The Message Psalms
By Unknown Author.
Description
READ THE PSALMS AGAIN FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. In most English translations, the Psalms sound smooth and polished. Elizabethan rhythms and style dominate. As literature, they are beyond compare. But as prayer-God-directed expressions of anger, praise, and lament-most English translations miss something vital. "Prayer is elemental, not advanced, language," writes biblical languages scholar Eugene H. Peterson. "It is the means by which our language becomes honest, true, and personal. In the original Hebrew, the Psalms are not genteel-they're earthy and rough. They ...
ISBN(s)
0891097880, 9780891097884
