Psalms 1-72

by Derek Kidner

Book Overview

'The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.' 'Thy word is a lamp to my feet.' 'Search me, O God, and know my heart ' Such phrases leap to mind whenever Christians lift their hearts to God. For many, in fact, the Psalms are the richest part of the Old Testament. Derek Kidner provides a fresh and penetrating guide to Psalms 1--72. He analyzes each psalm in depth, comments on interpretative questions and brings out the universal relevance of the texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830829377
• ISBN13: 9780830829378
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Psalma 1-72: An Introduction and Commentary

My Bible Study class is reading this book along with the Bible and it seems everyone finds it useful to some degree. Kidner rather thinks David wrote many more psalms than other commentaries attribute to him but all opinions are interesting. He does get rather technical in places which is more for a scholarly group than ours, but then that is outweighed by some inciteful observations and germane information that I do not find elsewhere and I read at least two other commentaries along with this one. Psalms by Knight is another pb commentary that goes well with Bible Study groups. Kidner's organization of a general introduction of the psalm and then section by section commentary helps to get a clear picture spreading the psalm out to really view the key words and phrases. His New Testament references are also helpful. I think this is the best short concise commentary I have come across so far.

Rich repayment.

Kidner's Tyndale series commentaries on the Psalms (in two volumes) and Proverbs combine even-handed scholarship with devotional insight. They are concise and yet full.