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A Commentary for worship, devotion and reflection on the Psalter. The Old Testament Psalter testifies both to the universal human condition and the redemption wrought for believers in the person and work of Christ. In The Psalms: Jesus's Prayer Book, longtime pastor and seminary professor Doug Webster distills ancient and modern scholarship on the Psalms into theological, canonical, apostolic, linguistic, and pastoral edification to students of Psalter. By focusing on both the most consequential and the less developed aspects of Psalm studies, Webster shows how living a Christ-centered life goes hand in hand with digesting the Psalms as a complete collection prefiguring Christ. The volumes of The Psalms follow the internal divisions Psalms presents: Volume 1 (Book I of the Psalms) Volume 2 (Book II) Volume 3 (Book III-IV) Volume 4 (Book V) Designed with preachers and teachers in mind, The Psalms strikes a middle ground between a technical commentary and a book of sermons. Webster offers pastoral insight in both interpretation and application of the Psalms for worship, unveiling purpose and significance for worship, devotion, and reflection. ""By combining his spiritual words with the Spirit-inspired psalms he transforms the believer's life into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ of whom the psalms speak. Here is a book that readily provides rich spiritual material for personal and pastoral application."" --Bruce K. Waltke, Distinguished professor of Old Testament, Knox Theological Seminary, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Regent College, Vancouver ""This commentary takes a special place among the commentaries on the Psalter because, unlike so many others, Webster does not read them independently of Christ nor as a mere footnote. By taking the hand of the Carpenter's Son, he guides you through the Psalms."" --Kenneth Mathews, professor of Old Testament, Beeson Divinity School ""Using the image of the ocean's untamable power and beautiful complexity to describe the book of Psalms, Doug Webster leads us on a voyage of prayer, discipleship, and spiritual discovery."" --Rebecca Poe Hays, Ph.D., assistant professor of Christian Scriptures - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, George W. Truett Theological Seminary

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""Doug Webster, professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Preaching at Beeson Divinity School, in his splendid work, The Psalms: Jesus' Prayer Book aims 'to sync life with the Psalms.' He successfully achieves this aim by his judicious use of scholarship with his own insights into the wisdom of the psalms and into the human condition. But he does more. By combining his spiritual words with the Spirit-inspired psalms he transforms the believer's life into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ of whom the psalms speak. Here is a book that readily provides rich spiritual material for personal and pastoral application.""--Bruce K. Waltke ""Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Knox Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Regent College"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Doug Webster's The Psalms: Jesus's Prayer Book integrates a compelling combination of literary acumen, spiritual insight, and pastoral sensitivity with a reading of each and every one of the psalms in the Psalter. The result is a rich journey through the psalms, a journey that engages many fellow travelers who have found spiritual sustenance and divine revelation in the Psalms. Through an engagement with a wide range of voices and a careful reading of each psalm, Webster has given us a truly beautiful and deeply engaging book for any reader who desires to read the psalms 'in solidarity with the people of God.'""--Aubrey E. Buster ""assistant professor of Old Testament, School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Wheaton College"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Douglas Webster is a pastor-theologian. In this work on the 150 psalms of the psalter both aspects are clearly on view. There is theological depth arising from both a deep understanding of each psalm and the psalter as a whole. There is pastoral sensitivity as that understanding is applied to life in our fraught world. There is much scholarship worn lightly as well as engagement with our cultural setting, Webster knows the fathers, the reformers, and modern commentators as both apt quotations and his footnotes show. This is a Christ honoring treatment of the psalms that both edifies and instructs. A work to be savored.""--Dr Graham A. Cole ""Emeritus Dean and Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""This commentary takes a special place among the commentaries on the Psalter because, unlike so many others, Webster does not read them independently of Christ nor as a mere footnote. By taking the hand of the Carpenter's Son, he guides you through the Psalms. Webster's decades of pastoring and academic engagement equip him to comment with the passion and the mind of the Psalmists.""--Kenneth Mathews ""professor of Old Testament, Beeson Divinity School"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Using the image of the ocean's untamable power and beautiful complexity to describe the book of Psalms, Doug Webster leads us on a voyage of prayer, discipleship, and spiritual discovery. As Webster demonstrates, reading the Psalms as ""Jesus' Prayer Book"" does not distance their relevance from our own lives and experiences--even those of anger, frustration, and doubt. Rather, close attention to the incredible humanity of these ancient words draws us closer to the God Incarnate who also used them to pray.""--Dr Rebecca Poe Hays ""assistant professor of Christian Scriptures - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, George W. Truett Theological Seminary"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM)

Doug Webster, professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Preaching at Beeson Divinity School, in his splendid work, The Psalms: Jesus' Prayer Book aims 'to sync life with the Psalms.' He successfully achieves this aim by his judicious use of scholarship with his own insights into the wisdom of the psalms and into the human condition. But he does more. By combining his spiritual words with the Spirit-inspired psalms he transforms the believer's life into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ of whom the psalms speak. Here is a book that readily provides rich spiritual material for personal and pastoral application. --Bruce K. Waltke Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Knox Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Regent College (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) Doug Webster's The Psalms: Jesus's Prayer Book integrates a compelling combination of literary acumen, spiritual insight, and pastoral sensitivity with a reading of each and every one of the psalms in the Psalter. The result is a rich journey through the psalms, a journey that engages many fellow travelers who have found spiritual sustenance and divine revelation in the Psalms. Through an engagement with a wide range of voices and a careful reading of each psalm, Webster has given us a truly beautiful and deeply engaging book for any reader who desires to read the psalms 'in solidarity with the people of God.' --Aubrey E. Buster assistant professor of Old Testament, School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Wheaton College (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) Douglas Webster is a pastor-theologian. In this work on the 150 psalms of the psalter both aspects are clearly on view. There is theological depth arising from both a deep understanding of each psalm and the psalter as a whole. There is pastoral sensitivity as that understanding is applied to life in our fraught world. There is much scholarship worn lightly as well as engagement with our cultural setting, Webster knows the fathers, the reformers, and modern commentators as both apt quotations and his footnotes show. This is a Christ honoring treatment of the psalms that both edifies and instructs. A work to be savored. --Dr Graham A. Cole Emeritus Dean and Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) This commentary takes a special place among the commentaries on the Psalter because, unlike so many others, Webster does not read them independently of Christ nor as a mere footnote. By taking the hand of the Carpenter's Son, he guides you through the Psalms. Webster's decades of pastoring and academic engagement equip him to comment with the passion and the mind of the Psalmists. --Kenneth Mathews professor of Old Testament, Beeson Divinity School (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) Using the image of the ocean's untamable power and beautiful complexity to describe the book of Psalms, Doug Webster leads us on a voyage of prayer, discipleship, and spiritual discovery. As Webster demonstrates, reading the Psalms as Jesus' Prayer Book does not distance their relevance from our own lives and experiences--even those of anger, frustration, and doubt. Rather, close attention to the incredible humanity of these ancient words draws us closer to the God Incarnate who also used them to pray. --Dr Rebecca Poe Hays assistant professor of Christian Scriptures - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, George W. Truett Theological Seminary (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM)

"""Doug Webster, professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Preaching at Beeson Divinity School, in his splendid work, The Psalms: Jesus' Prayer Book aims 'to sync life with the Psalms.' He successfully achieves this aim by his judicious use of scholarship with his own insights into the wisdom of the psalms and into the human condition. But he does more. By combining his spiritual words with the Spirit-inspired psalms he transforms the believer's life into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ of whom the psalms speak. Here is a book that readily provides rich spiritual material for personal and pastoral application.""--Bruce K. Waltke ""Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Knox Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Regent College"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Doug Webster's The Psalms: Jesus's Prayer Book integrates a compelling combination of literary acumen, spiritual insight, and pastoral sensitivity with a reading of each and every one of the psalms in the Psalter. The result is a rich journey through the psalms, a journey that engages many fellow travelers who have found spiritual sustenance and divine revelation in the Psalms. Through an engagement with a wide range of voices and a careful reading of each psalm, Webster has given us a truly beautiful and deeply engaging book for any reader who desires to read the psalms 'in solidarity with the people of God.'""--Aubrey E. Buster ""assistant professor of Old Testament, School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Wheaton College"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Douglas Webster is a pastor-theologian. In this work on the 150 psalms of the psalter both aspects are clearly on view. There is theological depth arising from both a deep understanding of each psalm and the psalter as a whole. There is pastoral sensitivity as that understanding is applied to life in our fraught world. There is much scholarship worn lightly as well as engagement with our cultural setting, Webster knows the fathers, the reformers, and modern commentators as both apt quotations and his footnotes show. This is a Christ honoring treatment of the psalms that both edifies and instructs. A work to be savored.""--Dr Graham A. Cole ""Emeritus Dean and Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""This commentary takes a special place among the commentaries on the Psalter because, unlike so many others, Webster does not read them independently of Christ nor as a mere footnote. By taking the hand of the Carpenter's Son, he guides you through the Psalms. Webster's decades of pastoring and academic engagement equip him to comment with the passion and the mind of the Psalmists.""--Kenneth Mathews ""professor of Old Testament, Beeson Divinity School"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Using the image of the ocean's untamable power and beautiful complexity to describe the book of Psalms, Doug Webster leads us on a voyage of prayer, discipleship, and spiritual discovery. As Webster demonstrates, reading the Psalms as ""Jesus' Prayer Book"" does not distance their relevance from our own lives and experiences--even those of anger, frustration, and doubt. Rather, close attention to the incredible humanity of these ancient words draws us closer to the God Incarnate who also used them to pray.""--Dr Rebecca Poe Hays ""assistant professor of Christian Scriptures - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, George W. Truett Theological Seminary"" (4/6/2022 12:00:00 AM)"

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Douglas D. Webster (PhD. University of St. Michael's College) is professor of pastoral theology and preaching at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. He has served churches in San Diego, New York City, Denver, and Toronto. His other books include Follow the Lamb: A Pastoral Approach to The Revelation, Preaching Hebrews: The End of Religion and Faithfulness to the End, and The Parables: Jesus's Friendly Subversive Speech.

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