The Message of Psalms 1-72

by Wilcock, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780830812448
• ISBN10: 083081244X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

The book of Psalms is a favorite of Christians, even though we frequently read it in portions and pieces, hopscotching through the familiar and avoiding the odd, the unpleasant and the difficult. But though the individual psalms arose from an assortment of times, experiences and settings, the book is composed in a deliberate pattern, not as a random anthology. The meaning of the Psalms is discovered in this pattern and order.Michael Wilcock has written a sort of travel guide to the Psalms. In this volume, he invites us to begin our journey through the gateway of Psalms 1 and 2, with their summons to obedience. In the second volume,The Message of Psalms 73--150,he ends with Psalm 150, singing its song of praise. In between we pass through all the "yes, buts" of faith--the conflicts, the burdens, the mysteries and the sufferings of life. In these laments and praises, hymns and liturgies, the Bible continues to speak clearly today.

Author Biography

Michael Wilcock has retired from many years of pastoring churches in the U.K., most recently St. Nicholas, Durham

Table of Contents

General preface	6	(1)
Author's preface	7	(2)
Begin here	9	(4)
List of abbreviations	13	(3)
List of technical terms	16	(1)
List of related hymns	16	(3)
Book I (Pss. 1 - 41)
The Preamble: Psalms 1 - 2	19	(5)
The first David Collection: Psalms 3 - 41	24	(127)
Book II (Pss. 42 - 72)
The first Korah Collection and the first Asaph Psalm: Psalms 42 - 50	151	(33)
The second David Collection and the first Solomon Psalm: Psalms 51 - 72	184