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Well-loved theologian A. F. Kirkpatrick brings us a thorough verse-by-verse commentary spanning well over 800 pages. Introducing his commentary with over 100 pages of background, Kirkpatrick delves into the form of Hebrew poetry, the theology of the Psalms, the history of the Psalter in the Christian Church, and much more. Each Psalm begins with a brief background to provide historical context.

24–26. For His own people He is not the God of terror; for them all ends in peace. “This closing word with peace is like a rainbow arch over the Psalm. The beginning of the Psalm shews us heaven open, and the throne of God in the midst of the angelic songs of praise; while its close shews us His victorious people upon earth, blessed with peace in the midst of the terrible utterance of His wrath. Gloria in excelsis is the beginning, and pax in terris the end.” Delitzsch. A thanksgiving for
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