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The Psalms have served for centuries as the church’s sourcebook for prayer and praise. The poetry captures a range of emotions and experiences. Hengstenberg’s first volume of commentary on the Psalms includes commentary on Psalms 1 through 30. He explores and explains Psalm 1, the Psalms of lament, Psalm 23, and more.

In the introduction, vers. 1 and 2, the heavenly servants of God are exhorted to give to the Lord glory and strength. In the main division, vers. 3–9, the Psalmist describes the manifestation of Divine glory and strength which forms the basis of this exhortation. As the result of this manifestation—the revelation of the glory of God in a thunder-storm—the celestial servants of God comply with the exhortation given them in the 1st and 2d verses: in His temple every one says, “Glory!” The conclusion,
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