Praying with the Psalmists

Praying with the Psalmists contains resources to help you use patterns from Psalms to deepen your prayers.

What's New?

June 13, 2026

I did it! I've completed this website and have a page for every chapter of my as-yet-unpublished book, Praying with the Psalmists! The website is intended to complement the book, but even without the book, you can find some tips for writing your own psalms, using patterns from the Psalms in the Bible. Tonight I posted the page for Psalms of Praise, and recenty posted a Praise psalm example on Sonderjourneys. I'm hoping readers will post their own examples in the comments.

Even though the basic website is finished, I plan to continue adding example psalms, which you can link to from the webpages.

Subscribe to my Sondermusings substack to follow my progress building this site.

May God's face shine on you!

--Sondra Eklund

Why Psalms?

Start Here

for info about why and how to write your own psalms

Hiding God's Word in Your Heart

Why and how

you can put Psalms into your heart.

Wisdom Psalms

Wisdom Psalms remind you it's worth it to follow God.

Psalms of Trust

In Psalms of Trust, we commit to trusting God and affirm that God is trustworthy.

Laments

In Laments, we bring our troubles before God and ask God to act.

Psalms of Confession

We pray Psalms of Confession when the trouble we're in is our own fault.

Thanksgiving Psalms

Thanksgiving Psalms give our joyful response when we called out to God, and God answered.

Creation Hymns

Creation Hymns praise the Creator for amazing works and tender care.

Messianic Psalms

Messianic Psalms look forward to the day when God will put an end to injustice and set the world to rights.

Salvation History Psalms

Salvation History Psalms look at God's hand in your journey over time.

Psalms of Praise

Psalms of Praise overflow with joy, singing of the love and faithfulness of God.

Blessing Psalms

Blessing Psalms are for praying God's blessings on those you love.