The Psalms Translated and Explained
Overview
In this volume, Joseph Addison Alexander gives a brief history and outline of each of the 150 Psalms in the Bible, including commentary and Scriptural cross-references. A thorough study of the Psalms, it provides a great overview to this much-loved Old Testament book of the Bible.
Top Highlights
“In contrast with the turbulent and threatening sea, he now presents a peaceful and abundant river. This emblem of God’s favour, which is frequent in the Scriptures, seems to have been borrowed by the later writers from the river of Eden, Gen. 2:10.” (Page 210)
“The doctrinal sum of the whole composition is, that the same God who reared the frame of nature is the giver of a law, and that this law is in all respects worthy of its author.” (Page 87)
“walking, standing, sitting, and are therefore well adapted to express the whole course of life or conduct” (Page 10)
“ again there is a tacit admission of the greatness of his guilt, as requiring infinite mercy to forgive it.” (Page 230)
“The primary idea is that of a register containing the names of those who are to live or be preserved alive.” (Page 296)
Joseph Addison Alexander (1809-1860) was a professor of theology at Princeton, as well as a biblical scholar, author, and Presbyterian minister.