Psalms: The Prayerbook of Jesus
The Prayerbook of the Bible
The Psalms are a prayerbook, the prayerbook of the Scriptures. They contain multitudes. Athanasius of Alexandria said that the Psalms are like a garden, containing things of all kinds. What he means is that the Psalms contain every part of the Scriptures: the Torah/law, the prophets, and the rest of what we call the Old Testament. The whole of Scripture is contained in this little garden.
But the Psalms are an odd book to find in the Bible. The Psalms are a book of prayers and that’s precisely what makes it odd. Why? Because the Bible is the Word of God to us. But…
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