LAMENT SERMON TEXTS

The Psalms of Lament

Communal Laments
12,44, 58,60, 74, 79, 80, 83, 85, 89, 90, 94, 123, 126, 129

Individual Laments

3,4,5,7,9-10,13,14,17,22,25,26,27,28,31,36, 39, 40:12-17, 41, 42- 43,52,53,54,55,56,57,59,61,64,70,71,77,86,89,120, 139,141,142

Penitential Psalms

6,32,38,51,102,130,143 Imprecatory Psalms

35,69,83,88,109,137,140

Preaching the Psalms of Lament

"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book." Psalm 56:8 
 

Other Lament Texts

Advent/Christmas Lament Texts

Matthew 2:13-18

Lent/Easter Lament Texts

Matthew 27:45-46
Luke 19:41-44
Luke 22:39-46

Misc. Lament Texts

Job 3
Jeremiah 15
Habakkuk 3

Mark 7:31-35
John 11:33-36