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Sing a David! Psalm Devotional Study Sheets

I am pleased to announce a new resource from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s Commission on Worship. These psalm devotional study sheets lead the reader through the content of each psalm, and each study closes with a prayer taken from A Collection of Prayers’ Mozarabic and Sarum collections of psalm prayers.

The Psalms are the Holy Spirit’s own hymnbook. They are rich in the history of Israel, the prophecies of Christ, the wisdom of God and the steadfast love of the Lord. You probably know a few by heart. It was once required that pastors be able to “sing an entire David,” that is, to know the whole Psalter from memory (Canons of the Second Council of Nicea, Canon 2).

But what if you’re just starting to learn and pray the Psalms?

With your Bible and one of these pages in hand, you should have everything you need to take your first step into any of the 150 Psalms. 

These “One-Sheets” were an outgrowth of the 2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music where, over the course of the four-day conference, attendees sang and prayed all 150 Psalms together. We are delighted to release this resource for the good of the wider church.

They are ideal for rehearsals so that choirs can sing with understanding. They could be used for Bible study starters or bulletin inserts. Above all, we commend them to your devotional use as a tool to help you pray and sing the Psalms with faith in Jesus Christ.

Pastor Sean Daenzer explains more in this Facebook “reel.”

The studies are grouped by the “books” in the book of psalms, and sets can be downloaded below, or from the LCMS resource page.

Pastor Daenzer told me that these psalm studies may be published together in book form soon. If and when that happens, I will announce it here on A Collection of Prayers.