The Psalms Are Dedicated to Retelling the Story of Ancient Israel

The psalms are very interested in retelling ancient israel's history, and there are several psalms that we scholars refer to as quotand historical psalms. Psalm one emphasizes the righteous individual who is engaged with tora, meditating on it day and night,. That's the righteous person who isa set against the wicked, who are like chaff. The king based on ziond where is righteousness in the midst of this a that conversation continues throughout the psalps. And those issues continue to have their play throughout the p salms.