The flow of Psalms in Psalm 14 though 25, particularly with a view to key changes. Who can climb the mountain of God, then there is a literary mountain, a chiasm from 15 though 24.

1. Key changes in the Psalms
Unexpected discord
Psalms 15 - 24
The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a
caricature of Arnold SchoenbergCredit...Ralph Steadman
See Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim -
The New York Times (nytimes.com)

2. Who then can live on Your holy
mountain and dwell in Your tent?
there is none who does good …
They have all turned aside; together they have
become corrupt; … there is none who does
good, … not even one.
How then shall we climb?
A problem:

3. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
Psalm 17
Psalm 16
Psalm 15
Lord, who may dwell in Your sacred tent?
Who may live on Your Holy mountain?

4. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
Psalm 17
Psalm 16
you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let
your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy
in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

5. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
Psalm 17
8-9 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of
your wings from the wicked who are out to destroy me …
13-15 Rise up, LORD, confront them, bring them down … As for
me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will
be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

6. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
Psalm 18
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words
of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the
hand of Saul. He said: 1 I love you, LORD, my strength. (David says ‘I love you, LORD and
then recites a song he wrote in 2 Samuel 22 )

7. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the
work of his hands.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes
of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

8. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
Psalm 20 Psalm 21
Psalm 20:1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Psalm 21:1 The king rejoices in your strength, LORD. How great is
his joy in the victories you give!

9. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
The cross
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

10. Psalm 24
Psalm 23
Psalm 22
The cross
The crook
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside
quiet waters,

11. Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
7 Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD
mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.

12. Psalm 24
The cross
The crook
The crown
Psalm 25 Psalm 37
selah
The Son inherited the earth in Psalm 2
The LORD fearing inherit the earth in
Psalm 25.
The righteous, those who hope in
God, those the Lord blesses and the
meek inherit the earth in Psalm 37.
Bookends

13. Key changes in the Psalms
Unexpected discord
Psalms 15 - 24
The myriad uses of musical dissonance: above, a
caricature of Arnold SchoenbergCredit...Ralph Steadman
See Musical Dissonance, From Schumann to Sondheim -
The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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