Psalms Intro & Psalm 6 - How Long, Oh Lord, How Long?

Hebrew Poetry
Parallelism
Categories (Forms/Genres) of the Psalms

• Psalms of Praise, Hymns of Declarative Praise
• Psalms of Lament
• Psalms of Enthronement or Kingship Psalms
• Psalms of Thanksgiving
• Wisdom Psalms
• Psalms of Confidence
• Psalms of Remembrance or Redemptive-History Psalms

Psalm 6:

• An Urgent Plea for Grace [Introductory Lament] (v 1-3)
• An Urgent Plea for Rescue [Petition Proper] (v 4-5)
• A Flood of Tears [Full Lament] (v 6-7)
• Renewed Confidence [Confession of Confidence (v 8-10)