How to Read and Understand the Psalms

Bruce K. Waltke (ThD, Dallas Theological Seminary; PhD, Harvard University) is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies at Regent College and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary. He is the author of An Old Testament Theology and commentaries on Genesis, Micah, and Proverbs. Bruce is a member at Advent Anglican Church in Woodinville, Washington. Fred G. Zaspel (PhD, Free University of Amsterdam) serves as a pastor at Reformed Baptist Church in Franconia, Pennsylvania, an adjunct professor of systematic theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and executive editor at Books At a Glance. He is the author of The Theology of B. B. Warfield and Warfield on the Christian Life, coauthor of New Covenant Theology, and has published numerous booklets, articles, and book reviews.

• ForewordPreface Chapter 1: Introduction to the PsalmsChapter 2: Hermeneutics: Interpreting the Psalms as BelieversChapter 3: The Historical Setting of the PsalmsChapter 4: The Royal Orientation of the PsalmsChapter 5: The Liturgical Setting of the Psalms Chapter 6: Hebrew PoetryChapter 7: Form Criticism and Psalm FormsChapter 8: Praise Psalms Chapter 9: Petition-Lament PsalmsChapter 10: Individual Songs of Grateful PraiseChapter 11: Songs of TrustChapter 12: Messianic PsalmsChapter 13: Didactic Psalms Chapter 14: Rhetorical Devices and Structures Chapter 15: The Final Arrangement of the PsalterAppendix 1: Superscripts, Postscripts, or BothAppendix 2: A Canonical Process Approach to the Psalms Appendix 3: Summary of Psalm FormsBibliographyGeneral IndexScripture Index