SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS
Psalm 6-A Pattern of Penitence
I. Cry of the Penitent (v.1, 2)
II. Cost of Prolonging (v.3, 5, 6, 7)
III. Cure of the Penitent (v.4, 8-10)
Psalm 32-Past Look at Penitence
I. The Blessedness of Guilt-free Living (v.1, 2)
II. The Barrenness of Guilty Living (v.3, 4)
III. The Blessedness of Confessing Sin (v.5-7)
IV. The Beauty of Obeying God (v.8-11)
Psalm 38-Godly Sorrow for Sin
I. Cry of the Sorrowful (v.1, 21, 22
II. Chastisement for Sin (v.2)
III. Cause for Sorrow (v.3)
IV. Consequences of Sin (v.5-14)
Psalm 51-The Portrait of the Penitent Heart
I. Crying Out for Cleansing (v.1, 2, 7-9)
II. Confessing for Cleansing (v.3-6)
III. Calling for the Cure (v.10-16)
Psalm 102-Distress & Deliverance (Focus: My Days)
I. Appealing of the Distressed (v.1, 2)
II. Agonizing of the Distressed (v.3, 11, 23, 24)
III. Attributes of Deity (v.22,25-28)
Psalm 130-The Penitent’s Pardon
I. Appealing of the Penitent (v.1, 2)
II. Asking of the Penitent (v.3)
III. Answering of the Penitent (v.4-8)
Psalm 143-Urgency of the Penitent
I. Appealing with Urgency (v.1, 2, 7-12)
II. Adversary of the Urgent One (v.3)
III. Anguish of the Urgent One (v.4)
IV. Answer of the Urgent One (v.5, 6)