Psalms for Everyone, Part 1: Psalms 1

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In this volume, Goldingay explores Psalms 1–72. The psalms, Goldingay says, show us four ways to speak to God: in words of praise, thanksgiving, trust, and supplication. Goldingay provides brief commentary on each psalm and shows how each one can be relevant to contemporary life.

The book of Psalms includes about 135 examples of things you can say to God. They offer many varied examples of about four ways of speaking to God that also correspond to ways human beings speak to one another. First, we say to God (and to one another), “You are great.” Psalm 8 is a convenient example. It begins, “Yahweh, our God, how mighty is your name in all the earth.” While the technical English word for the book of Psalms is Psalter, the Hebrew title for the book is Tehillim, which

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