Psalms (Volume 1) (Niv Application Commentary Series)

In this newest addition to the NIVAC series, Dr Gerald H Wilson examines Psalms 1-72, bringing together over 20 years of personal research and teaching. Bridging the distance from the prayer and worship of ancient Israel to the contemporary life of faith, this volume challenges us to see familiar psalms with new eyes. 992 pages, from Zondervan.

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Perhaps more clearly than any other part of the biblical canon, the Psalms are human words directed to God. Yet, through the Holy Spirit, these honest, sometimes brutal words return to us as the Word of God. Their agonies and exaltations reflect more than the human condition in which they were created. Within the context of the canonical Psalter, they become the source of divine guidance, challenge, confrontation, and comfort. However, it is possible to misapply them. How can we use the Psalms in a way that faithfully connects God's meaning in them and his intentions for them with our circumstances today?Drawing on over twenty years of study in the book of Psalms, Dr. Gerald H. Wilson reveals the links between the Bible and our present times. While he considers each psalm in itself, Wilson goes much further, examining whole groups of psalms and, ultimately, the entire Psalter, its purpose, and its use from the days of Hebrew temple worship onward through church history. In so doing, W