Claus Westermann, eds. Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament, trans. Mark E. Biddle. 3 vols. (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997)
TWOT Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, ed. R. Laird Harris, 2 vols. (Chicago: Moody, 1980)
WBC Word Biblical Commentary, ed. Bruce M. Metzger, David A. Hubbard, and Glenn W. Barker
WHS Williams’ Hebrew Syntax, 3rd ed., revised and expanded by John C. Beckman (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007)
ZPEB The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, ed. Merrill C. Tenney, 5 vols. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975)
Bibliography of Commentaries
Alexander Joseph A. Alexander, Commentary on Psalms (1864; reprint, Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1991)
Allen Leslie C. Allen, Psalms 101–150, rev. ed., vol. 21 of WBC (Dallas: Word, 2002)
Anderson A. A. Anderson, The Book of Psalms, 2 vols. New Cenury Bible (London: Oliphants, 1972)
Barnes Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament, Explanatory and Practical: Psalms, ed. Robert Frew, 3 vols. (London: Blackie & Son, 1870–1872)
Boice James Montgomery Boice, Psalms: An Expositional Commentary, 2 vols. (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2005)
Briggs Charles Augustus Briggs and Emilie Grace Briggs, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms, 2 vols. ICC (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906–1907)
Broyles Craig C. Broyles, Psalms, New International Biblical Commentary (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999)
Calvin John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of Psalms, trans. James Anderson, 5 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1949)
Cohen A. Cohen, The Psalms: Hebrew Text & English Translation with an Introduction and Commentary, in Soncino Books of the Bible, ed. A. Cohen (London: Soncino, 1945)
Craigie Peter C. Craigie, Psalms 1–50, 2nd ed., vol. 19 of WBC
Dahood Mitchell Dahood, Psalms, vols. 16–17A of The Anchor Bible, ed. William Foxwell Albright and David Noel Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1965–70)
Delitzsch Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms, trans. Francis Bolton, 3 vols. (1887; reprint, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, n.d.)
Eaton John Eaton, The Psalms : A Historical and Spiritual Commentary with an Introduction and New Translation (London: Continuum, 2005)
Fausset A. R. Fausset, Job–Isa., vol. 3 of A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1945)
Futato Mark D. Futato, The Book of Psalms, The Book of Proverbs, vol. 7 of Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, ed. Philip W. Comfort (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2009)
Goldingay John Goldingay, Psalms, 3 vols., Baker Commentary on the Old Testament, ed. Tremper Longman III (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006–08)
Grogan Geoffrey W. Grogan, Psalms, in The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008)
Harman Allan Harman, Psalms, 2 vols. Mentor Commentary (Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2011)
Hossfeld & Zenger Frank-Lothar Hossfeld and Erich Zenger, A Commentary on Psalms, ed. Klaus Baltzer, trans. Linda M. Maloney, vols. 15B & 15C of Hermeneia—a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005 & 2011)
Jennings & Lowe A. C. Jennings, The Psalms, with Introductions and Critical Notes, assisted in parts by W. H. Lowe, 2 vols., 2nded. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1884)
Kidner Derek Kidner, Psalms: An Introduction and Commentary, vols. 15 & 16 of Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (1973 & 1975; reprint, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2008)
Kirkpatrick A. F. Kirkpatrick, The Book of Psalms, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge: The University Press, 1902)
Kraus Hans-Joachim Kraus, A Continental Commentary: Psalms, trans. Hilton C. Oswald, 2 vols. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993)
Leupold H. C. Leupold, Exposition of the Psalms (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1959)
Mays James Luther Mays, Psalms, Interpretation: A Biblical Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Louisville: John Knox, 1994)
Moll Carl Bernhard Moll, The Psalms, trans. Charles A. Briggs and others, vol. 9 of Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, ed. Philip Schaff (1872; reprint, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, n.d.)
Murphy James G. Murphy, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms (Andover: Warren F. Draper, 1875)
Perowne J. J. Stewart Perowne, The Book of Psalms: A New Translation, with Introductions and Notes, Explanatory and Critical, 5th edition, 2 vols. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1882–1883)
Rawlinson G. Rawlinson, “Exposition,” in Psalms, 3 vols. The Pulpit Commentary (London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1909).
Ross Allen P. Ross, A Commentary on the Psalms, 3 vols., in Kregel Exegetical Library (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2011–15)
Spurgeon C. H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, 6 vols. (1869; reprint, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1966)
Steveson Peter A. Steveson, Psalms (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 2007)
Tate Marvin Tate, Psalms 51–100, rev. ed., vol. 20 of WBC (Dallas: Word, 1998)
VanGemeren Willem A. VanGemeren, Psalms, vol. 5 of EBC (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2008)
Waltner James H. Waltner, Psalms, Believers Church Bible Commentary (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press)
Weiser Artur Weiser, The Psalms, trans. Herbert Hartwell, The Old Testament Library (London: SCM Press, 1962)
English Versions
ASV American Standard Version (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901)
CEV Contemporary English
ESV English Standard Version
HCSB Holman Christian Standard Bible
JPS Jewish Publication Society of America Tanakh (OT)
KJV The King James Version (1611)
NAB New American Bible
NASB New American Standard Bible
NEB New English Bible
NET NET Bible
NIV New International Version
NJB New Jerusalem Bible
NLT New Living Translation
NRSV New Revised Standard Version of the Bible
RSV Revised Standard Version
TEV Today’s English Version
YLT Young’s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, 3rd ed. (1898; Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1953)
Preface
Biblical theology is the science that seeks to analyze what God has revealed in the holy Scriptures and then proclaims these theological truths in propositional form. These truths fall into three main categories: (1) God, (2) man, and (3) salvation. The Bible concentrates on four main theological propositions: (1) God has spoken to mankind; (2) Man has rebelled against his Creator and sinned; (3) God threatens and carries out judgments because of sin;1