Studying the Psalms

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I FINALLY found a study of the Psalms!!! I don’t know why I didn’t look at Navarre originally (oh yeah, because of the price!), but they have a real good commentary on the Psalter. I was very disquieted to find that there is a serious lacking in Catholic Study of these verses. Of course, this is the part where you guys show me 100’s of good free studies of the Psalms.

But, if you’re looking for a good indepth study of the Psalter, you’ll be very satisfied with Navarre. By the way, the “Come and See” series is a good introduction to them, but it only relates to those associated with David.
 
Singing in the Reign, by Michael Barber (I am sure Scott Hahn thought up the title, it sounds like him) is a great intro to the psalms.
 
puzzleannie said:
Singing in the Reign, by Michael Barber (I am sure Scott Hahn thought up the title, it sounds like him) is a great intro to the psalms.
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Yes, but it’s a broad overview. I was looking for something that dealt with each one individually. Michael Barber does do a good job of putting the Psalms as a whole into an easier understanding.

BTW, he does a top-knotch job on Revelation in “Coming Soon”. He drills down into each verse, as well as giving you a birds-eye view.
 
Nahum M. Sarna has an excellent book out. He anaylzes a selection of psalms, line by line, as a representative sample of the different types.(He’s not Catholic though).
 
Hello,

There was just completed a course on the Psalter done by Pope John Paul II (who began it) and Pope Benedict XVI (who completed it). The texts can be found on the Vatican website under the general audiences. The course lasted several years and began in the spring of 2001 and concluded in the spring of 2006.
 
There are plenty of Catholic studies of the psalms available. The problem is that the vast majority of them are out of print at any given time. (This may prove to be less of a problem these days, as out of print books are put up on the Web.)

The Fathers did tons of studies of the psalms, and some even have studies of each individual one available. There are also catenas of references to psalms in their works. Again, however, this may not help you much unless you’ve got a really good library and/or read Latin or Greek. Still, the major thing to remember is that the early Christians’ favorite thing to do with the psalms (other than sing them together) was to read them as Jesus’ prayers, prayed for himself or for all of us.

Augustine did all the Psalms. But the really old and thus commonly available translation just summarizes what he said. (Annoying, isn’t it?) I think there may be a more modern one, though.

The same thing is true of most of the medieval Bible commentators. Everybody always loved the Psalms, and everybody always wrote up a storm about them. But translations and modern editions are few.
 
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Singing in the Reign…(I am sure Scott Hahn thought up the title, it sounds like him)
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LOL–No doubt about it.

BTW, NW— you might consider Christ in the Psalms by Patrick Henry Reardon (Orthodox priest). Great book. More of meditations on the psalms as opposed to a study. It’s hard to imagine anything beating the Navarre.
 
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