Bible crossword 8: Psalms, Song of Songs and 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?

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ACROSS

3 Who, rather than humanity, is at the center of the Psalms
7 A book written on the occasion of the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Captivity of Judah that followed. The book (which tradition says was authored by Jeremiah) says sin was the cause of Jerusalem's destruction and is a plea for God's mercy
8 The number of sections or "books" of the Biblical 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 which refers to the relationship between two or more lines of verse
5 The Hebrew Bible's songbook that gives us the language with which to give praise to God and to pray to Him
6 A type of Psalm that is a cry to God for help

This crossword puzzle was created for use in Introduction to Biblical Literature. 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 called The Foundry.

-- 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 - Over sin and betrayal, we bear Your frown.
N - New every morning, yet Your mercies shine—
S - So we still hope: Great is faithfulness divine.