# Bible chapter summary 3: Poetry books

## Job

1. Job's character and wealth, Satan's first attack, Job loses his children and possessions
2. Job loses his health, Job's three friends arrive
3. Job's lament for his birth
4. Eliphaz: the innocent prosper
5. Eliphaz: God blesses those who seek Him
6. Job: my complaint is just
7. Job: life seems futile
8. Bildad: Job should repent
9. Job: how can I contend with God?
10. Job's plea to God
11. Zophar rebukes Job
12. Job presents his case
13. Job prepares his case
14. Job laments the finality of death
15. Eliphaz: Job doesn't fear God
16. Job speaks against his comforters
17. Job prepares for death
18. Bildad: God punishes the wicked
19. Job: my redeemer lives
20. Zophar: Destruction awaits the wicked
21. Job: God will punish the wicked
22. Eliphaz: can a man be useful to God?
23. Job longs for God
24. Job: judgment for the wicked
25. Bildad: man can't be righteous
26. Job: who can understand God's majesty?
27. Job affirms his integrity, the wicked man's portion
28. where can wisdom be found?
29. Job longs for former blessings
30. Job's honor is turned to contempt
31. Job's final appeal
32. Elihu rebukes Job's friends
33. Elihu rebukes Job
34. Elihu confirms God's justice
35. Elihu recalls God's justice
36. Elihu describes God's power
37. Elihu proclaims God's majesty
38. God challenges Job
39. God speaks of His creation
40. Job humbles himself before God, God challenges Job again
41. God shows His power through leviathan
42. Job submits to God, God rebukes Job's friends, God blesses Job

## Psalms

1. (untitled) blessed is the man who delights in the Lord's law, but the wicked are not
2. David: (untitled) why do the nations rage? Be wise, O kings
3. David: Deliver Me, O Lord!
4. David: Answer Me When I Call!
5. David: Give Ear to My Words
6. David: Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
7. David: I Take Refuge in You
8. David: How Majestic Is Your Name!
9. David: I Will Give Thanks to the Lord
10. (untitled) the Lord isn't near and the wicked prosper, but the Lord will be King forever
11. David: In the Lord I Take Refuge
12. David: The Godly Are No More
13. David: How Long, O Lord?
14. David: The Fool Says There Is No God
15. David: Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?
16. David: The Presence of the Lord
17. David: Hear My Righteous Plea
18. David: The Lord Is My Rock (when the Lord delivered him from all his enemies and Saul)
19. David: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
20. David: The Day of Trouble
21. David: After the Battle (God is behind the rule of kings)
22. David: The Psalm of the Cross
23. David: The Lord Is My Shepherd
24. David: The Earth Is the Lord's
25. David: To You I Lift Up My Soul
26. David: Vindicate Me, O Lord
27. David: The Lord Is My Salvation
28. David: The Lord Is My Strength
29. David: Ascribe Glory to the Lord
30. David: You Turned My Mourning into Dancing
31. David: Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit
32. David: The Joy of Forgiveness
33. Unknown (maybe David): (untitled) rejoice in the Lord
34. David: Taste and See That the Lord Is Good (when he pretended to be insane with Abimelech)
35. David: Contend with My Opponents, O Lord
36. David: The Transgression of the Wicked
37. David: Delight Yourself in the Lord
38. David: Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
39. David: I Will Watch My Ways
40. David: I Waited Patiently for the Lord
41. David: Victory over Betrayal
42. sons of Korah: As the Deer Pants for the Water
43. (untitled) vindicate me and send out Your light
44. sons of Korah: Redeem Us, O God
45. sons of Korah: My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme
46. sons of Korah: God Is Our Refuge and Strength
47. sons of Korah: Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples
48. sons of Korah: Broken Bondage
49. sons of Korah: The Evanescence of Wealth
50. family of Asaph: The Mighty One Calls
51. David: Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
52. David: Why Do You Boast of Evil? (against Doeg the Edomite)
53. David: The Fool Says There Is No God
54. David: Save Me by Your Name (when the Ziphites said to Saul that David was hiding among them)
55. David: Cast Your Burden upon the Lord
56. David: Be Merciful to Me, O God (when the Philistines seized him in Gath)
57. David: In You My Soul Takes Refuge (when he fled from Saul into the cave)
58. David: God Judges the Earth
59. David: Deliver Me from My Enemies (when Saul sent men to watch David's house to kill him)
60. David: Victory with God (when he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt)
61. David: You Have Heard My Vows
62. David: Waiting on God
63. David: Thirsting for God (when he was in Judah's wilderness)
64. David: The Hurtful Tongue
65. David: Praise Awaits God in Zion
66. Make a Joyful Noise
67. May God Cause His Face to Shine upon Us
68. David: God’s Enemies Are Scattered
69. David: The Waters Are up to My Neck
70. David: Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me!
71. (untitled) be my rock of refuge
72. Solomon: Endow the King with Your Justice
73. family of Asaph: Surely God Is Good to Israel
74. family of Asaph: Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?
75. family of Asaph: God’s Righteous Judgment
76. family of Asaph: God’s Name Is Great in Israel
77. family of Asaph (Jeduthun): In the Day of Trouble I Sought the Lord
78. family of Asaph: I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
79. family of Asaph: A Prayer for Deliverance
80. family of Asaph: Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel
81. family of Asaph: Sing for Joy to God Our Strength
82. family of Asaph: God Presides in the Divine Assembly
83. family of Asaph: O God, Be Not Silent
84. sons of Korah: Better Is One Day in Your Courts
85. sons of Korah: You Showed Favor to Your Land
86. David: Tried but Trusting
87. sons of Korah: The Lord Loves the Gates of Zion
88. sons of Korah and Heman the Ezrahite: I Cry Out before You
89. Ethan the Ezrahite: I Will Sing of His Love Forever
90. Moses: From Everlasting to Everlasting (in response to Korah's rebellion)
91. (untitled) God is faithful and our refuge
92. How Great Are Your Works!
93. (untitled) the Lord reigns
94. (untitled) the Lord doesn't forget His people
95. David: (untitled) do not harden your hearts to the Lord
96. (untitled) sing to the Lord a new song
97. (untitled) let the earth rejoice
98. Sing to the LORD a New Song
99. (untitled) the Lord reigns, let the nations tremble
100. Make a Joyful Noise
101. David: I Will Set No Worthless Thing before My Eyes
102. The Prayer of the Afflicted
103. David: Bless the LORD, O My Soul
104. (untitled) how many are Your works, O Lord
105. (untitled) tell of His wonders
106. (untitled) give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, even while we aren't
107. (untitled) give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, including His judgments
108. David: Israel’s Kingdom Blessing
109. David: The Song of the Slandered
110. David: God’s Faithful Messiah
111. (untitled) majestic is His work
112. (untitled) blessed is the man who fears the Lord
113. (untitled) the Lord exalts the humble
114. (untitled) psalm of the Exodus
115. (untitled) to Your name be the glory
116. (untitled) the Lord has heard my voice
117. (untitled) extol Him, all you peoples
118. (untitled) the Lord is on my side
119. (untitled) entire alphabet
120. In My Distress I Cried to the Lord
121. I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills
122. David: Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
123. I Lift Up My Eyes to You
124. David: Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord
125. The Lord Surrounds His People
126. Zion’s Captives Restored
127. Solomon: Children Are a Heritage from the Lord
128. The Blessed Fear of the Lord
129. The Cords of the Wicked
130. Out of the Depths
131. David: I Have Stilled My Soul
132. The LORD Has Chosen Zion
133. David: How Pleasant to Live in Harmony!
134. Bless the Lord, All You Servants
135. (untitled) give praise, O servants of the Lord
136. (untitled) His loving devotion endures forever
137. (untitled) by the rivers of Babylon
138. David: A Thankful Heart
139. David: You Have Searched Me and Known Me
140. David: Rescue Me from Evil Men
141. David: Come Quickly to Me
142. David: I Lift My Voice to the Lord (when he was in the cave)
143. David: I Stretch Out My Hands to You
144. David: Blessed Be the Lord, My Rock
145. David: I Will Exalt You, My God and King
146. (untitled) praise the Lord, O my soul
147. (untitled) how good it is to sing praises to our God
148. (untitled) praise the Lord from the heavens
149. (untitled) sing to the Lord a new song
150. (untitled) let everything that has breath praise the Lord

## Proverbs

1. the beginning of knowledge, the enticement of sin, Wisdom calls out
2. the benefits of wisdom
3. trust in the Lord with all your heart, the blessings of wisdom
4. a father's instruction
5. avoiding immorality
6. warnings against foolishness, warnings against adultery
7. warnings about the adulteress
8. the excellence of wisdom
9. the way of wisdom, the way of folly
10. Solomon: the wise son
11. Solomon: dishonest scales
12. Solomon: loving discipline and knowledge
13. Solomon: a father's discipline
14. Solomon: the wise woman
15. Solomon: a gentle answer turns away wrath
16. Solomon: the reply of the tongue is from the Lord
17. Solomon: better a dry morsel in quiet
18. Solomon: the selfishness of the unfriendly
19. Solomon: the man of integrity
20. Solomon: wine is a mocker
21. Solomon: the king's heart
22. Solomon: a good name, Thirty sayings of the wise 1-6
23. Thirty sayings of the wise 7-19
24. Thirty sayings of the wise 20-30, further sayings of the wise
25. Solomon: more proverbs
26. Solomon: comparisons and instructions
27. Solomon: do not boast about tomorrow
28. Solomon: the boldness of the righteous
29. Solomon: the flourishing of the righteous
30. Agur's words
31. King Lemuel's words, the virtues of a noble woman

## Ecclesiastes

1. everything is futile, sorrow comes with wisdom
2. pleasure is futile, wisdom has foolishness don't matter because we all die, work is futile
3. to everything there is a season, God's work remains while man's doesn't, all will die
4. oppression and work is futile, power is futile
5. approach God carefully, wealth is futile
6. life is futile
7. wisdom has value, but wisdom can be futile
8. obey the king, fear God, God's ways are mysterious
9. death comes to both good and bad, enjoy your portion, wisdom is better than strength
10. wisdom vs folly
11. cast your bread on the waters, enjoy your years
12. remember your creator, the whole duty of man

## Song of Solomon

1. the Bride confesses her love
2. the Bride's admiration
3. the Bride's dream
4. the Bridegroom admires his bride
5. the Bride and her beloved
6. together in the garden
7. admiration by the Bridegroom
8. longing for her beloved