Initially verses 1–4 and 5–9 appear to share little in common, and their abrupt change of subject matter may suggest they were artificially spliced together. What connection is there between describing the character of the wicked and praising Yahweh’s love and righteousness, along with the riches of his house? Interpreters have struggled with this issue, particularly, because the psalm does not fit the standard form-critical categories. Kraus has thus described it as “didactic poetry” (Psalms 1–59, p. 397) and Craigie as “a literary and devotional composition” (Psalms 1–50, p. 291). The sections of the psalm (vv. 1–4, 5–9, 10–12), however, are interlocked by key terms. The issue of the heart and the wicked ties together the opening (v. 1) and closing sections (vv. 10–11), while Yahweh’s ri…