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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Introduction: "Weeping May Endure for a Night": The Need to Find Lost Words |
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Part I The History of Lament |
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1 Lament Psalms in the Church: A History of Recent Neglect |
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2 A Song Once Known: The Use of Psalm 77 by Calvin, Henry, Wesley, and Simeon |
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3 "Consolation for the Despairing": C. H. Spurgeon's Endorsement of Lament Psalms in Public Worship |
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Part II The Theology of Lament |
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4 Lament as Divine Discourse: God's Voice in Our Cry |
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5 "Why O Lord?" Lament as a Window to the Human Experience of Distress |
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6 Lament and the Sovereignty of God: Theological Reflections on Psalm 88 |
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7 Finding Our Words in His: Christology and Lament |
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8 The Shape and Function of New Testament Lament |
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9 Man of Sorrows, What a Name! The Place of Lament in the New Testament |
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Part III The Exegesis of Lament |
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10 The Role of Lament in the Shape of the Psalter |
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11 Silence of the Lambs: A Lost Cry of Lament in Psalm 8 |
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12 Weeping with the Afflicted: The Self-Involving Language of the Laments |
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13 Baking the Bread of Tears: A Recipe for Translating Psalm 80 |
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Part IV The Practice of Lament |
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17 Lament and Pastoral Care |
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Part V The Demonstration of Lament |
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18 "A Strengthening Song for the Sad Soul": A Sermon on Psalm 13 |
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19 "My Only Friend---Darkness": A Sermon on Psalm 88 |
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20 "How Could We Sing?": A Sermon on Psalm 137 |
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21 "You Are the God Who Saves Me": Singing Psalm 88 |
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22 If Jesus Wept, You Can Too |
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