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The Psalms: A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and Translation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Eaton devotes the first fifty-eight pages to surveying the historical areas surrounding the Psalms, delving into such topics as the Psalms’ authors, music, poetry, and divine names and titles, including a look at how the book of Psalms has been viewed through the ages. In the commentary, Eaton follows a simple pattern for each psalm: he offers his own translation; provides introductory remarks on...

5–6 The Lord is now pictured as host to the psalmist, with only the two figures at the table. The Lord has ‘arranged’ or ‘put in order’ the table—spread it with good fare; he has anointed the psalmist’s head with oil, a custom for a festive meal; and he has amply filled his cup. The scene suggests the communion meal of worship, where offerings were made and from them a meal shared as it were with the deity (cf. 22:25f.). But there is also here the theme of the royal covenant. The generous gestures
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