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Nancy Declaissé-Walford's Psalm 146
In the Psalter, Psalm 146, according to Nancy DeClaissé-Walford, is classified as an “Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving,” and it is located near the end of Book V (i.e. Pss 107-150). DeClaissé-Walford also points out, in her book Introduction to the Psalms, that individual hymns of thanksgiving “were addressed to God… [during] the worship of ancient Israel,… [and that those hymns were geared towards] praising God for goodness to or on behalf of… [an] individual… [These hymns of praise were] usually [offered] for deliverance from some trying situation.” Psalm 146 is a hymn that deals with three themes (i.e. praise of God, His kingship, and the Lord’s justice) which are motifs that both ancient and modern believers in God can relate too. This
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