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Interpreting the Psalms: An Exegetical Handbook is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this valuable resource for pastors and students, celebrated scholar Mark Futato explains the nature of Hebrew poetry and the purpose of the Psalms. After outlining issues related to the proper interpretation of Israel’s songbook, he concludes with a sample of moving from interpretation to proclamation.

Hymns were composed for times when all is well. They are songs for those trouble-free times in life, times when our lives are well ordered, well oriented.7 The hymns typically celebrate God as Creator and God as Redeemer. Creation hymns often praise God for the orderliness of his creation (see Ps. 104). When our lives are well ordered, they are a microcosm of the well-ordered universe. By celebrating God’s good creation, we celebrate the goodness of God that we are currently experiencing. When
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