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                    Ten Psalm Categories According
                    to 
                    Literary Genre  
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                    Hymns of Praise  | 
                    8, 19, 33, 66, 100, 103, 104,
                    
                    111, 113, 114, 117,
                    145-150.  
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                    Thanksgiving Hymns  | 
                    18, 30, 32, 34, 40, 65, 66,
                    67, 
                    75, 92, 107, 116, 118, 124, 136,
                    138.  
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                    Individual Laments  | 
                    3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9-10, 13, 14, 17,
                    22,  
                    25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 35, 38, 39, 40,
                    41,  
                    42-43, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59,
                    61, 
                    64, 69, 70, 71, 77, 86, 88, 89, 102,
                    109,  
                    120, 130, 139, 141, 142,
                    143.  
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                    Community Laments  | 
                    12, 44, 58, 60, 74, 79, 80,
                    83,  
                    85, 90, 94, 123, 126, 129,
                    137.  
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                    Liturgical Psalms  | 
                    15, 24, 50, 68, 81, 82, 115,
                    134.  
                      |  
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                    Wisdom Psalms  | 
                    1, 19, 36, 37, 49, 73, 78,
                    112, 
                    119, 127, 128.  
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                    Trust Songs  | 
                    11, 16, 23, 27, 62, 63, 91, 121,
                    125,  
                    131.  
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                    Royal Psalms of the
                    King  | 
                    2, 18, 20, 21, 45, 72, 78, 89,
                    101,  
                    110, 132, 144.  
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                    Zion Hymns  | 
                    46, 48, 76, 84, 87,
                    122.  
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                    Royal Psalms of
                    Yahweh  
                    As King  | 
                    29, 47, 93, 95-99.  |    Source: Lawrence Boadt, “Israelite Worship and
   Prayer”, in Reading the Old
   Testament: An Introduction (New York: Paulist Press, 1984),
   282.    |