W. H. Bellinger Jr. (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of religion and chair of the department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He currently serves on the steering committee for the Book of Psalms Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and is on the editorial board of Catholic Biblical Quarterly. He is the author of several volumes on the Psalms.

"Readers will find a great richness of scholarship here set out in vigorous and exciting language to make plain that the Psalter retains a powerful challenge for the present day." --Ronald E. Clements, King's College, University of London

• 1. Getting Started2. Lessons from the Past3. Reading the Psalms4. Laments: Out of the Depths5. Psalms of Praise: Enthroned on the Praises of Israel6. Royal Psalms: A Covenant with My Chosen One, David My Servant7. Wisdom Psalms: I Will Instruct You8. The Psalms and FaithFor Further ReadingFor Further StudyGlossary of Names and TermsIndexes

W. H. Bellinger Jr. (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of religion and chair of the department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He currently serves on the steering committee for the Book of Psalms Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and is on the editorial board of Catholic Biblical Quarterly. He is the author of several volumes on the Psalms.

"Readers will find a great richness of scholarship here set out in vigorous and exciting language to make plain that the Psalter retains a powerful challenge for the present day." --Ronald E. Clements, King's College, University of London

• 1. Getting Started2. Lessons from the Past3. Reading the Psalms4. Laments: Out of the Depths5. Psalms of Praise: Enthroned on the Praises of Israel6. Royal Psalms: A Covenant with My Chosen One, David My Servant7. Wisdom Psalms: I Will Instruct You8. The Psalms and FaithFor Further ReadingFor Further StudyGlossary of Names and TermsIndexes

W. H. Bellinger Jr. (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of religion and chair of the department at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He currently serves on the steering committee for the Book of Psalms Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and is on the editorial board of Catholic Biblical Quarterly. He is the author of several volumes on the Psalms.

"Readers will find a great richness of scholarship here set out in vigorous and exciting language to make plain that the Psalter retains a powerful challenge for the present day." --Ronald E. Clements, King's College, University of London

• 1. Getting Started2. Lessons from the Past3. Reading the Psalms4. Laments: Out of the Depths5. Psalms of Praise: Enthroned on the Praises of Israel6. Royal Psalms: A Covenant with My Chosen One, David My Servant7. Wisdom Psalms: I Will Instruct You8. The Psalms and FaithFor Further ReadingFor Further StudyGlossary of Names and TermsIndexes