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Gratitude and loyalty to God resound throughout Psalm 16, reflecting assurance and faithfulness. This prayer expresses orientation, a psalm category coined by Walter Brueggemann in his classic three-fold analysis in The Message of the Psalms (alongside disorientation and reorientation). Psalm 16 lists attributes of God that align with the feeling of Eastertide: Lent is over; it is time again to sing the praises of the Holy One!
