Reading the Psalms as Scripture

The psalms cultivate a life of prayer grounded in Scripture.

In Reading the Psalms as Scripture, James M. Hamilton Jr. and Matthew Damico guide the reader to delight in the spiritual artistry of the psalms. Psalms is a carefully arranged book saturated in Scripture. The psalmists drew from imagery and themes from earlier Scripture, which are then developed by later Scripture and fulfilled in Christ. The book of psalms advances God’s grand story of redemption, and it gives us words to pray by drawing us into this story. When we meditate on the promises and patterns in the psalms, we can read, pray, and sing them with faithfulness.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Reading the Psalms as a Book
• Reading the Psalms with Their Superscriptions
• Reading the Psalms as Individual Compositions
• Reading the Psalms in the Psalter
• Reading the Psalms in Light of Earlier Scripture
• Reading the Psalms and Messianic Typology
• Reading the Psalms as Interpreted by Later Old Testament Authors
• Reading the Psalms as Interpreted by New Testament Authors
• Singing the Psalms as Christians
• Seven Theses on How to Read the Psalms

James M. Hamilton Jr. is professor of biblical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and senior pastor of Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He is author of two volumes on Psalms in the Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary and of Typology--Understanding the Bible’s Promise-Shaped Patterns.

Matthew Damico is pastor of worship and operations at Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and director of Kenwood Music.