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This is the Join the Journey podcast.

Thanks for joining. Hannah Stabs here with the Watermark Institute, and today we're jumping into Psalm 5.

Before we jump in, just wanted to let you know, now that we've started

Psalm 5, we've actually started in our next guided journal. You can check out those journals or

grab one in the town center if you're local to Dallas or through Amazon. You can buy any of our

journals there, but we'd love for you to be able to follow along in that if you're thinking

I need less screen time

and I need a place to write my notes for join the journey. So feel free to check those out.

But today we're jumping into Psalm chapter 5. When we look at Psalms, it's important to note that

there are actually different kinds of Psalms. And this can really help you as you read and

study the book of Psalms. This is a great Bible study tool.

For example, you may be reading a psalm and you'll notice that there's something positive in

nature. You may think, oh man, this is such an uplifting and encouraging passage. But upon

further exploration, as you continue to read, you not only find that it's positive, but it's a

Psalm of Thanksgiving. Thank thanking God for an answered

prayer, even deepening your love for that psalm through understanding the type of psalm it's supposed to be.

Or you may find a really positive verse at the end of a psalm of lament. And so in a way, that can even

more intensify the beauty of the verse, seeing that they are praising God in light of something

really, really painful. While studying in the Watermark Institute, we talked about eight different

types of Psalms. Psalms of lament, which presents a troubled situation to the Lord. Psalms of praise,

calling believers to admire God's attributes. Psalms of Thanksgiving, thanking God for an answer to prayer,

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