PSALMS AND POSSIBLE GENRES

Individual Lament

3	4	5	6	7 d	9 a
10 a	13	22	27	28	31
32	35	38	41	42	43
51	54	55	56	57	58 d
59	61	64	69	70	71
86 d	88	90	94	102	109
120	123	130	137	140	141
142	143

Hymn

8 c	19A	29 c	33 c	34 a	65 c
66	67	68	96	97 d	98
99	100	103	104 c	111	112
113	117	128	134	135 c d	136
139	145 a	146	147	148 c	149
150

Pilgrim Song

84	120	121	122	123	124 c
125	126	127	128	129	130
131	132	133	134

Song of Trust/Confidence

11	16	23	30
46	62	63	91
115	125	131

Royal

2	20	21	45	63
72	89 c d	101	110	132

Thanksgiving

18 c	21	92	105	107
116	118	124 c	126	138

Communal Lament

44	59	60	74 c
79	80	83	129

Song of Zion

46	48	76	84
87	99	122

Wisdom

37

39

49

72

73

127

Liturgical

15

24

82 d

121

Spiritual

50

Torah

1

19B

119

Enthronement

47

93 c

Penitence

85

106

Innocence

17

26

Unclassified

12	14	25 a	36	40
52	53	75	77 c	78
81	95 d	108	114 c	144

a=acrostic
c=creation
d=divine
council

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