A Guide to the Psalms of David: A Book for all Reasons

The Psalms of David, "in sublimity, beauty, pathos, and originality, or in one word, poetry, are superior to all the odes, hymns, and songs in any language." John Adams in a letter to Thomas Jefferson. Although typically thought of as hymns of praise to God, The Psalms of David are so much more. They are invoked to comfort and instruct; to lament and inspire; to bless, as well as to curse, . In tone, they span the gamut of human emotions from ecstasy to despair, grief to relief, fear to awe...