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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...

2b David But how should we think of David’s contribution to psalm composition? The ancient traditions had told of his gifts as composer, singer and lyrist. They told of his playing that healed Saul’s spirit (1 Sam. 16:14f.). They told of his songs of lament that assuaged national tragedies (2 Sam. 1:17f.; 2 Sam. 3:33f.). He was remembered as one raised up by God, anointed, and filled with prophetic power to be the sweetest singer of Israel (2 Sam. 23:1f.). He was said to have devised and made instruments
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