is the oldest chapter in the book of Psalms. Moses wrote it. Though it’s his only entry in the Psalms, Moses penned other songs as well, but we need to search for them. We encounter one in the book of Exodus. Though we don’t know when in his life Moses wrote Psalm 90, this passage in Exodus likely came first.

Moses and the people have just left Egypt and head toward the promised land. Blocked by an uncrossable sea before them and chased by the pursuing Egyptian army behind them, they have no path for escape. Death is certain.

Yet God miraculously rescues them. He divides the sea so that his people can cross the space before them on dry land and reach the other side. When the Egyptian army follows them across, the waters crash upon them, and they perish.

God saves his people from certain death, and Moses writes this psalm in praise to Yahweh.

“I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.

He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.

Yah is my strength and song.

He has become my salvation.

This is my God, and I will praise him;

my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

Yahweh is a man of war.

Yahweh is his name.

He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.

His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.

The deeps cover them.

They went down into the depths like a stone.

Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power.

Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.

In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you.

You send out your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.

With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up.

The floods stood upright as a heap.

The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder.

My desire will be satisfied on them.

I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’

You blew with your wind.

The sea covered them.

They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods?

Who is like you, glorious in holiness,

fearful in praises, doing wonders?

You stretched out your right hand.

The earth swallowed them.

“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed.

You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

The peoples have heard.

They tremble.

Pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.

Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed.

Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab.

All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Terror and dread falls on them.

By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone,

until your people pass over, Yahweh,

until the people you have purchased pass over.

You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,

the place, Yahweh, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;

the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.

Yahweh will reign forever and ever.”

Reflection: Think about a time when God miraculously protected you from danger or harm. This moment may have been epic or perhaps it felt small, but either way your life took a different path as a result.

Did you praise God for his deliverance then? Take a moment and do so now—or do it again.

May we revere Yahweh as he works in our lives.

Psalm 153: Song of Miriam

Exodus 15:21

The shortest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 117. It weighs in at a mere two verses, serving as a reminder that our efforts to praise God need not be long or wordy. Sometimes succinct is better. Miriam’s song of praise to God, only one verse long, is a reminder that less can be more.

Miriam responds to Moses’s praise of God’s amazing rescue with a psalm of her own. Moses’s older sister picks up her tambourine and leads the women in dancing before Yahweh. In doing so, this prophetess stands as the Bible’s first worship leader.

“Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously.

He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”

Reflection: We should praise God to the best of our abilities and according to how he has equipped us. The quantity of our worship doesn’t matter, only that it comes from our heart.

Does our praise to God sometimes feel like it’s less than the efforts of others? Remember that none of us can fully praise God to the extent that he is worthy. Therefore, it’s foolish to compare our worship to that of others.

Without considering other people’s actions, what can we do today to praise God for who he is and what he has done?

May our acts of worship focus on God, without giving thought to what others do or say.

Psalm 154: The Nation Sings

Numbers 21:17–18

As the people of Israel travel about in the desert, water is scarce. They reach the city of Beer. God instructs Moses to gather the people, and he will provide water to quench their thirst.

The people respond collectively, praising God in song. Though this seems like a poem to the well that produced the water, let’s understand this as an indirect praise to God for guiding them to the water that the well provided.

All praise rightly goes to God, from whom all blessings flow—including water.

“Spring up, well! Sing to it,

the well, which the princes dug,

which the nobles of the people dug,

with the scepter, and with their poles.”

Reflection: When might we have directed our appreciation for something God provided to the wrong source?

Roughly one billion people in our world today lack access to clean, drinkable water. The rest of us seldom give water a thought. What can we do to thank Yahweh for his life-giving water? What can we do to help those who are thirsty?

May we give water to thirsty people in Jesus’s name (Matthew 10:42).

[Check out Living Water International: https://water.cc/ for tangible ways to help.]

Psalm 155: A Song of Victory

Numbers 21:27–30

As God’s people travel through the desert and prepare to take the promised land, they come to the border of the Amorites. They ask King Sihon for permission to travel through the country, promising to stay on the main thoroughfare and not take any of the Amorites’ food or water on the way.

Though this seems like a reasonable request, Sihon refuses. Instead, he rallies his army and attacks the people of Israel as they wait in the desert. The Israelites defend themselves, and they prevail. They take the land of the Amorites, along with the city of Heshbon, which King Sihon had captured from Moab.

Though the Israelites sought to peacefully travel through the Amorite territory, the king responded negatively, and he started a war. As a result, Israel defeated the Amorite army and took over their land.

In the aftermath of the battle, they sing a song of victory.

“Come to Heshbon.

Let the city of Sihon be built and established;

for a fire has gone out of Heshbon,

a flame from the city of Sihon.

It has devoured Ar of Moab,

The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

Woe to you, Moab!

You are undone, people of Chemosh!

He has given his sons as fugitives,

and his daughters into captivity,

to Sihon king of the Amorites.

We have shot at them.

Heshbon has perished even to Dibon.

We have laid waste even to Nophah,

Which reaches to Medeba.”

Reflection: Though this passage may seem like mere gloating over a military conquest, remember that the Israelites sought a peaceful solution, and the Amorites attacked them. This is a song of deliverance from their enemies.

Though our enemy may not be an attacking army, we all have those who oppose us. We can trust that God will deliver us.

Have we ever sought an honorable solution to a problem and been wrongly attacked anyway? Did we ask God for his intervention? Did we praise him for his answer to our prayers?

May the Holy Spirit guide us to peaceful solutions whenever possible and protect us when peace with others eludes us.

Psalm 156: An Interactive Liturgy

Deuteronomy 27:15–26

With the people poised to take the promised land, Moses recaps their forty-year history in the desert and reviews the instructions God gave them. At one point Moses leads the people in a liturgy of blessings (for obedience) and curses (for disobedience).

In this the Levites make a statement and the people respond in unison by saying “amen.” In doing so they give their agreement to what the Levites say, a format similar to Psalm 136.

Interestingly, the Bible doesn’t record the blessing portion of this liturgy, only the curses. This liturgy contains twelve statements of what the people should not do, actions for which they will receive a curse.

Here are Moses’s instructions for this interactive liturgy:

“‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’

All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’