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Psalm 18: Thanksgiving for Deliverance, starts out, "I love you, O LORD, my strength." This is the longest psalm in Book 1 of the Book of Psalms. Clocking in at 50 verses, it FELT long.

Psalm 19: The Works and Word of God, starts out, "The heavens declare the glory of God." This one makes a connection between the sun and the Torah, and is often contrasted with Psalm 8, in which the psalmist contemplates the starry sky in the evening. Don't hate Wife for liking it a bit.

Psalm 20: A Prayer for Victory, starts out, "The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble." This one is an intercession and is closely related to the following one as, in both, the king is the prominent figure. The 70 words in this psalm may reference the 70 cries of pain associated with child birth, and indeed, people are encouraged to recite this psalm while delivering. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Psalm 21: Praise for Deliverance from the Enemy, starts out, "The king shall joy in thy strength." This one relates to the belief that God appointed a succession of rulers on Earth and that the king represents the moral state of his people. Which is fine when the king is a relatively good guy, but horse shit when he's a rotten sumbitch, as was the case more often than not.

Links to the songs Wife referenced:

https://youtu.be/BXf1j8Hz2bU

https://youtu.be/l3QxT-w3WMo

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Psalm 15: The Inhabitants of God's Holy Hill, starts out, "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?" This psalm asks who can ascend the mountain of God? It ain't me, babe.

Psalm 16: A Goodly Heritage, starts out, "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust." This is a psalm of faith and is one of the ten psalms referred to collectively as The General Remedy, which serves as repentance for all sins — but in particular, the sin of "wasted seed" aka sperm from wet dreams and jacking off. Sperm: Gotta catch 'em all!

Psalm 17: A Prayer for Protection against Oppressors, starts out, "Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry." This is a prayer for divine intervention on behalf of the righteous. Lemme know how that works out for you.

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so it's time for Husband and Wife to play another round of a game called You're Always Wrong.

You may be shocked to learn that we've found a few contradictions in the Bible. No wonder it's so easy to cherry-pick quotes to back up any claim!

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Psalm 12: A Prayer for Help against the Wicked, starts out, "Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth." This psalm of lament is basically about how much men suck, which, I mean, okay yes. But it's also about tearing out tongues and cutting off dick suckers (or duck slippers, if you're dyslexic like meeee). So, this psalm is grody to the max.

Psalm 13: A Prayer for Help in Trouble, starts out, "How long, O Lord?" I can not get past the statement that this psalm is sometimes referred to as the "Howling Psalm." Nope, not even gonna try to move on. We live here now.

Psalm 14: The Folly and Wickedness of Men, starts out, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." Yep, got it, we're going to Hell. Awesome. See you there. Kthnxbai.

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Psalm 9: Thanksgiving for God's Justice, starts out, "I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart." This psalm indicates that the success of evil is only temporary, and in the end, the righteous will endure. It, along with Psalm 10, forms an acrostic poem that spells out the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 10: A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked, starts out, "Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?" This psalm, a continuation of Psalm 9, is focused more on the individual than the collective human condition. Where Psalm 9 is more victorious, 10 is more of a lament.

Psalm 11: The Refuge of the Upright, starts out, "In the LORD put I my trust." This Psalm is the personal testimony of persecution and talks about how God "will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur" on the wicked.

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Psalm 6: A Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble, starts out, "O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger." This is a penitential psalm written to serve as a prayer for anyone suffering from distress. It's also known as an Individual Lamentation; a Sick Psalm; or a Psalm of Confession.

Psalm 7: A Prayer for Vindication, starts out, "O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust." This Lamentation warns, "Those who are pregnant with evil conceive trouble and give birth to disillusionment." Creepy af!

Psalm 8: God's Glory and Man's Honor, starts out, "O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" This psalm (Wife's favorite thus far) is "the song of the Astronomer" and inspired the well-known hymn "How Great Thou Art." Make sure y'all listen to some of the covers of this gorgeous song!

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Psalm 3: A Morning Prayer of Trust in God, starts out, "Lord, how many are my foes!" This one is about David's painful experience of fleeing from his own son, Absalom, and introduces us to the concept of selah, which means STFU, probably.

Psalm 4: An Evening Prayer of Trust in God, starts out, "Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God." David requests deliverance and he also wants to play the banjo, probably.

Psalm 5: A Prayer for Protection, starts out, "Listen to my words, Lord, consider my lament." Lamentations, celebrations, and NO good vibrations, probably.

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Psalms are praises, and the praises are hymns. There are 150 of these bad boys so we'll be here for a minute.

Psalm 1: The Righteous and the Ungodly, starts out, "Blessed is the man..." and basically urges good guys to stay away from those ratty sinners.

Psalm 2: The Reign of the LORD's Anointed, starts out, "Why do the heathen rage?" The answer is obvious — Heathens rage because Christians are so mf annoying. This psalm is either about Jesus who already came, or some other magical dude who plans to come later. It depends what flavor Messiah you like.

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Bible Study for Atheists Weekly is a collection of last week's episodes by Sacrilegious Discourse with Husband and Wife. This week's collection includes Job Chapters 41 - 42, with Wrap Up and Contradictions episodes.

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so it's time for Husband and Wife to play another round of a game called You're Always Wrong.

You may be shocked to learn that we've found a few contradictions in the Bible. No wonder it's so easy to cherry-pick quotes to back up any claim!

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