"Prayer book of the Bible"

Summary...

What it may have meant to its original audience...

How Jesus might have read it...

What it might mean for our faith today...

Some important themes in this book...

Some important questions to ask about this book...

Psalms is a book full of prayers, hymns and reflections. It is the largest book in the Bible, which makes the length of this summary strange – but that is largely because there is little in the way of narrative or storytelling. A vast bulk of the material in Psalms is actually attributed to the musician-King David, which is why I am referring to it here. Accordingly, many of the Psalms have tones of repentance and suffering, reflecting the regret and despair of David’s many trials.