Psalm Study & Devotional Resources

Study Resources

  • Psalm-shaped Prayerfulness: A Guide to the Christian Reception of the Psalms by Margaret M. Daly-Denton. This is the absolute best book to start the journey into the psalms. Very thorough and accessible. (May, 2011)
  • Rejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with Incurable Cancer & Life in Christ by J. Todd Billings. Most of the Psalms are laments. This is a great resource for understanding the full scope and power of prayers of laments.
  • The Biblical Psalms in Christian Worship by John D. Witvliet. Probably the book that got me hooked – and that led me to Psalms for All Seasons. Alas, it’s a bit dry.
  • Chanting the Psalms by Cynthia Bourgeault
  • The Psalms and the Life of Faith by Walter Brueggemann
  • Praying the Psalms: Engaging Scripture and the Life of the Spirit by Walter Brueggemann
  • Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton
  • Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms by Gordan Wenham
  • Forgotten Psalms: Reclaiming the Psalms for Christian Worship, C. Richard Wells and Ray Van Neste, editors
  • A Retreat with the Psalms: Resources for Personal and Communal Prayer by John C. Endres and Elizabeth Liebert
  • Praying with the Body: Bringing the Psalms to Life by Roy De Leon
  • Writing the Sacred: A Psalm-Inspired Path to Appreciating and Writing Sacred Poetry by Ray McGinnis
  • Introducing the Psalms by Klaus Seybold, trans. by R. Graeme Dunphy. Good scholarly commentary/overview.
  • An Introduction to the Psalms by Alastair G. Hunter (short commentary/overview)
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Psalters & Commentaries

  • Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship. This is the first complete musical Psalter I encountered, with multiple Psalm settings in many styles for every Psalm.
  • The Emergent Psalter by Isaac Everett. Chant tone antiphons for the Psalms.
  • The Book of Psalms: Translation and Commentary by Robert Alter
  • Psalms: New Cambridge Bible Commentary by Walter Bruggemann and William H. Bellinger, Jr.
  • Psalms for Praying: An Invitation to Wholeness by Nan C. Merrill. 
  • Revised Grail Psalms – Singing Version by the Benedictine Monks of Conception Abbey. This singing version is pointed for chanting or reading.
  • The (ICEL) Psalter: A faithful and inclusive rendering from the Hebrew into contemporary English poetry, intended primarily for communal song and recitation. This translation is offered for study and for comment by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy – ICEL.
  • The Poets’ Book of Psalms: The Complete Psalter as Rendered by Twenty-Five Poets from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries – edited by Laurence Wieder. Given to me by a good friend at Whatcoat.
  • The Upper Room Worshipbook edited with many compositions by Elise Eslinger. Includes a limited selection of musical Psalm settings.

Online References