The Psalms
About this Series
The Psalms are the hymnbook of the Bible, providing prayers and songs for every season of life. Through praise, lament, and thanksgiving, the Psalms help form us: what we pray about, how we think about God, how we see the world, and live by faith in a broken world. They are the songs God gives us to sustain us, to strengthen us, and to speak to him in every circumstance. The Psalms Spotify Playlist
Additional Resources for this Series
This list contains some of the resources that were used to prepare this series, along with other resources for you to dig a little deeper:
recommended reading:
All of these resources are available in our church library or can be purchased online.
Children’s Resources:
- Marie-Hélène Delval, Psalms for Young Children
- Danielle Hitchen, Psalms of Praise
- Sally Lloyd-Jones, Near: Psalm 139
Beginner:
- Timothy Keller, The Songs of Jesus
- Alec Motyer, Psalms by the Day
- Dane Ortlund, In the Lord I Take Refuge
Intermediate:
- Mark Futato, Transformed by Praise (church library)
- Derek Kidner, Psalms (Tyndale OT Commentary, 2 vols.)
- James Montgomery Boice, Psalms (3 vols.)
- Alec Motyer, “Psalms,” in New Bible Dictionary
- Mark Meynell, A Wilderness of Mirrors: Trusting Again in a Cynical World
- Ellen Vaughn, Time Peace: Living Here and Now With a Timeless God
Advanced:
- Leslie Allen, Peter Craigie, Marvin Tate, Psalms (Word Biblical Commentary, 3 vols.)
- Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Rolf Jacobson, Beth Tanner, The Book of Psalms (New International Commentary on the Old Testament)
- Mark Futato, Interpreting the Psalms
resources used in sermon preparation:
- Rashi’s Commentary on the Psalms
- The Shape and Shaping of the Psalter (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement), McCann
- Wilson, The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter
