Bible crossword 8: Psalms, Song of Songs, and Lamentations

TL;DR
A crossword puzzle based on textbook material about the Old Testament poetic books: Psalms, Song of Songs, and Lamentations. The material covers common features of Hebrew poetry and the occasions for which certain poems and songs were composed or used. Lamentations acknowledges the destructive consequences of sin and pleads for God's mercy. The page also includes an acrostic built on the letters of the word Lamentations.

Crossword puzzle for chapter 12, "Songs of the Community," in Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese

Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by Varughese?

Across

• 3 Who, rather than humanity, is at the center of the Psalms.
• 7 A book written in response to the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity of Judah that followed. The book, traditionally attributed to Jeremiah, identifies sin as the cause of Jerusalem's destruction and pleads for God's mercy.
• 8 The number of sections, or "books," in the Book of Psalms.

Down

• 1 Analysis of literary works according to structure.
• 2 A book that celebrates human sexuality as a part of the love and affection shared by a married couple living out God's design.
• 4 A basic building block of Hebrew poetry, referring to the relationship between two or more lines of verse.
• 5 The Hebrew Bible's songbook that gives us the language with which to praise God and pray to Him.
• 6 A type of psalm that is a cry to God for help.

This crossword puzzle was created for use in the Introduction to Biblical Literature course. Its words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities, edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, now The Foundry Publishing.

— Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu

Lamentations: Content of the Biblical Book

L — Loss of Zion, her beauty laid low,
A — Anguish flows as rivers—tears that freely go.
M — Mourners sit in silence by ruined gates,
E — Enemy hands rejoice as judgment devastates.
N — Nations once near now turn their backs and flee,
T — Torment surrounds, no comforter to see.
A — Allies are gone; priests and prophets fall,
T — Temple lies shattered, no voice in the hall.
I — In wrath, O Lord, You rightly struck down,
O — Our sin and betrayal have brought Your frown.
N — New every morning, yet Your mercies shine—
S — So we still hope: Great is Your faithfulness.

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Recommended Links for You

• Overview of the Book of Psalms
• Overview of the Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon)
• Overview of Lamentations
• Meditations on Psalms:
  • Psalm 1
  • Psalms 14, 15, and 16
  • World Missions and Psalm 22
  • Psalm 23
  • Psalms 9 and 105
  • Psalm 37
  • Global Hope: Psalm 65
  • Psalm 68
  • Psalm 103
  • Psalm 113
  • Active Faith — Psalm 121

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