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Psalm 17 +
To petition YHWH to deliver the upright psalmist from enemies.  +
Psalm 132 +
To petition YHWH to keep his covenant with David and his royal line.  +
Psalm 5 +
To petition the divine King and Judge for justice from enemies.  +
Psalm 9 +
To petition the divine king to the aid of the oppressed.  +
Psalm 10 +
To petition the divine king to the aid of the oppressed.  +
Psalm 6 +
To plead for mercy and healing.  +
Psalm 38 +
To plead with YHWH to answer David's enemies' accusations because he cannot answer them himself.  +
Psalm 111 +
To praise YHWH for his deeds of covenant faithfulness  +
Psalm 8 +
To praise YHWH for his majesty throughout all the earth.  +
Psalm 19 +
To pray for blamelessness  +
Psalm 12 +
To pray for help amidst pervasive wickedness and to inspire hope in YHWH's promises.  +
Psalm 28 +
To pray that YHWH would deal rightly by delivering David from imminent death and repaying the wicked for their deeds.  +
Psalm 91 +
To promise the king protection and victory in the face of enemy attacks  +
Psalm 92 +
To provide a (weekly?) reminder that YHWH is faithful and just  +
Psalm 092 +
To provide a (weekly?) reminder that YHWH is faithful and just  +
Psalm 11 +
To rebuke and exhort those who doubt YHWH's righteous rule.  +
Psalm 21 +
To rejoice in YHWH's strength which causes the king to prosper  +
Psalm 27 +
To seek and wait for YHWH  +
Psalm 22 +
To showcase YHWH's salvation of a servant near death.  +
Psalm 134 +
To summon YHWH's servants to bless YHWH and to invoke YHWH's blessing on his people  +