type. 5. Supplication. (E.g., Psalm 86.) The psalmist cries to God in his own need, or he intercedes for another’s need. 6. Thanksgiving. (E.g., Psalms 16; 18; 27; 62.) Praise and thanksgiving pervade the book of Psalms, but some individual psalms are particularly thanksgiving psalms. 7. Messianic. (E.g., Psalms 2; 20–24; 40; 41; 68; 69; 110; 118.) A strong prophetic character identifies these psalms. Many of the hymns prophesy the suffering and sorrows of God’s people, Israel, and their coming deliverance,
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