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This volume presents the second half of Luther’s First Lectures on the Psalms. Written from 1513 to 1515, these lectures focus on Psalms 76 to 126. It was a challenging editorial task to assemble these lectures because they were not printed in Luther’s time—the only extant source is the photocopies of the Dresden manuscript of the scholia.

sin from the evils. Nevertheless, since all of them are ordained for salvation and especially the good things are to be remembered, he does not say “so that they should fear” but “so that they should set their hope in God” (Ps. 78:7). Corollary. It is the mark of a perfect Christian to remember God in connection with any creature and its use. So the apostle exhorts that we should “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thess. 5:18). Thus every Christian should certainly fear, hope, love, and hate in
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