THE EXPOSITOR’S BIBLE COMMENTARY

REVISED EDITION

5

Psalms

Tremper Longman III & David E. Garland

General Editors

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Psalms

Psalms—Copyright © 2008 by Willem A. VanGemeren

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Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The expositor’s Bible commentary / [general editors], Tremper Longman III and David E. Garland.—Rev.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

IBSN 978-0-310-23497-5

1. Bible. N.T.—Commentaries. I. Longman, Tremper. II. Garland, David E.

BS2341.53.E96 2005

220.7—dc22

2005006281

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Contents

Contributors to Volume Five

Preface

Abbreviations

Psalms

Contributors to Volume Five

Psalms: Willem A. VanGemeren (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) is professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

General editor: Tremper Longman III (Ph.D., Yale University) is Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.

General editor: David E. Garland (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate dean of academic affairs and William M. Hinson professor of Christian Scriptures at George W. Truett Seminary, Baylor University, in Waco, Texas.

Preface

Frank Gaebelein wrote the following in the preface to the original Expositor’s Bible Commentary (which first appeared in 1979): “The title of this work defines its purpose. Written primarily by expositors for expositors, it aims to provide preachers, teachers, and students of the Bible with a new and comprehensive commentary on the books of the Old and New Testaments.” Those volumes achieved that purpose admirably. The original EBC was exceptionally well received and had an enormous impact on the life of the church. It has served as the mainstay of countless pastors and students who could not afford an extensive library on each book of the Bible but who wanted solid guidance from scholars committed to the authority of the Holy Scriptures.

Gaebelein also wrote, “A commentary that will continue to be useful through the years should handle contemporary trends in biblical studies in such a way as to avoid becoming outdated when ...