Reflections on the Psalms
"I write," the author says, "as one amateur to another, talking about the difficulties I have met, or lights I have gained, with the hope that this might at any rate interest, and sometimes even help, other inexpert readers." He relates the Psalms to their tripel background: to the ancient Judaic religion which produced them, to the age of Christ when they took on new meanings, and to our daily experience in the modern world
Print Book, English, ©1958
[1st American ed.] View all formats and editions
Harcourt, Brace, New York, ©1958
A Harvest book, HB 78
Commentaries
151 pages ; 21 cm.
9780156762489, 015676248X
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"Judgment" in the Psalms
The cursing
Death in the Psalms
"The fair beauty of the Lord"
"Sweeter than Honey"
Connivance
Nature
A word about praising
Second meanings
Scripture
Second meanings in the Psalms
Appendix I : Selected Psalms
Appendix II Psalms discussed or mentioned