(1) One of the wonderful gifts of David, the primary psalmist , was his ability to compose songs of praise and lead the Israelites in worship through song.(2) Much to the chagrin of the psalmist , and other biblical authors, the wicked do prosper and the treacherous often thrive. Psalm 1 suggests, however, that the wicked's prosperity is only short-lived.(3) Both the lament of Jeremiah and the praise of the psalmist are important to God and integral to the worship life of God's people.(4) The biblical psalmist wrote, u2018Without vision, the people perish.u2019(5) Herbert's confidence and trust in the God of grace and love leads him to share in the same sort of intimacy characteristic of the relationship between Old Testament prophets like Jeremiah or psalmists like David and God.
