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James M. Hamilton provides a fresh translation and interpretation of the Psalms. This set combines both Volume 1 (Psalms 1–72) and Volume 2 (Psalms 73–150). Though commonly read in isolation, the Psalms are best read as a collage that tells a story of God’s faithfulness to his people through his king. Hamilton observes the significance of the Psalter’s intentional macro-structuring and intricate...

EXPOSITION Psalm 1 is strategically linked with Ps 2, and, as will be demonstrated below, together these first two psalms introduce the whole Psalter. No superscription separates these two psalms, and a textual variant in Acts 13:33 actually refers to Ps 2 as “the first” psalm. The two psalms are linked at more lexical, morphological, phonological, and thematic levels than there is space here to develop.1 Psalm 1 divides humanity into the righteous
Volume 1, Pages 89–90