Episode 34: Retelling the story

We’ve explored Psalms 103 and 104; now we’ll dive into Psalms 105 and 106, which should be read back to back (and after, we’ll look at Psalm 107 as well). Psalms 105 and 106 are both examples of so-called historical psalms, whose purpose is to retell some of the history of God’s relationship to his people. The two psalms are like two sides of a coin, first recounting the history in a positive way, then coming back and humbly adding the negative.