Toni’s Title
The Suffering of God’s Children and the Goodness of God
ESV Title
God Is My Strength and Portion Forever
Literary Type
This is a wisdom psalm.
Wisdom Psalms
Some Psalms reflect the wisdom movement in Israel which taught that the foundation of wisdom is faith in God and reverence for him. Wisdom psalms are meditations on the good life, the blessings of living the wise way of life of dependence on God as opposed to the way destruction which the foolish live who rely on themselves to work out their own destiny.
Examples: Psalms 37, 49, 73
NT Prayer Guide
1 Cor. 10:6-13
Superscription
A Psalm of Asaph.