There are many ways that we can read the Psalms. One of the great church fathers from the fourth century, St. Athanasius, wrote a letter to his spiritual directee with advice on how to read the Psalms. The state argued that the Psalter was basically a synopsis of the whole Bible. He said that everything Continue reading

Book III: Collapse The third book is quite short, only 17 psalms in total. And only one of those is attributed to David. Most are by the Sons of Kora or Asaph, members of the choir David set up to compose and sing psalms. The tone of most of the psalms is dark, with lots Continue reading

The Five “Books” of the Psalter Bible scholars note that the Psalter is a bit like a hymnal, with songs of one type or message right next to songs with a very different type or message. Nonetheless, they have discovered a structure or outline to the Book of the Psalms. The first thing to note Continue reading

Psalm One: Blessed the Man Psalm one is about the wise man who meditates on God’s law and doing so gains life. The idea is that there are basically two paths of life. The first is God’s way, and that leads to life while the second way is the world’s way which leads to death. Continue reading

Welcome to our study of the book of the Psalms, which is sometimes called the Psalter in English. We will start with just a few basic questions and answers about the Psalms to give us a framework for further study. What is a Psalm? The first question we must ask is, “what is a Psalm?” Continue reading