Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms

Words to God's Music is the first complete poet's version of the Psalter since Christopher Smart's 18th-century Psalms of David. Each of these 150 poems is a unique response to the corresponding biblical psalm, and speaks to and from the heart. Some of these poems live fairly close to their biblical originals; some stand as commentaries or variations on the text; some venture afield. Neither translations nor interpretations in the strictest sense, they get to the heart of the psalms with an awareness of how they speak to both the eternal and the immediate, living moment. Revised and corrected version of the acclaimed, out-of-print 2003 edition.

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Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms

Words to God's Music is the first complete poet's version of the Psalter since Christopher Smart's 18th-century Psalms of David. Each of these 150 poems is a unique response to the corresponding biblical psalm, and speaks to and from the heart. Some of these poems live fairly close to their biblical originals; some stand as commentaries or variations on the text; some venture afield. Neither translations nor interpretations in the strictest sense, they get to the heart of the psalms with an awareness of how they speak to both the eternal and the immediate, living moment. Revised and corrected version of the acclaimed, out-of-print 2003 edition.

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Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms

Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms

by Laurance Wieder
Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms

Words to God's Music: A New Book of Psalms

by Laurance Wieder

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Words to God's Music is the first complete poet's version of the Psalter since Christopher Smart's 18th-century Psalms of David. Each of these 150 poems is a unique response to the corresponding biblical psalm, and speaks to and from the heart. Some of these poems live fairly close to their biblical originals; some stand as commentaries or variations on the text; some venture afield. Neither translations nor interpretations in the strictest sense, they get to the heart of the psalms with an awareness of how they speak to both the eternal and the immediate, living moment. Revised and corrected version of the acclaimed, out-of-print 2003 edition.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781733090735
Publisher: Highland Books (TN)
Publication date: 01/29/2020
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 230
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Laurance Wieder's other writings include A Look Ahead: Selected Poems 1966-2018; The Poets' Book of Psalms; After Adam: The Books of Moses; Isaiah's Closing Arguments: A New Translation; and a selection of essays, Poetry History Music Art. His poems and essays have appeared in The New Yorker; Scripsi; Paris Review; Books & Culture; The Weekly Standard; First Things, and elsewhere.
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