The Message of Psalms 73-150

by Wilcock, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780830812455
• ISBN10: 0830812458
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• 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 the first volume,The Message of Psalms 1--72,he invites us to begin our journey through the gateway of Psalms 1 and 2, with their summons to obedience. In this volume, 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

Book III (Psalms 73--89)
The Asaph Collection: Psalms 73--83	5	(42)
The second Korah Collection: Psalms 84--89	47	(26)
Book IV (Psalms 90--106)
The first Exodus Collection: Psalms 90--106	73	(72)
Book V (Psalms 107--150)
A further Exodus Psalm and the third David Collection: Psalms 107--110	145	(23)
Three acrostics and the first Hallel: Psalms 111--119	168	(51)
The Songs of Ascents: Psalms 120--134	219	(27)
The second Exodus Collection and the fourth David Collection: Psalms 135--145	246	(28)
The final Hallel: Psalms 146--150	274