Psalms For All Seasons
Rediscovering the Riches of Their Original Design
| Weight | .47 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 21.22 × 13.8 × 2.28 cm |
| ISBN | 9781800405387 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Page Count | 376 |
| Banner Pub Date | 2025 |
| Subtitle | Rediscovering the Riches of Their Original Design |
| The Author | Robertson, O Palmer |
Book Description
At one time, the Book of Psalms held a central place in the worship of biblically faithful churches. In many congregations, however, the Psalter has become neglected—not only are the psalms not regularly sung, but the public reading of them has been limited to occasions when the text of the sermon is taken from that part of Scripture.
But the Psalms were written for regular use in the community of God’s people assembled for worship. All the various workings of God’s grace in the life of his people call for celebration. Whether speaking specifically of the Messiah, or calling God’s people to confession, praise, or prayer, the Psalms summon the church to celebrate the bounties of God’s multi-faceted gifts.
O. Palmer Robertson here examines twenty-five psalms, reflecting the variety of messages and structures found across the entire Book of Psalms. The author argues that originally the Psalms were intended to be used with interactive congregational responses and his translations reflect this understanding.
This book aims to help congregations rediscover the riches of the Psalms in their fullness, that the full-orbed testimony of the Psalter, as it touches every experience of weal and woe in the life of God’s people, may again find a voice in the current worship of the church.
In reference to the introduction on page 4, the pdf of the psalms selected for this volume is available to download here.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Psalm 1 | The Way of the Righteous Magnifying God’s Law | 5 |
| Psalm 2 | Submitting to the Son Magnifying God’s Messiah | 17 |
| Psalm 8 | The Measure of a Man What is Man? | 31 |
| Psalm 11 | The Tried and the Trusted Trusting God through Trial | 43 |
| Psalm 14 | The Atheistic Fool The Folly of Atheism | 57 |
| Psalm 15 | Abiding Securely in Holiness Holiness Assures Safety | 71 |
| Psalm 16 | Overcoming Life’s Last Enemy Preservation even in Death | 83 |
| Psalm 32 | A Guidebook for the Guilty The Blessedness of Sins Forgiven | 97 |
| Psalm 44 | A Prayer of the Perplexed The Plea of an Innocent Sufferer | 115 |
| Psalm 80 | The Man at God’s Right Hand Lamentation, but with Hope in God’s Saving Hero | 139 |
| Psalm 82 | The Judge Judges the Judges God Judges Human Authorities | 163 |
| Psalm 84 | Yearning for God’s House The Blessings of Worship | 175 |
| Psalm 87 | Born Again in Zion A Missionary Psalm | 189 |
| Psalm 91 | Abiding Safely in His Presence Safety through Trusting God | 199 |
| Psalm 95 | Worshipping God your Rock Worship God Rather than Hardening Your Heart | 215 |
| Psalm 96 | A New Song about the Old Story Singing a New Song to the Lord | 227 |
| Psalm 99 | ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ Practical Effects of God’s Holiness | 241 |
| Psalm 106 | Trust and Obey Summoning the Disobedient to Trust and Obey | 255 |
| Psalm 110 | The Glories of Our Priestly King The Messiah as Priest and King | 269 |
| Psalm 113 | ‘Hallelujah’ for God’s Help to the Humbled Give Praise to the Lord for His Help | 283 |
| Psalm 118 | A Eucharistic Psalm Messiah’s Deliverance from Death | 297 |
| Psalm 126 | Rejoicing over Restoration Joy at Deliverance from Exile | 311 |
| Psalm 128 | The Happy Hearth Blessing in Life’s Basics | 321 |
| Psalm 132 | From Cross to Crown God Confirms the Covenant with David | 335 |
| Psalm 146 | Praise the Covenant Lord, Help of the Helpless Praise God for His Mercy to the Needy | 349 |
| Appendix | On the Translation of the Divine Name | 363 |
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Mark Bolhofner –
First, let me note the book itself, with Palmer’s expositions of the Psalms, is a treasure. His insights, and his usual clarity, are enlightening and inspiring. Palmer is one of my favorite authors for those reasons.
Secondly, the QR code that takes you to versions of the Psalms as they’re intended to be read is very helpful. It saves so much time to copy and paste and print, and you can adjust size, and font, etc. to your preference.
As for the practice of responsive readings encouraged by the book itself, our congregation responded very positively (we are a conservative Presbyterian congregation of about 200 in south Florida, USA). Some recalled fondly doing something similar at some point in their lives. And in others you could hear as we read our parts, a willing, enthusiastic participation.
We used the responsive readings 5 weeks in a row in our two Sunday morning services. We used Psalms 146, 95, 16, 110, and 8. We regularly use a unison Scripture reading every week, but we have not used a responsive reading before.
I think there would be a learning curve for the translations that are a little more involved. We had no problem with the translations that use the reader and a congregation. And we got better as we went along, finding a reader and two congregations more and more comfortable. But, as you know, some of the translations are a little more involved than that, and it would take some getting used to.
My one concern might be (and I say this with a smile) that we would be limited to using the Psalms translated in the book. Just wishing that this could be available for all 150.