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Full-page historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1, of King David harping, and the Judgement of Solomon, from The Rutland Psalter Add MS 62925, fol. 8v by Unknown English Artist
King David, from The Rothschild Miscellany by Unknown Italian Artist
Miniature of King David playing harp, decorated initial 'D'(omine), from the Book of Hours, Use of Chartres by Unknown French Artist

Psalm 1 The Blessed and the Wicked

The Death of Judas, detail from the Forgiveness Window by Laurence Whistler
Pay Nothing Until April by Edward Ruscha
For You by Tracey Emin

Psalms 15 and 24 Who May Abide?

The Pass at Faido, St Gotthard by Joseph Mallord William Turner
Brother Francis and Brother Sun (Frate Francesco e Frate Sole) by Giovanni Costa
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) by Casper David Friedrich

Psalm 19 The Heavens Are Telling

What Our Lord Saw from the Cross (Ce que voyait Notre-Seigneur sur la Croix) by James Tissot
The Isenheim Altarpiece; Closed altarpiece: Saint Sebastian, the Crucifixion; Saint Anthony the Great; Predella, the Lamentation on the Body of Christ by Matthias Grünewald
Crucifixion by Charlie Mackesy

Psalm 22 A Great Cry

Psalm 23, from the Stuttgarter Psalter
Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton
The Parma Psalter by Unknown artist

Psalm 23 The Lord is My Shepherd

Psalm 27 (26 Vulgate), Initial showing Christ healing the Blind Man, from a Psalter
Psalm 27 (26 Vulgate), initial showing scenes from the life of David, from the Cuerden Psalter
Psalm 27 (26 Vulgate), initial showing the Anointing of David with armies, from the Ormesby Psalter

Psalm 27 The Lord is my Light

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows by John Constable
Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki) by Katsushika Hokusai
The Gust of Wind by Jean-François Millet

Psalm 29 God’s Stormy Voice

The Bleeding Border by Sergio Gomez
The Children by Trina McKillen
Madonna of the Harvest by John August Swanson

Psalm 37 The Inheritance of the Blameless

Psalm 38, from the Utrecht Psalter, by an Unknown artist from Reims/Hautvillers
Psalm 39 (38 Vulgate) and the Second Temptation of Christ, from the Psalter–Hours of Yolande of Soissons, by an unknown French artist
Psalm 38, from the Ormesby Psalter, by an unknown English artist

Psalm 39 Let Me Know Mine End

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura)
Psalm 42-43 by Diane Palley
The Tree of Life (Apse Mosaic of San Clemente)

Psalm 42–43 Thirsting for God

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General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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