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The Psalms: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Weiser’s commentary focuses on the book of Psalms. Specially highlighted is the role of feasts and festivals in the life of ancient Israel. Readers will gain a focused perspective into the cultural background of the Psalms along with accompanying interpretation.

assertions of the psalmist’s own righteousness (vv. 11, 98 ff., 111, 121, 162 ff.), themes borrowed from laments and supplications (vv. 8, 107, 153 ff.), affirmations of trust (v. 42) and Wisdom sayings (vv. 9, 99) frequently follow each other without any real connecting link, so that it is not possible to discover their Sitz im Leben; the psalm is a purely literary product. For all that, it has a dominating focal point round which the thoughts of its author revolve: the word of God and the law of
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