Tehillim 1 & 2 – The Virtues of the Individual and of the Nation

Tehillim 3 – David’s Triumphs and Tragedies Leading to Avshalom’s Rebellion

Tehillim 4 – A Prayer of the Persecuted

Tehillim 7 – In light of Samuel I, Chapter 24 – Evil begets Evil

Tehillim 9 – מלחמה בעמלק – A Call for Vengeance and Vindication of Victims

Tehillim 11- Faith in the Face of Evil

Tehillim 13-14 Struggling with Faith

Tehillim 1 and 15 – Ashrei

Tehillim 17 – The Confessional Prayer of the Guilt-Ridden

Tehillim 18 – Song of the Rescued

Tehillim 20 – In Times of Trouble – A Prayer for Victory

Tehillim 21 – Coronation Anthem: The Idealized King

Tehillim 22 – Ayelet HaShachar

Tehillim 23 – For You are With Me – In Life and In Death

Tehillim 25 – Mizmorei Teshuva

Tehillim 26 – Dare We Be Judged

Tehillim 28 – מחלוקת – David’s Prayer in the Eye of the Storm

Tehillim 29 – Voice of G-d in the Storm

Tehillim 31 – David Flees from His Enemies

Tehillim 32 – אשרי נשוי פשע -Confession of the Baal Teshuva

Tehillim 34 – Hashem Is Close to the Persecuted

Tehillim 35 – A Song in the Face of Eternal Hatred and Persecution

Tehillim 37 – The Righteous Inherit the Earth

Tehillim 38 – The Agony and Loneliness of Dying

Tehillim 40 – You Lifted Me Up – Expressions of Gratitude

Bikur Cholim and the Terminally Ill

Tehillim 44 – Foreseeing the Galut Calamities

Tehillim 46 – ה’ צבא-ות עמנו – Even in Political Upheaval and Natural Disasters

Tehillim 47 – Coronating the King of Kings – A Universal Mission

Tehillim 48 – Jerusalem: The Eternal City